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Join Us for Pender’s Sing-a-bration 2016

Pender’s Joy of Singing choral workshop features more clinicians than any other Joy of Singing workshop in the nation!

JOIN US THIS SUMMER
Lewisville Convention Center at the Hilton Garden Inn
785 SH 121 • Lewisville, TX 75067
Thursday, July 7 – Saturday, July 9

ONLINE ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. On-site registration will be available. Please arrive by 8:30 am to register at the door.

Complete Session Packages:

Elementary/Developing Choir Package $165 Includes:
Pender’s Sing-a-bration: Elementary/Developing Choir Music
Hal Leonard The Joy of Singing:
Elementary/Developing Choir Music & Movement
Classroom Music & Movement

2016 Middle/High School Choir Package $110 Includes:
Pender’s Sing-a-bration: HS/MS Choir Music & Movement
Hal Leonard The Joy of Singing: HS/MS Choir Music & Movement

Joy of Worship & Pender’s Sacred Choral Session Package $55 Includes:
Hal Leonard Joy of Worship
Pender’s Sacred Choral Session

NEW! Graduate credit now offered. Learn more.*

PENDER’S SING-A-BRATION 2016 EVENT SCHEDULE:

Thursday, July 7

The Joy of Singing: Middle/High School Choir & Movement
9:00 am – 4:00 pm $55
Courtesy of Hal Leonard: the most popular reading session in the nation. It’s the best of the best for school choirs. 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed, SAB, and SATB music for middle school and high school groups. PLUS: 3 spotlight topic sessions
Clinicians: John Jacobson, Cristi Miller, Mark Brymer, Mac Huff, Greg Gilpin

Sing-a-bration: Elementary/Developing Choir Music
9:00 am – 4:00 pm $55
An elementary multi-level reading session, presenting music from Alfred Publishing, Shawnee Press and Heritage Music Press.
Clinicians: Andy Beck, Patti Drennan, Greg Gilpin

Friday, July 8

The Joy of Singing: Elementary/Developing Choir Music & Movement
9:00 am – 4:00 pm $55
Classroom materials and beginning choir music featuring five nationally known composers and arrangers.Unison and 2-Part music for beginning choirs. PLUS: 3 spotlight topic sessions
Clinicians: John Jacobson, Cristi Miller, Mark Brymer, Mac Huff, Greg Gilpin

Sing-a-bration: Middle/High School Choir Music
9:00 am – 4:00 pm $55
A middle/high school multi-level reading session, presenting music from Alfred Publishing, Shawnee Press, and Heritage Music Press.
Clinicians: Andy Beck, Patti Drennan, Greg Gilpin

Saturday, July 9

The Joy of Singing: Classroom Music & Movement
9:00 am – 4:00 pm $55
Collections, activities, movement and musicals for the general music classroom
PLUS: 2 spotlight topic sessions
Clinicians: John Jacobson, Sharon Burch, Cristi Miller

Joy of Worship & Pender’s Sacred Choral Session (presented together)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm $55
Hal Leonard Joy of Worship: review the best new church chorals for adult choirs. Joy of Worship presents music for all types of worship from traditional to contemporary in a variety of voicings. Something for every church!
Joy of Worship Clinicians: Heather Sorenson, Allan Petker, John Purifoy

Pender’s Sacred Choral Session is a multi-publisher church choral music reading session including music from Lorenz, Hope, Alfred, and Soundforth.
Pender’s Sacred Choral Clinician: Patti Drennan

All Attendees Receive:

Morning coffee & light lunch
Complimentary music packets*
10% discount on all items purchased at workshop
*Music packets of most of the music presented. Prices and workshop details subject to change.

SING-A-BRATION HOTELS:

Hilton Garden Inn (workshop site)
785 SH 121 Bypass | Lewisville TX 75067
972-459-4600
Rate: $126/night Thurs-Sat
Group Code: PEND1
Booking Deadline: May 30

Hampton Inn & Suites
2650 Lake Vista Dr | Lewisville TX 75067
972-315-3200
Rate: $99/night Thurs-Sat
Group Code: PDM
Booking Deadline: June 22

*VanderCook College of Music will allow attendees of Sing-a-bration 1 hour of graduate credit when they attend any 2 full days of the sessions offered and submit a lesson plan assignment. To receive the credit, attendees must register and pay an additional $320 to VanderCook College of Music. Additional information and registration forms may be found here.

Pender’s Picks the Pops for Choral

Check out all our hot choral titles for spring

Pender’s Music Co. is excited to share this selection of hot new pops for choral sheet music titles for 2016! The items are interactive, including audio samples and previews. Purchase now or make a Wish List to get a requisition/purchase order. Don’t forget to order judges’ scores if entered in a contest or festival.

View, listen and place your order for these highly anticipated features:
Hello
Photograph
Shut Up and Dance
Flashlight
Best Day of My Life

Pender’s Picks the Pops for Band

Check out all our hot band titles for spring

Pender’s Music Co. is excited to share this selection of hot new pops for band sheet music titles for 2016! The items are interactive, including audio samples and previews. Purchase now or make a Wish List to get a requisition/purchase order. Don’t forget to order judges’ scores if entered in a contest or festival.

View, listen and place your order for these highly anticipated features:
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Grade 1.5)
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Grade 2)
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Flex Band)
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Grade 3)
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Grade 4)
Star Wars – March of the Resistance (Grade 5+)
Star Wars – Scherzo for X-Wings (Grade 5+)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Hello
Jurassic World
Pan

Pender’s Picks the Pops for Orchestra

Check out all our hot orchestra titles for spring

Pender’s Music Co. is excited to share this selection of hot new pops for orchestra sheet music titles for 2016! The items are interactive, including audio samples and previews. Purchase now or make a Wish List to get a requisition/purchase order. Don’t forget to order judges’ scores if entered in a contest or festival.

View, listen and place your order for these highly anticipated features:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens for String Orchestra
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Grade 2-3)
Star Wars – Rey’s Theme (Grade 3)
Star Wars – March of the Resistance (Grade 3-4)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens for Full Orchestra
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Full Orch Grade 3)
Star Wars – The Force Awakens (Full Orch Grade 5+)

Pan
Minecraft
Jurassic World
007 – Through the Years

Bonnie Anderson: 2016 GRAMMY Finalist

Pender’s Music Co. would like to congratulate Bonnie Anderson, a long-time customer and friend, for her well-deserved selection as a finalist for the 2016 Music Educator Award! Bonnie is currently one of ten teachers out of nearly 4,500 nominations being considered for this honor, presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. Bonnie teaches at Coronado Village Elementary in Universal City, Texas, and she is one of only two elementary music specialists being considered for the award, which in itself is a massive achievement.

Music comes to life in Bonnie’s classroom. Her unique teaching methods incorporate hands-on instruction, multicultural instruments, and international techniques alongside an approach that inspires children to practice and learn more about music and the world around them. Her classes incorporate drums, marimbas, ukulele, singing, and dance. She offers a Music Memory class where students memorize fifteen pieces of classical music and dip into the history of the music they are learning.

Bonnie focuses on giving her students opportunities to learn about other cultures through music, engaging them beyond the standard musical curriculum and even organizing public musical performances for students to showcase their skills to parents and friends. Her peers note that she has the uncanny ability to encourage even the most stubborn students to learn and strive for greatness. Students want to make her proud, which is clear in the performances her classes bring to the community.

When Coronado Village Elementary became a dual-language campus, Bonnie stepped up to the challenge, investing her own time and resources to enroll in Spanish classes. She is now confident in her ability to teach classes in both Spanish and English, allowing her students even more opportunities to learn and grow beyond a basic music education.

Pender’s is proud to have had the chance to work with Bonnie throughout the years, helping her acquire specialty sheet music for the more nontraditional instruments she teaches, and coordinating the purchase of the Texas-made marimbas she uses in her classroom. The work Bonnie does changes children’s lives for the better, and we’re always glad to help people like her do what they do best. If you are ever in search of hard-to-find sheet music or educational materials for your classroom, chances are we can help you too!

The Music Educator Award was established to recognize excellence in musical education, and considers teachers of all grades from both private and public schools. The educators who are recognized have made significant and lasting contributions to the field of music education and continue to demonstrate a commitment the broader goal of maintaining quality music education in schools. Pender’s wishes Bonnie the best of luck in the final round of awards!