2009 Workshop Schedule

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Classes will be added as information becomes available.

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Time Chapel RS Room Baptismal Room YW Room Banquet Hall
— schedule subject to change —
8:30 Registration (also pick up pre-ordered choral packets and lunch tickets)
8:30-9:00 Hymn Sing & Introductions (in chapel)
Keynote
9:00-9:30
David Zabriskie (in chapel)
Session 1:
9:40-10:35
Pedaling and Fingering Basics
Eric McKirdy
Church Pageants and Experience
David Zabriskie
Choral Reading
RuthAnne Day
Primary Music That Captivates: Part I
Sharla Dance
Session 2:
10:45-11:40
Enhancing the Hymns Through Registration
Eric McKirdy
Rehearsing Your Choir
David Zabriskie
Raising Musical Kids
Panel Discussion
Primary Music That Captivates: Part II
Sharla Dance
Session 3:
11:50-12:45
Making the Most of Prelude & Postlude
Eric McKirdy
A Gift of Expression
Dale & Ramona Zabriskie
What’s an Ictus Anyway?
Denise Erksine
Ward Music Chair Top 10
Mary Mohlman
Primary Music That Captivates: Part III
Sharla Dance
12:45-1:15 Lunch (Reserve a lunch in advance, bring your own, or buy it nearby)
Session 4:
1:15-2:10
Hymn Improvisation
Eric McKirdy
It’s Showtime
Ramona Zabriskie
Choir Tone
Joseph Hoffman
Music and Other Auxillaries
Mary Mohlman
Music: The Language of Nursery
Channing Dance
Session 5:
2:20-3:15
This is Your Brain on Music
Dale Zabriskie
Conducting Master Class
David Thomas
Operetta on a Budget
Dave Fisher
On the Gym Stage

Color coding for tracks of interest:

General Interest Choir Directors Primary Music Leaders Organists Ward Music Chairmen