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“Let All the People Praise You:

Singing through the Generations”

Region 1 Conference

July 6-8, 2016

Fort Wayne, Indiana

2016 Region 1 Conference

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Schedule at a Glance

ALCM 2016 Region 1 Conference – Fort Wayne, IN The complete schedule is found on the gold pages beginning on page 7.

All sessions are at Trinity English Lutheran Church unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday, July 6

9:00 a.m. Pre-Conference Registration

9:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Tour of local churches

11:00 a.m. Conference Registration Opens

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Reading Sessions

5:30 p.m. Organ and Orchestra Concert

6:00 p.m. Dinner (First Presbyterian Church)

7:30 p.m. Let All the Peoples Praise Thee, O God:

A Celebration with Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

9:00 p.m. Reception (Embassy Theatre)

Thursday, July 7

8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer

9:15 a.m. Plenary Sessions

11:00 a.m. Workshops

12:00 Noon Lunch (First Presbyterian Church)

1:30 p.m. Plenary Sessions

3:30 p.m. Workshops

5:15 p.m. Buses depart from Hilton Hotel

6:00 p.m. Dinner (Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary)

7:30 p.m. Hymn Festival (Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary)

8:45 p.m. Buses depart from Seminary

Friday, July 8

9:00 a.m. Morning Eucharist

10:45 a.m. Workshops

12:00 Noon ALCM Business Meeting & Lunch (First Presbyterian Church)

1:45 p.m. Workshops

3:45 p.m. Evening Prayer (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church)

Dinner on your own following Evening Prayer

7:30 p.m. Concert: King’s Singers

Closing Prayer following concert


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Table of Contents

Greetings from the ALCM President __________________________________ 4

Greetings from the ALCM Region 1 President _________________________ 5

Greetings from the Conference Chair ________________________________ 5

Acknowledgments __________________________________________________ 6

Conference Schedule _______________________________________________ 7Wednesday, July 6 7

Thursday, July 7 8

Friday, July 8 9

Children’s Track ___________________________________________________ 12Children’s Track Schedule 12

Exhibitors _________________________________________________________ 13Exhibitor Hours 13

Workshop Descriptions ____________________________________________ 14

Biographies _______________________________________________________ 19

Organ Specifications _______________________________________________ 31Trinity English Lutheran Church: Nave Organ 31

Concordia Theological Seminary: Kramer Chapel Organ 32

St Paul’s Lutheran Church Organ 33

Maps & Directions _________________________________________________ 34Trinity English Lutheran Church 34

Walking and Driving Directions 36

Fort Wayne’s Downtown and Restaurants ___________________________ 37

ALCM Officers & Staff ______________________________________________ 39

ALCM Region 1 Conference History _________________________________ 39


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Greetings from the ALCM President

On behalf of the Board of Directors of ALCM, I

welcome you to Fort Wayne, the “City of Churches”,

for the Region 1 conference, “Let All the People Praise

You: Singing through the Generations.”

A marvelous conference awaits you! The planners

have gone above and beyond expectations in

arranging for stimulating speakers, talented

musicians, engaging workshop leaders, and

meaningful worship experiences, graciously hosted by

Trinity English Lutheran Church.

Of course, one of the greatest benefits of attending an ALCM conference is the

opportunity to meet new colleagues and share ideas. Each of us has a unique

perspective to offer. Each of us has much to share, and much to learn. Take

advantage of this time together to absorb something new: a new choir anthem,

hymn text, liturgical practice, or theological idea.

The sheer joy of singing together is another gift you will receive here. It surely is a

“foretaste of the feast to come.”

Blessings on your time together! May each of you be renewed and refreshed in the

coming days,

Anne Krentz Organ

President, Association of Lutheran Church Musicians

ALCM nurtures and equips musicians

to serve and lead the church's song.


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Greetings from the ALCM Region 1 President

Welcome to Fort Wayne! The conference planning team, including your three Region 1 officers, have been hard at work for nearly two years preparing for this conference. As we gather to sing, pray, worship, learn, and share with one another, I encourage you to make the most of this time together. One of the founding goals of ALCM was to “foster professional exchange.” Events such as this are one way ALCM fulfills that goal. Be sure to talk to your colleagues. Talk about what worked, what did not, what you will take home, what you missed. In workshops and other gatherings, reflect with one another. Be sure to ask questions of the leaders and of each other. When you leave Fort Wayne, I hope you find ways to continue the professional exchange at home. Share you experiences with other colleagues near you. You might even encourage them to consider membership in ALCM if they are not already a part of this fine organization. Our board works hard to spread the word and cultivate the future of ALCM, but it is the personal invitations and relationships that need to be at the heart of our “professional exchange.” Blessings on your time here in Fort Wayne and your continued ministry at home. John Weit President, ALCM Region 1

Greetings from the Conference Chair

What a gift it is to gather as God’s people in song! Welcome to “Let All the People Praise You: Singing through the Generations,” the 2016 Region 1 Conference of ALCM. We are glad you are here! I look forward to our being renewed in workshops, worship, and musical events centered on the theme of music from across time and space sung by all generations. I also anticipate the informal yet valuable conversation at meals, exhibits and social times. These can be times to share our stories of how we have been called to our vocations and how we envision and plan for the future. Fort Wayne, the “City of Churches,” is a fitting city for celebrating the church’s song. We will experience worship, concerts, and receptions in a variety of spaces dedicated to the arts. A generous grant from The Lutheran Foundation demonstrates Fort Wayne’s commitment to the music and worship of the church. A children’s track, a first for an ALCM regional conference, affirms the invaluable presence of children in liturgy and song. The events of these days are a collaborative effort of talented and dedicated people. I thank especially the hard work of the conference planning team and the ALCM office. Please read the “Acknowledgments” and be sure to thank these committee members and many others for their work and vision. I pray God’s blessing on our time together. Jennifer Baker-Trinity Vice-President, ALCM Region 1

Conference Chair


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Acknowledgments

Conference Planning Committee

Daniel Aune Jennifer Baker-Trinity, Chair Jonathan Busarow, Children’s Track Coordinator

Nicole Busarow Cheryl Dieter Robert Hobby Mitchell Rorick John Weit

Local Arrangements Committee

Irene Ator Marjoleine Gravley Robert Hobby, Chair Timothy Robison Mitchell Rorick

Worship Committee

Nicole Busarow, Chair Paul Grime Linda Kempke Matthew Machemer John Morris

Exhibit Coordinator

Jane Knappe

Conference Book

John Weit

Worship Folder & Concert Programs

Matthew Machemer

Caterer

Sites

Pre-Conference Churches

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

First Presbyterian Church First Wayne Street

United Methodist Church St. John's Lutheran Church Trinity Episcopal Church

Conference

Trinity English Lutheran Church Concordia Lutheran

Theological Seminary St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Scholarship Recipients

Brian Schoettler Joel Stoppenhagen Lisa Thomas Jessica Wilson Special thanks to St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Park Ridge, IL, for a grant

to support scholarships at all four ALCM Regional Conferences in 2016

Special Thanks

Special thanks to the staff and volunteers from Trinity English Lutheran

Church for graciously hosting this conference and for a generous

financial gift to make the Wednesday evening program possible.

Gratitude is extended to Chuck and Lisa Surack and Sweetwater Sound

for being a sponsor of the Wednesday evening reception at the Embassy

Theatre lobby.

Thank you to Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne and

Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester, Massachusetts, for offering low-cost

printing services for this conference.

Appreciation is extended to The Lutheran Foundation of Fort Wayne, IN,

for a generous grant to support this worship and music conference.


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Conference Schedule

All rooms are at Trinity English Lutheran Church unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday, July 6

9:00 a.m. Pre-Conference Registration (Gathering Area – Main Level – 450 W. Washington Blvd. entrance)

9:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Tour of local churches

Buses depart from the Washington Blvd. Entrance

11:00 a.m. Conference Registration Opens (Gathering Area – Main Level – 450 W. Washington Blvd. entrance)

12:00 Noon – 6:00 p.m. Exhibits Open (Wagenhals Hall – Main Level)

Reading Sessions

1:00 p.m. Keyboard Reading Session (Chapel – Main Level)

Jeremy Bankson, presenter

2:00 p.m. Choral Reading Session: Unison/Two-part (Chapel – Main Level)

Jonathan Busarow, presenter

3:00 p.m. Handbell Reading Session (Theatre – Lower Level)

Janet Van Valey, presenter

4:00 p.m. Choral Reading Session: SATB (Chapel – Main Level)

Teresa Bowers, presenter

5:30 p.m. Organ and Orchestra Concert (Nave – Main Level)

Symphony No. 1 in D Minor

by Felix Alexandre Guilmant

Craig Cramer, organist; Robert Hobby, conductor

6:00 p.m. Dinner (First Presbyterian Church McKay Hall)

7:30 p.m. Let All the Peoples Praise Thee, O God: A Celebration with Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (Nave – Main Level)

Trinity Ringers, Trinity English Chancel Choir, Orchestra,

Members and Alumni of Concordia Lutheran High School A Capella

Robert Hobby, Mitchell Rorick, and Tavis Schlicker – principal musicians

Jennifer Baker-Trinity, commentary

The Rev. Dr. Gary Erdos, leader

9:00 p.m. Reception (Embassy Theatre Lobby)

Name tag required.

Cash Bar

Omaldo Perez, piano

Walking Directions to Embassy Theatre:

Depart the Washington Blvd entrance of

Trinity English, walk south one block

toward the baseball stadium. At the

Jefferson Blvd intersection, turn left and

walk 3 blocks. Enter in the doors under the

Embassy Theatre marquis.

Walking Directions to First Presbyterian

Church: When departing the Gathering Area

of Trinity English turn east (left) and walk

directly toward the public library. Upon

reaching Ewing St. turn north (left) and walk

along Trinity English to the intersection of

Ewing and Wayne Streets. Cross Ewing at the

intersection, then cross Wayne Street.

Continue on Wayne St. several hundred feet

to the “Theatre Entrance” of First Presbyterian

Church.


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Thursday, July 7

8:30 a.m. Morning Prayer (Chapel – Main Level )

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits Open (Wagenhals Hall – Main Level)

9:15 a.m. Plenary (Nave – Main Level)

Formed/Reformed; Engaging Worship Across Cultures and Generations: Part I

Justin Rimbo & Robert Rimbo, presenters

Conference as Choir rehearsal (Nave – Main Level)

Sigrid Johnson, director

10:45 a.m. Break

Refreshments (Gathering Area – Main Level)

11:00 a.m. Workshops (see page 14 for workshop descriptions)

• A Tube, a Clapper, and You (Theatre – Lower Level)

Susan Lough

• Exploring & Singing Hymns with Children (Music Room – Lower Level)

Karol Kimmell

• Five Free Things You Can Do to Improve the Sound of Your Worship

Jeff Barnett (Room 204W – Upper Level)

• Improvisation in Hymn Playing (Nave – Main Level)

John Ferguson

• Tending the Leader’s Soul (Rm 111W – Main Level)

Louise Williams

• Training Your Choir for Optimum Sound (Chapel – Main Level)

Sigrid Johnson

• Visual Proclamation: The Arts in Worship (Rm 203W – Upper Level)

Linda Witte Henke

• Working with Limited Instrumental Resources (Rm 201W – Upper Level)

Matthew Machemer

12:00 Noon. Lunch (First Presbyterian Church McKay Hall)

Exhibits remain open

during the lunch hour

1:30 p.m. Conference as Choir rehearsal (Nave – Main Level)

Sigrid Johnson, director

Plenary

Formed/Reformed; Engaging Worship Across Cultures and Generations: Part II

Justin Rimbo & Robert Rimbo, presenters


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Thursday, July 7 (continued)

3:00 p.m. Break


3:30 p.m. Workshops (see page 14 for workshop descriptions)

• Beer & Hymns (Rm 204W – Upper Level)

Justin Rimbo

• From Service to Technique (Music Room – Lower Level)

Joshua Pedde

• Improvisation in Hymn Playing (Nave – Main Level)

John Ferguson

• Stewards of Mysteries: Vocation of Musicians and Pastors

Robert Rimbo (Rm 201W – Upper Level)

• Tending the Leader’s Soul (Rm 111W – Main Level)

Louise Williams

• Visual Proclamation: The Arts in Worship (Rm 203W – Upper Level)

Linda Witte Henke

• “You Want Me to Do What? – Handbell Techniques (Theatre – Lower Level)

Jane Hicks Snow

5:15 p.m. Buses depart from the Hilton Hotel for Concordia Theological Seminary

6:00 p.m. Dinner (Concordia Theological Seminary)

7:30 p.m. Hymn Festival (Kramer Chapel, Concordia Theological Seminary)

Kevin Hildebrand and Matthew Machemer, principal musicians

Paul Grime, commentary

8:45 p.m. Buses depart from the Seminary to return to the Hilton Hotel

The Atrium Bar at Hilton Hotel is open following the hymn festival.

A fireworks display is scheduled following the end of the

Fort Wayne Tincaps baseball game at nearby Parkview Field.

Friday, July 8

8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Exhibits Open (Wagenhals Hall – Main Level)

9:00 a.m. Morning Eucharist (Nave – Main Level)


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Friday, July 8 (continued)

10:45 a.m. Workshops (see page 14 for workshop descriptions)

• Artistry in Anthems (Chapel – Main Level)

Sigrid Johnson

• Designing and Presenting Hymn Festivals (Rm 201W – Upper Level)

John Ferguson

• Encouraging and Equipping Young Instrumentalists for Participation in Worship

Melvin Machemer (Rm 204W – Upper Level)

• Introducing Global Music to Congregations (Rm 203W – Upper Level)

Nicole Busarow, Robert Hobby, Omaldo Perez

• Steel Drums (Theatre – Lower Level)

Mitchell Rorick

• Stop Flying By the Seat of Your Pants: Worship Planning with Proficiency

Kevin Hildebrand (Rm 111W – Main Level)

• The Times, They Are A’Changin’: Working with Adolescent Singers

Zebulon Highben (Music Room – Lower Level)

This is the final time to make purchases from the exhibitors

before they close at 12:30 p.m.

12:00 Noon ALCM Business Meeting & Lunch (First Presbyterian Church McKay Hall)


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Friday, July 8 (continued)

1:45 p.m. Workshops (see page 14 for workshop descriptions)

• Be Not Afraid: Renaissance Music and the Church Choir

Zebulon Highben (Rm 204W – Upper Level)

• Piano Possibilities: Exploring Textures and Styles for Worship

Omaldo Perez (Music Room – Lower Level)

• Presiding (Chapel – Main Level)

Paul Grime, Robert Rimbo

• Steel Drums (Theatre – Lower Level)

Mitchell Rorick

• Stop Flying By the Seat of Your Pants: Worship Planning with Proficiency

Kevin Hildebrand (Rm 203W – Upper Level)

• The Brain on Music: How Music Therapy Principles Shape Worship Practice

Jennifer Ollikainen (Rm 111W – Main Level)

• Working with Limited Instrumental Resources (Rm 201W – Upper Level)

Matthew Machemer

3:00 p.m. Break


3:45 p.m. Evening Prayer (St. Paul Lutheran Church)

Dinner on your own following Evening Prayer

see page 37 for a list of restaurants

6:50 p.m. Concert seating opens for conference attendees

Use the doors that enter in the mid-section of the church nave

Ticket required for entry

7:10 p.m. Concert seating opens to general public

7:30 p.m. Concert: King’s Singers (Trinity English Nave)

Closing Prayer following concert

The Atrium Bar at Hilton Hotel is open following the concert.


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Children’s Track

This summer's Region 1 conference features something new and, we hope, exciting: a special track for

children ages 7-18. As conference attendees gather in plenary and workshop sessions, choristers are working

with master music educators Karol Kimmell and Joshua Pedde. More information about these clinicians can

be found on pages 24 & 25 of the conference book. Those attending will have the opportunity to worship with

their parents while contributing to our Friday evening prayer service. Participants will also enjoy drama classes

and play a variety of instruments.

The children’s track schedule is listed below, and you are welcome to stop in to observe rehearsals and other

activities.

Children’s Track Schedule

Children’s Track activities occur at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1126 Barr Street

Wednesday, July 6

3:00 p.m. Gathering, Introductions, Rehearsal

5:00 p.m. Dinner

5:30 p.m. Rehearsal

6:45 p.m. Pick-up at St. Paul's

Thursday, July 7

9:00 a.m. Gathering

9:15 a.m. Warm-up & Rehearsal

10:30 a.m. Drama Workshop

12:00 Noon Lunch

12:30 p.m. Rehearsal

1:30 p.m. Drama Workshop

3:00 p.m. Rehearsal

4:30 p.m. Pick-up at St. Paul’s

Friday, July 8

11:00 a.m. Gathering

11:15 a.m. Rehearsal

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Rehearsal in Sanctuary

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Rehearsal in Choir Room

3:45 p.m. Evening Prayer at St. Paul’s; Children’s/Youth Track Participants Sing


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Exhibitors

Augsburg Fortress

Braeded Chord Productions

Choristers Guild

Classic Organs of Indiana, Inc.

Concordia Publishing House

Crafts from Jerusalem

Digital Songs and Hymns, LLC

Malmark - Bellcraftsmen

MorningStar Music & ECS Publishing

Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Sweetwater Sound, Inc.

Tree of Life Imports

WorshipCurrentStaffing.com

Exhibitor Hours

Wednesday, July 6

• 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Thursday, July 7

• 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Friday, July 8

• 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Exhibits are located in Wagenhals Hall – Main Level

at Trinity English Lutheran Church


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Workshop Descriptions

A Tube, a Clapper, and You

Susan Lough

Thursday 11:00 a.m. - (Theatre – Lower Level) HANDCHIMES: They play like a handbell (sort of), remind you of a tuning fork, but sound completely

different…and you know you’ve wanted to try them out for yourself! Whether you are an experienced handbell

player or a total novice to the world of bell music, this is your chance to see what makes handchimes so special

and so much fun to play! We will cover the basic playing techniques, give you some strategies and ideas for

music you can use immediately if you want to start a beginning group, and have fun playing some music. If you

know your right hand from your left hand, and the colors pink and green, you have everything you need to

make music with handchimes.

Artistry in Anthems

Sigrid Johnson

Friday 10:45 a.m. - (Chapel – Main Level) Specific techniques that speak to the text of the anthems. Using word-stress, syllabic stress, dynamics and

tone--lift the poetry "off the page." We will explore ways to convey the text of our anthems in a way that reaches

the congregation in an optimum way. We will discuss what we want to convey and address technical ways to

achieve this. Ultimately the congregation will hear the text more easily if it is presented in a conversational way.

Be Not Afraid: Renaissance Music and the Church Choir

Zebulon Highben Friday 1:45 p.m. - (Rm 204W – Upper Level) There is a wealth of Renaissance choral music that is suitable for church choirs and appropriate for worship

use. Yet at first glance, Renaissance music can appear daunting and unachievable. This workshop will present

rationales for programming Renaissance music, as well as strategies and techniques for teaching it. Particular

attention will be given to repertoire appropriate for smaller choirs.

Beer & Hymns

Justin Rimbo

Thursday 3:30 p.m. - (Rm 204W – Upper Level) Beer & Hymns are increasingly popular events that provide people with opportunities to sing old (and new)

songs of faith in a public setting. Come learn about the theology within this particular kind of gathering, the

ministry of being hosted, and advice for starting your own (or connecting with one that already exists)! And, of

course, we'll leave time for singing. (Beer not provided.)

Designing and Presenting Hymn Festivals

John Ferguson

Friday 10:45 a.m. - (Rm 201W – Upper Level) A respected presenter of hymn festivals shares thoughts about designing and presenting hymn festivals.

Considerations include selecting themes, selecting contents, providing commentary or readings, options for

participants and more.


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Encouraging and Equipping Young Instrumentalists for Participation in Worship

Melvin Machemer

Friday 10:45 a.m. - (Rm 204W – Upper Level) This workshop will look at repertoire, consider the basics of working with young instrumentalists, share ideas

for organizing rehearsals within and outside the school day, and explore performance opportunities that serve

as confidence building "warm-ups" prior to participation in worship.

Exploring & Singing Hymns with Children

Karol Kimmell

Thursday 11:00 a.m. - (Music Room – Lower Level) Children love the hymnal – really! Move beyond finding the author, composer, and tune name. Learn new ways

to delve into melodies, rhythms, texts, composers, authors, phrases, visual images and more with your young

singers so they are excited to open their hymnals and SING! Descants appropriate for children will be provided.

Five Free Things You Can Do to Improve the Sound of Your Worship

Jeff Barnett

Thursday 11:00 a.m. - (Room 204W – Upper Level) It’s no secret that audio technology can be expensive, so it may come as a welcome surprise that some of the

biggest improvements you can make are absolutely free. Join church sound expert Jeff Barnett for these 5 tips

for audio excellence.

From Service to Technique

Joshua Pedde

Thursday 3:30 p.m. - (Music Room – Lower Level) As church musicians we plan according to the church year and our repertoire is based on the season rather

than on a curriculum. Come to this session where we will focus on how to take the repertoire that fits the

church year, and create a curriculum that teaches all levels of singers.

Improvisation in Hymn Playing

John Ferguson

Thursday 11:00 a.m. & Thursday 3:30 p.m. - (Nave – Main Level) Every time we play a hymn we are improvising. John Ferguson shares insights on creativity in hymn playing

and explains how he believes that every time we play a hymn at the organ we are modifying what is on the

page to better lead the singing and to reflect that we are playing something not written for organ. From there

we also will look at simple techniques to enrich our skills as "hymnprovisers."

Introducing Global Music to Congregations

Nicole Busarow, Robert Hobby, Omaldo Perez

Friday 10:45 a.m. - (Rm 203W – Upper Level) Utilizing a tag team approach, Nicole Busarow, Robert Hobby, and Omaldo Perez will offer an informal hands-

on opportunity to “sample” basic and stylistic ways to incorporate music from around the world into

congregational repertoire.


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Piano Possibilities: Exploring Textures and Styles for Worship

Omaldo Perez Friday 1:45 p.m. - (Music Room – Lower Level) Music is the realm of the imagination, and the piano will be our ship. In this workshop we will look at ways of

enriching our Sunday mornings by drawing from historical and contemporary performance practices, and

discuss the ways the piano can help us illuminate the text in fun and perhaps unexpected ways.

Presiding with Dignity and Grace

Paul Grime, Robert Rimbo Friday 1:45 p.m. - (Chapel – Main Level) When it comes to the rubrics (those instructions in red in our service books), we've all witnessed some practices

that might be charitably described as less than desirable. While there is no single way to preside at the table

and font, are there certain practices that are better than others? And who gets to decide? This and more will

be explored in this practical workshop, led by Robert Rimbo and Paul Grime.

Steel Drums

Mitchell Rorick

Friday 10:45 a.m. & 1:45 p.m. – (Theatre – Lower Level) Looking for a fresh and fun way to expand and enliven worship? Steel drums are versatile instruments that can

play everything from dance music to beautiful, classical melodies. This workshop will provide the basics about

steel drums, including how to play, resources for buying pans, and why steel drums are worth the investment.

By the end of this workshop you will be equipped to start your own church steel drum ensemble - or take a

job as a pannist for a cruise line!

Stewards of Mysteries: Vocation of Musicians and Pastors

Robert Rimbo

Thursday 3:30 p.m. - (Rm 201W – Upper Level) Musicians and pastors are stewards, caregivers, agents. How they work together to invite people into the

mysteries of God is at the heart of what this workshop will address.

Stop Flying By the Seat of Your Pants: Worship Planning with Proficiency

Kevin Hildebrand Friday 10:45 a.m. - (Rm 111W – Main Level) Friday 1:45 p.m. - (Rm 203W – Upper Level For church musicians, worship planning means being part theologian, part scholar, part detective, and part

efficiency expert. This workshop will provide practical ideas to improve parish worship planning, with specific

examples to consider for the upcoming church year.

Tending the Leader’s Soul

Louise Williams

Thursday 11:00 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. - (Rm 111W – Main Level) Our spiritual lives begin in the heart of God who desires communion with us. This workshop will explore ways

of nurturing the relationship that begins with God and continues with our response. In addition to discussing

practices and disciplines that may be helpful, participants will also have opportunity to experience some means

of renewal and refreshment.


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The Brain on Music: How Music Therapy Principles Shape Worship Practice

Jennifer Ollikainen Friday 1:45 p.m. - (Rm 111W – Main Level) Throughout history and across all human cultures, music is omnipresent as a means of mediating the divine,

expressing emotion and enlivening social interaction. Music serves a central role in Christian Worship and is at

the center of the therapeutic discipline, music therapy, that optimizes the ways the brain processes music in

order to advance therapeutic goals in the areas of communication, learning, motor skills, emotions and social

interaction. This workshop will illustrate the foundations of music therapy as they pertain to the use of music

in worship and explore how worship practice can be shaped by this understanding.

The Times, They Are A’Changin’: Working with Adolescent Singers

Zebulon Highben

Friday 10:45 a.m. - (Music Room – Lower Level) When does adolescent voice change begin, and when is it finished? The answers may surprise you. This

session will present recent data on the changing voice, tips and techniques for working with adolescent singers,

and ideas for building cohesion and identity within church youth choirs.

Training Your Choir for Optimum Sound

Sigrid Johnson

Thursday 11:00 a.m. - (Chapel – Main Level) Exploring warm-ups and techniques to help the choir with the training of the individual voice and the choral

sound as a whole. Many of our choir members have had little or no voice training. It can be very intimidating

for many singers to sing alone. There is a confidence achieved by singing with the support of others. This is a

chance to find strength in your own voice while singing with the choir.

Visual Proclamation: The Arts in Worship

Linda Witte Henke

Thursday 11:00 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. - (Rm 203W – Upper Level) Henke will make use of a dynamic collection of

projected images to engage participants in an

exploration of the broad capacity of the visual arts

to enhance proclamation of the Word in worship.

Attention will be given to multiple forms and media,

collaboratively created work, and the importance of

context in considering visual arts possibilities.


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Working with Limited Instrumental Resources

Matthew Machemer

Thursday 11:00 a.m. & Friday 1:45 p.m. - (Rm 201W – Upper Level) This workshop will offer creative solutions for working with a variety of instrumentalists in the parish. Various

resources and ideas will be offered ranging from the simple to the more complex. The presentation will also

offer ideas regarding composing and/or arranging for instruments.

“You Want Me To Do What?”

Jane Hicks Snow

Thursday 3:30 p.m. - (Theatre – Lower Level) As a handbell conductor, has a ringer ever asked “that” question or have you ever gotten “that look”? This

session will help you help them by giving you tips, techniques and solutions to help you and your choir

achieve the best possible musical outcome. Included will be: Holy Smokes! How to Recognize Difficult

Passages and Ways to Resolve; But I Use A Baton: Conducting for Results; Memorizing: The Alpha and

Omega; The High Bells Are Not The Heroes: Volume Control, Mallets of Forethought: Mallet Techniques, As

The Page Turns: Ideas to Facilitate Page Turns. Class participation is encouraged, but not mandatory.


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Biographies

Jennifer Baker-Trinity

(Wednesday Evening Commentary)

Jennifer Baker-Trinity, AIM, is a church musician who enjoys working at the intersections of theology, liturgy and music. She completed her studies at Valparaiso University (B.M. Church Music) and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (MAR, STM.) As a church musician, she has served congregations in Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. She is active in the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, currently serving as Vice President for Region 1. Jennifer has been a writer/teacher/coordinator in the Leadership Program for Musicians and served on the Advisory Council for the Institute of Liturgical Studies, based at Valparaiso University (2006-2012). She has authored or contributed to Sundays and Seasons, Worship

Matters, Leading Worship Matters, Soli Deo Gloria: Choir Devotions for Year B, and Grace and Peace:

Devotions for Lent 2015. She currently leads assembly song at Beaver Lutheran Church in Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania. Jennifer lives in Middleburg, PA with her family.

Jeremy Bankson

(Reading Session Presenter)

Jeremy Bankson, will begin serving as Director of Music at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Dublin, Ohio this July. As Director of Music he will oversee the entire music program and develop the concert series. Prior to this position, Jeremy was most recently the Associate Minister of Music at First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Executive Director of the Abendmusik at First-Plymouth Concert Series as well as the organ instructor at Hastings College. A native Nebraskan, Jeremy received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he also pursued graduate studies in choral conducting. Prior to his time at First-Plymouth, he served as Associate Director of Music at Trinity English Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Active as a composer and arranger, he has led workshops, clinics, and hymn festivals for the Fellowship of American Baptist Musicians, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, the American Guild of Organists, Leadership Program for Musicians, Augsburg Fortress and other churches and institutions around the country. His compositions can be found in the catalogs of MorningStar Music Publishers, Augsburg Fortress Press and Concordia Publishing House and have been heard on the nationally syndicated radio programs The Lutheran Hour, With Heart and Voice, and Sing for Joy. Many of Jeremy’s arrangements can be heard on the following recordings: Sing with All the Saints in Glory, Hymns from First-Plymouth, Carols from First-Plymouth, and Easter at First-Plymouth.

Jeff Barnett

(Workshop Presenter)

Jeff Barnett has been involved in church audio for 25 years as a volunteer audio engineer, sound system designer, installer, and teacher. He is the director of House of Worship Sales at Sweetwater and an instructor in Sweetwater's Academy of Music and Technology, where he teaches live sound. He’s also a vocalist, performing regularly with the a cappella vocal group Smooth Edge 2.


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Teresa Bowers


Dr. Teresa Bowers is Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator for Recruitment and Outreach at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College where she is flutist with the Sunderman Woodwind Quintet, teaches flute and coordinates the chamber music program. Dr. Bowers is Artistic Director of Bel Voce chamber choir and has been conductor of the Gettysburg Chorale, the Harrisburg Choral Society and the Cithara Women’s Choir. She was a conducting fellow with Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival and has performed in masterclasses with Joseph Flummerfelt for whom she has prepared choirs. Dr. Bowers served as Associate Director for Worship and Music Education for the

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America where her responsibilities included developing educational opportunities and resources for parish musicians, pastors and lay persons throughout the country and has served as cantor at First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, PA. She is Past President of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians and is a frequent contributing author to Choral Journal as well as a guest conductor and clinician.

Nicole Busarow


Nicole Koehler Busarow lives in Fort Wayne, IN. She currently serves as music director at Emanuel Lutheran in New Haven, and is also the choral assistant at Concordia Lutheran High School of Fort Wayne, IN. She has taught and played for churches and schools in Michigan and Indiana. Nicole holds a Masters of Sacred Music degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Music degree in Church Music – Organ from Valparaiso University.

Jonathan Busarow


Jonathan Busarow, is the Executive Artistic Director of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. Jonathan also is on the faculty of Indiana University-Purdue University - Fort Wayne where he teaches voice, choral methods, and choral conducting. Jonathan is in frequent demand as both a conductor and soloist. He resides in Fort Wayne with his wife, Nicole, and their son, Simon.


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Craig Cramer

(Organ and Orchestra Concert)

Craig Cramer is Professor of Organ and Artist in Residence at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He also serves as organist at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church in Elkhart, Indiana. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir College and the Eastman School of Music where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance. The Eastman School also awarded him the prestigious Performer's Certificate in Organ. He has studied with Russell Saunders, William Hays, James Drake, David Boe, and André Marchal (Paris). Cramer has been named the winner of several important competitions. One of the most traveled organists of his generation, Cramer maintains an active recital career across the country and in Europe. He has performed in forty-four of the United States as well as in Canada. Regularly invited to play some of the most important historic organs in the world, Cramer's European concerts have included performances in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Switzerland and Poland.

John Ferguson

(Worship Musician; Workshop Presenter)

John Ferguson retired June 2012 after serving 29 years as Elliot and Klara Stockdal Johnson Professor of Organ and Church Music and Cantor to the Student Congregation at St. Olaf College. During his tenure the organ department defied national trends by growing in enrollment and in quality. In retirement he continues his travels to design and lead hymn festivals for which he is internationally known as well as composing and arranging, adding to the many publications already in print. Ferguson’s son, Christopher, teaches British History at Auburn University where his daughter in law, Sarah, serves as business manager for the Auburn band program and they raise one of the delight’s of John’s life – his grand daughter, Lucy. In his spare time he enjoys caring for and driving his collection of classic vehicles including five historic military vehicles and three muscle cars.

Paul Grime

(Hymn Festival Commentary; Workshop Presenter) Paul Grime is dean of the chapel and professor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, teaching primarily in the area of worship. From 1996–2007 he served as executive director for the LCMS Commission on Worship at the church body’s headquarters in St. Louis. In that position he was project director for both Hymnal

Supplement 98 and Lutheran Service Book. Prior to that he served eight years as senior pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. Grime has music degrees from Valparaiso University (B.Mus.) and the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (M.Mus.). His theology degrees are from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (M.Div., S.T.M.) and Marquette University (Ph.D.).


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Linda Witte Henke


Linda Witte Henke is a designer/artist specializing in projects purposed for liturgical use. Her recent commissions include the “Festive Red” vestment collection introduced at ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s installation, the “Living Water” vestment collection introduced at the ELCA’s 2016 Worship Jubilee, and a 19-foot-by-19-foot installation that resides in the contemporary worship space of Carmel Lutheran Church (LC-MS) in Carmel, IN. Her recent honors include the 2015 International Religious Art and Architecture Design Award and the 2014 Collaboration of Design + Art Award. An ordained minister

in the ELCA, Henke previously served congregations in the Rocky Mountain Synod. She is also the author of Marking Time: Christian Rituals for All Our Days (Morehouse, 2002)

Amanda Highben

(Preacher)

Amanda Lynn Highben was recently called as associate pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Dublin, Ohio. Previously she served as lay professional staff in a variety of contexts in Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota. Amanda studied at Trinity Lutheran Seminary (M. Div.), Luther Seminary (M.A., Educational Leadership) and John Carroll University (B.A., English and Political Science). She is particularly interested in ecumenical and interfaith cooperation, the relationship between faith and physical/emotional wellness, contemplative prayer, and intergenerational ministries.

Zebulon Highben

(Workshop Presenter) Dr. Zebulon Highben is Director of Choral Activities at Muskingum University, a college of the Presbyterian Church—USA in New Concord, Ohio. He previously served Lutheran and Presbyterian congregations in Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota, and from 2005-2014 was the Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Director for the Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival. Highben has been a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States, and in 2016 will represent the U.S. in the International Conductors Exchange Program with South Korea, sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association. He has served ALCM as president of Region III (2008-2010) and currently chairs the selection committee for the Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition, which he won in 2011.

Kevin Hildebrand

(Thursday Hymn Festival Principal Musician; Workshop Presenter)

Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He teaches courses in worship and liturgics at the seminary and plays the organ for daily chapel. He is also co-director of the seminary’s Good Shepherd Institute, a resource for pastoral theology and sacred music. He directs the seminary Kantorei (an auditioned men’s chorus), the seminary Schola Cantorum (a mixed choir specializing in the cantatas of J.S. Bach) and the St. Paul’s Youth Choir.


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Robert Hobby

(Wednesday Evening Principal Musician; Workshop Presenter)

Robert A. Hobby is Director of Music at Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he plays for many of the worship services, oversees ten choral and instrumental ensembles, and manages concerts that the church offers. During his tenure, Trinity English has established a choral series with 17 composers commissioned to date, hosted several worship and music conferences, produced four recordings, and expanded the opportunities for music ministry. In addition to parish work, Bob serves as clinician, performer, and composer for the larger church. He has over 250 published works, some of which have been featured in major venues and on national TV and radio programs; a particular honor for him was the invitation to write two compositions for Pope Francis’ visit to New York City last fall. Bob received his Bachelor’s Degree in Church Music from Wittenberg University and a Master’s Degree in Music from the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife Jennifer are the proud of parents of Hannah, Lydia, and Elizabeth.

Cynthia Holden

(Worship Musician)

Cynthia Holden, AAGO, is Director of Music at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Sayville, NY following 17 years among Anglicans at St. James, then St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Bay Shore. She taught (LPM) at Mercer School of Theology, served the AGO as a Regional Education Coordinator, worked on the AGO national committee for educational resources and was ALCM Region 1 president (2006-8). She is a founding member and singer with the chamber choir, SōLI, having previously toured internationally with Stony Brook Camerata. Offering Musikgarten’s Music Makers at the Keyboard prepares children for her RSCM affiliated Treble Choir. Hobbies include composing, volunteer work for the Guide Dog Foundation and time with her husband and dogs aboard their 30’ sailboat.

William Ickstadt

(Worship Musician)

Bill Ickstadt has been the Director of Music at Immanuel Lutheran Church and its school in Valparaiso for 27 years. Prior to this position he was director of music at Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. His duties include teaching music education in Immanuel’s school, directing choirs, and instrumental ensembles, playing the organ and piano for worship and planning worship. Bill’s undergraduate and graduate work in church music and elementary education were completed at Concordia University, Chicago. He also completed a Master of Business Administration degree from Indiana University.

Sigrid Johnson

(Conference as Choir Director, Workshop Presenter)

Sigrid Johnson (plenary choir) has been a member of the voice and choral faculty at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN since 1983. During her 24-year tenure as conductor of Manitou Singers, the 100-voice chorus for first-year women at St. Olaf, Johnson has inspired more than 2,000 young women. As a guest clinician at choral workshops and all-state music festivals in 30 states, she has enriched and deepened the musical experience of countless singers of all ages across the country. Johnson is known for her skill at blending voices, perfecting tone, and assisting with vocal production--both psychologically and physiologically.


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Karol Kimmell

(Children’s Track Presenter, Workshop Presenter)

Karol Kinard Kimmell, Director of Youth & Children’s Music, All Saints’ Episcopal Church since 1998, Atlanta, GA. Co-director and faculty member: Choristers Guild Institute, the CG certification program, Wingate University, NC and Lutheridge Music Week, Arden, NC. Task force and faculty ALCM's Young Lutherans Sing, 2005-2010. Elementary Chorus Director, Paideia School (2002-2010). Conducted NC Sixth Grade All State Chorus 2009. Presents and conducts at national/regional conferences for publishers, choral, and denominational organizations, regional festivals and summer camps. Attended Wittenberg and Lenoir-Rhyne Universities, receiving BME (organ) from Lenoir-Rhyne, certified in Orff Schulwerk, Kindermusik, Musicgarten, studied voice at the

Mannes School of Music, and sang with the Riverside Church Choir in NYC.

Susan Lough


Susan Lough received a BS in Music Education in 1979 from Taylor University and a MS from Indiana University in 1982. She has taught at the elementary and secondary levels and was named 2005 Indiana Elementary Music Educator of the Year. In addition to teaching classroom and choral music (K-5), she directs the Churubusco Chimers, a handchime ensemble begun in 1990 as the performing arts component of Churubusco Elementary School’s High Ability program. She has conducted various workshops for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) national in-service conference, the Indiana Music Educators State Convention, the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, and the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR) as well as for elementary and music education majors at Grace College and Goshen College. Mrs. Lough lives in Fort

Wayne with her husband, Tom, and is proud of her title of Nana to her two granddaughters and two grandsons.

Matthew Machemer

(Thursday Hymn Festival Principal Musician; Workshop Presenter) Matthew Machemer is Associate Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana where he directs several choirs, works with instrumentalists, assists in worship planning for the chapel, is organist for regular chapel services and special events, and serves as an instructor for various courses. In addition, he serves as instructor for the summer organist workshops and assists in the planning and administration of the seminary’s annual Good Shepherd Institute. Machemer is also the adult choir director for St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne and is a member of the Worship and Spiritual Care Committee for the Indiana District of the LCMS. In addition to his duties at the seminary Machemer also is a published composer, with works available through Concordia Publishing

House and Liturgy Solutions. In addition to other projects, Machemer is a contributing composer to CPH’s Acclamations and Hymn Prelude Library series. He has also presented on various musical and theological topics at various conferences and has served as Cantor for the DOXOLOGY program of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.


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Melvin Machemer


Melvin Machemer, a native of Michigan, has been involved in church and school music for 35 years, earning his undergraduate degree from Concordia University Chicago and the Master of Music degree from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He has served as Director of Music and Teacher at churches in Missouri and Michigan and as Music Department Chair, Choral Director, and Dean of Chapel at Lutheran High School East in Harper Woods, Michigan where his choirs developed a reputation for excellence. In addition to his choral and organ work in the parish, Mr. Machemer has led several instrumental ensembles in his 28 years at Saint John, Fraser, including adult handbells, brass ensemble, recorder ensemble, and a chamber orchestra. In the school he directs the handbell group and works with individual instrumentalists, helping them to prepare music for worship and for the annual solo/ensemble festival in the spring. He currently serves as the editor of the Children’s Choir Series for Concordia Publishing House.

Jennifer Ollikainen

(Workshop Presenter) The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Phelps Ollikainen holds a Bachelors of Music Therapy and is a board certified music therapist. She also holds a Master of Divinity, Sacred Theology Masters in New Testament studies and Doctor of Ministry in Worship from the Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia. She is the Executive Director of Lutheran Congregational Services, a social ministry organization of the ELCA located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Editor of CrossAccent, the journal of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Previously, she served as the Associate for Worship Resources in the Worship Office of the ELCA and as Associate Pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Springfield, Pennsylvania

Joshua Pedde

(Children’s Track Presenter, Workshop Presenter)

Joshua Pedde, artistic director for the Indianapolis Children's Choir, is the director of the ICC's most advanced treble choirs and has been instrumental in growing the ICC's Innovations program which provides free music education workshops to public and private schools. Mr. Pedde is a frequent conductor throughout the U.S. including the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. He has conducted at numerous sporting events and has traveled throughout Europe preparing and conducting choirs for performances at the Vatican, as well as in England, Italy, Austria, Spain, Germany and Ireland. Mr. Pedde serves as chair for the Consortium of Indiana Children's Choirs, assistant director of worship and organist at Carmel Lutheran Church, and director of the Carmel Community Choir and Orchestra. Mr. Pedde earned his bachelor and master's degree from Butler University, and a DPM from Concordia University.


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Omaldo Perez


Omaldo Perez is the Director of Music Ministries at Zoar Lutheran Church in Perrysburg, OH. Omaldo has worked as musician and served congregations in NY, NJ, AZ, and WA, prior to his appointment in Ohio. He has performed as a recitalist on numerous occasions and has been a soloist in Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka with the Brooklyn Heights Symphony Orchestra. As a collaborative musician, he has accompanied his wife, Sonia Perez, in concert programs across the United States and in Greece, France and The Netherlands. In addition to being a pianist and organist he is also a bass soloist: he has performed regularly with The Esoterics, The

Byrd Ensemble, The Tudor Choir, and Queen City Musicians Opera Company. In the last couple of years, Omaldo has had the privilege of being a contributor with Sundays and Seasons (Praise/Contemporary Songs). This last July he had the opportunity to travel to Atlanta as a worship leader and pianist for the 2015 biennial conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, where he led two of his arrangements at the event The Church’s Journey in Art and Song held at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church with nearly a thousand Lutherans in attendance.

Justin Rimbo

(Plenary Presenter, Worship Musician, Workshop Presenter)

Justin Rimbo is a musician, songwriter, worship leader, writer, husband and father. An Associate in Ministry, Rimbo currently works with the South Carolina Synod exploring the future of Sobremesa, a pilot community for those in Columbia's Vista neighborhood. He lives in Columbia with his wife Angie, son Owen, and daughter Zoe, and enjoys reading, good coffee, and Premier League soccer.

Robert Rimbo

(Plenary Presenter, Preacher, Workshop Presenter)

Robert Alan Rimbo is bishop of the Metropolitan New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He most recently served as pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York City and immediately prior to that served as bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A graduate of Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana (1972), and Christ Seminary - Seminex, St. Louis, Missouri (1976), Bishop Rimbo holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity from The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church (2010). He is married to Lois, an elementary school reading and language arts specialist. They are the parents of two adult children, Deborah and Justin (who is married to Angela)

and the grandparents of Owen Robert and Zoe Elizabeth. Bishop Rimbo has served the church as pastor, synod staff, and church musician. He was executive assistant to the project director for the publication of the Lutheran Book of Worship as well as a member of the editorial teams for the Renewing Worship project of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which published Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006). He has also served as chaplain, editor, advisor, and coordinator for a number of boards and projects relating to worship and parish ministry. He represents the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on the ecumenical Consultation on Common Texts.


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Mitchell Rorick

(Wednesday Evening Principal Musician; Workshop Presenter)

Mitchell Rorick is Associate Director of Music at Trinity English Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he works with children’s, youth, and adult choirs; steel drums; handbells; and other instrumental ensembles. He also teaches part-time at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, directs the Boychoir of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir, sings in the Heartland Chamber Chorale, and accompanies for arts organizations in the Fort Wayne area. Mr. Rorick holds degrees in organ performance, accounting, sacred music, and choral conducting from Wheaton College, Franklin University, Indiana University, and Florida State University, and has completed three levels of Kodály training and two levels of the Choristers Guild Institute. In his spare time he likes to work on his bucket list adventures, which recently included skydiving, parasailing, and ocean kayaking.

Tavis Schlicker

(Wednesday Evening Principal Musician)

Mr. Schlicker is the director of choral activities at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne. He has lead quality high school vocal programs in Wisconsin, Texas, and Indiana. The Concordia choral program frequently garners gold ratings “with distinction” at Organizational competition and was honored to earn a coveted spot at the Indiana State Finals and receive the ISSMA “All-Music Award” for the past four years. He also leads the high school level Youth Choral of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir. In Texas, choirs under the direction of Mr. Schlicker were annual sweepstakes award winners and competed successfully at regional and state levels. Mr. Schlicker was nominated twice for Texas private school director of the year honors. He is an active regional and national ACDA member, serves on the ad-hoc ISSMA jazz committee, and as the ICDA District 2 Representative and All-State Coordinator.

Chad Smith

(Worship Leader)

The Rev. Chad L. Smith is the Assistant Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, IN. He is a graduate of Concordia University-Ann Arbor with a double major in music and Biblical Language. Smith attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, and graduated in 2015.

Jane Hicks Snow


Jane Hicks Snow has served four Fort Wayne churches in her 36 years as a handbell director. She has been ringing since 1975, and continues to ring in the advanced choir at Trinity English Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. In 1977, Jane co-founded one of the nation’s first community bell choirs, known as the Ecumenical Handbell Choir of Fort Wayne. Jane’s philosophy is that you become a better director by being a good ringer. A long-time member of the Handbell Musicians of American, she has served as Indiana State Chairman and Area V Secretary-Treasurer and as a clinician at 7 National Director's Seminars and numerous National and Area festivals. She has conducted festivals throughout the Midwest. Currently, Jane supervises the Pre-Suit Department at a local law firm. Jane holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. One of Jane’s greatest joys is ringing in the bell choir with her daughter.


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Janet Van Valey


Janet Van Valey has worked with handbells for over 30 years, beginning her training with Don Allured in 1978. She is the founder and director of the Kalamazoo Ringers, a community choir that just completed their 35th year. A former public school music teacher, she has served as Director of Music for a variety of denominations for 40 years, is a popular clinician and guest conductor and has served Handbell Musicians of America in numerous roles both in Area 5 and at the National level. She has also served as a representative for Malmark Handbells for 34 years.

Louise Williams

(Workshop Presenter) E. Louise Williams is Executive Director Emeritus of the Lutheran Deaconess Association, Valparaiso, IN. She retired at the end of 2007 after serving 33 years on the LDA staff. She grew up on a farm near Rolla, Missouri, and graduated from Valparaiso University and was consecrated a deaconess in 1967. She served parishes in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and Kansas City, MO before coming to the LDA. She holds an MA in Christian Spiritualities from Mundeline College, Chicago. She served 16 years on the Executive Committee of DIAKONIA World Federation, an ecumenical, global association of diaconates and was president for eight of those years. In retirement she teaches an on-line course (Theology of Diaconal Ministry) in the Theology Department at Valparaiso University, meets with several people for spiritual direction, leads retreats, preaches, writes and speaks

for church-related groups (especially in the areas of spirituality and diakonia). She has frequently written for Gather (formerly Lutheran Woman Today), and has had articles published in The Lutheran, Christian Century,

Word and World, and Currents in Theology and Mission. Her honors include a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from Wartburg Seminary, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Valparaiso University, the Seeds of Hope Award from Wheat Ridge Ministries, and The Christus Rex Award from the Institute of Liturgical Studies.

The King’s Singers

(Friday Evening Concert) Acclaimed worldwide for their virtuosity, life-affirming energy and charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work, synonymous with the very best in vocal ensemble performance, appeals to a vast international audience. Performing to hundreds of thousands of people each season, the group tours regularly to Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australasia. Instantly recognizable for their immaculate intonation, vocal blend, diction and incisive timing, The King’s Singers are consummate entertainers. The group’s repertoire has evolved to become one of the most diverse and compelling imaginable. The King’s Singers have commissioned over 200 works, including landmark pieces from leading contemporary composers including Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, Sir James MacMillan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, Sir John Tavener, Gabriela Lena Frank and Eric Whitacre. They have also commissioned arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits, explored medieval motets and Renaissance madrigals, and encouraged young composers to write new scores.


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In addition to performing to capacity audiences and creating highly regarded and much-loved recordings, The King’s Singers share their artistry through numerous workshops and masterclasses around the world. The group hosts a biennial residential Summer School at Royal Holloway (part of the University of London) where they are also Ensemble in Residence. Among the work supported by The King’s Singers Foundation, A Carol for Christmas is a composition competition that seeks to encourage young and up-coming composers, giving the winners the chance for their piece to be performed in King’s College Chapel (Cambridge, UK). Double Grammy® award-winning artists,

the group were honored in 2009 for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again in 2012 for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light and Gold album on Universal/Decca. Recently voted into Gramophone Hall of Fame, rave reviews and repeated sell-out concerts confirm that The King’s Singers remain one of the world’s finest vocal ensembles.


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Organ Specifications

Trinity English Lutheran Church: Nave Organ

Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Opus 1171-B, 1965

4 Manuals, 92 Ranks

Great

16' Quintaton

8' Principal

8' Bordun

4' Oktave

4' Rohrflöte

2' Superoktave

IV Fourniture

III Scharff

8' Trumpet

8' Trompette de Tour

4' Trompette de Tour

Chimes

Zymbelstern

Harp

Swell

16' Gemshorn

8' Viola

8' Viola Celeste

8' Rohrflöte

4' Principal

4' Harmonic Flute

2' Montre

II Sesquialtera

III-V Plein Jeu

16' Basson

8' Trompette

8' Hautbois

4' Rohr Schalmei

Tremulant

Choir

8' Spitzprinzipal

8' Flûte Ouverte

8' Flûte Conique

8' Flûte Céleste

4' Spitzoktave

2 2/3' Nasat

2' Spillflöte

III-IV Cymbale

16' English Horn

8' Cromorne

4' Régale

Tremulant

Positiv

8' Gemshorn

8' Pommer Gedeckt

4' Prinzipal

4' Koppelflöte

2' Kleinprinzipal

1 1/3' Oktavquint

1' Sifflöte

III Zimbel

Tremulant

Antiphonal

unenclosed

8' Prinzipal

8' Gedackt

4' Montre

4' Gedackt

2' Blockflöte

III-V Fourniture

8' Trompette de Tour (Gt.)

expressive

8' Flute de Bois

8' Flute Ouverte

8' Flûte Céleste

8' Voix Humaine

Pedal

32' Untersatz

16' Kontrabass

16' Subbass

16' Quintaton (Gt.)

16' Gemshorn (Sw.)

8' Oktave

8' Stillgedeckt

8' Gemshorn (Sw.)

4' Prinzipal

4' Blockflöte

2' Spitzprinzipal

V Grave Harmonics

IV Mixture

VI-VII Kornet

32' Basson (ext. Sw.)

16' Posaune

16' Basson

8' Trompette

4' Régale (Ch.)

8' Trompette de Tour (Gt.)

16' Gedackt Bass (ext. Ant.)


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Concordia Theological Seminary: Kramer Chapel Organ

Schlicker Organ Company, 1958

3 Manuals / 59 Ranks

Great

16' Quintadena

8' Principal

8' Rohrfloete

4' Octave

2⅔' Quint

2' Schwegel

IV-VI Mixture

8' Trumpet

Swell to Great 16

Swell to Great 8

Swell to Great 4

Positiv to Great 8

Swell

8' Gedeckt

8' Salicional

8' Voix Celeste

4' Principal

4' Hohlfloete

2' Blockfloete

II Sesquialtera

IV-V Mixture

III Cymbel

16' Dulzian

8' Trompette

8' Oboe

Tremolo

Swell to Swell 16

Swell to Swell 4

Positiv

8' Pommer

4' Rohrfloete

2⅔' Nazard

2' Principal

1' Siffloete

III-IV Scharf

8' Trumpeta Real

8' Krummhorn

Tremolo

Swell to Positiv 8

Zimbelstern

Pedal

32' Resultant

16' Principal

16' Bourdon

16' Quintadena (Gt)

10⅔' Quintbass

8' Octave

8' Gemshorn

4' Choralbass

2' Nachthorn

IV Mixture

16' Posaune

8' Trumpet

4' Fagott

Great to Pedal 8

Swell to Pedal 8

Positiv to Pedal 8


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St Paul’s Lutheran Church Organ

Austin Organ Company, Opus 2068, 1946

3 Manuals / 53 Ranks

Great

16' Dbl Open Diapason

8' 1st Open Diapason

8' 2nd Open Diapason

8' Doppelflöte

8' Gamba

8' Gemshorn

4' Octave

4' Flauto Traverso

2 2/3' Twelfth

2' Fifteenth

IV Fourniture

8' Trumpet

Sub

Unison Off

Super

Chimes

Choir

16' Spitzflöte

8' Geigen Diapason

8' Concert Flute

8' Spitzflöte

8' Spitzflöte Celeste

8' Dulciana

8' Unda Maris

4' Flute d'Amour

4' Spitzflöte

2 2/3' Nazard

2' Flautino

8' Clarinet

8' Cor Anglais

Tremolo

Sub

Unison Off

Super

Swell

16' Echo Lieblich Gedeckt

8' Open Diapason

8' Stopped Diapason

8' Viole d'Orchestre

8' Viole Celeste

8' Salicional

8' Voix Celeste

4' Octave Geigen

4' Rohrflöte

2' Fifteenth

III Mixture

16' Contra Fagotto

8' Trompette

8' Cornopean

8' Oboe

8' Vox Humana

4' Clarion

Tremolo

Sub

Unison Off

Super

Pedal

16' Open Diapason

16' Metal Diapason (Gt.)

16' Bourdon

16' Violone

16' Lieblich Gedeckt (Sw.)

16' Spitzflöte (Ch.)

8' Octave

8' Flute

16' Trombone

8' Trumpet (Gt.)

4' Clarion (Gt.)


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Maps & Directions

Trinity English Lutheran Church

Main Level

to

Hilton

Hotel

EXHIBITS

Gathering Area

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

& INFORMATION

to

First

Presbyterian

Church


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Upper Level

Lower Level


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Walking and Driving Directions

Walking Directions to Hilton Hotel from Trinity English: (Trinity English’s main entrance on Washington Blvd faces south.) When departing the Gathering Area of Trinity English turn east (left) and walk toward the corner of Washington Blvd and Ewing Street. Turn left on Washington and walk east for 3 blocks to Calhoun. Turn south (right) on Calhoun to Hilton Hotel, located at 1020 S. Calhoun St.

Walking Directions to Trinity English from Hilton Hotel: (The main entrance of the Hilton faces east.) When departing the hotel’s main entrance, turn north (left) and proceed to Washington Blvd. Turn west (left) on Washington and proceed for 3 blocks. Trinity English will be on the right, located at 450 W. Washington.

Helpful hint for walking in warm or inclement weather: Much of the walk between Trinity English and the Hilton Hotel can be traveled inside, making use of the Grand Wayne Convention Center (connected to the hotel) and the public library (located across Ewing Street from Trinity English.)

Parking at Trinity English: Free parking is available at Trinity English’s secondary parking lot, located northwest of the church on Wayne Street, between Fairfield and Fulton Streets. Since the lot is typically a paid lot, please request a parking form at registration to avoid being charged. (Note: for security purposes, Trinity English is only accessible via the Washington Blvd. entrance.)

Walking Directions to McKay Hall at First Presbyterian from Trinity English: (Trinity English’s main entrance on Washington Blvd faces south.) When departing the Gathering Area of Trinity English turn east (left) and walk directly toward the public library. Upon reaching Ewing St. turn north (left) and walk along Trinity English to the intersection of Ewing and Wayne Streets. Cross Ewing at the intersection, then cross Wayne Street. Continue on Wayne St. several hundred feet to the “Theatre Entrance” of First Presbyterian Church. That will be the designated entrance for our meals. Walking directions to Embassy Theatre from Trinity English: (Trinity English’s main entrance on Washington Blvd faces south.) When departing the Gathering Area of Trinity English turn east (left) and walk toward the corner of Washington Blvd and Ewing Street. Continue one block south on Ewing toward the baseball stadium. At the Jefferson Blvd intersection, turn left and walk 2 ½ blocks. The Embassy Theatre is located at 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. Enter in the doors under the Embassy Theatre marquis.

Driving Directions to Concordia Theological Seminary from Hilton Hotel: Head east on Jefferson Blvd for 3 blocks. Turn north (left) on Lafayette St. (After crossing the river, the street name changes briefly to Spy Run before being called North Clinton Ave.) While heading north, there will be a fork in the road with Rt. 27 veering left; stay to the right at the fork. Approaching the proximity of Glenbrook Mall (appearing on left side) is another smaller fork at a stoplight. Follow the right side of the fork (only one lane) to remain on North Clinton. Continue to Martin Luther Drive (sign for Seminary will be on the right).

Note: if the second fork is missed, continue briefly to Coliseum Blvd (mall will be directly on left), make a right onto Coliseum Blvd. First intersection on Coliseum will be N. Clinton; turn left at that intersection and continue to Martin Luther Drive. Seminary Address is 6600 N. Clinton.

Walking directions to St. Paul’s Lutheran from Trinity English: (Trinity English’s main entrance on Washington Blvd faces south.) When departing the Gathering Area of Trinity English turn east (left) and walk toward the corner of Washington Blvd and Ewing Street. Continue one block south on Ewing toward the baseball stadium. At the Jefferson Blvd intersection, turn left and walk 5 blocks to Barr Street. At Barr Street, turn south (right) to St. Paul’s Lutheran, located at 1126 Barr St.


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Fort Wayne’s Downtown and Restaurants

Trinity English

Lutheran

Church

Hilton

Hotel

St. Paul’s

Lutheran Church

First Presbyterian

Church

Embassy

Theatre Courtyard

Hotel

Trinity

English/

ALCM Parking


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Fort Wayne’s Downtown Restaurants


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President: Anne Krentz Organ

President-elect: Julie Grindle

Secretary/Treasurer: Kevin Barger

Directors At Large: Scott Hyslop; Michael Krentz

Business Manager: Cheryl Dieter

CrossAccent Editor: Jennifer Ollikainen

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2014-2016

President: John Weit, Worcester, MA

Vice-President: Jennifer Baker-Trinity, Middleburg, PA

At-Large: Daniel Aune, Baltimore, MD

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2016 Fort Wayne, IN

2014 Baltimore, MD

2012 Bethlehem, PA

2010 Pittsburgh, PA

2008 Worcester, MA

2006 Columbus, OH

2004 Frankenmuth, MI

2002 Lansdale, PA

2000 Oberlin, OH

1998 Baltimore, MD

1996 Fort Wayne, IN

1994 New Haven, CT

1992 Lancaster, PA

1990 Springfield, OH

1988 Allentown, PA

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