Ascending Voice IV Program

MAY 12 – 14, 2016

7:00 AM – 8:15 AM BREAKFAST, Waves Cafe

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration, Mullin Town Square

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM Concurrent Session I

"Timeless Hymnal Workshop: Part 1", Stauffer Chapel
- Mark Shipp, Austin Graduate School of Theology, Austin, TX
- Randy Daw, Associate Editor, Timeless Hymnal, Greenville, TX
- James Tackett, Timeless Hymnal / Paperless Hymnal, Austin, TX
"From Olney Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern (The Triumph of the English Hymn Books)" -- Jerry Rushford, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, Plaza Classroom 190
"Rurality, Authenticity, and the Folklorization of A Cappella Southern Hymnody" -- Jesse P. Karlsberg, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Plaza Classroom 189

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PLENARY ADDRESS: "Like a Lark", Stauffer Chapel

Marva Dawn, Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, BC

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM LUNCH, Waves Cafe

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Collegiate Concert: Lubbock Christian University Choir, Stauffer Chapel

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ALL SING — Keith Lancaster, Praise & Harmony, Raitt Recital Hall

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Collegiate Concert: Centenary College Choir, Stauffer Chapel

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Concurrent Session II

Sacred Harp Singing School: Part 1 -- Jesse P. Karlsberg, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Lindhurst Theatre
"They Sang With One Voice: Hymnology and Weekly Communion in the Early Stone-Campbell Movement" -- Jason Fikes, Director of Abilene Christian University Press and Leafwood Publishers Director, Abilene Christian University/Leafwood Press, Abilene, TX, Plaza Classroom 188
"'For Such a Time as This': Imagining a Vibrant Future for Congregational Singing" -- Lorraine Brugh, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, Plaza Classroom 189

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM VESPERS, Keith Lancaster, Stauffer Chapel

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM DINNER, Waves Cafe

7:30 PM EVENING CONCERT: CERULEAN & ALL SING, Smothers Theatre

7:00 AM – 8:15 AM BREAKFAST, Waves Cafe

8:30 AM MORNING SONG – Ken Nafziger, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, Stauffer Chapel

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM Concurrent Session III

"Timeless Hymnal Workshop: Part 2", Stauffer Chapel
- Mark Shipp, Austin School of Theology
- Randy Daw, Associate Editor, Timeless Hymnal
- James Tackett, Timeless Hymnal / Paperless Hymnal
"Communal Singing: More Than Meets the Ear" -- Lorraine S. Brugh, Valparaiso University; with Valparaiso University students: Samuel Brandt, Nathan Hopper, Emma Lipasti, Rachel McLaughlin, and Kaitlyn Matthews, Plaza Classroom 188
" 'Blessed Assurance': Hymns as Internal Iconography" -- Shawn Kirchner, La Verne Church of the Brethren, La Verne, CA, Raitt Recital Hall

10:30AM – 11:30 AM ALL SING – Keith Lancaster, Praise & Harmony, Stauffer Chapel

11:30AM – 12:45 PM LUNCH, Waves Cafe

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Collegiate Concert: Rochester College A Cappella Chorus, Stauffer Chapel

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM ALL SING – Ken Nafziger, Eastern Mennonite University, Raitt Recital Hall

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Collegiate Concert: Pepperdine University Chamber Choir, Stauffer Chapel

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Concurrent Session IV

"Heart, Mind, Body, and Song" -- Linda King, St. Paul School of Theology, Oklahoma City, OK, Plaza Classroom 188
"Hymns in the Campbell Tradition"
- "'Come, My Christian Friends and Brethren': Clement Nance's Anthem for the Christian Movement" -- McGarvey Ice, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University , Abilene, TX, Plaza Classroom 189
- "Residual Traces of Campbell's Hymnody: 'O Thou Fount of Every Blessing'" -- Harold Fletcher, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK, Plaza Classroom 190
"Russian Hymns for North American Churches" -- Psalom, St. Petersburg, Russia, Stauffer Chapel

5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Vespers with Psalom, Stauffer Chapel

6:00 PM – 7:15 PM DINNER, Waves Cafe

7:30 PM FESTIVAL CHOIR CONCERT, Smothers Theatre

7:00 AM – 8:15 AM BREAKFAST, Waves Cafe

8:30 AM – 9:15 AM MORNING SONG (Taize), N. Lincoln Hanks and David Lemley, Stauffer Chapel

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Concurrent Session V

Sacred Harp Singing School: Part 2 -- Jesse P. Karlsberg, Emory University, Lindhurst Theatre
Singing with Psalom -- Psalom, St. Petersburg, Russia, Raitt Recital Hall

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Collegiate Concert: Harding University Choir, Stauffer Chapel

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH, Waves Cafe

1:00 PM – 5:30 PM FREE TIME

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM DINNER, Waves Cafe

7:30 PM "TAKE 6" CONCERT, Smothers Theatre