Associate Professor of Church Music
Biography
Carol R. (Schroeder) McDaniel is now a full-time faculty member, having taught at Concordia since 1993. She is teaching courses in Organ and Service Playing, Church Music, Aural Skills and Children’s Music Methods; she also serves as the music faculty representative on the Chapel Planning Committee. She was instrumental in developing our first series of organ classes for students wanting to experience organ for the first time. Carol recently celebrated 30 years in music ministry as a teacher, conductor, organist and parish music administrator. She received her B.S. in Education, with an emphasis in organ, music education and parish music, from Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska in 1983. She was a graduate teaching assistant and received her Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1985. She has studied with Charles W. Ore, Quentin Faulkner, George Ritchie, Marianne Webb, Michael Burkhardt and Esther Jones. She has taken additional coursework at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, University of California, Los Angeles, California, California State University, Fullerton, California, and Concordia University, Irvine, California. Carol serves part-time at Bethany Lutheran Church, Long Beach, California as Director of Music/Organist, and is a frequent clinician and organist for Lutheran events in the southern California area. When she’s not at Concordia or Bethany, Carol enjoys writing new hymn texts for worship, in addition to spending time traveling with her husband Gary and their four adult children.
Education
- Doctor of Worship Studies – Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies (Jacksonville/Orange Park, FL)
- M.M. Organ Performance – University of Nebraska
- B.S. Education (music emphasis) – Concordia University (Seward, NE)
Research
- Recovering the Practice of the Spiritual Disciplines as preparation for corporate worship.
- Lectio Divina, an ancient-future way to study scripture. Adapted format for small groups and retreat settings.
Publications
Two recent Hymn texts:
God at Work 8.7.8.7.8.7 Suggested tune: Newly composed tune: GOTTESWERK © Carol McDaniel, OR Voices Raised to You We Offer, LSB (under copyright) OR a more common PD tune: REGENT SQUARE (Angel’s From the Realms of Glory)
God at work among His people
Serving us in prayer and praise
God at work in our vocations
Gifting, leading all our days
God creating, God relating: Soli Deo, Gloria!
God at work in Word and water
Font and pulpit, Holy Meal
God at work forgiving sinners
Justified: His grace will heal
God declaring, God repairing: Soli Deo, Gloria!
God at work in Vine and branches
Yielding fruit abundantly
God at work in dormant seasons
Nurturing the fruit to be
God abiding, God providing: Soli Deo, Gloria!
God at work while we are waiting
Forming life within the womb
God at work in Jesus’ dying
Rising up from death’s dark tomb
God conceiving, God receiving: Solus Christus, Gloria!
God at work: He sends His Spirit
Calling us to do our part
God at work in sanctifying
Breathing faith into the heart
God exploring, God restoring, Soli Deo, Gloria!
God at work: He sends His Spirit
Calling us to do our part
God at work in sanctifying
Breathing faith into the heart
God exploring, God restoring, Soli Deo, Gloria!
God at work before creation
God at work on Calvary
God at work in faith’s formation
God at work eternally
Triune God we laud and praise You: Alleluia, Gloria!
Carol R.S. McDaniel, August 7, 2014 (rev. 08/09/14) God’s Love is Grace Carol R.S. McDaniel (b. 1961) Meter: LM (8.8.8.8 iambic) Suggested Tune: WALY, WALY English Traditional Scripture Reference: Romans 6 and Romans 8
Persuaded, Yes! Of this I'm sure:
God’s love is strong and will endure!
His Spirit gives me faith to see
God’s love is grace; God’s love is free!
Baptized in Christ, who gives me breath
I share in His life-giving death
His love is true: for me He died
God’s love is grace, God’s love is wide!
When days are dark with doubt and fear
When nights are long and paths unclear
When demons rage: around, within,
God’s love is grace, God’s love will win!
The Risen Christ gives victory
His Spirit pleads eternally
With gift of water, Word and meal
God’s love is grace, God’s love will heal!
(April 2013, for Chloe Elizabeth Ruiz’s confirmation service. Revised July 2014, with an additional new stanza (4), at the LCMS Worship Institute)
Teaching
- Organ Class
- Private Organ Lessons
- Hymnody
- Planning Music for Christian Worship
- Music for Children
- Aural Skills
- Guided Readings