Join us for the final concert of the FIM Chamber Music Series Featuring the FSO Brass Friday, June 19 7:00 pm MacArthur Recital Hall at the FIM, 1025 E. Kearsley St. in Flint FREE! Sponsored by the Patricia Cumings Dort Fund and the David T. Dort Fund FSO Brass Get to know some of the FSO’s principal brass players, and experience that incredible connection between musicians as they perform up close in this “concert of friends”. The performance features a wonderful variety of engaging music.
The FIM Chamber Music Series This exciting new series presented by the Flint Institute of Music features a variety of music, ranging from jazz to classical, in the intimate setting of the FIM's MacArthur Recital Hall. The series features three concerts, which have featured performces by faculty members from the Flint School of Performing Arts and the Limonest (France) Conservatory and the Davanti Trio.
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Region V Convention, Detroit 2009
Written by James Gutting
Friday, 12 June 2009 00:00
The 2009 Region V AGO Convention will be held in Detroit from June 28 through July 1, 2009. This is a great opportunity for organists, music directors, choir members and enthusiasts alike to share a unique professional and social experience and express their pride in the Detroit Metropolitan Area! The convention will feature workshops, exhibits, concerts and informative talks. Dr. Marilyn Mason of University of Michigan School of Music has also sponsored an organ composition competition for a new work! Also note that the Detroit Chapter Board has voted to eliminate any registration fees for this competition! The details of the event areavailable here. Keep your eye on this site for continuing convention details as they become available. The official Convention Brochure (7.1MB download) is available here.
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Worship Symposium at Camp Arcadia in Michigan – Oct. 4 – 7, 2009
Written by James Gutting
Friday, 12 June 2009 12:34
Worshipping Because it Matters: Centering Worship on the Triune God
Presenters:Mark Bangert, Barry Bobb, Scott Bruzek, and Stephen Starke
Churches place many demands on worship nowadays: evangelizing the un-churched, keeping youth interested, preserving an ethnic worship heritage, setting aside a quiet hour for reflection each week, making people upbeat and enthusiastic, etc.The Alpha and Omega of worship is not these, however, but the Triune God -- our Maker, Redeemer, and Preserver.Worship is about us only insofar as it centers on God.Luther said we sing to praise God and to learn of God's mighty acts in past and present.Worship has many leaders and participants, each with distinct but complementary roles.
Building on Camp Arcadia 's initial Symposium on Church Music in September 2008, the 2009 Symposium on Worship will center on God through critical areas of worship.These include the collaboration of pastor (celebrant, homilist) with the lead musician in interpreting Biblical texts for each Sunday and each season of the Church year, the uses of the new LCMS and ELCA hymnals, appropriate new music for organists, and as a special treat that unites past and present, the essential Bach in worship.As in Year #1, aspiring composers of hymns or liturgical settings are encouraged to bring their efforts for critique.We can again promise a deep sense of God's presence in our Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, and encourage you to bring instruments and/or prepare to sing in a liturgical choir.
This retreat is aimed at those attentive to congregational song: pastors and their principal parish musicians (especially as a team), organists and choir directors and other musicians, teachers and students, and those parishioners who love and support their church's musical worship heritage.
The Difference between Theatre and Pipe Organs
Written by James Gutting
Friday, 12 June 2009 12:45
Jesse Crawford at the console of the New York Paramount Wurlitzer. The showgirls on top are just one of many features that distinguish theatre organs from church organs. Now you know...
Brenda Portman in Recital
Written by James Gutting
Friday, 12 June 2009 12:32
at Court Street United Methodist Church in Flint on Sunday, June 14 at 4:00 p.m. Brenda will be a performing the British and American music which she will be playing for the Bank District Organ Competition.
