This is a manual serious students and practitioners of black gospel music. It will help improve the gospel music workshop experience, or that also of the local choir clinics. This is a resource that can be used extensively as a refresher after music collaborative. The problems and concerns of loose leaf handouts have been dealt with in a single bound reference manual.

At last, there is a handbook for the serious practitioners of praise and worship. You will find a wealth of useful information whether you're a director, song leader, musician, or choir administrator. The real beauty of this book is that it can be used as the single bound resource for your workshop, and as a refresher. No more last-minute thrown together loose leaf copies for you,, or someone else to clean up. The information is presented in an authoritative yet friendly manner. The registrants in your workshop will be happy that you have included this resource in their registration fee.

Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.