August 2020
“Until the Vaccine Arrives” Online Summer Workshop
How Can Music Inform Congregational Worship? This timely workshop explores navigating the “New Normal” for those who lead worship with Dr. David Arcus and Dr. Don Horisberger, featured Clinicians as The 2020 Paul Lindsley Thomas and Hal Hopson Lecturers. The workshop will also include a showing of the film, Sacred Sound with Rev. Robin Arcus. DEADLINE TO REGISTER: August 7th at Noon Central During this live Zoom workshop, attendees will work with master musicians who have excelled in performance themselves…
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Singing Together, Far Apart: Technology to Bring Us Together
REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CLOSED. This is a workshop for those hoping we'd be singing together by now, but the reality of the virus is still present. You've seen what seems to be the magical presentations of singers making music together, each in their own homes. How does that happen? What programs are available to do that, how are they different, how hard are they to learn, what equipment is needed, and how much does it cost?…
Find out more »October 2020
Organ Music for Ordinary Time
Dr. Margaret Harper Associate Director of Music and Organist Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX These days, we all have to be creative in our liturgical planning! This session will focus on organ music for Ordinary Time, as well as All Saints' Day and Reformation Day. It will primarily include easily accessible music—both published and public domain—with the hope of expanding your repertoire of possibilities for this fall. Join us on October 17 for exciting new ideas…
Find out more »Choral Music for Upcoming Seasons
Dr. Don Horisberger Recently Retired Organist/Choir Master The Church of the Holy Spirit Episcopal, Lake Forest, IL Recently Retired Associate Conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago, IL Don Horisberger will present choral repertoire for the upcoming seasons, including the best of new publications. Attendees will receive review copies of music discussed. Dr. Horisberger will bring alive textual and musical possibilities of each piece. Registration closes at 12:00 noon (CDT) on Friday, October 23. (Open to CMI Members only) Not a member? Sign up…
Find out more »November 2020
Organ Music You May Not Know for the Winter Seasons
Dr. Margaret Harper Associate Director of Music and Organist Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Dallas, TX This session will focus on organ music for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Dr. Harper will share her favorite organ music—both new and tried-and-true—with the hope of expanding your repertoire of possibilities for the upcoming winter seasons. Can't attend on Saturday? No problem. Register as you would normally; you will receive an email just before the November 7 session with instructions for acquiring…
Find out more »Best Ideas: Music & Worship in This Most Unusual Time
**Registration for this event has closed** CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FROM PRACTITIONERS; Discussion Facilitated by Dr. Tim Sharp (Executive Director, American Choral Directors Association) & Dr. Michael Bedford (President, American Guild of Organists) Come explore the creativity of church musicians across the country, while sharing your own innovative ideas for coping with these unusual times! Contribute your “best ideas” on music in worship during the pandemic in one or more of the categories below as “payment” for your registration. Then, tune in…
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