Purpose

The purpose of the Basic Diploma in Music Ministry is to provide students with a course of studyin the area of liturgical music ministry.

Goals

SHMS strives to instill in its Basic Diploma in Music Ministry recipients an ability to:

1. Choose liturgical music with some understanding of its function, appropriateness, andmusical value, in light of sacramental and liturgical theology.
2. Lead the singing of the assembly, with basic integrity, discipline, appreciation for goodness of form, and with an ability to distinguish sacred from profane styles of music.
3. Demonstrate a basic understanding of harmonic theory and the basic skills of music dictation and sight singing.