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Congregational Song and the Arts

The Hymn Society Annual Conference
Berkeley, California
13-17 July 2008

The Conference Schedule

(does not list breaks and meals)
Sunday, July 13
2:00 pm Registration Opens
(Unit 2 Recreation Room)
Bookstore Opens
(Mears A & B, First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)
Religious Arts and Crafts Faire
(Large Assembly Room, First Congregational Church of Berkeley)
4:00 pm Organ Recital: – Sandra Soderlund
(Sanctuary, First Congregational Church of Berkeley)
7:30 pm Opening Festival: “Way Out West: A Festival of California Hymnwriters”
– Dan Damon, Eileen Johnson, and Beverly Howard
(First Church of Christ, Scientist)
9:15 pm Night Prayers – Jan Robitscher
Monday, July 14
8:30 am Morning Prayer – Nancy Hall
9:00 am Welcome and Announcements
9:15 am Plenary I: “You Are a Woodwind and a Drum: Recovering the Image of God through Congregational Song”
– Thomas H. Troeger and Sally Ann Morris
11:00 am Sectionals I (see list below)
1:30 pm Sectionals II (see list below)
3:00 pm Showcase I: Two African American Supplements:
Zion Still Sings [Abingdon] – Mark Miller
New Wine in Old Wineskins [GIA] – James Abbington
4:30 pm Sectionals III (see list below)
7:30 pm Hymn Festival: “Let Every Instrument Be Tuned for Praise”
– Larry Marietta, Mitchell Covington, and John Walko
(Sanctuary, First Congregational Church of Berkeley)
9:30 pm Night Prayers – Jan Robitscher
Tuesday, July 15
8:30 am Morning Prayer – Nancy Hall
9:00 am Plenary II: “Resounding Illuminations: Inspiration for Poets and Composers from the St. John’s Bible”
– Don Saliers
11:00 am Sectionals IV (see list below)
FREE AFTERNOON – DINNER ON YOUR OWN
7:30 pm Hymn Festival: “The Gift of African American Song” – D. Mark Wilson and Ann Jefferson
(Sanctuary, First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)
9:30 pm Night Prayers – Jan Robitscher
Wednesday, July 16
8:30 am Morning Prayer – Nancy Hall
9:00 am Plenary III: “The Spirit Moves: Exploring Liturgical Dance, Spirituality and Social Justice”
– Carla de Sola
11:00 am Sectionals V
1:30 pm Hymn Society Annual Meeting
4:00 pm Showcase II: Hymns for a Pilgrim People – Cindy Bacon
[5:30 pm Life Member Banquet]
7:30 pm Hymn Festival: “Dios está aquí: Latino Hymns Witness ot God’s Faithfulness”
– Juan Pedro Gaffney Rivera, Eleazar Cortés and Francisco Herrera
(St. Mark’s Episcopal Church)
9:30 pm Night Prayers – Jan Robitscher
Thursday, July 17
8:30 am Morning Prayer – Nancy Hall
9:00 am Encore Sectionals [Five Sectionals will be repeated, based on response on Registration Form]
11:00 am Closing Festival: “The Greening of Hymnody” – Bill Wallace and David Buley
(Sanctuary, First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley)

SECTIONALS I (Monday 11:00 am)

  1. Singing God’s Song in a Strange Land: The Search for an Asian American Voice in Worship – Russell Yee
  2. Get the People Singing! The Art of Composing Hymn Introductions – Gerald Asheim
  3. Inclusive Song: Artistic Possibilities for Worship and Ministry – Jann Aldredge-Clanton/Larry Schultz
  4. Exploring Orthodox Hymns – Mike Barnhouse
  5. Music by Heart: Paperless Hymns for Evening Worship – Marilyn Haskel [Church Publishing]
  6. Harvard University Hymn Book, 4th ed. – Carson Cooman and Matthew Burt [Harvard University Press]
  7. Woven into Harmony (text collection) – Adam Tice [GIA]
  8. Murmurings of the Soul (tune collection) – Iteke Prins [Wayne Leupold]

SECTIONALS II (Monday 1:30pm)

  1. Text Writers’ Practicum – Mary Louise Bringle
  2. Celebrating Georgia Harkness – Ruth Duck and Nancy Hall
  3. Music Ministries Giving Birth to the Arts – Pamela Abbey
  4. Hymn Tune Preludes of Dale Wood – James Welch
  5. Multilingual Repertoire for the Intercultural Celebration – Rufino Zaragoza [OCP]
  6. Touch the Earth Lightly (text collection by Shirley Erena Murray) – John Shorney and Jane Holstein [ Hope]
  7. We Sing to God: Hymns for the Church Year for Choirs and Congregations – Hal Hopson [Selah]
  8. Bidden, Unbidden (hymn collection) – Rusty Edwards and Jenni Lee Boyden [Abingdon]

SECTIONALS III (Monday 4:30pm)

  1. Hymns and Movement around the World – D. Sida Roberts
  2. Exploring The Sacred Harp and Shapenote Tradition – Natalia Cecire
  3. Finding and Creating GLBT Congregational Song – Jim Mitulski
  4. Creating Songs that Inspire and Empower (hymn collections) – Jim and Jean Strathdee
  5. New Hymns and Songs from New Zealand (hymn collection) – John and Gillian Thornley [NZ Hymn Book Trust]
  6. The Calvin Hampton Hymnary II (tune collection) – Harry Huff [Wayne Leupold]
  7. The Still Small Voice Sings (text collection) – Patricia Clark [Selah]
  8. Discussion Group I: “Issues concerning the Publication of Hymns on the Internet” – Harry Eskew

SECTIONALS IV (Tuesday 11:00am)

  1. Exploring the Theme of Sacrifice in Charles Wesley’s Hymns on the Lord’s Supper and in Recent Paintings on Abraham and Isaac – Geoffrey Moore and Claude White
  2. Getting Southern Harmony Online – Peter Irvine
  3. Using Handbells and Handchimes in Hymnody – James Meredith
  4. Ritual and Song – Dan Schutte [OCP]
  5. A Field of Voices: Hymns for Worship (hymn collection) – James E. Clemens and David Wright
  6. ...to sing the Artist’s praise... (tune collection) – Sally Ann Morris [GIA]
  7. The Mystery Telling, Vol. 2 (text collection) – Bill Wallace [Selah]
  8. Discussion Group II: “Ecumenical Hymnal Publishing: Opportunities and Challenges” – Emily R. Brink

SECTIONALS V (Wednesday 11:00am)

  1. Tune Writers’ Practicum – Sally Ann Morris
  2. Artful Worship Through Pageantry – Joyce Poley
  3. An Historical Survey of Australian and New Zealand Hymnody – Colin Gibson
  4. Creating Sacred Space through Chant and Song – Helen Cummings
  5. Hymns for Healing – Joanne Reynolds
  6. The Psalms of the Notre Dame Folk Choir [WLP]
  7. A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns [Years B and C] (text collections) – Gracia Grindal [Wayne Leupold]
  8. Discussion Group III: “Getting the DNAH Online” – Bill Clemmons

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