NPM Institutes - 2008
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Cantor Express ~ Choir Director Institute ~ Institute for Music with Children
Guitar and Ensemble Institute ~ Pastoral Liturgy Institute ~ Registration Information

Cantor Express
4 Dates and Locations

The weekend has something to offer cantors at all levels of experience: beginner, advanced, and professional. Most cantors are proficient in some areas but need to develop in others. Some participants are even discerning whether this ministry is right for them and come simply to explore. Whatever your level of skill and experience, the institute offers you an opportunity to assess areas for growth, begin to fill in gaps, and lay the groundwork for a firmer foundation for your ministry.

The weekend includes interactive lectures, discussion, reflection, skill building (group voice classes, interpretation, and coaching), and repertoire that best reflects the core identity of the cantor. At some points in the weekend, you will have the opportunity to choose sessions according to your own needs. Meals include Friday dinner to Sunday lunch. Note: The Cantor Express program in Hartford, Connecticut, begins on Thursday night and ends on Saturday at 9:00 pm.

All we ask is that you come with an open mind and reasonable expectations! For instance, if you don’t already read music, we can teach you the basics. If you’ve had vocal training and need help with your interpretive skills, we can offer you some useful tools. If you have limited knowledge of Scripture, liturgy, and the psalms, we can help your development in those areas. In short, we can’t offer you complete training in a single weekend, but we can share the riches of our liturgical heritage, provide useful tools for your ministry, and lead you to additional resources.

Faculty

	Joe Simmons Cantor, clinician, spiritual formation leader, and solo recording artist based in New York City. Buffalo, San Francisco, Baltimore.			Mary Clare McAlee Cantor, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey; frequent oratorio soloist; apprentice artist, Pittsburgh Opera at Duquesne and the Sarasota Opera; Westminster Choir College graduate; clinician and private instructor. Hartford, Baltimore.
	Melanie B. Coddington Faith formation associate, St. Michael Parish, Marquette, Michigan; parish cantor; founding editor, The Liturgical Singer (1999–2003). Hartford.			Joanne Werner Pastoral musician, Fort Worth, Texas; chair, NPM’s Director of Music Ministries Board of Directors. San Francisco.
	Mary Lynn Pleczkowski Editor, The Liturgical Singer; vice-chair, NPM Standing Committee for Cantors. Buffalo.

Dates and Locations

July 11–13 • Cantor Express, San Francisco, California
Vallombrosa Center, Menlo Park
Nestled in Menlo Park, a quiet corner of Silicon Valley, Vallombrosa is a retreat and conference center owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco conveniently located midway between San Francisco and San Jose and readily accessible both by car and by public transportation. Center is about 30 minutes from San Francisco International Airport. Bedrooms are double occupancy with bath; single option available for $50 supplement. Early arrival available on July 10 for $50 supplement. Website: www.vallombrosa.org.

July 17–19 • Cantor Express, Hartford, Connecticut (Thursday–Saturday)
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center
With a newly renovated conference room and chapel organ, and with new elevators to make the retreat center handicap accessible, the Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center is known throughout the northeast for its tranquil setting and gracious hospitality. Bedrooms are single occupancy. Early arrival available on Wednesday, July 16, for $50 supplement. Late departure on Sunday, July 20, available for $50 supplement. Located on Tunxis Road in West Hartford, the Center is easily accessible from Interstate 84 and only a 30 minute drive (19 miles) from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. Website: www.holyfamilyretreat.org.

July 18–20 • Cantor Express, Buffalo, New York
Christ the King Seminary
Christ the King Seminary is 30 minutes from downtown Buffalo and Buffalo Niagara International Airport, 45 minutes from Niagara Falls, and is easily accessible from the New York State Thruway and the Route 400 expressway. The seminary campus is situated on 132 acres of pastoral fields, small lakes, and woodlands, adjacent to the Knox Farm State Park, near the village of East Aurora, New York. All rooms are single occupancy. Early arrival available on July 17 for $50 supplement. Website: www.cks.edu.

August 8–10 • Cantor Express, Baltimore, Maryland
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Located in a beautiful residential neighborhood of Baltimore, near the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and Loyola College of Baltimore, the College of Notre Dame is conveniently located only 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and about half an hour’s drive (15 miles) from Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Bedrooms are double occupancy; single rooms available for $50 supplement. Early arrival available on August 8 for $50 supplement. Website: www.ndm.edu.

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23rd Annual Choir Director Institute
August 11–15 • St. Louis, Missouri

This Institute has something to offer all participants—from the experienced, full-time director to the newly appointed one. Most directors are proficient in some areas but need to develop in others.

The Choir Director Institute includes daily liturgy of the hours, choral warm-ups to begin the day, practice and score study time, large- and small-group opportunities to conduct, new choral music, octavo reading sessions with free packet of material from various publishers, extensive singing and conducting in a variety of styles and voicings from easy to difficult, music planning and rehearsal planning sessions, opportunities
for preparation and participation in all liturgical ministries, Scripture and liturgy sessions, spiritual care of the conductor or music director, and care of the voice.

Whatever your level of skill and experience, the Institute offers you an opportunity to assess areas for growth, begin to fill in gaps, and lay the groundwork of a firmer foundation for your ministry.

Registration and one-on-one dialogues begin on Monday at 8:00 am. The institute begins on Monday at 9:30 am and concludes on Friday at 11:30 am. These days include time for large and small group instruction, conducting practice, music preparation, octavo reading sessions, shared meals and conversation, and recreation time. Meals include Monday lunch through Friday breakfast.

Faculty

	Paul French Director of music at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Chicago, Illinois; music director of the William Ferris Chorale; director of choir recordings for World Library Publications; composer.			John A. Romeri Organist and director of music ministries at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, and music coordinator for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
	Kathleen DeJardin Director of Music Ministries at Georgetown’s Holy Trinity Church in Washington, DC; member of the NPM Director of Music Ministries Division’s Board of Directors.			David Philippart Author, parish retreat director, and nationally known clinician on liturgy.

Dates and Location

August 11–15 • Choir Director Institute, St. Louis, Missouri
Mercy Center
Mercy Center’s beautiful 70-acre campus is located in West St. Louis County, easily accessible from major highways and about 30 minutes from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Rooms are double occupancy with private baths; single room available for $100 supplement. Lounges and kitchenettes near the bedroom areas. Handicap accessible. Early arrival available on August 10 for $50 supplement. Website: www.mercycenterstl.org.

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Institute for Music with Children
July 22–24 • San Antonio, Texas

In this institute, you will discover innovative ways to engage children in the Church’s liturgy through a wide range of liturgical music; explore classroom techniques for developing a child’s musical ability, choral techniques for teaching children how to sing, and successful repertoire to use in liturgical and classroom settings; and reflect on the spirituality of children and directors and its expression through music, liturgy, and catechesis. Experienced educators and directors will find these sessions affirm what they have learned and offer insight into new research and materials. Those new to the field will find a wealth of theoretical and practical information to take home.

Registration opens Tuesday at 8:00 am., and the program begins at 9:00 am. The program ends on Thursday at 12:00 noon. Meals include Tuesday lunch through Thursday breakfast.

Each day starts with morning prayer and combines plenum sessions for all with breakout sessions for music educators and children’s choir directors. Participants can choose the sessions they attend.

The Track for Music Educators includes techniques for teaching classroom music, ways to integrate musicality and movement and the practicalities of music “a la carte,” or the roving music educator.

The Track for Children’s Choir Directors includes how to prepare for an effective choir rehearsal, how to recruit and maintain choir members and developing solid conducting techniques.

Faculty

	Donna Kinsey Music specialist, Monongalia County Schools, West Virginia; teacher and clinician for children’s voices, handbells, and music educators; past state chair, American Guild of English Handbell Ringers.			Dan Girardot Director of liturgy and music at St. Theresa Church, Austin, Texas, a Board member for NPM’s Director of Music Ministries Division and chair of its Member Services Committee.
	Lee Gwozdz Director of music, Corpus Christi Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Texas, and executive director, Corpus Christi Symphony Society; a member of the Choristers Guild National Board of Directors

Dates and Location

July 22–24 • Music with Children Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Oblate Renewal Center
The Oblate Renewal Center is located adjacent to the Oblate School of Theology main campus in San Antonio. Rooms are single occupancy with private bath. The campus is is located just north of downtown San Antonio and minutes from the San Antonio International Airport. Early arrival available on July 21 for $50 supplement. Website: www.ost.edu/2006ORC_hm.htm.

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Guitar and Ensemble Institute
July 14–18 • Erlanger, Kentucky

This five-day intensive training program is intended primarily for guitarists at all levels—beginner, intermediate, advanced—and for instrumentalists who serve as part of worship ensembles. It is also designed for all directors of ensembles, whether those are primarily guitar, contemporary music, or folk groups, and for those who lead with a combination of instruments and voice.

Registration and individual assessment begins on Monday from 8:30 am. The program begins at 11:00 am. and ends on Friday at 12:00 noon. Meals include Monday lunch through Friday breakfast.

Schedule includes:

• Sessions on liturgy for both experienced and beginning leaders of liturgical song;
• Techniques for guitar and bass, keyboard, percussion, flute, other obbligato instruments, and voice;
• Sampling of repertoire;
• Eucharist on Thursday followed by “open mic” recital;
• Shared meals and time for informal conversation;
• On-site luthier with “tips and tricks” to maintain your instrument.

Faculty

	Bobby Fisher, Program Coordinator Music director at St. Agnes Church, Fort Wright, Kentucky; musician, composer, actor, clinician, and author of The Pastoral Guitarist and the video The Liturgical Guitarist.			Rob Ellig, Luthier Luthier for 30 years; former music director with Father Richard Rohr of the New Jerusalem Community.
	Steve Petrunak, Guitar Director of music at St. Blase Parish, Sterling Heights, Michigan; composer, recording artist, and clinician; member of the NPM Board of Directors.			Jeff McLemore, Bass Active performer on bass and oboe and as vocalist, Jeff has begun composing in several styles and is deep into “old school” jazz guitar studies and performance.
	Lori True, Voice Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Music at the Church of St. Margaret Mary in Golden Valley, Minnesota; associate director of Music Ministry Alive!			Jaime Rickert, Guitar Pastoral associate at St. Ann Church, Ossining, New York; recording artist and composer.
	Mary Sellars Malloy, Liturgy and Voice A former director of the Office of Liturgy for the Diocese of Saginaw, Mary Sellars Malloy now serves as a conference presenter, retreat facilitator, and pastoral musician.			Brian Malone, Percussion Assistant principal percussionist with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Brian is active as an educator with Artlinks and other programs, and he has been a guest instructor at the University of Cincinnati, other colleges, and many elementary, middle, and high schools.
	Margo Hein Johnson, Obbligato Instruments Director, Anawim Liturgical Ensemble, St Mary of the Assumption Cathedral Basilica, Covington, Kentucky; music and instrument teacher, West Clermont local schools, Amelia, Ohio; preacher for parish missions.			Paul Tate, Piano Composer, arranger, pianist, vocalist, concert performer, workshop clinician, parish leader of music in Sugar Hill, Georgia. Paul has been composing music for liturgy since 1993, and has numerous songs published by World Library Publications and GIA Publications.

Dates and Location

July 14–18 • Guitar and Ensemble Institute, Erlanger, Kentucky
Marydale Retreat Center
Located in the rolling hills of northern Kentucky, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Marydale’s 250-acre campus features a lake and walking paths. The Retreat Center is air-conditioned. Rooms are single-occupancy with shared bath; early arrival on July 13 available for $50 supplement. Marydale is just four miles from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

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Pastoral Liturgy Institute
July 28–August 1 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The five-day NPM Pastoral Liturgy Institute is designed to provide a basic foundation of knowledge about Roman Catholic liturgy for pastoral musicians and those with whom they work and minister (priests, deacons, pastoral associates, ministers of religious education, liturgy committee members). The primary audience is pastoral musicians who seek a broader liturgical education than is available through single workshops, diocesan conferences, or NPM conventions but who do not need—or have time for—a full semester course or degree. The goal is to help pastoral musicians understand the liturgical principles and sacramental rites which are the context for their music and develop the pastoral skills necessary for effective ministry. A special emphasis will be placed on the vital role of music in celebration.

Registration opens Monday, July 28, at 9:00 am., and the program begins with prayer at 10:00 am. The program ends with closing prayer on Friday at 11:00 am. Meals include Monday lunch through Friday breakfast.

Session schedule includes:

• Basic principles of liturgy, music, and church environment and art;
• Liturgical documents;
• Sunday Eucharist and other sacramental rites of the Catholic Church;
• and the variety of prayer forms available to Catholic communities.

Sessions are held morning, afternoon, and evening every day (from approximately 8:30 am to 9:00 pm) with the exception of Wednesday evening—a free evening.

Faculty

	Paul Covino Associate chaplain and the director of liturgy at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts; editor of Celebrating Marriage; workshop leader and liturgical coordinator.			David Anderson Workshop director for GIA Publications, Inc.; director of music and liturgy at Ascension Parish in Oak Park, Illinois.
	Victoria M. Tufano Pastoral associate at Ascension Church in Oak Park, Illinois; editor at Liturgy Training Publications; team member for institutes and member of the Board of Directors, North American Forum on the Catechumenate.

Dates and Location

July 28–August 1 • Pastoral Liturgy Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bishop Robert E. Tracy Center
The Tracy Center serves the Diocese of Baton Rouge and is known for providing delicious meals and meeting special dietary needs. Rooms are double occupancy with shared bath. Limited single occupancy available for $100 supplement. Early arrival available on July 27 for $50 supplement. Located at 1800 South Acadian Thruway in Baton Rouge, the center is less than half an hour’s drive from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.

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Registration Information

You can register by mail, fax, or online. Just complete the registration form and return it to NPM with your payment.

LOWEST AVAILABLE RATES
Our lower advance rates apply until 30 days before the program.

MEMBER DISCOUNTS: For NPM Parish Members, registration discount fee is transferable to anyone in the parish. If your name is not on the parish membership, include the parish group number on your registration form. For NPM Individual Members, discount cannot be transfered to others. No discount available to subscribers.New members who join at the same time as registering for the institute receive the members’ discount.

NON-MEMBER RATE applies if you are not an NPM member. Or you can join NPM now and register at the lower member rate. On the registration form, check “New Member,” indicate your preferred membership category, and add the appropriate fee.

TUITION includes group sessions, individual coaching, materials, and all meals as noted during the course of your institute.

CONFIRMATION AND CANCELLATION
You will receive a confirmation statement before your program. Cancellation: Requests received in writing one week prior to the institute will receive a full refund less a $50 processing fee. (This refund will be processed after the institute.) After that one-week deadline, refunds are given only in the form of credit toward registration at a future NPM convention or institute.

ACCOMMODATIONS
Rates based on double occupancy. Limited single occupancy available for a $50 supplement (three-day programs) or $100 (five-day program): Check box on registration form. Limited early arrival lodging offered on a space-available basis for a $50 supplement: Check box on registration form. Limited late departure lodging available for Cantor Express Hartford (Thursday–Saturday program) for a $50 supplement: Check box on registration form.

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Fax—credit cards only—(240) 247-3001

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