The white flag has been raised
  • Jeffrey Quick
    Posts: 2,306
    The era of the pastoral musician is officially over.

    I wish the NACCM all the best going forward, and hope they and the CMAA can find ways to work profitably together.
  • ServiamScores
    Posts: 3,400
    The National Academy of Certified Care Managers? (lol)

    I'm sure there will be no confusion between naccm.ORG and naccm.NET. No confusion at all.

    Right at the top of the page it says, "A new name. The Same Focus." YMMV.
  • Diapason84
    Posts: 171
    Perhaps an improvement in the name over the old "NAPM," which opened itself up to the similarity to "napalm."

    I still won't rejoin given their past agendas.
    Thanked by 2ServiamScores CHGiffen
  • ServiamScores
    Posts: 3,400
    I still won't rejoin given their past agendas.
    I need tangible proof of reform before I'll touch it, either.
  • Jeffrey Quick
    Posts: 2,306
    People tell me that they've been following the Overton Window liturgically rightwards. So this makes sense.

    And practically any acronym you can dream up has been taken by somebody. Heck, I can't even have my own name without having a doppelmeister who is also a "Christian songwriter".
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,846
    Our new name reflects our Catholic identity and honors our Catholic foundation, including our role as an auxiliary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).


    Hmm!
  • davido
    Posts: 1,253
    Wow, this was a Catholic organization? I honestly had no idea.

    Also, USCCB isn’t a great reference
  • TimTheEnchanterTimTheEnchanter
    Posts: 243
    I can't speak to what anyone else may have experienced, but I went to NPM conventions in 2018 and 2022, and I encountered a lot of less traditional musicians being quite kind to more traditional musicians. In 2018, I sat in sessions and had chats with Dan Schutte and the then-not-disgraced Church Music Voldemort, and both were incredibly gracious.

    In 2022, I did the choral institute with Paul French (choir director at the 2026 Colloquium), focused around more traditional choral music, and it was fantastic and has been a great help to my ministry working with the parish choir.

    I'm not currently a member, but I'll almost certainly attend the 2028 convention, as I live in the Chicago suburbs. I have no idea if the name change will help them, but I wish them the best. We need more church music organizations, not fewer.
    Thanked by 2Heath Jeffrey Quick
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