| Session I | Workshops II - Monday, June 23 - 3:30pm | Session III |
| M27 Negotiating Your Employment Contract |
| The committee will present topics on negotiating an employment contract. The topics will include the necessity of a contract, what to do if a contract is refused, the elements of an employment contract, and an approach to negotiating the contract with the employer. |
| Presenters: Roy Roberts, moderator; Donna Wernz, Director of the AGO Committee on Career Development and Support; Christopher Cook and Cheryl Lemke, Committee Members; W. James Owen, AGO National Councillor for Professional Development Location: Hilton - Conrad A |
| M28 ECS Publishing and MorningStar Music Publishers Choral Music Reading Session |
| Location: Hilton - Conrad B/C |
| M29 Fundraising Basics: Dollars and Sense |
| F. Anthony Thurman opens the window into the world of fundraising. Drawing upon more than a decade of experience in the field, Dr. Thurman will discuss the techniques and skills that are required for identifying and securing funding for special programs and projects in the world of organ and sacred music. Individual, corporate, and foundation support will be examined, and areas of planned giving will be explored. |
| Presenter: F. Anthony Thurman, AGO Director of Development and Communications Location: Hilton - Conrad D |
| M30 The Alexander Technique and the Organist |
| Who was F. M. Alexander? What is the mysterious “technique” that many musicians, actors, and athletes have studied to improve performance? This workshop will demonstrate how the Alexander Technique is taught with special application to organists. Learn how complex activities can be accomplished with greater self-confidence and presence of mind. See how the Alexander Technique fosters a sense of lightness, ease, well-being, greater technical control, reduction of stage fright, and improved problem solving. Discover how improved coordination can eliminate many types of musculoskeletal problems. This introductory session will encourage further study in body awareness and improved coordination through the Alexander Technique. |
| Presenter: Brian McCullough Location: Hilton - Symphony Ballroom |
| M31 Strategies for Successful AGO Certification |
| What are the best strategies for achieving success in AGO Certification, an important step for church musicians in upgrading their status, financial standing, and personal satisfaction? What are the major pitfalls to be avoided? How can certification candidates get the most out of the updated AGO certification study materials? Bring your questions about certification. Everyone attending will receive samples of AGO exam study materials and other valuable information. |
| Joyce Shupe Kull, Director of the AGO Committee on Professional Certification Location: Hilton - Ramsey |
| M32 Panel: Trends in Organ Building |
| This workshop features prominent organ builders of a variety of styles discussing their work, how it has changed over time, and where they see organ building in the future. A time for questions and answers will be included in the workshop. |
| Moderator: Tom Ferry Location: Hilton - Nicollet |
| M33 Spirituals and Gospel Music for Choirs |
| This session addresses repertoire selection for worship and performance issues such as tone quality, dialect, tempo, and rhythm in the singing of the African-American Spiritual and Gospel Music. Selected repertoire will be explored in the workshop session. |
| Presenter: Anton E. Armstrong Location: Hilton - Marquette & LaSalle |
| M34 Unfulfilled Potential: MIDI, the Organ, and Electronic Sound |
| Those MIDI jacks on today’s organs are just the beginning! What a single organist can do with a synthesizer and a MIDI-capable organ will be demonstrated live. We will also explore tough questions and offer some advanced solutions. Other topics to be addressed include the fine line between fakery and finesse, the expressive limits of most organ MIDI interfaces, and the commercial crossover potential of the organ’s sound. We’ll offer recording excerpts, handouts, and web links to start you thinking in new directions! |
| Presenter: John Seboldt Location: Hilton - Organ Demo Room |
| M35 The Sights and Sounds of the Pipe Organ |
| Mary Mozelle’s “The Sights and Sounds of the Pipe Organ” is a narrated musical program that is both entertaining and educational. It appeals to audiences of all ages. Listeners will be invited on a journey, both aural and visual, exploring the historical development of the pipe organ and taking a close-up look at why and how the pipe organ generates its wonderful sounds! Workshop attendees will be inspired to create new ways to make friends for the pipe organ, to educate and entertain their congregations, and to join with Mary to generate a new audience for the King of Instruments. |
| Presenter: Mary Mozelle Location: Central Lutheran |
| M36 Concordia Publishing House Choral and Organ Music Reading Session |
| Location: Gethsemane Episcopal |
| M37 Windows on Lessons: The Repertoire of Olivier Messiaen |
| This master class on the organ works of Messiaen will be led by scholar/performer Clyde Holloway of Rice University. The class will focus on selected works covering the entire span of Messiaen’s output, featuring organ students from around the country. |
| This workshop is part of the Messiaen Pedagogy Track sponsored by the AGO Committee on Continuing Professional Education. Presenter: Clyde Holloway Location: Westminster Presbyterian |
| M38 The Legacy of Paul Manz |
| Students of Dr. Paul Manz share stories and musical insights into the legacy of the work of Paul Manz. He had a profound impact on hymn singing. The effect of Manz’s work grew and expanded at Mount Olive Lutheran Church (a modest congregation in south Minneapolis) and spiraled out to nearly every corner of the nation and beyond through his hymn festivals and teaching. For a half-century, assemblies of people crowded into worship spaces to sing under his leadership. What was it about his work that made these experiences so profound? What was he teaching through his example that we can bring to our work as organists? |
| Presenter: David Cherwien, Jane Kriel Horn, and Scott Hyslop Location: Westminster Presbyterian Chapel |