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Pre-Convention Events

SUNDAY 2:00–5:00 PM

Music Education Afternoon


GORDON
ME 01 Music Education Techniques
Edwin Gordon
Techniques for your classroom that will make your students come alive and enhance their learning experience.

CORTEZ
ME 02 Music for the Children’s Liturgy
Jaime Cortez
Resources that will help your children sing the liturgy and that can serve your music education needs too.

Fees: MusEd Member $50; non-MusEd member $75. Pre-Registration Required


SUNDAY 7:00–10:00 PM

Organ Master Classes
Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required

MC 01 Young Organist Master Class
Trent Zitzelberger, Jason Lorenzon
This master class is open to all young organists who are invited to apply to perform for the group and to receive coaching from the master teacher. Those who wish to participate as performers should submit an audition tape and will be selected based on the merits of the audition. Information on submitting a tape or CD (pdf).

MC 02 Adult Organist Master Class
Lynn Trapp, Jennifer Pascual
This master class is open to all adult organists (age 26+) who are invited to apply to perform for the group and to receive coaching from the master teacher. Those who wish to participate as performers should submit an audition tape of two contrasting pieces (1. lyrical, 2. quick tempo) by different composers, total time of both pieces should be limited to 5–7 minutes. Performers will be selected based on the merits of the audition. Tapes or CDs accompanied by your completed registration form due to the NPM national office by May 1, 2007. Information on submitting a tape or CD (pdf).

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MONDAY 8:00 am –12:00 noon

Festival rehearsals continue

Liturgical Space Tour

Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Westfield
Parishioners designed and built all the liturgical furnishings, including the beautiful stained-glass reredos and tabernacle. Dedicated December 8, 2004.
Architect: Woolen, Molzan and Partners

Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church, Zionsville
An example of a well-designed liturgical space graced with beautiful new stained-glass windows and an altar of Connemara marble quarried in Ireland. Dedicated August 1, 2004.
Architect: Richardson, Munson & Weir, Indianapolis, Indiana

Church of the Holy Cross, Indianapolis
1922 Classical Revival church with its 136-foot campanile built of Indiana limestone. The original color scheme and certain architectural details have been restored and the altar made more accessible to the assembly. Architect: Entheos Architects, Indianapolis, Indiana

Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Indianapolis
1891 Gothic revival architecture. Severely damaged by an electrical fire in 2001, the church has been gloriously restored to its former beauty. Architect: Conrad Schmitt Studios, New Berlin, Wisconsin

Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required


Organ Crawl

Visit and hear four of the Indianapolis area’s finest instruments:

North United Methodist Church
Sanctuary: W. W. Kimball, 1931 / E.H. Holloway, 1965 & 1973 / Goulding & Wood, 1986 / Reynolds Associates, Inc., 2004; IV/76, electro-pneumatic, chancel and gallery consoles Chapel: Orgues Létourneau Ltée, Opus 57, II/16, mechanical

All Saints Episcopal Church
Larry MacPherson, new console by Goulding & Wood (2007), III/46, electro-pneumatic
Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ W. W. Kimball Co., 1933 / Casavant Frères, 1956 / Reynolds Associates, Inc., 1999; IV/64, electro-pneumatic

Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ
W. W. Kimball Co., 1933 / Casavant Frères, 1956 / Reynolds Associates, Inc., 1999; IV/64, electro-pneumatic

St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Goulding & Wood, 1999, IV/80, electropneumatic slider

Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required


MONDAY 9:00 am –12:00 noon

Exhibits Open

Master Classes and Clinics
Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required

MC 03 Advanced Cantor Clinic
Melanie Coddington, Joe Simmons
A group class for cantors with experience. Two master clinicians will offer practical suggestions to improve your ability to lead the assembly as a cantor and to proclaim the sung Word of God. Those who wish to sing, as time permits, bring two copies of a prepared psalm.

MC 04 Young Cantor Master Class
Lori True
Open to all young cantors, who are also invited to apply to perform for the group and receive coaching from the master teacher. Those who wish to sing, as time permits, bring two copies of a prepared psalm.

MC 05 Advanced Guitar Clinic
Bobby Fisher, Steve Petrunak
A group class for guitarists with experience. Two master clinicians will offer practical skills to improve your guitar playing and ability to lead the assembly with the guitar. Bring your guitar and a folding stand, and please come with a piece prepared and ready to play.

MC 06 Flutists Clinic
Anna Belle O’Shea, Denise La Giglia
Gather for a morning of reflection, music-making, new ideas, and spiritual growth, that will explore effective ways to enable the assembly’s musical prayer at Sunday Eucharist and beyond. Bring your flute! Music will be provided.

MC 07 Master Class for Pianists
Paul Tate
This master class is open to all pianists, who are also invited to apply to perform for the group and to receive coaching from the master teacher. Those who wish to participate as performers should submit an audition tape and will be selected based on the merits of the audition. Information and Form to submit a tape or CD.

MC 08 African American Piano Clinic
Thomas Jefferson
A group class for pianists that will offer practical skills to improve your ability to play in the various rhythms and styles related to African American music. Those who wish to play, as time permits, bring a prepared hymn, octavo, or song.

MC 09 Percussion Clinic
Marc Anderson
Explore the place of percussion in our liturgical life. A master clinician will offer practical skills to improve your playing and understanding so as to lead the assembly as part of the ensemble.

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Music Education Morning

ME 03 Music Education Techniques
Edwin Gordon
Techniques for your classroom that will make your students come alive and enhance their learning experience.

ME 04 Music for the Liturgy
Jaime Cortez
Resources that will help your children sing the liturgy and that can serve your music education needs too.

Fees: MusEd Member $50; non-MusEd member $75
Pre-Registration Required



Music Ministry Leadership Retreat
John Bell

BELL
Spend some time apart, before the convention begins, with full-time, part-time, and volunteer music directors— all persons responsible for leadership in music ministry—to gather under the direction of a preacher, pastor, and musician. Take time out to feed your spiritual hunger, connect with others, and reflect on your vocation and ministry.
Fee: $50 Pre-Registration Required



RUFF
Chant Intensive
Anthony Ruff, OSB
An introduction to and overview of Gregorian Chant. Discover how to incorporate chant into your pastoral practice. Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required


Sound Intensive
Gael Berberick, Dennis Fleisher and Mike Overlin
A hands on experience to learn how best to use speakers, microphones, and mixer to get the kind of sound out of your ensemble that will serve the liturgy. (Limited to 30 participants.) Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required

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MONDAY 9:30 - 10:30 am

Industry Showcase I

Joy to the World! Christmas Customs, Liturgy and Songs for the Entire Congregation
Andy Albritton
Special programming from Alfred Publishing Co. for the First Sunday of Advent through the Baptism of the Lord. Adult cantatas, multi-generational programs, and children’s musicals, octavos for singers of all ages.

Music of Worship, Praise and Remembrance
Jerry Rubino
Read and sing exciting new publications from Oxford University Press and receive a complimentary packet of music!

Taken by Love: Year A with Songs in His Presence
Jane Terwilliger and Amy Righi
Featuring reverent and uniquely beautiful Lectionary-conforming Psalms for use in Year A. Discover a wealth of stirring new hymns and their success in liturgy, including funerals and weddings. Samples included.

Implement Liturgy of the Hours in Your Parish
Liturgy Training Publications
Come and participate in chanting the Liturgy of the Hours with The Mundelein Psalter, a new resource using the Grail psalms, containing Morning, Evening, Night Prayer and much more. Join us and learn how to implement this beautiful form of prayer in your parish.

Worship Has No Limits
Dan Miller
Why limit your music ministry? Rodgers organs offer flexibility for any worship style.

Sacred Gateways – Songs for the Life of the Church
Feargal and Breda King
Original contemporary liturgical music by Irish composer Feargal King performed with Irish soprano Breda King and friends. Tuneful, accessible music for the church year.

A Treasury of Song for Liturgy
Lumen Christi Ministry
Energizing new music from composer Terry Piontkowski offers wonderful arrangements for choir that are singable for the assembly. Sing through a packet of music for the Church year. Register to win a $50 gift certificate. Must be present to win.


MONDAY 11:00 am - 12 noon

Industry Showcase II

The Music of Joe Mattingly and the Newman Singers
Share the magic and music of Joe and the Newman Singers. Exciting new Spirit filled music lifts your spirit!

Bring the Best in Music to All Your Formation Programs [CANCELLED]
The Staff of Silver Burdett Ginn Religion
Come see how SBGR and GIA have worked together to incorporate the best in liturgical music into faith formation programs for children, teenagers and adults in English and Spanish.

A Treasury of Song for Liturgy
Lumen Christi Ministry
Energizing new music from composer Terry Piontkowski offers wonderful arrangements for choir that are singable for the assembly. Sing through a packet of music for the Church year. Register to win a $50 gift certificate. Must be present to win.

Living Spirit, Holy Fire!
David Haas, the Emmaus Center
Come celebrate, pray and sing music from a new collaborative project by David Haas and friends. A celebration of the Holy Spirit stirring and singing in our lives as church!

Help Is on the Way!
Robert A. Hobby
Help is on the way for your choirs in the worship service. Come and see what the fuss is about at the Augsburg Fortress Showcase “New Choral Treasures.”

Music That Sings! [CANCELLED]
Jane Holstein, David Weck
Receive a packet of choral music from Hope Publishing Company, as together we sing and explore the latest offerings from today’s choral writers.

Laudate, Jubilate and More!
James Kosnik
An organ reading session. Concordia Publishing House

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