NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of PASTORAL MUSICIANS PASTORAL August-September 2008 Music Liturgical Ensembles s Daily Mass section with complete Lectionary readings, psalm refrain and verses, antiphons, presidential prayers and hymn suggestions s All the great features of Today’s Missal— seasonal music and everything you need for Sundays and holy days for the entire year s Three seasonal issues, plus the annual Music Issue (included with subscription) s Excellent second missal— get 50 for your daily Mass chapel Advent-Lent 2009 issue now available Learn more at Cocp.org/td Call today for a FREE sample 1-800-LITURGY (548-8749) | OCP.ORG the price. The NPM staff has worked hard to reduce expenses in order to hold down costs for members. This year’s report shows overall expenses to be $40,000 lower than in 2005, the year of our last national convention. Over the past few years I have been impressed and moved by the generosity of NPM members in their personal and financial support. Thanks to member gifts in 2007, the Association was able this year to provide sixteen undergraduate and graduate students with more than $34,000 in scholarship funds for the coming academic year. Members showed strong support for the work of the Association by contributing more than $50,000 to the 2007 NPM Annual Fund—more than in From the President any previous year. The numbers, of course, tell only part of the story. The real measure of NPM is in the ministry of its Dear Members, members—the musicians, clergy, liturgists, and other leaders who serve the Church at prayer. NPM is above Have you ever received a massive annual report all a community of ministry, an association of women from some company or investment fund? I’m usually and men who embrace their faith in Christ and seek to reluctant to throw reports like this away, since follow him by placing their gifts at the service of God they look so important and use so much paper, but and the Church. eventually I face reality and transfer them to the As a member of NPM, you can make a difference recycling bin. in the work of the Association. I invite you to take I hope that you will feel differently about the seriously your place in this community of ministry. annual report on the following two pages. Because NPM is a membership organization, the Board of • Commit yourself to continuing growth in your skills Directors takes seriously its responsibility to keep you and knowledge. Learn something new—and informed. Unlike those massive reports you receive, practice! this one is brief and direct, offering a snapshot of your • Support other musicians, clergy, and worship association on the last day of 2007. leaders. Participate in your local NPM chapter. Seek I’m happy to report that last year was a very good out your colleagues. Take them to lunch. Invite them one for NPM. Membership held steady; participation to join NPM if they don’t already belong. in DMMD and most of the sections increased; • Support the Association. NPM is only as strong as its publications enjoyed a healthy circulation; national members. Make plans to attend the next national convention attendance surpassed the expectation convention in Chicago, July 6–10, 2009. Make a of planners; and the Association achieved a budget donation to the NPM Annual Fund and to our surplus for the year. scholarship appeals. Every gift is important, no NPM carries out its mission of fostering the art of matter how small. musical liturgy primarily through its publications, conventions, and institutes. During 2007 the In just a few weeks most of us will be starting a new association spent seventy-two percent of its funds in year of music ministry in our parishes. May you enjoy these core areas. More than 3,400 persons enrolled in this time of summer pause, and may your ministry this one of our educational programs last year, and nearly year bring many blessings to the people you serve. 9,000 members and subscribers received six issues of Pastoral Music magazine. If you belong to other associations, especially professional organizations, you are probably aware that NPM offers fine member services, excellent publications, and high-quality programs at a relatively low cost. Registration for events comparable to the J. Michael McMahon NPM national convention is often two to three times President 2 August-September 2008 • Pastoral Music Annual Report to the Membership FOR THE YEAR JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2007 Membership NPM is the largest national Catholic association of pastoral Dec. 31, 2006 Dec. 31, 2007 ministers and the largest national church-related music ministry Total Membership 8,459 8,463 association in the United States. Divisions Total membership held steady during DMMD 699 745 2007. Strong attendance at the NPM Music Education 239 203 National Convention in Indianapolis helped to generate a large number of new Special Interest Sections members. African American Musicians 127 127 Campus Ministers 190 201 Cantors 2,320 2,332 The Director of Music Ministries Choir Directors 2,384 2,359 Division (DMMD) enjoyed substantial Clergy 1,372 1,284 growth during 2007 as it recruited Diocesan Directors of Music N.A. 133 nearly fifty additional professional Ensemble Musicians 1,422 1,434 directors—an increase of 6.7 percent. Hispanic Musicians 248 255 Musicians in the Military 47 40 NPM has seventeen Special Interest Organists 1,981 1,999 Sections that allow members to identify Pianists 843 909 their own particular areas of expertise, Youth 1,185 1,205 ministry, or concern. The numbers Asian/Pacific Rim Musicians 36 41 printed here offer a glimpse at the Musicians Serving amazing diversity of an association that Religious Communities 10 32 embraces ordained and lay ministers, Pastoral Liturgy 478 523 young and old, various cultural and Chant 141 160 ethnic groups, and a wide variety of Composers/Text Writers 16 36 music ministry specializations. All but Chapters three of the sections grew during the 2007 71 (62 permanent, 9 temporary) year, and a new special interest section 2006 70 (62 permanent, 8 temporary) was formed for diocesan directors of 2005 71 (62 permanent, 9 temporary) music. 2004 73 (59 permanent, 14 temporary) Pastoral Music magazine introduced Publications a new, more colorful look during 2007 while continuing to provide a forum Dec. 31, 2006 Dec. 31, 2007 for thoughtful and helpful discussion of issues affecting sung worship and Members and Subscribers pastoral music ministry. NPM also 1 2 Pastoral Music 8,731 8,720 produces a variety of newsletters and Notebook 8,448 8,546 other publications that provide resources 3 3 Liturgical Singer 1,493 1,772 and information for our members. 4 Praxis N.A. N.A. Subscriptions to The Liturgical Catholic Music Educator 317 216 Singer, a practical and lively newsletter Clergy Update 1,303 1,262 for psalmists, cantors, choir directors, 1. This number includes 101 non-member subscribers and 171 libraries. and choir members, grew by an 2. This number includes 85 non-member subscribers and 172 libraries. impressive nineteen percent during 3. Total number of copies sent to subscribers; some subscriptions are bulk orders. 2007. 4. In September 2006, Praxis became primarily a web-based publication. 3 2850 paid attendees gathered for the Education 2007 NPM National Convention in Indianapolis—one of the largest conventions Conventions in the history of the association. The Total Paid Attendance convention offered several new features, 2007 National Convention: Indianapolis 2,850 including an African American lecture series, 2006 Regional Conventions: Stamford, 1,608 a complete workshop track in Spanish, an adult Grand Rapids, Sacramento choral festival, and expanded pre-convention 2005 National Convention: Milwaukee 2,566 programs. Participants rated the overall convention experience very highly—4.4 out of Institutes a possible 5.0. Total Paid Attendance 2007 11 Institutes 554 2006 14 Institutes 586 More than 550 members participated in eleven 2005 12 Institutes 573 NPM Institutes during 2007, including the winter colloquium and a one-day seminar on Models of the Eucharist. NPM enjoyed a substantial surplus during Finances 2007 that has helped to improve the financial 2007 Income: $1.726 million position of the association. The financial blessings of this year were due not only to the success of the national convention but also to lower costs and to increased revenue from other sources. The 2007 surplus will help to balance a projected deficit budget in 2008. Since less than a third of NPM revenue derives from membership dues, the association 2007 Expenses: $1.524 million relies on program fees, sales of publications, and charitable donations to support its work. More than $82,000 was generated through fundraising efforts, including the NPM Annual Fund, the academic scholarship collection, and the Lenten Scholarship Fund. More than $36,000 of this money was used to fund academic scholarships, program scholarships, and hurricane relief. NPM educational efforts—conventions, NPM Finances: The Big Picture institutes, programs, and publications (in $ millions) —received nearly three-quarters (72%) of the association’s financial resources in 2007. Continuing education of pastoral musicians, clergy, and other leaders of worship remains the primary way that the association carries out its mission to “foster the art of musical liturgy.” 44 August-September 2008 • Pastoral Music NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of PASTORAL PASTORAL MUSICIANS August-September 2008 Volume 32:6 Music Pastoral Music (ISSN 0363- 6569) is published bimonthly Contents by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM), Annual Report 3 962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 210, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Association News 7 NPM is an organization of musicians and clergy dedicated to fostering the art of THE PAULINE YEAR musical liturgy.