Events
Florida Fellowship
2012 Church Music Workshop
Sun., July 15 to Fri., July 20, 2012
Florida Southern College, Lakeland
Celebrating Our Journey–
The Seasons of Faith
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. -Ecclesiasties 3:1-11
Come and celebrate your Faith Journey with us as we worship and discover old and new ways to view God’s purpose in our lives.
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Worship & Song Event
Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 1:00pm
At our July workshop, we are pleased to offer a half-day seminar exploring the new publication, Worship & Song. At a registration fee of only $25 which includes dinner and a copy of the pew edition, this is a rare, economical opportunity to learn how this resource can benefit you and your worship ministry. On hand to teach three (3) sessions exploring the music, the relationships, and the congregational boost of vitality is one of the editors of the publication, Dean McIntyre. Following a picnic supper by the pool, the day will conclude with an inspiring Hymn Festival. Registration Forms
Pastor’s Track
Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 8:00am
Another workshop feature is a day-long treat for our pastors. Here is a convenient way to earn one (1) CEU credit and enjoy a day apart on the gorgeous Florida Southern College campus. After starting the day with a well-planned worship service (where pastors have no responsibility), the plenary session will be with the Rev. Dr. Kandace Brooks, our workshop Worship Leader. After lunch (included), the pastors join the Worship & Song Event mentioned above. The day is complete with a picnic supper by the pool (included), and a Hymn Festival. The pew edition copy of Worship & Song is yours to keep. Registration is only $50, or reduced to $25 if a member of the same church is attending the week-long workshop. Click here to register online.
Clinicians and Special Guests
Kand
ace Brooks, Workshop Pastor and Worship Leader
Dr. Kandace Brooks is currently the Director of Community Formation and Affiliate Professor of Worship at Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL. Prior to her appointment at Asbury, she served as the Coordinator of Worship Arts and Associate Pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville (7 years), as Founding Pastor of Celebration United Methodist Church in Gainesville (3 years) and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Florida (12 years). She received the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Georgia and the Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in Homiletics from the London School of Theology and recently returned from Lagos, Nigeria, where she taught a two-week intensive course in Homiletics at the West Africa Theological Seminary. Her research interests include visual liturgy – both traditional and media-based, art as sacrament, and post-traumatic homiletics.
Ken Berg,
Adult Choral Clinician
A native of the Virginia/North Carolina region, Ken Berg graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama with a BME in 1977 and an MME in 1981. For 28 years he was the Director of Choirs and Fine Arts Chairman at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham before retiring in 2005 to become the Music Minister and Composer in Residence at MOUNTAIN BROOK BAPTIST CHURCH. In 1978, Ken and his wife, Susan, were appointed Music Directors of the BIRMINGHAM BOYS CHOIR (www.birminghamboyschoir.com), a position they still hold. Ken recently left his position at Mountain Brook Baptist Church to devote his full time to the Birmingham Boys Choir.
Ken has served as a State and Southern Division officer with the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and has also served on the Training Courses Committee of the Royal School of Church Music in America. In addition to touring extensively throughout Europe, Japan and North America, his choirs have sung at ACDA, OAKE and MENC State, Division and National Conventions.
Ken often serves as clinician and adjudicator throughout the U.S. In addition to runnin his own publishing company (www.bellavocepress.com), his music is published with Alfred Music, Carl Fischer, Chorister’s Guild, Colla Voce, Emerson Music, Hal Leonard, Hinshaw Music, Kjos Music, MorningStar Music, National Music Publishers, Pavane Music, Santa Barbara Music Publishers and Walton Music.
Ken and Susan are the parents of two sons, Michael and David; both fine musicians in their own right!
Andre
w Minear, Youth Choral Clinician
Our clinician this year for the Youth is Andrew Minear, the Choral Director of Dr. Phillips High School in Orange County Public Schools. Previously, Mr. Minear taught at Winter Park High School in Winter Park, Southwest Middle School in Orlando, and was Co-Director of the Orlando Children’s Chorus. In addition, he served as the Director of the Cathedral Choristers at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in downtown Orlando, and also as assistant Music Director of the Orlando Chorale. Mr. Minear has been designated an Emerging Leader by the Florida Music Educators Association. He has been a scholarship choral conducting student at the International Workshops in Graz, Austria and Biarritz, France. Currently, Mr. Minear is serving as the Senior High School Choirs Repertoire and Standards Chair for Florida ACDA. Choirs under his direction have performed for the FMEA All-State Clinic/Conference, the State Conference for the American Choral Directors Association, and have consistently received Superior Ratings at District and State Music Performance Assessments. He regularly directs honor choirs and adjudicates throughout the state of Florida, and is an active member of ACDA, MENC, FMEA, and FVA. Mr. Minear received his BME and Master’s Degree from the Florida State University.
Shar
on Brant, Handbell Clinician
Sharon Soderberg Brant was born and raised in Tampa and has always been involved in music. She learned the skill of playing handbells while participating in The Junior Friday Morning Musicale Federation of Music Clubs and as a member of The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers. With the assistance of a George Steinbrenner piano/accompanist scholarship she attended USF receiving a degree in Music Education. After teaching elementary, middle and high school music in Hillsborough County for 13 years, Sharon has spent the last 14 years as a testing supervisor at Measurement, Incorporated (in short, she trains college educated people to score state-wide assessment tests such as the dreaded FCAT, etc.). Sharon’s love of God and music has recently taken her to a new chapter in life as the organist/choir director at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Dade City, Florida.
Dean Mc
Intyre, Guest Faculty to Direct Worship & Song Event and Other Classes
Dean B. McIntyre is the Director of Music Resources in the Center for Worship Resourcing at The United Methodist General Board of Discipleship in Nashville and is active in developing and promoting music resources for use in The UMC, as well as speaking and leading workshops on a variety of worship and music related topics. McIntyre chaired the General Conference Music and Worship Study (2004-2007) and was named co-editor of the United Methodist Hymnal Revision Project. He was a member of the editorial team for the new joint GBOD-UMPH Worship & Song worship and songbook project and lead the national introductory event in March 2011. McIntyre is a composer, arranger, and author, major contributor to the GBOD worship and music website, and moderator of The United Methodist Musicians’ Listserv and Ruach List. He has a bachelor’s degree in organ performance, a master’s degree in post-secondary music education, and a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, is a member of ASCAP and a Life Member of The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is the compiler of A Reference Companion to The United Methodist Hymnal and The Faith We Sing and Hymns for the Revised Common Lectionary.
Ll
oyd Larson, Conductor of the Premiere of His Latest Cantata and Reading Session Conductor
For over 25 years, Lloyd Larson has been an active composer and arranger for several major publishing companies of church and school music. His music compositions and arrangements number well over 1,000 published works – including choral anthems, numerous extended Christmas and Easter works, keyboard collections, vocal solo and duet collections, instrumental solo and ensemble publications, orchestrations, and handbell settings. It is his work in the local church, though, which continues to be the catalyst for much of his writing. He is an active participant in his own local church where he currently directs the adult choir in addition to regularly being involved in worship planning and leadership. He has been involved in church music ministry for over 35 years, serving churches in Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota.
Originally from central Illinois, Lloyd received a B.A. in music from Anderson University (IN) and a Master’s degree in church music and composition from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (KY). He has done subsequent graduate work at Southern Baptist Seminary, Ohio State University, and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (IL).
Lloyd is married to his college sweetheart, Marci. They have three children – Stephanie (married to Brandt), Philip (married to Kylee), and Jeff (married to Erika) – along with two grandchildren, Addie and Eli. He makes his home in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
