Distler Conference

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

    Schedule

    Register today! Download the conference brochure (PDF) and registration form (PDF) and send in your registration by February 22.

     
    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