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5/7/17 Faith in the Most Unlikely of Places

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Faith in the Most Unlikely of Places

by Rev. Oscar Clavel

http://tabpres.org/wp-content/sermons/170507.mp3

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Sacred Music Symposium 2025

A National Gathering of Church Musicians
February 6 and 7, 2025

Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
418 East 34th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46205

Cost and Registration

 

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$150 Regular Adult Attendee
Price includes workshops, meals (Thursday & Friday lunch & dinner) and reading session music packets.

The 2025 return of the Sacred Music Symposium will bring together top sacred music professionals for a gathering of professional growth and enhancement. The symposium welcomes music ministers and choir members from all denominations wanting to share ideas and learn how to motivate and revive passion within the music ministry of their local church.

We welcome Michael John Trotta as our keynote presenter and clinician! 
Choral reading sessions will be presented by major publishers featuring their best in sacred choral and handbell repertoire. Each evening will feature additional workshops.

 

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Lodging

There are a number of hotels in the Indianapolis area, but special arrangements have been made with the Hampton Inn Indianapolis, 105 S. Meridian Street, Indianapolis.  Please click the link below to find out more information and to reserve your room:

http://group.hamptoninn.com/sacredmusicsymposium

Please reference our group name: Tabernacle Presbyterian Church-Sacred Music Symposium

Hotel telephone:  317-261-1200

Shuttle Service between the Hampton Inn and the Symposium

Wednesday: 12:00 noon pick-up at the Hotel, 9:00p depart from the Symposium
Thursday: 8:45a pick-up at the Hotel, 7:00p & 9:00p depart from the Symposium
Friday: 8:45a pick-up at the Hotel, 10:00p depart from the Symposium

Symposium Schedule

Subject to Change

 

Wednesday, May 10

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Registration Opens, Vendors & Refreshments, McKee Hallway & Gallery

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Welcome, Introductions & Announcements, McKee Chapel

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Workshops

Doreen Rao (Singing and Conducting as Sacred Practice I)

Cynthia Dobrinski (Workshop #1)

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

2:45 p.m.  – 3:45 p.m. Workshops

Doreen Rao (Singing and Conducting as Sacred Practice II)

Michael Burkhardt (May I Have This Dance?)

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Publisher Reading Session – Beckenhorst, McKee Chapel

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Workshops

Cynthia Dobrinski (Workshop #2)

Dan Andersen (Warming Up Your Church Choir)

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner (included with registration), Dining Room

7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Evening Program with Michael Burkhardt, Sanctuary

8:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Festival Choir Rehearsal, Parlor

 

Thursday, May 11

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration, Vendors & Refreshments, McKee Hallway and Gallery

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, McKee Chapel

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Workshops

Cynthia Dobrinski (Workshop #1)

Doreen Rao (Singing and Conducting as Sacred Practice I)

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Publisher Reading Session – MorningStar, McKee Chapel

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch  (included with registration), Dining Room

1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Rehearsal, Sanctuary

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Workshops

Doreen Rao (Singing and Conducting as Sacred Practice II)

Cynthia Dobrinski (Workshop #2)

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Publisher Reading Session – H. W. Gray, McKee Chapel

3:30 p.m.  – 3:45 p.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

3:45 p.m.  – 4:45 p.m. Workshops

Michael Burkhardt (Creating at the Keyboard)

Dan Andersen (Warming Up Your Adolescent Voices)

4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Festival Choir Rehearsal, Parlor

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner (included with registration), Dining Room

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Festival Choir Rehearsal with The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Sanctuary

 

Friday, May 12

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Registration, Vendors & Refreshments, McKee Hallway and Gallery

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship, McKee Chapel

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Workshops

Dan Andersen (Warming Up Your Church Choir)

Pavel Polanco-Safadit (Integrating Gospel & Jazz in Worship)

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Workshops

Dan Andersen (Warming Up Your Adolescent Voices)

Pavel Polanco-Safadit (Jazzy Handbells)

Michael Burkhardt (May I Have This Dance)

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch  (included with registration), Dining Room

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Publisher Reading Session – Hinshaw Music, McKEe Chapel

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Workshops

Pavel Polanco-Safadit (Integrating Gospel & Jazz in Worship)

Dan Andersen (Warming Up Your Church Choir)

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break, Vendors & Refreshments, Gallery

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Workshop

Pavel Polanco-Safadit (Jazzy Handbells)

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Final Festival Choir Rehearsal, Parlor

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Panel Discussion with the Clinicians, McKee Chapel

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner  (included with registration), Dining Room

6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Festival Choir Warm-Up, McKee Chapel

7:30 p.m. Festival Concert, Sanctuary

9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Concert Reception

 

Clinicians

Michael John Trotta

Clinician and Keynote Speaker

Composition & Conducting

 

Brenda Austin

Handbells

 

Joel Raney

Piano

 

Ruth Dwyer

Community & Children’s Choirs

Sweetwater Music

Technology & Worship

 

Contact Information

For more information about the Sacred Music Symposium please contact Matt Kauffman at 317.923.5458 x102, email SacredMusic@tabpres.org.

Service Times

8 AM           Communion Service
10 AM         Sanctuary Worship

Contact Info

(317) 923-5458
frontdesk@tabpres.org
418 E. 34th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205

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