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2025 ACDA National Conference March 18-22, 2025 Dallas, Texas

Music in Worship Deep Dive

Forum Saturday 8:00 am - 8:50 am
First United Methodist Church
Thursday 8:00 am - 8:50 am Sanctuary

National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Salon Everyone Has a Place in the Choir!

Music for Diverse Worship Styles
Relevance and Refuge
in Music and Worship Today’s worshipping communities often find several

ways to make participatory music making possible. The
Choral music draws much of its lineage from the panel of composers and music directors will explore
rich history of music in worship, but the post-global music from traditional anthems with choir and organ
pandemic world has dramatically impacted many areas to reimagined settings of Latin texts and anthems
of church life. Changing social patterns have made it for soloists, guitar, and congregational response. Each
challenging for houses of worship, and music directors panel member will introduce anthems appropriate
are seeing significant changes in the social, emotional, for various worship settings with multiple possibilities,
and spiritual needs of participants and parishioners. including intergenerational/multi-generational choirs,
Join panelists Jennaya Robison, Mark A. Miller, Kyle small groups, and different instrumentations.
Pederson, Zanaida Robles, and Tom Trenney (all of
whom currently serve in music in worship positions), Presenters: Kyle Pederson, Jennaya Robison, Zanaida
where we will focus on the ways music can bring about Robles, and Tom Trenney
positive change and provide refuge for those who
participate and serve centers of worship. The panel
will explore innovative, collaborative approaches to Senior High Choirs
music across generations while finding ways to provide
meaningful discourse and a sense of belonging in our
worship spaces. Additionally, the panel will address how Forum
church musicians are challenged to think creatively in a
rapidly changing church landscape.
Thursday 8:00 am - 8:50 am

Presenters: Kyle Pederson, Jennaya Robison, Zanaida National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Robles, and Tom Trenney Sanctuary

Enhancing Your Pedagogical Tool Box

Are your rehearsal methods starting to feel stale for
you? For your singers? This session will explore specific
rehearsal challenges and offer a variety of kinesthetic,

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