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Past Events
Sat. August 6, 2011 (9:00 am - 3:00 pm)
EMBRACING EXCELLENCE: Music Ministry Workshop
Featuring Rev. Dr. Emmett G. Price III
Lowlands Lifeline Ministry
Tobago, West Indies
Sat. May 14, 2011 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
BCMMP Presents: Dr. James Abbington "Transformative Worship: Elevating Worship to the Next Level"
Dr. Abbington's research interests include music worship in the Christian church, African American sacred folk music, organ, choral music, and ethnomusicology. Dr. Abbington serves as executive editor of the African American Church Music Series by GIA Publications (Chicago). He served as co-director of music for the Hampton University Ministers' and Musicians' Conference. He has also served as the national director of music for both the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the NAACP.
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Sat. September 19, 2009 (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
BCMMP Presents: Greater Boston Area Music Ministry Leadership Forum
Discussion will focus on the theme:
Theology of Worship from an African American Perspective
Panelists:
Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (Union Baptist Church)
Minister Joel Kemp (Andover Newton Theological School)
Dr. Georgiary Bledsoe (Charles Street AME)
Dr. Dale P. Andrews (Boston University School of Theology)
as we examine, ponder, and discuss innovative ministry.
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Sat. May 2, 2009
Mid-Hudson Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc.
"Get Ready for a Breakthrough"
Full Day Workshop and Mini-Concert
Antioch Baptist Church
One Strother Crossing
Bedford Hills, NY
Featuring:
Rev. Dr. Paul S. Briggs, Pastor
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Dr. Emmett G. Price III
Guest Director: Mr. Daryle Clayton
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Fri., Apr. 17, 2009 - Sun., Apr. 19, 2009
Gospel Music Seminar @ Berklee
Joy in Making Music in Community
Special Guests, The Seattle Pacific University Choir w/ Dr. Stephen Newby
With Clinics Featuring:
Dr. Emmett Price
Berklee Gospel Choir
Donnell Patterson
Freda Battle
Jonathan Singleton
George Russell, Jr.
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Sat., Feb. 21, 2009 (3:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
BCMMP Presents: Greater Boston Area Music Ministry Leadership Forum
Discussion will focus on the theme:
Innovative Ministry: Can we bridge the traditional and the contemporary and still minister?
Panelists:
Pastor Michael W. Walker (Messiah Baptist Church)
Evelyn Lee-Jones (People’s Baptist Church)
Shaundra Cunningham (Harvard Divinity School)
Herbert S. Jones (Messiah Baptist Church)
as we examine, ponder, and discuss innovative ministry.
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Sat. Oct 18, 2008 (3:00 pm - 5:00pm)
BCMMP Presents: Music Ministry Leadership Forum
Discussion will focus on the theme:
Praise & Worship: Do we still value the collective, communal, and congregational experience?
Panelists:
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Lauren McLean-Britt (Holy Tabernacle COGIC Apostolic Inc.)
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Minister Melvin Murphy (St. John's Missionary Baptist Church)
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Laurie William-Pipkins (Grace Church of All Nations)
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Stanley Porter (Greater Love Tabernacle Church)
as we examine, ponder, and discuss Praise & Worship. Please join us! The event will be held at the John D. O’ Bryant African American Institute’s Amilcar Cabral Center on the campus of Northeastern University (40 Leon St. West Village F). Free parking is available. The admission is FREE.
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July 26, 2008 (9:00 am - Noon)
BCMMP Presents… Music Ministry Leadership Forum at the John D. O’ Bryant African American Institute’s Amilcar Cabral Center on the campus of Northeastern University (40 Leon St. West Village F).
Discussion will focus on the theme: The POWER of Church Music: Are we still singing songs of Deliverance, Hope, Liberation, and Salvation?Join local pastors, ministers, scholars, music ministry leaders, and laypersons as we examine, ponder and discuss the POWER of church music. Please join us! The admission is FREE.
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April 19, 2008 (9:00 am - Noon)
BCMMP Presents… Music Ministry Leadership Forum at the John D. O’ Bryant African American Institute’s Amilcar Cabral Center on the campus of Northeastern University (40 Leon St. West Village F).
Discussion will focus on the theme: The PROPHETIC VOICE in CHURCH MUSIC: Are we still connected to our rich legacy? Join local pastors, ministers, scholars, music ministry leaders, and laypersons as we examine, ponder, and discuss the role of the prophetic voice in church music. Please join us! The admission is FREE.
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BCMMP: In The Press
Dr. Price is quoted in Faith and Leadership (the online magazine of Leadership Education at Duke University), Hip-hop Mosaic.
BCMMP: On The Move
06.03-08.12 - 98th Annual Hampton Ministers' Conference & 78th Annual Choir Directors' & Organists' Guild Workshop
DVDs NOW AVAILABLE!
Volume 1 through 6
BCMMP Presents: Music Ministry Leadership Forum