Category Archives: Reading Sessions

Sign Up For Pender’s Virtual Church Choral Sessions

Coming July 1, 2020

This year, Joy of Worship is coming to you! In addition to the choral sessions, we will also provide on-demand break-out sessions featuring a variety of topics exclusively through Pender’s during the month of July!

Registration will be required to view at no charge. Complete your free registration here. After completing your free registration order, you will receive an email from Pender’s Music Co. with an access code, good for all sessions.

O FOR A DOZEN TONGUES TO SING
Music for Smaller Choirs
Join Joseph Martin and friends for a look at new music crafted especially for the smaller choir. This session will feature selections that will be useful throughout the entire church year.

SEASONS OF PRAISE
Music for Advent and Christmas
Journey through December with Joseph Martin and friends as we look at new anthems for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. From traditional carols to fresh new sounds of the season, there’s something here for everyone!

SING A NEW SONG
Music for Blended and Contemporary Worship
Designed for the traditional/transitional and contemporary choir, this session will showcase music from some of today’s prominent worship leaders and Christian artists. Joseph Martin and friends will take you through these uplifting songs that will work all year long.

REJOICE, GIVE THANKS AND SING
Music for Thanksgiving and General Worship
Join Joseph Martin and friends as they lead you through new selections for General Worship. From joyous anthems of praise and thanksgiving, to reflective songs of healing and hope, this session is full of meaningful music, perfect for any Sunday.

WORSHIP SONGS JUNIOR
Music for Younger and Older Elementary Choirs
Discover outstanding new music for younger and older elementary choirs with Jeff Reeves and Joseph Martin. This session features both general and seasonal music for the entire church year. Songs, both familiar and new, promise to nurture the musical and spiritual growth of your singers to last a lifetime!

Pender’s Choral Workshops

Every year, Pender’s hosts multiple choral workshops with top clinicians in the nation. These workshops are intended to educate and inspire, spotlighting new music and activities for choirs of all ages. View our upcoming workshops below!

Pender’s Sing-a-bration

Thursday, July 11 – Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Denton, TX

Join us for three days of inspiring and educational choral workshops, including The Joy of Singing and The Joy of Worship. Learn from some of the top clinicians in the nation!

Sing-a-bration includes The Joy of Singing workshops for elementary, middle, and high school choirs and classrooms, as well as The Joy of Worship, which focuses on church chorals for adult choirs from traditional to contemporary.

Learn from top clinicians Greg Gilpin, Andy Beck, Victor Johnson, John Jacobson, Cristi Miller, Mac Huff, Kari Gilbertson, Jonathan Palant, Cheryl Lavender, Susan Brumfield, Pepper Choplin, Joseph Martin, and Heather Sorenson.

Learn more and register.

Summer Sacred Choral Reading Session

Saturday, June 15, 2019 in Oklahoma City, OK

Summer is the perfect time to plan your fall and holiday music! Clinician Pepper Choplin joins Pender’s to present new music, including Christmas cantatas. You may bring up to four members of your choir (for example, director plus three) to join in fellowship while learning new pieces for the year.

Learn more and register.

Summer Sacred Choral Reading Session in OKC

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Date: Saturday, June 15th
Clinician: Pepper Choplin
Location: Quail Springs United Methodist Church
14617 N Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
Cost: $20 per person (limited to 4 per organization)
Contact: John Staton jstaton@penders.com
(405) 842-7825
(800) 772-8405

Schedule:
8:30 Registration, Coffee and Donuts
9:00 Session Begins
10:30 Break, Refreshments
10:45 Session Continues
12:30 Session Over

Registration includes a complimentary music packet and morning refreshment.

Music on display for sale will include:
Choral Anthems
Children’s Books
Piano
Organ
Organ/Piano
Christmas Cantatas
Vocal Solos & Duets
Handbells

Sacred Choral Reading Session January 2019

Get ready for spring with Pender’s and clinician Patti Drennan!

Join us on Saturday, January 5, 2019, at Quail Springs United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, OK. Hear the latest sacred choral music for spring and Easter, including choral anthems and Easter cantatas, and browse Pender’s music selection. We’ll be bringing along new piano and organ music, children’s books, vocal solos, duets, handbell music, and more! Enjoy morning refreshments, a complimentary music packet, and a wonderful day of community with up to four members of your congregation (director plus three). Register now!

Date: January 5, 2019
Location: Quail Springs United Methodist Church
14617 N Pennsylvania Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
Cost: $20.00 per person
Limit 4 per church (example: director plus 3)

Schedule:
8:30 Registration (coffee and donuts)
9:00 Session begins
10:45 Break (refreshments)
11:00 Session Continues
12:30 Session ends

To Register: Call John Staton at (800) 772-8405 or e-mail John at jstaton@penders.com

Why You Should Attend a Live Choral Reading Session

Did you ever order a piece for your choir and find out at the first rehearsal that it was much harder than it sounded? You didn’t know that the bass line had so many tricky spots to trip over. We have the solution for that. Attend one of our live reading sessions. You will hear the basses sitting behind you trip over that hard part. You will notice that one of the easiest pieces in the packet is breathtakingly beautiful – something you would have overlooked without a live performance and the collective “ahhh” after the last note. You will get a hint from the conductor/composer about how to use a piece in a way that gives it a whole new life. That person sitting next to you from another church might even share with you how they did something similar that worked well for their church. Then you have a new friend.

We believe there is no substitute for a live reading session. If for no other reason, it is a joy to make beautiful music for three hours with over a hundred fine singers. We think that once you attend one of our live reading sessions, you will not want to miss another. We hear this from past attendees all the time. Contact us if you have any questions.

John Staton
Choral Department
Pender’s Music Oklahoma City

OKC Summer Sacred Choral Reading Session

Saturday, June 30, 2018

This summer, get a head start on the holiday season — select fall and Christmas choral music with clinician Mary McDonald at the OKC Summer Sacred Choral Reading Session!

Join Pender’s Music Co. as Mary McDonald introduces more than 40 new Christmas and General titles from various publishers, all perfect for church choirs! With the option to bring up to four members of your choir (for example, director plus three), this is an amazing opportunity to join in fellowship while learning new music for fall and the holidays.

Date: Saturday, June 30th
Clinician: Mary McDonald
Location: Quail Springs United Methodist Church
14617 N Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City, OK 73134
Cost: $20 per person (limited to 4 per organization)
Contact: John Staton jstaton@penders.com (405) 842-7825

Schedule:
8:30 Registration, Coffee and Donuts
9:00 Session Begins
10:30 Break, Refreshments
10:45 Session Continues
12:30 Session Over

Registration includes a complimentary music packet and morning refreshment.

Music on display for sale will include:
Choral Anthems
Children’s Books
Piano
Organ
Organ/Piano
Christmas Cantatas
Vocal Solos & Duets
Handbells

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Pender’s Sing-a-bration 2018

Thursday, July 12 – Saturday, July 14, 2018

Join us for three days of inspiring and educational choral workshops from top clinicians in the nation!

New location in Denton this summer!
Denton Convention Center at Embassy Suites
3100 Town Center Trail
Denton, TX 76201

Sing-a-bration includes The Joy of Singing workshops for elementary, middle, and high school choirs and classrooms. You can also attend The Joy of Worship, which focuses on church chorals for adult choirs from traditional to contemporary.

Learn from top clinicians Greg Gilpin, Andy Beck, Mary Lynn Lightfoot, John Jacobson, Mac Huff, Roger Emerson, Lynn Brinckmeyer, Emily Crocker, Tom Anderson, Joseph Martin, Patti Drennan, and Mark Hayes.

2018 EVENT SCHEDULE:

THURSDAY, JULY 12

Pender’s Sing-a-bration Elementary Session

9:00 am – 4:00 pm $60
Experience a multi-level reading session of exciting new music from multiple publishers for elementary and developing choirs.
Clinicians: Greg Gilpin, Andy Beck, Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Register

Pender’s Sing-a-bration Secondary Session

9:00 am – 4:00 pm $60
Experience a multi-level reading session of exciting new music from multiple publishers for middle school and high school choirs.
Clinicians: Greg Gilpin, Andy Beck, Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Register

FRIDAY, JULY 13

The Joy of Singing: Middle/High School Choral Music

9:00 am – 4:00 pm $60
Learn the very best new music for school choirs, including 2-Part, 3-Part Mixed, SAB, and SATB music for middle school and high school groups. PLUS: 3 spotlight topic sessions.
Clinicians: John Jacobson, Mac Huff, Roger Emerson, Lynn Brinckmeyer, Emily Crocker
Register

The Joy of Singing: Elementary Choral Music

9:00 am – 4:00 pm $60
Discover new classroom materials and beginning choir music for elementary students. Featuring four nationally known composers and arrangers, the music spotlights unison and 2-Part music for beginning choirs. PLUS: 3 spotlight topic sessions.
Clinicians: John Jacobson, Mac Huff, Roger Emerson, Lynn Brinckmeyer
Register

SATURDAY, JULY 14

The Joy of Singing: Classroom Resources

9:00 am – 4:00 pm $60
Learn new, entertaining activities for the next school year! Expand your curriculum with new collections, activities, movement, and musicals for the general music classroom.
PLUS: 2 spotlight topic sessions.
Clinicians: John Jacobson, Roger Emerson, Tom Anderson
Register

Joy of Worship/Pender’s Sacred Choral Session

9:00 am – 4:00 pm $60
There’s something for every church at Joy of Worship! Review the best new church chorals for adult choirs, from traditional to contemporary, in a variety of voicings and worship styles. Pender’s Church Music Session is a multi-publisher church choral music reading session.
Clinicians: Joseph Martin, Patti Drennan, Mark Hayes
Register

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 HOTEL:

Embassy Suites Hotel (workshop site)
3100 Town Center Trail | Denton TX 76201
800-445-8667
Rate: $129/night
Group Code: SINGABRATION 2018
Booking Deadline: June 11, 2018

Online advance registration begins March 1, 2018 at penders.com/sing2018

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Sacred Choral Reading Session January 2018

To Register: Call (800) 772-8405

Join Pender’s and clinician Pepper Choplin on January 6, 2018 for the Sacred Choral Reading Session! Hear new spring and Easter choral music including choral anthems, children’s books, piano, organ, Easter cantatas, vocal solos and duets, handbells, and more! Enjoy morning refreshments and a complimentary music packet, and participate with up to four members of your congregation (director plus three).

January 6, 2018

Grace United Methodist Church
6316 N Tulsa
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

Cost:
$10.00 per person
Limit 4 per church (example: director plus 3)

Schedule:
8:30 Registration (coffee and donuts)
9:00 Session begins
10:45 Break (refreshments)
11:00 Session Continues
12:30 Session ends

To Register: Call John Staton at (800) 772-8405 or e-mail John at jstaton@penders.com

Sacred Choral Reading Session January 2017

To Register: Call (800) 772-8405

Come join one of our favorite clinicians, Patti Drennan, for a Mixed-Publisher Reading Session. Pender’s Music Co. will present new Spring & Easter choral music from various publishers including Alfred, Beckenhorst, Hal Leonard, Hope, Lorenz, and Shawnee. Expand the fellowship by participating with up to four members of your congregation (example: director plus three). Registration includes complimentary music packet and morning refreshments.

Music on display will include: choral anthems, children’s books, piano, piano/organ, Easter cantatas, vocal solos & duets, organ, handbells.

January 7, 2017

Messiah Lutheran Church
3600 Northwest Expressway
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

Cost:
$10.00 per person
Limit 4 per church (example: director plus 3)

Schedule:
8:30 Registration (coffee and donuts)
9:00 Session begins
10:45 Break (refreshments)
11:00 Session Continues
12:30 Session ends

To Register: Call John Staton at (800) 772-8405 or e-mail John at jstaton@penders.com

Church Choral Reading Session Summer 2016

Anticipate the Changing Seasons with New Fall and Christmas Choral Music

Brad Nix

Join us in fellowship as Pender’s Music Co. and Hal Leonard proudly present new fall and Christmas choral anthems from the purveyors of some of the finest sheet music available. Brad Nix, a widely published composer and consulting editor for Shawnee Press, will conduct the session. Register now to participate, with up to four members of your congregation. Registration includes complimentary music packet of most music presented, and refreshments.

Church Choral Reading Session Summer 2016

Saturday, June 18, 2016
Quail Springs United Methodist Church
14617 N. Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City, OK 73134

Schedule:
8:30 Registration, Coffee and Donuts
9:00 Session Begins
10:30 Break, Refreshments
11:00 Session Continues
12:30 Session Over

Cost: $10 per person, includes music packet
Limit 4 per church (example: director plus 3)

TO REGISTER: Call John Staton at (405) 842-7825 or (800) 772-8405, or
e-mail John at jstaton@penders.com

Music on display for sale will include:
Choral anthems • Children’s books • Piano • Piano/organ • Organ • Christmas cantatas • Vocal solos and duets • Handbells