Inspiring, educating and nurturing those
who minister through music and the arts
Conference 2017 Schedule
Sunday - July 9
| 2:00 pm |
Registration opens on campus |
| 3:00 - 4:30 pm |
Board Favorites Reading Session in Alumnae Hall: stocked by JW Pepper |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Trolley Tour through Boston-Cambridge-Brookline |
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner at United Parish in Brookline |
| 7:30 pm |
Concert |
| 8:00 pm |
Opening Night Festival Worship |
| 9:15 pm |
Reception, trolleys ferry people back to the dorm |
Monday - July 10
| 7:30 am | Breakfast in Bartol Hall |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Morning Worship in Alumni Hall |
| 9:30 am | Workshops Session I – Academic Quad of Simmons |
| 10:45 am | Break – Exhibits Open |
| 11:15 am | Conference Choir & Handbells Rehearsals, Organ Class |
| 12:45 pm | LUNCH |
| 1:45pm | Workshops Session II |
| 3:00 pm | Exhibits |
| 4:45 pm | Publishers Reading Session: E.C. Schirmer/Morningstar/Choristers Guild |
| 5:45 pm | Dinner in Bartol Hall or independently |
| 6:45 pm | Buses leave Simmons, go to First Church in Cambridge |
| 7:30 pm | Talk by Fred Kimball Graham |
| 8:00 pm | Evensong Service at First Church in Cambridge |
| 9:30 pm | Buses return to dorms |
Tuesday - July 11
| 7:30 am | Breakfast in Bartol Hall |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Morning Worship in Alumni Hall |
| 9:30 am | Workshops Session I – Academic Quad of Simmons |
| 10:45 am | Break – Exhibits Open |
| 11:15 am | Conference Choir & Handbells Rehearsals, Organ Class |
| 12:45 pm | LUNCH |
| 1:45 pm | Workshops Session II |
| 3:00 pm | Break – Exhibits |
| 3:30 pm | Workshops Session III |
| 4:45 - 7:30 pm | Break – Dinner either in Bartol Hall or in North End, independent travel to Old North |
| 7:30 pm | Concert |
| 8:00 pm | Worship in Old North Church – Early American Theme |
| Public transportation home |
Wednesday - July 12
| 7:30 am | Breakfast in Bartol Hall |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Morning Worship in Alumni Hall |
| 9:30 am | Workshops Session I – Academic Quad of Simmons |
| 10:45 am | Break – Exhibits Open |
| 11:15 am | Conference Choir & Handbells Rehearsals, Organ Class |
| 12:45 pm | LUNCH and UCCMA Annual Meeting |
| 2:15 - 3:30 pm | Plenary Session with Nick Page |
| 4:00 pm | Travel independently to Old South Church |
| 4:45 pm | Worship Walk-Through |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner in Back Bay |
| 7:30 pm | Closing Night Concert |
| 8:00 pm | Closing Night Festival Worship at Old South Church |
| 9:15 pm | Closing Night Reception – compliments of UCCMA National Board |
| Public transportation home |