Click here to hear SESSION ONE:

Allen Brings: Missa Simplex

Audience sings, Anthony LaMort, organ, Bill Vollinger, cantor

hymn-poet Richard Leach & hymn sing of new settings of his work

Deeann Mathews: God's Excellence (text by Deeann Mathews)

Donald Sanborn: On Ships that Sail

Deeann Mathews: We Will Not Sing Pharaoh's Song

The Eagle, the Hen and the Dove

How Far Away Is Heaven?

Ricky Gessler: Jesus Shining Broke the Darkness

O Jesus Are You Silent Now?

Jerry Casey: Circle of Thorn

Richard Leach: Reflection: Sing to the Lord a New Song

Lawrence Mumford: On Ships That Sail

Audience singing the hymns, Anthony LaMort, organ, Jamal Sarikoki, piano;

Deeann Mathews, Bill Vollinger & Ricky Gessler song-leaders.

                                           RICHARD LEACH (hymn poet)

                                                   is a leading contemporary writer of words for hymns. Using traditional forms, he creates

                                                   striking new texts with biblical and theological integrity. His work is included in hymnals

                                                   and supplements including Church of Scotland, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,

                                                   Christian Reformed Church, Presbyterian Church in Canada, United Methodist Church,

                                                   Presbyterian Church USA and others. Selah has been publishing collections of his texts

                                                   since 1995. In addition, dozens of anthem settings of his words have been composed and

                                                   published by Selah, Augsburg-Fortress, GIA and other publishers. He has been called

                                                   a master of his craft master of his craft in the review pages of The Hymn Society journal.

Click here to hear SESSION TWO:

11:00 AM  Keynote Speaker Tom Jennings (music director Redeemer Presbyterian NYC)

"Trends in Church Music: Is there Room for Artistic Music in the Modern Church?"

                                                  TOM JENNINGS (keynote speaker)

                                           is a pianist and is Director of Worship and Arts at Redeemer Presbyterian Church,

                                                  the largest Protestant congregation in New York City, since 1995. He is the composer

                                                  of numerous published works for string quartet, jazz band, brass quintet, liturgical

                                                  and commercial music. Tom holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in classical

                                                  piano from Manhattan School of Music and performed extensively as recitalist and

                                                  orchestral soloist. He’s accompanied numerous opera stars, including Ben Heppner,

                                                  Heidi Grant Murphy, and Jerome Hines. In jazz and cabaret venues he’s performed

                                                  with artists like Leslie Uggams, Steve Ross, Branford Marsalis and Paquito D’Rivera.  

Click here to hear SESSION THREE:

Jerry Casey: Mine Were the Hands (text by the composer)    

Marie Ferguson, soprano, Abbey Taylor, piano

Donald Sanborn: Peter's Salvation

Jerry Lucadamo, trumpet, Anthony LaMort, organ

Chuck Beck: All the Colors of the Rainbow

Marie Kenote, flute, Tammy Lum, piano

Anthony LaMort: Improvisation for Organ

Anthony LaMort, organ

William Vollinger: Life's Like a Flute, Life's Like a Trumpet (text by the composer)

Marie Kenote, flute, Jerry Lucadamo, trumpet, William Vollinger, narrator/voice

Gregory Pascuzzi: Rock of Ages

Dennis Dougherty, clarinet, Jonathan Tice, piano

Gregory Pascuzzi: Amazing Grace

Dennis Dougherty, clarinet, Andrew Vang, piano

Dan Carillo: By Faith (piano sonata)

Tammy Lum, piano

Click here to hear SESSION FOUR:

Paul Kiler: new music composed for his artwork

photograph by Paul Kiler

Jerry Casey: Forest Light (Prelude)

(prerecorded)

painting by Paul Kiler

John Akins: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say Come

(electroacoustic prerecorded)

“Pigeons in the City” photograph by Paul Kiler

Clive Davis: 4x4x4x4

(electroacoustic interactive with composer on computer)

Paul Kiler talk: “Visio Divina”

                               

                                         PAUL KILER (visual artist)

                                               has worn many hats. He has been both commercial and artistic photographer,             

                                               traveling all around the globe.  He has been a worship space designer, sculptor of        

                                               crosses and creator of stained glass windows. He serves as a pastor to artists and

                                               creatives, and is director of Art as Service Ministries in Nw Mexico and California.

                                               He is a missionary with Artists in Christian Testimony International, Franklin,

                                               Tennessee. As an author, his work centers around Christianity and the Arts. He has

                                               developed a new method of meditating and listening to God through an image, called

                                               “Visio Divina”, which he’s developing into a book. He sometimes calls himself a 21st

                                               Century Protestant Evangelical Mystic.

Click here to hear SESSION FIVE:

Adam Sovkoplas: Passacagliations in D

Meg Wilhoite, organ

Allen Brings: Two Strains

the Nyack Handbell Choir, Jennifer Scott, director

David Davies: Coventry Carol

Sohi Kim, cello, the Nyack Handbell Choir, Jennifer Scott, director, Anthony LaMort, organ

Meg Collins: Time Pieces

Allen Brings, piano

Clive Davis: A Little Night Music

Marie Kenote, flute, Dennis Dougherty, clarinet, Jacob Nevill, saxophone, Jeff Kraus, marimba

Shawn Okpebholo: 3 songs from “On Music” (poetry by Beatrice Holz)

1. “Invitation to Music”

Chloe Nevill, soprano, Dennis Dougherty, clarinet, Anthony LaMort, piano

3. “Without Translation”

Laurelle Virola, soprano, Anthony LaMort, piano

5. “The Final Prelude…”

Laura Martinez, soprano, Dennis Dougherty, clarinet, Anthony LaMort, piano

Donald Wilson: The Gospel of Peace (text by Lois & Donald Wilson)

the Nyack Concert Chorale, Joel Jameson, director,

Laura Martinez, soprano; Jonathan Tice, piano

Nyack College's founder is recognized as one of the foremost

figures in the American missionary movement. Dr. A.B. Simpson

resigned a prestigious New York City pastorate in order to develop

an interdenominational fellowship devoted to serving unreached

people. Simpson's view was shared by a wide group of men and women, including mainline church leaders, laborers, & theological

scholars. This ever-growing alliance was bound together by

a desire to inspire the church to fulfill its Great Commission of

world evangelization.

The Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers (CFAMC) seeks to glorify the

Lord Jesus Christ and help build His kingdom by encouraging the work and

witness of Christian composers of symphonic and chamber music, opera, and

other concert works. We pray that believers will embrace our musical integrity

because of our Christian witness, and that our commitment to musical excellence

will allow us to bring our Christian witness to the wider art music world. Located

throughout the United States and abroad, CFAMC members are professional and

academic composers (faculty and students), avocational composers, church

musicians interested in art music, and other individuals who support the CFAMC

mission and want to be involved in our activities. Among these, CFAMC is pleased

include a number of Honorary Members, including composer James MacMillan

and musician/theologian Jeremy Begbie.

CFAMC was founded under the leadership Mark Hijleh in 1994 Mark had a vision of starting an organization

of committed Christian art composers for some time. It’s first conference took place in 1995. Members are

from all Christian denominations. Composers are not required to affirm any particular statement of Christian

doctrine for membership, but the CFAMC official statement of doctrine consists of the historic Apostles

Creed. It holds a national conference every two years at Indiana Wesleyan University coordinated by Mark

Wooldridge. Regional conferences are held on alternating years when possible. Since CFAMC members are

scattered across the United States and other countries, it’s list serve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cfamc/

and Facebook page are the primary ways of communicating and sharing with each other. A monthly listening

page featuring the work of a member composer, and a monthly Devotion Page are both offered there.

Participation in these two media formats are open to anyone.  For further information about CFAMC, Visit it’s

website at http://www.cfamc.org/

Our 2011 Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers Regional Conference took place at Nyack College on Saturday

November 5, 2011. We are grateful to Nyack College and it’s Music School for hosting this conference. We heard 28

compositions, including world premieres, by 18 composer members. The Nyack staff, students, and friends performed their

music admirably. We were privileged to have Dr. Tom Jennings, music director of Redeemer Presbyterian in NYC,

present our keynote address. Hymn-poet Richard Leach read his poetry and offered his insights, with a hymn- sing

of new settings by our composers of his work. Visual Artist Paul Kiler presented his talk “Visio Divina”, also with

musical “settings” of some of his works by our composers. The following is an archive of much of the day’s activities,

recorded by Eduardo Duque. Click here for a pdf of the conference program booklet.

An important step towards making their vision a reality was the founding of the Missionary Training Institute,

the first Bible college in North America. This school was the forerunner of Nyack College. Thus, from its start

in New York City in 1882, Nyack College is devoted to the concept of education as preparation for service.

Today Nyack College, a fully accredited liberal arts college, continues to fulfill the vision of its founder. Located

An important step towards making their vision a reality was the founding of the Missionary Training Institute,

the first Bible college in North America. This school was the forerunner of Nyack College. Thus, from its start

in New York City in 1882, Nyack College is devoted to the concept of education as preparation for service.

Today Nyack College, a fully accredited liberal arts college, continues to fulfill the vision of its founder. Located

twenty miles north of New York City, it is an educational institution rooted in the historic Christian faith, serving

The Christian and Missionary Alliance, the church, the community and the world. Nyack College seeks to

produce broadly educated persons who are prepared for advanced study, careers, and civic responsibility.

It is committed to promoting Christian knowledge, moral maturity, and spiritual development in its students,

and to preparing them for lives of ministry and service. To achieve this the college offers traditional and non-

traditional undergraduate programs to a co-educational, ethnically diverse student body.

The School of Music at Nyack College is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of

Schools of Music, and its various degree programs are founded on the study of classical music from its

earliest beginnings to its most contemporary forms. Music for worship is also woven through the curriculum

since most of our students and alumni are active in ministries involving music. There are also opportunities

to be part of contemporary worship through student-led vocal and instrumental groups on campus.