Children's Choir University

January 15-16, 2010

This is the 7th Annual Children’s Choir University, a statewide conference to include classes for all Children’s Choir Leadership (coordinators and all workers). CCU offers practical classes for contemporary and traditional, large, medium and small Children’s Choir Ministries with a fun academic theme. Classes are led by expert Clinicians and will be creative, challenging and informative. CCU is also a time to fellowship with other children’s leadership across the state. Continue your children’s choir education at CCU…where leaders are trained for today’s Children’s Choir Ministry.

The theme for 2010 is “Recalculating…Finding our Way Back to the Basics”. We will be discovering some basic ideas and ways to teach today’s children the promises of God. We will also be learning about finding and using resources on the internet. Don’t miss our first every Mobile Potpourri where you get to choose several short discussion sessions dealing with subjects such as: “Inexpensive Gift Ideas”, “Involving Parents in Children’s Choirs”, “Cheap Resources” and many more topics.

Faculty

Diane Dawson

Featured Professor and Advanced Coordinators Clinician
Children’s Choir Director, The People’s Church, Franklin, Tennessee.

Diane has been privileged to be the Children's Choir Director for the Billy Graham Crusade, in Jacksonville and Nashville respectively. She has led children's choir conferences all over the Southeast and is co-founder with Nancy Brant of Creative Leadership for Children's Choirs, an annual national conference for Children's Choir Coordinators. Previous musicals and curriculum created by the Brant/Dawson team are "Joy Story" and "Fun in the Son.," also available from the "Nancy Brant Music" web site. She is Children's Music Product Developer for Pam Andrews Music Publishing and teaches in many children's workshops nationwide.

Other Faculty

• Preschool (3-5 yrs) Children’s Choir Leadership – Neva Hayley, Children’s Associate, First Baptist Church, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
• Younger (1st-3rd Grade) Children’s Choir Leadership – Susan Eernisse, Children’s Choir Director, The Oaks Baptist Church and Vidalia Presbyterian Church, Vidalia, Georgia
• Older (4th-6th Grade) Children’s Choir Leadership – Keith Pate, Minister of Music, Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama
• Children’s Worship Arts – Kathie Hill, Kathie Hill Music, Goodletsville, Tennessee
• Weekday Music Education – Jennifer Petter, Music Teacher, Early Childhood Center, Fielder Road Baptist Church, Arlington
• Electives - Janie Olover, Artistic Director, Children's Chorus of Collin County, Plano, Texas
• Electives - Lynn Shaw Bailey, writer & composer, Waco, Texas
• Children’s Drama – Loree Westbrooks, Children’s Drama Director, First Baptist Church, Richardson
• Beginning Coordinators - Melodie Cunningham

Schedule

Download Class Titles & Descriptions Here

Download Class Schedule

NEW THIS YEAR...MOBILE POTPORRUI

What is Mobile Potporrui?

WHAT IS MOBILE POTPORRUI?

• It is a multi round table discussion group with multi topics
• Time length is 20 minutes per topic
• Participants will have a chance to attend 3 different discussion groups of their choice
• Each clinician and CCU Dream Team member will lead a discussion group of 2 tables (18 people)
• When one topic is full, participants get to choose another topic
• Download a list of topics here.