Training
•Bullet: Organ is the applied focus in Seton Hill’s postbaccalaureate Sacred Music certificate for musicians who already hold a bachelor’s degree.
•Bullet: The nine-credit curriculum consists of Service Music, Special Topics in Sacred Music, Survey of Christian Hymnody, Music in Worship and Sacred Music Practicum.
•Bullet: Organists can study with Michael Long, whose published faculty areas include sacred music, organ, and piano.
•Bullet: Keyboard work in the sacred tradition can connect organists with Schola Cantorum and the St. Cecilia Ringers.
Professional Development
•Bullet: The program prepares pastoral musicians to examine church liturgical and musical norms, administer a music ministry, plan worship and develop as performers, conductors, organists and vocalists.
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: The compact postbaccalaureate format is intended to refine prior musical preparation for service in the church.
