PASTORAL MUSICIANS' BREAKFAST
8:15 - 9:30 am
Come join in a festive meal at the beginning of the day to celebrate the ministry of pastoral musicians and the work of NPM! |
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HUGHES
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The Jubilate Deo Award will be presented to Sister Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ, scholar, teacher, leader, and tireless advocate for liturgical renewal.
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The Pastoral Musician of the Year Award will be given to musician, composer, and scholar Dr. Bob Hurd, who has opened our ears, hearts, and mouths to sing to the Lord in many tongues and rhythms.
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NPM Awards will include Outstanding Pastor, Outstanding Chapter Leader, and other honors.
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| Enjoy a relaxing breakfast and celebrate excellence and service in our association!
Sign up for the breakfast on the registration form; fee: $25. |
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Morning Prayer
10:15 am
“There should be prayer in the morning so that the resurrection of the Lord may thus be celebrated” (St. Cyprian).
Plenum Address 11:00 - 12:00 PM
Common Ground, Common Purpose, Common Good
Steven Janco
The mission of hope demands that we overcome our differences. Dr. Steven Janco reflects on new perspectives that can bring harmony to the Church, our dioceses, our parishes, and our communities—for the life of the world. |
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Industry Showcase II | WLP
1:45-3:00 PM
Gotta Sing, Gotta Pray!
World Library Publications invites you to join your voices to those of WLP artists to sing through a diverse selection of choral and liturgical music. Discover new pieces in many styles and voicings that are sure to enhance your music ministry and your community’s prayer and worship. Take home a resource packet filled with full-size octavos and other great samples!
Institutes
3:15–5:00 pm
DMMD, Chant and Handbell Institutes continue.
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Breakout Sessions 3:45 - 5:00 pm
C-01 DMMD Choral Institute
Kent Tritle
(begins at 3:15 pm)
A continuation of B-01. |
DMMD |
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C-02 Using Technology to Recruit,
Retain, and Communicate with Volunteer Musicians
Jeremy Helmes
Be not afraid. . .of Facebook, Twitter, texting, or the web in general! Harness the power of modern technology, including the internet, to keep your music ministry moving! |
Technology |
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C-03 The Rensselaer Jubilee Series:
Future Possibilities for Music
Ministry Formation
Mary Jo Quinn, SCL, & Steven Janco
Two pastoral musicians discuss what the shape of music ministry can look like in the years ahead. |
Liturgy |
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C-04 From IQ to EQ to SQ: The Spiritual Needs of Campus Life
Stephen Steinbeiser
Life seems to push us beyond simple formulas and easy equations. As our students and places of higher learning grow and change, do we? Investigate and inventory your own quotients for intelligence, emotion, and spirituality, whereby each of us, the greatest and the least, can link liturgy to life. |
Campus Ministry |
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C-05 Incorporating Youth from High
School or College into Parish
Music Ministry
Rob Strusinski & Rachelle Kramer
Creative ways to incorporate those musicians home from college or with limited time while in high school into your parish music ministry. Yes! You can! |
Youth |
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C-06 Conducting for Healthy Singing
Kathleen DeJardin
Your conducting and the sound produced by your singers are intimately related. Conduct for healthy singing. |
Choir Directors |
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C-07 Tips and Toys for Choirs of All
Ages
Lee Gwozdz
Come play, sing, and help all voices produce better choral sound. |
Choir |
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C-08 Gospel Styles for Playing
Rawn Harbor
Techniques to help you play in Gospel style. |
Pianists |
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C-09 The Singing Guitarist
Jaime Cortez
Guitarists learn to sing better and singers learn to play guitar better by learning to develop conducting skills while singing and playing guitar as cantor or ensemble leader. Liturgical music samples from different genres will be used. |
Ensemble |
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C-10 Organ Repertoire Based on
Chant
James Kosnik
Exciting repertoire based on chant for the advanced organist to add to your storehouse of treasures. |
Advanced Organ |
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C-11 Organ Registration for the
Beginning Organist
H. Ricardo Ramirez
Basic and creative organ registration for church, including getting the best sounds from each instrument, regardless of make, model, or style. |
Advanced Organ |
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C-12 From Piano to Organ with
Hands and Feet, Part 1
Peter Kurdziel
Techniques to help pianists make the transition from piano to organ. |
Pianist |
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C-13 Creating Contemporary Catholic
Praise Music
John Angotti
An experienced Catholic liturgical composer discusses the difference between "contemporary Catholic" music and "Christian praise" music. |
Composers |
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C-14 Skills and Strategies for the
Multicultural Music Minister
Bob Hurd & Rufino Zaragoza, OFM
Music ministers engaged in multicultural communities require a wide range of musical resources and non-musical skills. After reviewing some useful hymns, litanies, and acclamations, we will ask: How do repertoire and models of worship (bilingual, multicultural, intercultural) all relate in preparing worship with leadership of diverse languages and ethnic backgrounds? |
Intercultural |
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C-15 Our Songs Form Our Identity
J-Glenn Murray, SJ
Explore how the song of African American Catholics has formed their identity and influences that of the Church at large. |
African American |
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C-16 The Cantor as Leader of Prayer
Kathleen Harmon, SND DE N
Beginning cantors: Leader of prayer is part of your ministerial identity. |
Beginning Cantor |
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C-17 Training Cantor Trainers
Joanne Werner
The skills that people who mentor and train cantors need to have. |
Music Directors |
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C-18 Clergy Conversation with Msgr.
Anthony Sherman of the BCDW
Anthony Sherman
For clergy only. An opportunity to engage the executive director of the BCDW in dialogue about your liturgical concerns. |
Clergy |
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C-19 (P)sing a New (P)salm
Mary Beth Kunde-Anderson
Find a wide array of great new psalm settings from a variety of publishers. Explore trends and traditions in psalm singing and various styles (chant, sprung-rhythm, through-composed) you can put to good use in your music ministry. |
Liturgy |
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C-20 Sing to the Lord for You and
Your Assembly
Robert Batastini
Sing to the Lord presents many new challenges, while careful implementation promises rich rewards in the form of re-energized community song. |
Music Directors |
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C-21 Showcase: A Changed Heart:
Make Music with David Haas & The Emmaus Center
David Haas
Come together to sing and explore new creative liturgical music by David Haas, Lori True, Tom Franzak, and other composers. A time to rejoice, sing, and pray together. New free music for everyone! |
General |
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C-22 Showcase: A Seasonal Pilgrimage: Songs and Psalms for the
Liturgical Year
Fergal & Breda King | Kingsfold Music
Irish-born Fergal and Breda King return with new music for the liturgical year ahead. Tuneful, colorful, approachable music for your parish, with a Celtic twist. |
General |
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C-23 Showcase: Rinnovare, the
Renewal Mass
Good for the Soul Music
Come experience the brand new musical setting of the new Mass translation by Good For the Soul Music composers David Kauffman and William Gokelman. |
General |
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Convention Eucharist
8:00 pm
Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron
We gather around Word and Sacrament as the Body of Christ to offer praise and thanksgiving to God, to find harmony and communion with God and one another through Christ, and to find the hope we need to live Jesus each and every day. |

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Late Night Expo II
10:00 PM–12:00 Midnight
Gather at the Exhibit Hall at the end of the day to enjoy the company of friends and colleagues and to check out the incredible variety of products and services to assist you in your ministry. A cash bar will be available.

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