is a composer and church musician serving as the Director of Music Ministries at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge, IL. Along with worship planning and service playing, she oversees the choral and instrumental music program including adult and youth choirs, a handbell choir, and a variety of instrumental ensembles.
Anne is the primary composer of Liturgy Setting 12 in All Creation Sings. Additional compositions for choir, handbells, organ, and piano are published by Abingdon Press, Augsburg Fortress, Choristers Guild, Concordia Publishing House, Hope Publishing Company, and MorningStar Music.
Anne holds degrees from Valparaiso University, the University of Illinois, and Concordia University, River Forest, IL. She has served on the faculty of the Lutheran Summer Music Program, teaching church music, composition, and serving as composer-in-residence.
Anne is a past president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.
is the Rudi Inselmann Endowed Professor of Organ at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa. She teaches organ and church music, music theory and aural skills; serves as organist for chapel services; conducts the Kantorei choral ensemble, and the Handbell Choir.
Dr. Black has been heard on the nationally broadcast Pipedreams program. Her essay “J. S. Bach as Theologian-Musician” appears in Together By Grace: Introducing the Lutherans (Augsburg Fortress, 2016). She has published organ and choral arrangements with Augsburg Fortress and MorningStar Publishing. In 2021 she released an organ album, Ein feste Burg, on the ARSIS label, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the installation of the Wartburg College Chapel Dobson organ.
Dr. Black recently served as North Central Regional Councilor of the American Guild of Organists. She has served as Dean of the Cedar Valley Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and as Region III President of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.
First Lutheran Church
1555 40th Ave. NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
205 N Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
415 E Athens Ave.
Ardmore, PA 19003
“If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Cor. 13:1) Have you considered how this reading might be made even more powerful by including a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal? This session will delve into several scripture readings, showcasing how the inclusion of percussion instruments, handbells/chimes, and different voices may enhance the presentation of the readings. Participants will be invited to collectively work on a new setting.
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This workshop will discuss how choices in organ registration, use of introductions and harmonizations, tempo, and other elements of hymn playing can not only enliven assembly singing but can affect the building of community. Participants will learn different techniques and approaches to expressing a hymn text that can be applied in a variety of settings, whether in a large or small congregation.
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