Below are the events for which you must make a choice on your registration form:
Saturday, July 1 (Pre-convention event)
- Ken Cowan in concert on the newly restored E.M. Skinner at First United Methodist Church, Oak Park. Round-trip coach transportation will be provided from the Marriott Hotel. This program is sponsored by Jeff Weiler Pipe Organ Curators, Conservators & Consultants and The Spencer Organ Company.
Sunday, July 2
- Finals for the National Young Artists Competition
Monday, July 3
- Afternoon workshops OR Chelsea Chen organ recital OR Alexander Fiseisky organ recital
- Navy Pier Independence Day Spectacular
- Late-evening Prayer
The Easter Procession – Encounters with the Risen Christ
The paschal season is the most important of the entire Year of Grace but also the one that contains the least amount of music. The Easter Procession provides a juxtaposition of ancient chant and new compositions by James E. Clemens. This Way of the Cross for the Easter Season provides music of great textual integrity, permitting the Church to sing of the encounters with the Risen Christ. All of the pieces are eminently useful throughout the three-year Lectionary in the Easter season but are especially useful as offertory hymns. The music will be provided by the Schola Cantorum of St. Peter the Apostle; J. Michael Thompson, Director; James E. Clemens, Composer.
Tuesday, July 4
- Morning worship services:
- Fourth Presbyterian Church
Singing the Psalms – A blending of anthems and readings based on the Psalms. Dr. Thomas Gouwens will be the organist for the service, the Fourth Presbyterian Church Morning Choir under the direction of Dr. John Sherer will be singing, and Dr. Linda Loving will provide the narrative.
- Holy Name Cathedral RC
A Roman Catholic Mass with Bishop Joseph N. Perry, presider and homilist. This unique service will synthesize the Parisian tradition of Mass settings for two organs and choirs with the current work on restoring dialogic and proper Gregorian chants to the liturgy. The major work will be the Messe en l'honneur de Saint-Louis by Albert Alain. Holy Name Cathedral Music Director Matthew Walsh will conduct organists Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin and Dr. H. Ricardo Ramirez and the three Holy Name Cathedral Choirs.
- St. James Cathedral (Episcopal)
A service of Morning Prayer. Jonathan Oblander from Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest, Illinois will be the organist; and the St. James Choir under the direction of Bruce Barber will sing the service. Mother Joy Rogers of St. Thomas Church in Battle Creek, Michigan will serve as homilist.
- Afternoon workshops
- Late-evening Compline
Compline is the final office of the day in the Christian tradition of the Liturgy of the Hours. The term is also called "Night Prayer" or "Prayers at the End of the Day." Compline is derived from the Latin completorium, or complement, as compline can be considered to be the completion of the day. Compline tends to be a contemplative, reverent office that emphasizes spiritual peace calm before bedtime. Compline will be derived mainly from Gregorian Chant and will be open for congregation participation.
Wednesday, July 5
- Morning concerts
Afternoon workshops OR Rising Stars concert (Chicago) OR Rising Stars concert (Evanston) OR NYACOP winner’s concert
- Sung Vespers
The choir of the Church of the Ascension in Chicago, led by Thomas Wikman, DOM, will sing a service of evening prayer. The accompanist/organist for the service will be Jonathan Tuuk, organist of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Thursday, July 6
- Morning concerts in Fox Valley OR Lincoln Park (see registration form for listing)
Fox Valley programs will include:
Alan Morrison and Jeannine Morrison – Mother and son in an organ-piano duo program. This program will feature solo works as well as pieces and arrangements for organ and piano together.
The House of Hope Choir, Thomas Lancster, director, with Nancy Lancaster, organist, and the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus, Emily Ellsworth, director, will perform Frank Ferko’s Psalm-Cantata, which was commissioned by the House of Hope in celebration of their 150th anniversary.
Hymn Festival – A festival of hymns and anthems featuring Aaron David Miller as the organist, the Heritage Chorale of Oak Park, Kurt Amolsch, director, and the Agape Ringers, David Weck, director. Join your voice in song in this acoustical gem of a building!
- Afternoon workshops (Session A) OR Rising Stars concert
- Afternoon workshops (Session B)
Friday, July 7 (Post-convention)
- The Berghaus Organ Company tour and concert. A tour of three Berghaus organs will be followed by a buffet dinner and a recital featuring Cherry Rhodes. Coach service from the Marriott Hotel will be provided. Space is limited. This event is sponsored by The Berghaus Organ Company.