What's Rob Grant Been up to Lately?

Present
Director of Music/ Choir Director/ Cantor/
Instrumentalist/ Ensemble Director/ Animateur
Saint Ambroe Parish, Berkeley California

2010-2011
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Ministry
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology. Berkeley

2005-2011
Director of Music/ Choir Director/ Cantor/ Instrumentalist/ Ensemble Director/ Animateur
Corpus Christi Parish, San Francisco

2003-2005
Director of Music/ Choir Director/ Cantor/ Instrumentalist/ Liturgy Planner/ Ensemble Director/ Animateur
St. John Vianney Parish, Walnut Creek, CA

2004 -2005
Director of Music/ Choir Director, Jan Term Lecturer
St. Mary’s College Office of Campus Ministry, Moraga, CA.

1982-2002
Director of Contemporary Music Program/ Liturgy Planner/ Choir Director/ Animateur /Cantor/Instrumentalist
Saint Ignatius Parish, San Francisco CA

2004-Present
Cantor/Instrumentalist /Ensemble Director/ Planner/Animateur
Notre Dame Des Victoires, San Francisco CA

1992-Present
Cantor/Instrumentalist/ Liturgy Planner/ Animateur
Holy Spirit Parish/Newman Center, University of California, Berkeley

1990-Present
Cantor/Instrumentalist/ Liturgy Planner/
Ensemble Leader/Animateur
Saint Gabriel Parish, San Francisco

1997-2004
Cantor/Instrumentalist/ Ensemble Director/ Animateur
Saint Thomas More Parish, San Francisco CA

1991-1999
Director of Liturgy and Music/ Cantor/ Instrumentalist/ Choir Director/ Ensemble Director/ Animateur
St. John of God Parish, San Francisco

1987-1991
Director of Music/ Choir Director/ Cantor/ Instrumentalist/ Liturgy Planner/ Ensemble Director/ Animateur
Saint Patrick’s Church, Larkspur CA

1977 -1987
Cantor/Instrumentalist/ Liturgy Planner/ Assembly Leader
Oakland Cathedral—Oakland CA

Selected Recent Publications /Workshops

The Why of Pastoral Ministry
Parishl Ministry Workshop (2010)

The Sacred Triuduum: Moving from Pageantry to Purpose
Parishl Ministry Workshop (2010)

We Are What We Eat: How Parish Repertoire Shapes the Faith Paradigms of Parishioners
Pastoral Ministry Masters Thesis (2008)

Coming of Age: The Laity’s Calling to Adult Status
Northern California Lay Convocation (2008)

Prayer and Liturgy:Keeping it Real
Archdiocese of San Francisco Schools Certification Program

Engaging the Prayer of the Assembly:
The Cantor as Animateur
NPM National Convention, Milwaukee

Fire and Wind—Vatican II 40 years Later
Los Angeles Regional Faith Formation Conference

The Liturgical Guitarist:
Musical Proficiency and Pastoral Ministry
NPM Convention—Workshop Accompanist

Celebrating the Multi-CulturalChurch
FDLC Colloquium, Vallombrosa Retreat Center

The Liturgical Guitarist: Musical Proficiency and Pastoral Ministry NPM Convention—Workshop co-presenter

Teaching Experience

2010-2011
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Ministry
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology. Berkeley CA

1975-2008
Liturgy/Theology/Music Teacher, Archdiocese of San Francisco (presently, Corpus Christi School)

2005
Jan Term Lecturer “Keeping It Real: The Relevance of an Ancient Church in the Post-Modern World”
St. Mary’s College, Moraga

2000 +
National Pastoral Musicians Conventions Presenter/Accompanist

1975-Present
Music Instructor (Private studio lessons)

Education

2008
Masters in Pastoral Ministry,
Holy Names University, Oakland CA

1973
BA, Communication Arts, Cum Laude graduate
University of San Francisco
Communication Arts/Music (Double minors)

1971
AA, Theology/Philosophy focus
Don Bosco Seminary, Salesians of Don Bosco

1997-2001
School of Pastoral Leadership,
Archdiocese of San Francisco

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