More than ever before, the contemporary worship accompanist must be familiar with a wide variety of styles. In this session, Brad will introduce you to ten accompaniment “archetypes” that you need to know!
This session will explore the intricacies of playing with skill, thrill, and frill. Join Molly for this session on appropriately and tastefully accompanying from the keyboard.
Take your piano arranging skills to the next level with this informative session. Topics will include creating beautiful keyboard textures, modulations, introductions, and endings.
Healthy piano practices to keep you playing pain free for years to come.
Come learn a few easy steps designed to help you incorporate some “color” into your keyboard playing. Brad will share some proven techniques that are sure to broaden your harmonic horizons!
Have you ever wanted to create your own arrangements at the keyboard? If so, then this session might be just for you. However, rather than teaching by simply giving out information, this session will deal more with learning by analyzing existing arrangements by successful writers.
Learn different practical techniques of improvisation of traditional hymns with examples of different styles and on the spot discussing of selected hymns.
Learn the exact meaning of chord symbols from the most basic to the most complex and how to accurately and practically form them for playing.
Contemporary worship has a lot to offer if we can direct it through a liturgical framework. In this session we…
Tips for being the best accompanists we can be.
In this session from the 2017 Alleluia Conference Cindy will discuss a number of tips on leading in worship and not just playing notes.
Offering encouragement, support, and solutions to reignite your passion for the call of service through music…
Create your own arrangements of hymns.
Helpful hints for a more dramatic, effective presentation from the piano.
Examining choral music from the pianists’ perspective and outlining some simple arranging techniques for better support from the bench.
Sometimes we forget why we do what we do. Sometimes service logistics {and fellow congregants} smother our worship. This session helps pianists (and other ministers) to take a step back and see the bigger picture in ministry.
The art of composition goes beyond having a good idea for a song or arrangement. It is a craft in which writers never stop learning and growing. In this session, Heather discusses the things she has learned while in the music ministry.
Many music ministries are transitioning. How does this affect the pianist? What new tools do we need to serve in this changing dynamic? This session will discuss the pianist’s changing role in ministry, and how to read charts.
Learn basic tools for pianists to use in creating their own arrangements at the keyboard.
Becoming a Pianist Your Director Will Love! Receive helpful tips and tools to become a more effective accompanist for church choirs and ensembles.
A session to discuss techniques for a lifetime of healthy piano playing.
Learn the meaning of the most common chord symbols, and how you can use them to create simple accompaniments. You’ll also receive a handout that will enable you to analyze and play HALF of today’s current worship songs.
Finding your own heart of worship, even in the midst of being in “work mode” on Sunday mornings.
There is no more affirming setting for developing musicians than the church. By God’s design, it is a place where persons young and old can…
In this session Joe and Lloyd will discuss a number of practical ideas for arranging and composing for choral ensembles. They bring decades of experience to this topic.
The role of the church keyboard player is far more than merely filling a slot on the music schedule or a spot on a Sunday morning bench. In this session we…
Tips for Beginners to Advanced players. Whether this is a scary or no-sweat concept for you, this session will include tips and technique for every level!
Using various choral, vocal solo and duet publications, as well as recent instrumental publications as references, this will be…
Exploring some simple strategies for creating your own piano arrangements. Includes a section on transitions and modulations.
This session entails how to read basic charts, when to leave out the bass, inversions, accompaniment…
Joe Martin leads conferees in a piano masterclass.
An informal question/answer session for you to ask Joel any questions you like on composing, arranging and publishing.
What does a pianist do when confronted by more than one keyboard, ranks of stops and an insistence that “only….
Practice tips and exercises to kick your playing up a notch.
Becoming a Pianist Your Director Will Love! Receive helpful tips and tools to become a more effective accompanist for church choirs and ensembles.
In this session, Brad will present concepts for healthy piano playing. These tips will lead to better playing technique and longevity.
Brad will discuss techiniques for managing piano pieces that become overwhelming.
A church pianist’s response to the offertory bathroom break/ text messaging session/ Sunday dinner discussion.
Although given from a pianist viewpoint, this session is full of tips for all performers on how to hold the audience in the palm of your hand.
The 3 C’s for the Church Keyboardist.
Not enough rehearsal time to learn it all? Hands are too small? No way in the world you can play THAT? Heather offers her own tips for when she has to deal with these situations.