GIA Presents
Workshops and Concerts
for your Parish or Organization!
Call Suzanne Orland at 1-800-442-1358 or (708) 496-3800
for a free information folder!
GIA PRESENTS is a comprehensive program designed to enrich your music
making, expand your repertory, stimulate new ideas in your programming,
and excite fresh direction in your ministry. . . with the help of the best
clinicians in the country. We have much to share, embracing many and varied
styles of music from chant to world music, from children's music to music
for ritual. GIA PRESENTS answers one of the frequent concerns of pastoral
musicians: the need for ongoing formation for professional and volunteer
pastoral musicians and liturgical leaders.
Level One: You design the program and you choose the clinician
The Level One events provide the opportunity for you to select the speaker. We've gathered the finest and most experienced pastoral practitioners we could find, drawn from the GIA staff and friends, our eclectic roster of composers, and the most respected names in pastoral music making.
Workshop topics include:
- skill sessions for choir directors, cantors, singers, guitarists, organists, and instrumentalists
- hymn festivals and concerts
- Taizé prayer
- drama and dance
- seasonal music
- planning and preparation
- reading sessions of music old and new
At Level One, costs include a stipend for the speaker plus expenses for
transportation, meals, and housing. Fees vary with each presenter, depending
on the scope of the event and the amount of work required.
Level Two: GIA-sponsored clinicians to suit your needs
Level Two features a top-notch, proven clinician from the GIA staff, who will present a workshop using GIA materials. GIA pays the speaker's stipend and the host covers travel, meals, and housing. Level Two workshops last one day or evening.
Potential topics include:
• an eclectic mixture of hymns, psalms, and ritual music for the
liturgical
year using one of our hymnals
• an introduction to new music written by a variety of composers
• ways to encourage and enliven the sung prayer of the assembly
• focus on liturgical, musical, and seasonal needs
Level Three: GIA PRESENTS comes to you
From time to time GIA plans to make various presentations throughout the country utilizing GIA PRESENTS clinicians. Our national summer reading session program held each August is a good example of such an event. Watch for future announcements.
We-re here to help you . . .
Suzanne Orland is the GIA Presents Coordinator. David Anderson is Workshop Director and a GIA Key Staff Presenter. Suzanne and David are happy to assist you in building your program and in contacting the appropriate presenter.
Give Suzanne a call at GIA toll free at:
1-800-442-1358 or (708) 496-3800, ext. 39. She can also be reached by
e-mail at suzanneo@giamusic.com.