Alleluia Conference 2013 Video Sessions: Recent Episodes
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How can I get that motley crew of fellows to sound elegant, beautiful, communicative, IN TUNE and, perhaps, even MANLY?
Rehearsals are where the action takes place; where improvisation, based on knowledge and imagination, leads to energized and musically motivating environments. This session will offer conceptual and practical advice for improving the rehearsal process.
The different liturgical seasons open up opportunities for inventive choices of organ music. We will explore the concept of the Liturgical year as well as the possibilities offered by plainsong chants, chorale preludes and other music that reflects the changing seasons.
It is impossible to separate the worship leader from worship leadership. Our words, our non-verbal communication, and persona all contribute to how we are perceived as worship leaders and to how people engage with us. This session will explore how we are perceived and how we might enhance our worship leadership through intentional practices.
The music of the church will always be with us?the people of God will continue to sing throughout eternity. What does the future look like for the music of the church? How can we move forward with confidence and assurance? How do we fit into the overall scheme of the church?s music future?
Perhaps no church leader holds as much power to impact, shape, and form the congregation as the worship leader. This session will explore the power inherent in music, group dynamics, and charismatic leadership and will help worship leaders both understand and become a better steward of their worship leadership roles.
The greatest conductors are those with the greatest imaginations. This session will deal with developing the conductor?s imagination based on the study of the score.
These days (as ever) worship requires bringing all the resources we have to the design and the leading. The contributions handbells can bring are rarely tapped beyond a prelude or offertory. There?s so much more we can offer! Mr. Mathis teaches HMA?s certification classes on the subject.
Nothing captures the imagination of children like games and dances. This session will introduce a variety of singing games and folk dances for use with different age groups. Sing, laugh, play and rediscover your inner child.
Exploring some simple strategies for creating your own piano arrangements. Includes a section on transitions and modulations
This session entails how to read basic charts, when to leave out the bass, inversions, accompaniment patterns, learning when to fill, etc.
What can we do with these things besides ring and damp, mallet, etc.? What can creativity bring? When do we depart from the printed page?
Songs and instrumental melodies will be learned and explored using unpitched percussion and Orff instruments in these three sessions. Ideas for beginning through more advanced players will be presented in order of difficulty, so there will be something for everyone!
Songs and instrumental melodies will be learned and explored using unpitched percussion and Orff instruments in these three sessions. Ideas for beginning through more advanced players will be presented in order of difficulty, so there will be something for everyone!
A session during which we can encounter, share and play some different organ literature. Participants will be encouraged to share their own musical enthusiasms. Tim Allen will highlight some non hymn-based repertoire.
Songs and instrumental melodies will be learned and explored using unpitched percussion and Orff instruments in these three sessions. Ideas for beginning through more advanced players will be presented in order of difficulty, so there will be something for everyone!
This session will explore practical ways to use children?s instruments with congregational songs both for children?s learning and congregational enhancement. These ideas are useful both in the children?s choir setting and with anyone seeking to add variety and interest to congregational song
This session will address some common vocal problems and ways to prevent or remedy them, and will address the basics of breath management in singing as an important foundation for a healthy vocal technique.
So we are told, and perhaps we should pa y attention. In this session we will re-visit some "golden oldies" and give you help in finding them (they might even be in a closet or cabinet at your church). This session will give you those "pocket perks" that bring instant teaching tools to you and delight to the children.
A session answering questions abo ut accompaniment at the organ. The art of organ accompaniment involves a lot of choices and requires careful preparation. In this session, Tim Allen will explore the techniques that make choral accompaniment effective and coherent. Participants are invited to bring an accompaniment to work with.
The Thursday Worship Service of Alleluia 2013. The service was lead by Eric Mathis on piano, Matt Snowden as preacher, Tim Allen on the organ, and a team of Baylor church music students. This service featured a celebration of the Eucharist.
Hymns, anthems, songs, and games for Advent and Christmas will be presented in order of ability level in these sessions. Activities presented with the songs will include playing unpitched percussion and Orff instruments, movement, and games.
What does a pianist do when confronted by more than one keyboard, ranks of stops and an insistence that ?only the organ will do?? This session will explain the mysteries of the console and how to survive at the organ bench.
If you are starting from scratch, or trying to "fix it," we will look at a dictionary for choir workers--not talking about a list of musical terms and definitions, but terms that can lead toward a great choir experience for you and the children. And we'll try to adapt these ideas to best fit your needs. (And, incase you think you might be bored as we talk dictionary, we will insert a few "give-away's").
You are about to stand before or sit among precious preschoolers whose hearts will be in your hands for a special time each week. How do you help them know about God? Think about such a precious moment with a child that you can share. How do you prepare yourself for such an awesome task?
But we don't want you to be and that's why we are here! Get a head start on having the best choir year ever, as we look at materials available to us, and set some goals. Let's even team up to be accountability partners and encouragers. You will not want to miss this kick-off session for preschool leaders.
Why are some performances gripping and others just good? What is the role of risk in the life of the conductor? What is the role of example in the development of compelling performances?
Hymns, anthems, songs, and games for Advent and Christmas will be presented in order of ability level in these sessions. Activities presented with the songs will include playing unpitched percussion and Orff instruments, movement, and games.
The phrase-"I open my mouth, and a song just comes out." In this session we ill look at a variety of songs from a variety of sources-and, hopefully, gather around the piano and sing! Discover what it is that plants a song deep in the heart and mind of preschoolers, and choose some of them to teach this year!
The Wednesday Worship Service of Alleluia 2013. The service was lead by Eric Mathis on piano, Matt Snowden as preacher, Tim Allen on the organ, and a team of Baylor church music students. This service featured a time of lamentation.
The Internet contains a vast amount of organ and choral music in the public domain. In this session we will explore some of the organ literature that is freely available.
An introduction to the English Cathedral musical tradition, its history, its music its choirs and its organs as well as its theology. What can it teach us as church musicians in different settings? Tim Allen's 16 years as a cathedral musician in England have greatly influenced his work in American churches.
How does the worship leader preserve the past and make it accessible for the present and future while moving the congregation toward ?making all things new?? This session will explore the often-used description of the worship leader as curator and seek to expand its boundaries.
What we sing forms us as Christ followers. How does the combination of music and text shape us,inform us, and impact our daily lives? How can worship leaders be intentional in their role as disciplers?
Rounds and canons can provide an exc ellent start for rehearsals and special events, such as Vacation Bible School. Julie Scott will present several of her favorite tried and true rounds and canons for participants to sing and enjoy teaching to people of all ages.
Participants will learn songs and ideas for teaching children in grades K-2. Activities will include singing games, songs with movement, and ideas for successful sequencing of the lessons.
The Tuesday Worship Service of Alleluia 2013 which opened the conference. The service was lead by Randall Bradley with Joseph Martin on the piano, Tim Allen on the organ, and a vocal team of Baylor students. This service also featured a brass ensemble made up of Baylor faculty and students.