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Nancy Raabe

Nancy Elizabeth Miller Raabe (born 1954) is an American clergy member, author, and composer. She is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.[1]

Nancy M. Raabe
Pastor Nancy M Raabe, Philadelphia
Nancy M Raabe, Philadelphia 2022
Born
Nancy Elizabeth Miller

1954 (age 69–70)
Pomona, California
Alma materPomona College
Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Occupation(s)Lutheran pastor
Author
Composer
Years active1990–
Notable workCarl Schalk: A Life in Song
Spouse
William A. Raabe
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(m. 1989)​

Early life and education

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Raabe was born in 1954.[2] She graduated from Pomona College, Phi Beta Kappa in music, in 1977.[2] She completed two master's degrees in theology from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio,[3] and doctoral coursework in musicology at Brandeis University,[4][3][5] focusing on the works of Gustav Mahler. Raabe completed her preparation for ordination into the ministry at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.[6]

Career

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Lutheran pastorship

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Raabe served as a deacon at Luther Memorial Church in Madison, Wisconsin from 2014 to 2016. From 2016 to 2018, she was pastor at Atonement Lutheran Church in Beloit, Wisconsin. In January 2018, she was ordained as a Lutheran pastor and became the pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Marshall, Wisconsin.[4] As of 2021, she is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.[1] She is a chaplain for the members of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.[7]

Musical compositions

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Raabe's compositions are included in the St Olaf Choirbook for Women (2017)[8] and the St Olaf Choirbook for Men (2015).[9]

Every year, Raabe writes and shares an original tune for an ancient Christmas carol, including Carol of the Birds[10] and The Clanging of Joybells.[11][better source needed]

Raabe's setting of Savior of the Nations, Come was featured at the 2019 Christmas Eve concert of the Duke University Chapel Choir, telecast on CBS. Her original arrangement of the Langston Hughes poem I Dream A World was a finalist for first prize at the 2010 Ithaca College Choral Composition Festival.[12]

Raabe and her husband have commissioned about 80 hymn settings, concertatos, anthems, organ suites, and other music for the Christian church since 1990.[13][as of?]

They also established the Raabe Prize For Excellence In Sacred Composition, which is awarded by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians biennially.[5] The Raabe Prize also supports other activities aiding composers and worship leaders.[14][15]

Raabe is the president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.[16][17] She is a member of the advisory board for the Center for Church Music at Concordia University Chicago.[18]

Writings and academic work

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Raabe's academic interests include "hymnody, psalms, Gustav Mahler, and a theology of the arts."[12] Her books include three volumes of One-Minute Devotions for the Church Musician[19] and a critical biography of the Lutheran composer Carl F. Schalk.[20][21] Her books are published by Concordia, MorningStar, and Lutheran University Press.[22]

Raabe's devotional writings have been published in Bread for the Day, Prelude Music Planner,[23] Christ in Our Home, and The Word in Season. She has written for the Faith Matters column of The Lansdale Reporter,[24] and her monthly column Faith and Culture appeared in the Beloit Daily News.[25] Her columns Prairie View and Both Sides Now[26] have been published in In Tempo, a resource of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.[27]

Prior to entering the ministry, Raabe was the classical music critic for the Milwaukee Sentinel and Birmingham News.[3] Her articles on music also appeared in The New York Times,[28] Performance Practice Review,[29] Keynote, Playbill, and The Diapason.[30]

Nancy Raabe is a 2022 Engle Preaching Fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary.[31]

Personal life

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Raabe met and married William Alan Raabe in Milwaukee in 1989.[3] He is an author and retired professor.[32]

Raabe was a member of the Board of Directors of the Space One Eleven Arts Center in Birmingham,[33] and of the Milton (WI) Community Foundation.[34]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gerber, Amanda (June 14, 2021). "Raabe takes new call, leaves Marshall church". The Courier. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Nancy M Raabe, Pastor, Musician". nancyraabe.com. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Behling, Andrea (Nov 19, 2013). "From critic to composer". Milton Courier. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b Kozlowicz, Cathy (February 1, 2018). "Holy Trinity Lutheran Church installs new pastor". The Courier. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b Sebesta, Donald (Winter 2011). "Hymns in periodical literature". The Hymn. 62 (1): 41–44. ProQuest 864752743. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Composer – Nancy Raabe". www.choristersguild.org.
  7. ^ Chaplain list 2018 alcm.org
  8. ^ "St. Olaf Choirbook for Women". Augsburg Fortress. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  9. ^ "St. Olaf Choirbook for Men". Augsburg Fortress.
  10. ^ Carol of the Birds, 2 April 2020, retrieved 2022-03-23
  11. ^ "Sing Along: The Clanging of Joy Bells". 11 December 2016 – via www.youtube.com.
  12. ^ a b "Concert: Ithaca College Thirty-Second Annual Choral Composition Contest". Ithaca College Choir. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Profiles in American Lutheran Church Music" – Dr. William Raabe, 6 July 2015, retrieved 2022-03-23
  14. ^ "Raabe Prize Expanded". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. June 24, 2016.
  15. ^ "Hymn Text Competition". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  16. ^ "Board Bios". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  17. ^ "Local pastor named president of Association of Lutheran Church Musicians". The Reporter. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  18. ^ "About the Center". Concordia University Chicago. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  19. ^ Reviews of One-Minute Devotions for the Church Musician:
  20. ^ Reviews of Carl F. Schalk: A Life in Song:
  21. ^ "In memoriam: Carl Schalk". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. January 24, 2021.
  22. ^ Raabe, Nancy M.; Haut, Ann M., eds. (2020-03-01). Alleluia!: A Gedenkschaft in Thanksgiving for the Life of Walter R. Bouman. 1517 Media. doi:10.2307/j.ctvzcz47t.20. ISBN 978-1-942304-39-5. JSTOR j.ctvzcz47t. S2CID 173233342.
  23. ^ Sparkhouse, 1517 Media's imprints: Augsburg Fortress | Beaming Books | Broadleaf Books | Fortress Press |. "Welcome to the Prelude Music Planner Blog! | Nancy Raabe". blog.preludemusicplanner.org. Retrieved 2022-03-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "Rev. Nancy Raabe". The Reporter. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  25. ^ "Let Creation Sing its Praises to God | Uncategorized | beloitdailynews.com". 18 March 2017.
  26. ^ Dieter, Cheryl (2020-04-27). "Both Sides Now and St. Cecilia". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  27. ^ "alcm.org". Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. April 27, 2020.
  28. ^ Raabe, Nancy (1994-07-10). "RECORDING VIEW; Revealing Mozart's Brassiness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  29. ^ Raabe, Nancy (1990-01-01). "Tempo in Mahler as Recollected by Natalie Bauer-Lechner". Performance Practice Review. 3 (1): 70–72. doi:10.5642/perfpr.199003.01.3. ISSN 1044-1638.
  30. ^ "Remembering Wilbur Held 1914–2015 | The Diapason". thediapason.com. 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
  31. ^ "The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching". Engle Institute. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  32. ^ School, Milwaukee Lutheran High. "Honors Academy". www.milwaukeelutheran.org. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  33. ^ "Space One Eleven Home Page". Space One Eleven Arts Center. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  34. ^ "Milton Fund – Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin". cfsw.org. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
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