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Schedule - Wednesday, July 11

8:15
Pastoral Musicians' Breakfast
10:00
Byzantine Morning Prayer
10:45
Plenum: Manalo
11:45
Exhibits Open
12:45
Lunchtime Organ Recital
1:30
Industry Showcase: GIA
3:00
Breakout C
4:45
Afternoon Quartets 1-4
8:00
Convention EUCHARIST
10:00
"Rockin' the Circle"

 

PASTORAL MUSICIANS' BREAKFAST

8:15 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!

  • The Jubilate Deo Award will be presented to Jan Michael Joncas— scholar, teacher, composer, pastor, musician, and servant of the church at prayer.
  • The Pastoral Musician Of The Year Award will be given to composer Marty Haugen for crafting music that gathers God’s people in songs of praise and prayer!
  • Other Awards will include Chapter of the Year, Music Educator of the Year, and Business Partner of the Year.
  • Scholarships for pastoral music studies totaling nearly $25,000 will be announced and presented.
  • Enjoy a relaxing breakfast and celebrate excellence and service within our Association!

Fee: $25 Pre-Registration Required


JONCAS


HAUGEN

Plenum Address 10:45 AM
One Church, Many Cultures: It's More Than the Songs


Ricky Manalo, CSP

The diverse people of God sings and celebrates its unity at the liturgy, yet more is needed to invite and deepen the oneness for which Jesus prayed. What other attitudes and resources are needed to draw us closer together in one Body?


MANALO

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12:45 pm - Noontime Organ Recital at St. John's Church
Karen Schneider-Kirner, director of the Notre Dame Celebration Choir and Notre Dame Handbell Choir, assistant director of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, and assistant organist at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the campus of the University of Notre Dame.


Industry Showcase: GIA
1:30-2:30 PM
One in Song

Sing through a complimentary packet of GIA’s latest offerings.
GIA Staff and Friends


C
Breakout Sessions 3:00 - 4:15 pm

C 01 Continue the Conversation: One Church, Many Cultures - It's More than the Songs
Ricky Manalo, CSP
Continue the conversation with the plenum speaker

C 02 DMMD Institute: Sung Liturgical Texts, Hymns, Songs and Antiphons
J. Michael Joncas
A continuation of B-2. Attendance is limited to members of the Director of Music Ministries Division.

C 03 HOVDA LECTURE: Musicam Sacram Revisited - Three Degrees of Celebration?
Judith Kubicki, CSSF
How has the principle of progressive solemnity helped or hindered the development of sung worship following Vatican II? How should the “degrees of celebration” elaborated in Musicam Sacram be viewed forty years later?

C 04 The Liturgical Bookshelf
Karen Kane
Fill your shelf with the basic books one needs to know to plan and celebrate the liturgy of the Church.

C 05 A Song of Comfort: Music for Funerals
David Anderson
The music you choose for the Order of Christian Funerals can comfort those who gather for these rites.

C 06 What Theology Are We Singing?
Alan Hommerding
For authors, composers and those who choose music. How to apply scriptural and theological criteria in evaluating texts for the liturgy. Practical examples and pastoral applications will be offered.

C 07 How Do We Worship Together?
Pedro Rubalcava, J-Glenn Murray,SJ and Barbara Tracey
Three respected practitioners of intercultural worship will share practical pointers about what helps and what inhibits our worship across cultural lines.

C 08 Fr. Clarence Jos. Rivers Lectures: Many Sounds of Black Worship
Roger Holland and Lynne Gray
Discover the rich diversity in the worship of African American communities.

C 09 ¿Qué Música Podemos Cantar...y Cómo? What music do we sing and when?
Norma Garcia - Now bilingual
Esta taller ofrecerá sugerencia de música apropiada para server a la comunidad hispana en la liturgia dominica. This session will explore which music is appropriate in serving the Hispanic communities in Sunday worship.

C 10 The Cantor as Animator of the Assembly
Joe Simmons
Practical tips for how to engage, enliven, and animate the assembly whose prayer we serve.


KUBICKI

EAST

GARCIA

CHUISANO

GOKELMAN

PORTER

C 11 Training Cantor Trainers
Joanne Werner
Training the trainers or mentoring the mentors is an important ministry of empowerment.

C 12 Piano and Guitar Together
Gerry Chiusano, Bobby Fisher
Consider the skills needed for good ensemble playing.

C 13 Managing a Music Program, Part 1
Steve Petrunak
Practical organizational and ministerial approaches to managing the music programs and ministers you need.

C 14 Piano for Organists: Adapting and Discerning
Stephanie Honz
Learn how to adapt organ scores to the keyboard and what works better on which instrument.

C 15 Practical Practice Techniques for Organists
John A. Romeri
Tools that help your practice time be as productive as possible.

C 16 Service Playing: The Piano in Liturgy
William Gokelman
Techniques to help you lead the song of the assembly from the piano.

C 17 Small and Rural Parishes: Doing the Basics Well
Thomas Porter
Whatever size of community you serve, you can do the basics well.

C 18 Ministering Together: Youth Ministers and Music Directors as Collaborating Colleagues
Leisa Anslinger, Lori True
Explore how youth ministers and music directors can collaborate in ministry “that all may be one!”

C 19 The Eucharistic Prayer: How Do We Pray It?
Steve Janco
Since presiders pray the Eucharistic Prayer in the name of the entire assembly, discover ways to communicate that this is our prayer.

C 20 Organizing A Rehearsal
Rob Strusinski
Everything you need to know to organize a choir rehearsal and more!

C 21 Warm-ups
James Jordan
Resources that will help your choral warmups connect with the repertoire your choir will sing and develop their voices.

C 22 Orff and Arranging Music for Church and School
Nanci Flesher
Orff instruments and techniques aren’t just for the classroom; they serve the liturgy, too! Using Orff instruments, look at practical teaching process and strategies that promote music literacy, while preparing music that is appropriate for liturgy.


JANCO

JORDAN

FLESHER

FRIEDMAN

VOGT

WEST

C 23 Handbells in Roman Catholic Worship
Jean McLaughlin
Where, how, and why to incorporate handbells into your liturgical music program.

C 24 Meet the Editor
Mary Beth Kunde-Anderson, Randall DeBruyn and Kelly Dobbs Mickus
What do editors look for when music is submitted for publication?

C 25 Commication: Clear, Direct and Inviting
Rob Glover
Learn how to become a more effective pastoral minister through communication that is clear, direct, and inviting.

C 26 Be One With the Lord in Dance
John West, Consuelo Zuniga West
A participatory workshop for dancers of all levels of ability focusing on the leadership of the ministers of liturgical movement in ritual actions and prayer. Come prepared to celebrate the Lord with dance!

C 27 MusOp: Never Too Young to Sing God's Praise
Mark Friedman, Janet Vogt and Friends
Join Mark and Janet, NPM’s 2005 Music Educators of the Year, for a session suitable for elementary-aged children, featuring Never Too Young: Spirit & Song for Young People, a new prayer and worship resource. Sponsored by OCP.

C 28 Showcase: Living Spirit, Holy Fire!
David Haas and The Emmaus Center
Come celebrate, pray and sing music from a new collaborative project by David and composer friends Tony Alonso, Lori True, Kate Cuddy, Tom Franzak, Jesse Manibusan, Paul Tate, and James Moore. A celebration of the Holy Spirit stirring and singing in our lives as church!

C 29 Showcase: Reprints for Congregational Song
OneLicense.net
OneLicense.net makes obtaining copyright reprint permission easier than ever. Permission to reprint the copyrights of over 40 top church music publishers (with more joining regularly) by simply logging on to OneLicense.net.

C 30 Showcase: 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!

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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EVENTS

4:45-5:45 PM

05 01 Music from Saint Meinrad Archabbey
Columba Kelly, OSB


KELLY
An afternoon of music from St. Meinrad Archabbey, under the direction of noted chant scholar, Fr. Columba Kelley, OSB, with the monks of St. Meinrad performing a variety of liturgical compositions written by monks of the community and used in the liturgy at the Abbey. Sponsored by OCP.


05 02 Shout Praise!
Grayson Warren Brown
Join Grayson Warren Brown as he shares new spirit-filled melodies in a musical celebration rich in the gospel tradition. Sponsored by OCP

BROWN


05 03 Singing and Praying the Gospel through the Liturgical Year: A Psallité Event

Come and sing the liturgical year with members and friends of the Collegeville Composers Group, including Carol Browning, Catherine Christmas, Cyprian Consiglio,OSBC am, Paul Ford, and Paul Inwood. Celebrate the rich resources of Scripture and liturgy with the music of Psallité. Sponsored by Liturgical Press.


05 04 Sacred Land - Liam Lawton and Musicians from Old St. Patrick's Church, Chicago, IL
Liam Lawton


Sponsored by GIA Publications.

Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago observes a hallowed annual tradition called Siamsa na nGael, a Celtic celebration of songs, dance, and story. The organizers of this annual showcase of Irish talent commissioned hailed Irish composer Liam Lawton to write three major works: Patrick the Shepherd Boy, Brigid of Kildare, and Kevin of Glendalough.  This event includes liturgical versions of selected movements from these works and more.


Convention Eucharist

DuVALL
8:00 pm
Justin DuVall, OSB, Presider
We gather as one around Word and Sacrament on the Memorial of Saint Benedict, which, like every celebration of the Mass, reminds us that Jesus came to invite all to be one!


Rockin' the Circle: A Contemporary Music Event
10:00 PM–12:00 Midnight

Gary Daigle, Coordinator
This very popular event returns with high energy contemporary music performances by a variety of artists. Artists, companies, styles, instruments, voices, and people come together “that all may be one!”

DAIGLE

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