Music in Worship

April 27-29, 2001
Park Cities PCA
4124 Oak Lawn, Dallas, Texas 75219

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Schedule

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Unique This Year
Special Seminar Offerings

Private Lessons For Organists and Pianists

Faculty members Sam Hsu and Colin Howland will offer private instruction during the conference. Please indicate your desire for a private keyboard session on your registration form.

Praise from the Lips of Children

As mandated in Scripture and experienced in our lives, music softens hearts in worship. Young children memorize Scripture with the aid of melodies, rhythm, and movement. This conference offers ideas, resources and innovations with Music in the Christian Education Program of the Church.

• A demonstration class of Family Music for Toddlers, taught by Amy Rucker, shows children and parents deepening relationships as they develop musically together. Amy holds degrees in Piano Performance and Music Education from Ohio State University, and a Master of Music in Piano Pedagogy from Southern Methodist University. A music educator for over 15 years, Amy now leads the Early Childhood Music Program in the Arts Academy at Park Cities Presbyterian. Designed to prepare young worshipers in music, the Musikgarten curriculum for 3-month-olds to six-year-olds strengthens the music, family and Christian Education ministries of the church.

• Music in the Christian Education Program of the Church, taught by Beth Franklin. With this model, you can prepare teachers in your various church programs to lead children in music. As Family Music Coordinator at Park Cities Presbyterian Church, Beth trains over 200 volunteer Sunday school teachers to effectively nurture children in the Word through music. A twenty-seven year veteran of elementary music teaching, Beth provides numerous resources and ideas in developing young worshipers.

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Faculty

Hughes Oliphant Old
Plenary Speaker

Ron Matthews
Sam Hsu
Colin Howland
Wade Williams
Lynda Fray
Tammy Waldrop

Hughes Oliphant Old
Hughes Oliphant Old teaches worship at Princeton Theological Seminary and is a member of the Center for Theological Inquiry. Before moving to Princeton, he served as pastor for nearly twenty years in two churches, Penningtonville Presbyterian in Pennsylvania and Faith Presbyterian in Indiana. His studies have taken him to Germany, France and Switzerland. His publications include Leading in Prayer: A Workbook for Ministers, Themes and Variations for a Christian Doxology, The Reading and Preaching of Scripture in the Worship of the Christian Church, Worship: Reformed According to Scripture and The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship. He also has written and spoken frequently on Christian use of art. Plenary sessions featuring Dr. Old will deepen your experience of public worship through Word, prayer and music. He will teach from Exodus, Nehemiah and the Psalms.

Ron Matthews
Ron Matthews is Professor of Music, Director of Music Programs and Chair of the Music Department at Eastern College. He is also the Organist-Music Director of Calvary Presbyterian in Willow Grove, PA. Ron holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition and orchestral conducting from Combs College of Music, the Master of Music in choral conducting from Temple University and the Bachelor of Music in church music and organ from Westminster Choir College.  He recently completed four years of study with the legendary jazz pianist and teacher Jimmy Amadie. He performs regularly with his brother, Dr. Gary Matthews, in concerts and workshops throughout the United States and Canada. They have released five recordings of historic and contemporary church music.

Sam Hsu
Samuel Hsu was born in China and began his musical studies at the Shanghai National Conservatory of Music.  A graduate of Philadelphia College of Bible, he received a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and studied piano at the Juilliard School. Sam is Distinguished Professor of Music and Chair of the Piano Instruction at Philadelphia College of Bible. Along with his teaching, Sam keeps a busy schedule of concert performances as soloist and chamber music performer. He has also collaborated with Metropolitan Opera bass Jerome Hines, cellist Ronald Lipscomb and saxophonist Marshall Taylor.

Colin Howland
At age 14, after six years of lessons, Colin Howland became the youngest assistant organist at the John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia on one of the largest organs in the world. A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, he continued his studies at Baylor University where he completed the Master of Music degree and won first prize in the graduate division competition. Colin serves as Assistant Director of Music and Organist at Park Cities Presbyterian. He maintains an active recital and concert schedule throughout the United States. Colin is a founding member of the Philadelphia Organ Quartet, a unique ensemble which arranges and performs music for four organists on four organs.

Wade Williams
Wade Williams serves as Director of Worship and Music at ChristChurch Presbyterian in Atlanta. For thirteen years, he was Director of Worship and Music at Perimeter Church, Atlanta, known as one of America’s most innovative contemporary churches. As musical director with Campus Crusade for Christ, he led teams in the U.S., Latin America and the Middle East. His ministry vision is to assist the body of Christ in spiritual and relevant worship.

Lynda Fray
Lynda Fray is in her second year as Director of Children’s and Youth Choirs at Park Cities Presbyterian, coordinating a comprehensive graded choir program for kindergarten through high school. Her choirs participated in a service of Lessons and Carols under the direction of Sir David Willcocks and her Youth Choir recently released a recording of great hymns. For eight years, she was Director of Children's Choirs at Coral Ridge Presbyterian in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where her auditioned choir, the Jubilation Singers, toured nationally and produced two recordings, “Lord, Our Creator” and “Mendelssohn’s Elijah for Young Voices.” Lynda passionately believes in the importance of planting biblical truths in the hearts and minds of children through singing.

Tammy Waldrop
Composer, arranger, author, editor, church musician and “ringleader,” Tammy Waldrop has been writing and arranging handbell music since 1980. She serves as clinician for handbell workshops and festivals throughout the country. Her handbell choirs have toured England and Europe. She founded RingOut! Press, a part of the Jeffers Publishing Group which named her Composer of the Year in 1997. Tammy’s popular RingOut! Press’ Ring-a-Story series, including Noah and the Ark and Jonah and the Whale, combines with other sacred titles,  such as Prelude in Classic Style (Lorenz), Give Me Jesus (Ringing Word) and The Handbell Edition to the Word Hymnal, to create a resourceful catalogue for handbell choir ministries.

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Cost
(per person)

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Accommodations

La Quinta Inn
Dallas/City Place
800.531.5900
Refer to code 512-450-56 for $62/$69 conference rates.
Free hourly shuttle between hotel and conference site.

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Directions

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 to Park Cities Church 

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Registration

Print the form below, and return to:

Christian Education and Publications
1700 North Brown Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Music in Worship Conference

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Conference fee includes Friday Mexican Fiesta Dinner. 
The Optional meals must be reserved in advance and paid upon arrival. Check meals desired. 

____Saturday Chicken Casserole Supper $7

____Saturday Box Lunch $6.

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