Join publisher representatives from GIA, OCP, WLP as they discuss their response to the need for new and revised Mass settings that correspond to the new Roman Missal translation. Come with your questions and pastoral insights.

A-02 Technology and the Modern Music Minister, Part 1
Jeremy Helmes

A-03 The Rensselaer Jubilee Series: Seeds Sown: Divisions and Hope for the Future
Joyce Ann Zimmerman, C.PP.S.

Vatican II was a time of hope for some and division for others. Recall what seeds were sown in the liturgical renewal and the music it invited.

A-04 The Care and Cultivation of Campus Life
Stephen Steinbeser

Campus Ministers: come, rekindle a way to move beyond lethargy to life; to remember your passion for sung prayer and community; and to energize, unite, and connect your campus.

A-05 Multigenerational Worship: Moving Forward
Tony Alonso

For the past decade music ministers have tried all we can to get youth involved in the liturgy of the Church. What has worked? What has not? Are "teen liturgies" sustaining young people past high school? This workshop will use new resources, studies, and music to explore ways to move forward toward liturgies that bring generations together for prayer.

A-06 Choral Techniques for the Beginning Conductor
Pearl Shangkuan

The basic techniques beginning choral conductors need in their bag of tools.

A-07 Vocal Techniques for Children
Michael Wustrow

Exciting choral repertoire that can serve choirs of all ages.

Resources for you to utilize on the piano to help your assembly sing the liturgy.

Basic rhythm section tips and techniques for assigning, controlling, and blending the standard piano, bass, drum, and guitar section.

Tips to help you prepare for these certifications, whether you are the candidate or the mentor.

Tools to help the experienced organist save and use practice time wisely.

Members of Composers' Forum give practical advice to composers of unpublished music that was previously submitted.

Explore the skills needed and challenges presented when mainstream musicians partner with South East Asian or Filipino musicians in liturgical ministry and bilingual liturgies. How do we foster a relationship of mutual mentoring and cross-cultural understanding?

Discover the ways in which psalms are sung and prayed in African American musical styles and worship.

Beginning cantors, take time to reflect on this important aspect of your ministry.

Psalmist, song leader, animateur, leader of prayer, singer, minister: experienced cantors, deepen your awareness of how you serve the liturgy in all these ways and more.

What our world needs now is hope rooted in the Scriptures and the liturgy we pray. Our preaching can serve this need.

This session will explore the musical and ritual considerations and repertoire possibilities for the Rite of Acceptance, Election/Sending, and the Rite of Baptism for Children.

This workshop will provide a practical guide to the rites, liturgical books, resources, and documents with which everyone who prepares worship needs to be familiar.

Come and sing great choral music by Palestrina, Monteverdi, Byrd, Purcell, etc. All music provided. Some sight-reading ability recommended. Included: basic Renaissance choral techniques.

A-21 Showcase: Exciting Music for All Ages
Joe Mattingly|The Newman Singers

Come and experience new music for youth, young adults, children, for every age!

A-22 Showcase: New Music from MorningStar Publishers
Mark W. Lawson

Explore the newest choral publications from MorningStar Music Publishers. The complimentary packet will include music of varied difficulty levels and voicing.

A-23 Showcase: Ritual Music for Christian Initiation
Collegeville Composers: Paul Ford, Paul Inwood, Carol Browning, Catherine Christmas, & Cyprian Consiglio | Liturgical Press

The Collegeville Composers Group, creators of Psallite: Sacred Song for Liturgy and Life, have prepared an exciting new collection of music for the rites of Christian initiation.

Industry Showcase I | OCP
1:45-3:00 PM
Looking for Ways to ENGAGE Your Assembly?
Come to the OCP showcase and discover resources that help you engage, unite, and inspire your community in worship. A generous selection of choral music is our gift to you for attending!

A choral institute that will culminate in a performance on Thursday evening, under the direction of Kent Tritle, Music Director of St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York City. We will focus on how to teach music, stylistic considerations, getting the meaning across to your singers, tuning, and shaping tone. Among the repertoire will be the motet, Jesu, Meine Freude, J. S. Bach, The Lamb by John Tavener, and E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come, in memory of Paul Manz, who died in 2009. Other motets in Latin and English and a few hymns will round out the program. For DMMD members only. Pre-Registration required. Details...

A continuation of A-02.

Renewal following Vatican II included experiments in how to put the Council documents into practice. Explore the lessons learned from the years that followed.

A continuation of A-20.

If you name it, they might come -- or they might stay away. Why an ensemble's name is vitally important to their mission and that of the parish, along with some very important levels of expectation.

Discover resources that will hone your skills to be an even more effective conductor.

Whether used with a children's choir, child cantor, or children in a classroom, these techniques will improve their sound.

Tools and tips to help pianists improvise.

Using Liturgical Ensemble Basics as a textbook, participants will learn how to use each instrument in the liturgical ensemble. Writing, arranging tips, and live demonstration will be used.

You can lead the music that serves the liturgy in confident and creative ways.

Tips to help you prepare for this certification, whether you are the candidate or the mentor.

A continuation of A-12.

Important items to consider when planning worship with more than one culture.

What is gospel music? How are Gospel values expressed and strengthened in this style?

A session to help beginning cantors grow in their ministry to proclaim the Word of God in song.

Practical techniques, beyond the basics, to help you proclaim the responsorial psalm during liturgy.

For clergy. This session will explore what you need to consider in preparing for praying with new texts.

This session will continue to explore the musical and ritual considerations of the rites of initiation, focusing on the scrutinies, initiation at the Easter Vigil, mystagogy, and celebrations of confirmation for young people.

Delve into the practical tools for planning that this document can offer a pastoral musician or liturgist.

Discover what is available to help you, your music ministers, liturgy committees, parish staff, and congregation, prepare for the new translation of the Roman Missal.

Join Lumen Christi Ministry for a preview of the rewrite of The Festival Mass with composer Terry Piontkowski. Sing through a packet of our music and enter for a chance at a gift certificate to our booth. Must be present to win.

James Kosnick will lead you through organ music to use in your parish during the church year. Featuring the Laudate! And Jubilate series

Join Jabulani Music through songs of covenant which question "who is God" and "who are we" and discover new ways of thinking about God.

TAIZÉ PRAYER
10:45 pm

Gather around the cross, surrounded by the Church on earth and the icons that connect us to the Church in heaven, to pray in song, silence, and the Word of God at the end of this convention day.