Virginia Wesleyan College

Workshop Sessions

Monday, July 28

4:00-5:00 p.m. - Dorm Residents check in to dorms

6:00 p.m. - Opening Dinner Buffet

7:30 p.m. - Worship in the Taize style of Christian Prayer (Monumental Chapel - VWC)

Tuesday, July 29

Day sessions:

Nancy Price & Don Besig (Make a Joyful Noise, Anthems that Work, Make Those Rehearsals Count, Christmas (and Advent) in July), Annabelle Joseph (Finding the Music Within: Experiencing Dalcroze-Eurythmics),

Craig Wansink (The Bible for a Visually-Oriented Culture)

4pm Short-Track:

The St.Andrew's Flower Festival (Steve Batten)

7:30 p.m. Evening Event:

Choral Rehearsal at Virginia Beach UMC with Dr. Rollo Dilworth and the Wesleyan Festival Chorus

Wednesday, July 30

Day sessions:

Rollo Dilworth (Musicianship in the Church Choir, African-American Spirituals & Gospel Music, Maintaining Musical Diversity in the Worship Service, Choral Anthem Reading session),

Dan Benedict (Formative Dimensions of Singing, Proclaiming & Enacting God's Story, By Water and the Spirit: Womb, Tomb and Well, The Eucharist: Patterning Daily Faith & Life, The Calendar & Lectionary: Singing Death & Resurrection),

Lee Jordan-Anders (Ladies & Gentlemen: You Will Not Run a House of Corrections!" - piano pedagogy),

Sam Dorsey (Guitar for the Beginner; Masterclass for the Next Level & Beyond)

4pm Short-Track:-

"How Liturgical Space Forms - or Malforms - Us (Dan Benedict)

7:30 p.m. Evening Event:-

Worship- a Hymn Festival- at Virginia Beach UMC (212 19th Street, VB) featuring the Wesleyan Festival Chorus under the direction of Dr. Rollo Dilworth

Thursday, July 31

Day sessions:

Christopher Pardini (The Complete Church Organist: programming, registration, hymns, conducting from the console & more),

Michael Jothen (Music that Sings: Read-m-and-Reap!, Rehearsals: Meeting Individual Needs, Rehearsals: Helping Text and Notes Come Alive!, The Singing Church: Into Worship),

Deborah Carr (Interpreting Liturgy through the Arts)),

Don Krudop (Sing from the Heart: Taking Your Choir Beyond the "Spots")

4pm Short-Track:

"Inside the World of Sound" with Dr. Stephanie-Moody-Antonio

7:30 p.m. Evening Event:

Christopher Pardini in concert, First Presbyterian Church-VaBeach. (suggested donation: $10; free to full conference attendees)

Friday, August 1

Day sessions:

Don McCullough (English Diction Traps, Singing That Reaches the Listener's Heart, Fresh Ideas for Sunday Morning Repertoire, Rehearsal Plans: Working Smarter, Not Harder),

Jean Thiel (Organ Pedagogy - 6 levels of teaching, current methods, piano-organ connections)

Cynthia Dobrinski (Handbell Technique and Interpretation - 1, 2 & 3; Handbell Reading Session)

4pm Short-track:

"Navigating the Copyright Laws" with Deborah Carr

7:30 p.m. Evening Event -

Choral Rehearsal at Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church (560 W. Olney Rd., N.) with Don McCullough and the Wesleyan Festival Chorus

Saturday, August 2

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -

Choral Rehearsal at Christ & St. Luke's with Don McCullough and the Wesleyan Festival Chorus.

7:30 p.m. -

"Beloved Immortals & More: A Concert of Sacred Classics" A choral concert at Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church-Norfolk (560 W. Olney Rd) with the Wesleyan Festival Chorus conducted by Don McCullough; organist-Henry Faivre.

TimeTable

8:45 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. - Check-in & Complimentary Continental Breakfast & Shopping with Youngs Music Store

9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - SING! (an anthem reading extravaganza)

9:50 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. - Session I

10:55 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. - Morning Refreshment Break

11:10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Session II

12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - LUNCH (on your own)

1:30 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.- Session III

2:35 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. - Afternoon Refreshment Break

2:50 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. - Session IV

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.- Topics

5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Free Time - Dinner (on your own)

7:30 p.m.- Rehearsals, Worship, Concerts

Housing

Air-conditioned Residence Halls (includes mini-refrigerator & microwave in room or kitchenette on floor): $40 (private, per night), $20 (semi-private, per night).

Off-campus housing is available at various nearby hotels.
» See, Recommended Area Hotels

The closest is the Quality Inn-Lake Wright Conference Center at 757.461.6251 (mention you're attending a VWC event for best rates).

Fees

Full conference: $259

Day-rate: $65, Half-day: $35 (For Friday's handbell session, please note - If 4 ringers from the same church attend Dobrinski's full-day session, a 5th person may attend the sessions at no charge.)

Academic credit (3): $840 plus $15 application fee)

Beloved Immortals' Singer Fee: $5

Wesley Theological Seminary "Equipping Lay Ministries"
(2 grad credits - for details, see United Methodist Certification)

Opening Dinner Buffet: $18.00 (included in full-fee rate)

Box-Lunch (Tues through Fri): $8.50 per day