Guest clinician Dr. James Abbington teaches a session on music reading and congregational worship

Dr. Abbington teaches a session on music reading and congregational worship

Dr. James Abbington leads the workshop participants in singing examples of good congregational worship songs

Workshop participants attend the Friday evening session

Guest Clinician Minister Steven Ford teaches a workshop on worship

Minister Ford plays worship selections on the organ after teaching a workshop on worship

Elder William E. Smith, National Minister of Music, and Minister Steven Ford

Dr. Carol Krueger shows workshop participants how to do warm-up exercises

Dr. Carol Krueger demonstrates techniques for choir directors

Workshop attendees enjoy the fellowship luncheon

Presiding Bishop Edward Smith gives closing remarks

Dr. James Abbington autographs copies  of his book, "Let Mt. Zion Rejoice"

The National Music Department received a grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship of Grand Rapids, MI. This grant was for training clergy, lay leaders, and church music personnel to develop worship practices that affirm theology and music, and promote the gospel message. The major focus of the grant was accomplished through the 2006 Church Music Conference, held April 27 - 29, 2006 in Columbia, SC. The conference convened at the headquarters church complex located at 2222 Barhamville Road in Columbia.  

This music conference was designed for:
 

	Choir members
	Soloists
	Musicians
	Aspiring Musicians
	Worship Service Leaders
	Pastors and Clergy

CLINICIANS AND INSTRUCTORS

Dr. James Abbington Candler School of Theology Emory University of Atlanta, GA Dr. James Abbington, currently Associate Professor of Music and Worship at Candler School of Theology, Emory University in Atlanta, GA, was previously a professor of music in the Department of Fine Arts at Morgan State University. Prior to his tenure in Baltimore he was Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC (1998–2003).

He is also the Executive Editor of the African American Church Music Series published by GIA Publications, Inc. of Chicago and has served as co-director of the annual Hampton University Ministers’ and Musicians’ Conference since 2000.  Dr. Abbington is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, as well as a member of the Council for the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship. He proudly serves on Council for the journal Reformed Worship (Calvin Institute) and on the advisory board of African American Pulpit: a homiletic journal.  
 
Dr. Abbington is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia where he received the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music and was a student of the late Dr. Wendell P. Whalum and Dr. Joyce Finch Johnson. He earned the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees in Church Music and Organ from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where he was a student of Marilyn Mason. 
 
Dr. Abbington served as Minister of Music and Church Organist of the Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit from 1983–1996. He was National Director of Music for the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. from 1990–1994 and National Music Director for the NAACP from 1988–1992.  
 
He is the author of Let Mt. Zion Rejoice! Music in the African American Church (Judson Press), Readings in African American Church Music and Worship (GIA Publications, Inc.), co-author of Waiting to Go! African American Church Worship Resources from Advent through Pentecost (GIA),  and Going to Wait! African American Church Worship Resources between Pentecost and Advent (GIA); he edited Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker’s Spirits that Dwell in Deep Woods: The Prayer and Praise Hymns of the Black Religious Experience (GIA) and is an associate editor of the best-selling African American Heritage Hymnal (GIA). 
 

Minister Steven Ford Music Consult and Award Winning Record Producer Steven Ford is a Music Consultant, Award Winning Record Producer, Internationally Respected Musician, Lecturer and Teacher. He has taught many symposiums and workshops on music ministry in the African-American Church, and The Music Industry. He is CEO of the S. Ford Music Productions. He is the musical consultant of the music department’s at The Redeemed Church in Baltimore, Maryland & The Ford Memorial Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Website: www.stevenfordmusic.com
 

Dr. Carol Krueger Choral Conductor - School of Music University of South Carolina Carol Krueger is Associate Director of Choral Studies at the University of South Carolina where she conducts the University Choir, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting and methods courses, and supervises student teachers.  Prior to her appointment at South Carolina, Dr. Krueger held positions at the University of Montevallo and at the University of Miami, and spent more than twenty years as a choral music educator in the public schools in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Florida.  A native of Wisconsin, Krueger received her bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and both an MA and DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Miami.

An active clinician and guest conductor, Krueger has most recently conducted festivals and honor choirs in Alabama, Florida, Washington, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas, North Dakota, and North Carolina. Krueger is also widely recognized for her work with music literacy and has presented interest sessions at the American Choral Directors National Convention in New York, the ACDA Southern Division Convention in Nashville, and interest session or workshops in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Maine, Virginia, Georgia, Kansas, Florida, Alabama, North Dakota and South Carolina.
 

Ms. Angela Blalock Professor of Voice South Carolina State University  Soprano Angela Small Blalock is an artist whose training and performance experience has been almost entirely American.  A graduate of Savannah State College and The Ohio State University, she was a former Associate Artist with the Opera Columbus Company, Columbus Light Opera, and the Columbus Ensemble Singers.  Additionally, she was the recipient of a travel scholarship from The Ohio State University School of Music for study abroad in Graz, Austria with the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS).

Further, Ms. Blalock has been selected by panel review as an Approved Artist for the state of South Carolina by the Board of Commissioners of the South Carolina Arts Commission.  She has been a featured Showcase Artist for the Carolinas Performing Arts Showcase, held in Charleston, South Carolina, and once had the triple distinction of having been chosen as a Community Tour Artist.
 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

THE CONFERENCE WILL FEATURE SESSIONS ON:

Comfort Inn Suites
750 Saturn Parkway
Columbia, SC 29212
(803) 407-4444

Room Rate: $67.00 per night + tax
 

Scenes from the National Music Conference in March 2000