Sunday, June 24 - Church Sessions**
- 1:00PM - 3:00 PM
Registration
- 3:00 PM - 3:55 PM
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Session A: The Core Values of a Church Music Program:
Traditional and Contemporary - Can They Co-Exist?Jerry Rubino
- 4:00 PM - 4:55 PM
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Session B: Building Artistry Within the Volunteer Church Choir
Thinking outside the box and beyond the score with intuitive ideas for building artistry with your group.
John Purifoy
- 5:00 PM - 5:55 PM
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Session C: Praise His Holy Name and Other Songs in Gospel Style
Explore the essential elements of performing music in the Gospel style. Focus will be on vocal technique, performance practices, accompaniment and working with the gospel band, amplification and presentation.
Keith Hampton
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner On-Site (included)
- 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Session I: Church Reading Session
Keith Hampton, John Purifoy, and Jerry Rubino
**Sunday's church sessions are included in the full Conductor's Craft registration fee. Participants may also elect to register and join the workshop on Monday morning if the church sessions do not apply to them. The registration fee remains the same either way.
***Registration is also available for Sunday sessions only. Click here for more information.
Monday, June 25
- 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Coffee / Registration
- 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Session II: What Used to Work for Me... Doesn't Work Anymore
Quick, relevant, humorous and practical ideas for rehearsals to inspire and engage adolescent singers.
Kari Gilbertson
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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Session III: Everything Besides the Choir
Working effectively with your accompanist, and combining instruments, handbells, percussion, and ethnic influences to heighten the choral experience.
John Purifoy
- 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Session IV: The Three I's That Don't Include Me: Involvement, Investment and Independence... Leading to Integrity.
Richard Bjella
- 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Session V: Emotional Geographies: "It's Not What She Taught Me, It's How She Made Me Feel."
An inspirational session about our shared journey of where we've been and who we've become.
David Brunner
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Mini-Session VI: Conducting Check-Up #1
Are the singers really translating in their minds, what your gesture is inviting them to do, and are you showing more than tempo?
Jerry Rubino
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
- Dinner
- 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Session VII: Evening In-Depth Rehearsal Session - Make it Personal: Rehearsing with Purpose and Love.
Approaches to musical concerns that "stick to the bones." All participants will join in a group rehearsal.
Richard Bjella
Tuesday, June 26
- 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Coffee
- 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Session VIII: Commodity, Integrity, Delight: Selecting Age and Skill Appropriate Repertoire.
A session in reading session format that explores the criteria for selecting music that makes a difference in singers' lives.
David Brunner
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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Session IX: Vowels: Production and Blending
A hands-on practical approach on what to do with singers whose voices work together, singers whose voices are total opposites, and singers whose voices just need to be adjusted so the chorus sounds like one unified whole. We will discuss the practical musical aspects of working with a group in presenting different styles of music.
Judith Clurman
- 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Lunch
- 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Session X: Mixing it Up
Behaviors and strategies for teaching in the culturally diverse classroom - including tips for working with boys changing voices in the changing choral world.
Kari Gilbertson
- 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
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Session XI: Music I Love
An introduction of music from Clurman's G. Schirmer series, for SATB and children's chorus, as well as gems from the Hal Leonard catalog. Participants will read through each work and discuss performance possibilities, including a discussion about programming new music.
Judith Clurman
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Mini-Session XII: Conducting Check-Up #2
Warm-ups, what do they accomplish, and are your students aware of their own technique?
Jerry Rubino
- 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
- Dinner
- 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Session XIII: Lecture/Demonstration: Great Repertoire for School & Community: Selection, Preparation and Performance.
Special Guest Choir: Master Singers of Milwaukee
Eduardo Garcia-Novelli
Wednesday, June 27
- 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Coffee
- 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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Session XIV: Fitting the Octavo to the Ensemble
Explore elements under consideration when selecting music for performance with a specific ensemble in mind. Also covered - programming considerations, and the development of a personal choral library with depth and breadth.
Peter Dennee
- 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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Session XV: Approaching a Text
How to teach a chorus to communicate. Participants will explore various different types of works including a madrigal, a selection from the Mozart Requiem, and a piece by Stephen Sondheim.
Judith Clurman
*schedule subject to change. Watch website for updates.
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