Joel Navarro

Joel Navarro is professor of music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he teaches conducting and directs campus choirs. As the recipient of numerous awards in performance and education in his native Philippines, he is widely known as a conductor, educator, singer, recording artist, composer, arranger, stage actor, record producer, and music consultant. An active performer of music from different eras and ethnic traditions, he takes an ardent interest in postmodern music and the music traditions and liturgies of the world.

Last Updated: June 8, 2020

Resources by Joel Navarro

The Gifting of Songs

Congregational Singing Multicultural Song

May 9, 2013

The sung word has an inherent power that pierces the heart, mind, and imagination all at the same time. For example, we speak about the lyrical beauty of poetry and the spiritual reach and depth of the psalms. When the psalms are sung and received well by the worshiper, they become deeply embedded in memory. They speak the language of the worshiper’s joy and lament.

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Joel Navarro

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The Gifting of Songs

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