The American Guild of Organists
The Fifteenth National Conference on Organ Pedagogy
Teaching Church Music in North America: An Old Vocation in a New Millennium
March 11-14, 2009 at Yale University, New Haven
Presented by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the American Guild of Organists Committee on Continuing Professional Education
Demographic, cultural, and theological shifts in recent years have had a great impact on Christian worship in North America. This conference will explore these factors, and participants will discuss the many opportunities and challenges involved in the field of church music today. These proceedings will be of interest and value to church musicians and those who train them.
The 15th AGO National Conference on Organ Pedagogy will be held in New Haven, CT from March 11-14, 2009. The conference will be hosted by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, an interdisciplinary graduate center dedicated to the study and practice of sacred music, worship, and the arts. The four-day conference will be held at the Institute, in the Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, as well as other locations at Yale University, and in downtown New Haven.
Schedule:
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Wednesday |
March 11 |
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2:00 pm |
Omni Hotel Conference check-in begins |
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4:00 |
United Church on the Green Welcome and introduction – Martin Jean Keynote Address Martin E. Marty: Teaching Organ at the Sacred/Secular Mixture Stop Response by Quentin Faulkner |
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5:30 |
Dinner on your own |
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8:00 |
United Church on the Green, Battell Chapel, Woolsey Hall A Moveable Feast: Two Yale organists perform on three New Haven instruments Thomas Murray and Martin Jean, organists |
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10:00 |
Presidents Room in Woolsey Hall Reception and open console
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Thursday |
March 12 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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9:00 |
United Church on the Green Morning Prayer Thomas Troeger, preaching / David Heller, organ |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30 |
Plenary Session Quentin Faulkner: Training Organists: A Historical Perspective Response by Martin E. Marty |
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12noon |
Lunch on your own
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1:30 – 3:00 pm |
Church Music Curricula
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3:00-3:30 |
Break |
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3:30-4:30 |
Masterclass session I
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4:30-4:45 |
Travel time between masterclasses |
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4:45-5:45 |
Masterclass session II (repeat of I)
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5:45 |
Dinner on your own |
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8:00 |
Sprague Memorial Hall The Mitchell-Ruff Duo Big Rhythms with Carmen de Lavallade’s danced version of James Weldon Johnson’s The Creation.
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Friday |
March 13 Breakfast on your own |
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8:15 am |
Shuttle bus from downtown to Sterling Divinity Quadrangle |
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8:45 |
Marquand Chapel Morning Prayer Jaime Lara, preaching / Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, organ |
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10:00 |
Coffee Break – Common Room |
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10:30 |
Plenary Session Don Saliers: Liturgical Theology in a New Key: Artistry and Relevance in Church Music Today Response by Marva Dawn |
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12noon |
Lunch Break - Box lunches provided in Common Room Foundry Music display Divinity Bookstore open
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1:30 – 3:00 pm |
Church Music Curricula
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3:00-3:30 |
Coffee Break – Sarah Smith Gallery |
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3:30-4:30 |
Masterclass session III
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4:30-4:45 |
Travel time between masterclasses |
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4:45-5:45 |
Masterclass session IV (repeat of III)
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5:50 |
Shuttle bus departs from Sterling Divinity Quandrangle for banquet & downtown locations. Stops at Bethedsa Church to pick up masterclass participants there. |
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6:00 |
Banquet – Omni Hotel Banquet address Robert Rimbo: They Call Me Mystagogue: Church Music in the 21st Century
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Saturday |
March 14 |
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Breakfast on your own |
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8:45am |
St. Thomas More Chapel and Catholic Center at Yale Plenary Session and Panel Discussion Marva Dawn: Post-, Inter-, and Pre-ludo |
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10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 |
Christ Church Episcopal Closing Worship Joy Rogers, preaching / Thomas Murray, organ |
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12noon |
Conference ends |