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Nancy Raabe
Nancy Elizabeth Miller Raabe (born 1954) is a retired American clergy member, author, and composer. She served congregations in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and was the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Raabe was born in 1954. She graduated from Pomona College, Phi Beta Kappa in music, in 1977. She completed two master's degrees in theology from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, and doctoral coursework in musicology at Brandeis University, focusing on the works of Gustav Mahler. Raabe completed her preparation for ordination into the ministry at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
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. From 2021 to 2025, she was the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She is a chaplain for the members of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.
Raabe's compositions are included in the St Olaf Choirbook for Women (2017) and the St Olaf Choirbook for Men (2015).
Every year, Raabe writes and shares an original tune for an ancient Christmas carol, including Carol of the Birds and The Clanging of Joybells.[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.
Raabe and her husband have commissioned about 80 hymn settings, concertatos, anthems, organ suites, and other music for the Christian church since 1990.[as of?]
They also established the Raabe Prize For Excellence In Sacred Composition, which is awarded by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians biennially. The Raabe Prize also supports other activities aiding composers and worship leaders.
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Nancy Raabe
Nancy Elizabeth Miller Raabe (born 1954) is a retired American clergy member, author, and composer. She served congregations in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, and was the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
Raabe was born in 1954. She graduated from Pomona College, Phi Beta Kappa in music, in 1977. She completed two master's degrees in theology from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, and doctoral coursework in musicology at Brandeis University, focusing on the works of Gustav Mahler. Raabe completed her preparation for ordination into the ministry at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
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. From 2021 to 2025, she was the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She is a chaplain for the members of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians.
Raabe's compositions are included in the St Olaf Choirbook for Women (2017) and the St Olaf Choirbook for Men (2015).
Every year, Raabe writes and shares an original tune for an ancient Christmas carol, including Carol of the Birds and The Clanging of Joybells.[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.
Raabe and her husband have commissioned about 80 hymn settings, concertatos, anthems, organ suites, and other music for the Christian church since 1990.[as of?]
They also established the Raabe Prize For Excellence In Sacred Composition, which is awarded by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians biennially. The Raabe Prize also supports other activities aiding composers and worship leaders.