Fri, Mar 13
|Villa Maria College
Convocation 2020
An exciting two-day event featuring Dr. JJ Wright from Notre Dame University.
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2020, 3:45 PM – Mar 14, 2020, 8:15 AM
Villa Maria College, 240 Pine Ridge Rd, Buffalo, NY 14225, USA
About the Event
All are invited to join us for our bi-annual CMG Convocation! We are excited to welcome JJ Wright from the University of Notre Dame as our keynote speaker, workshop leader, and performer for Friday's concert.
Whether you are a singer, music director, organist, instrumentalist, choir member, or music student, this weekend will have something for you! You are welcome to attend for various parts of Convocation. Cost for a CMG Member or Student with ID is $40 for both days, non-members are $55. Registration will take place in the Music Building.
The schedule for Convocation is as follows:
Friday, March 13th
3 - 3:45 PM: Registration/Coffee Hour
3:45 - 5 PM: Keynote by J.J. Wright—Composition, Inspiration & Liturgical Ministry
5 - 7 PM: Dinner on own
7:30 PM: J.J. Wright Trio Concert: Vespers for the Transfiguration*
*Free Will Offering, reception to follow concert
Saturday, March 14th
8:30 AM: Registration/Coffee Hour
9:00 AM - 12:15 PM: Workshops
9 AM - 10:15 AM: Breakout Session I:
JJ Wright—Working with Ensembles
or Fr. Jim Monaco—Welcome, Worship, Witness; Sowing the Seeds of Faith through Liturgy
10:30 - 11:45 PM: Breakout Session II: JJ Wright—Improvisation
or Frank Scinta—Choral Festival Sing-Through