Luther Seminary - Distler Conference

March 1, 2008
Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.

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8:00 a.m.	Registration
8:30 a.m.	Morning Prayer
9:30 a.m.	Plenary 1 "Hugo Distler: Man and Music, Life and Times," with Larry Palmer There will be 15 minutes for discussion at the conclusion of the plenary.
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Morning Workshops Select one of the following: Distler's Organ Music for Church and Home, Larry Palmer Singing and Playing Distler for the Small Congregation, Kristina Langlois and Mary Kay Geston Hugo Distler's Germany and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Confessing Church Response, Gary Simpson
12:00 p.m.	Lunch Lunch is included in the cost of the conference.
1:00 p.m.	Afternoon Workshops Select one of the following: Distler's Organ Music for Church and Home, Larry Palmer Singing and Playing Distler for the Small Congregation, Kristina Langlois and Mary Kay Geston Hugo Distler's Germany and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Confessing Church Response, Gary Simpson
2:00 p.m.	Plenary 2 A brief introduction to Distler's "Totentanz," followed by a panel discussion of Distler's musical interpretation, responses to Nazism by Distler and Bonhoeffer, and political use of music for or against the state.
3:00 p.m.	Break The Luther Seminary bookstore will be open.
3:30 p.m.	Evening Prayer