Music Leadership Certification Program of the UUA

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The UUA’s Music Leadership Professional Development Program is bringing you three great professional development opportunities this summer prior to the start of the AUUMM Conference! All courses count toward the requirements of the Music Leadership Certification Program and will take place at the conference hotel.

Leadership of Congregational Singing
Eleuthera Liconca-Dippert & Francisco Ruiz, Instructors
Tuesday, July 30, 9-12:30 MT, Conference Hotel
This course will develop strong, effective, and inspiring leadership of hymns/songs for congregational singing. Through the use of both practical and written assignments, candidates will use a wide range of musical styles and techniques to help them broaden and deepen the worship experience of the congregations they serve.

Leading a Rehearsal
Anne Watson Born, MLC Instructor
Tuesday, July 30, 1:30-5pm MT Conference Hotel
Your congregation’s choir members are worship leaders. How do we create a sense of ownership and belonging in rehearsal that will enable singers to joyfully lead the congregation?
This class will focus on elements of leading a choral rehearsal including warm ups, teaching and introducing new music to singers, working with a variety of singers, score preparation, troubleshooting and polishing music, timing and pacing your rehearsal for success, and creating a positive atmosphere in rehearsals. This will be a hands-on class, with all of us singing, conducting, and sharing ideas.

Navigating Congregational Conflict
Jes Hunt & the Rev. Jude Geiger, both Hope for Us Congregational Consultants, Instructors
Wednesday, 9-5 MT, Conference Hotel
In this course, participants will:
• Examine and practice ways to navigate healthy conflict as a leader
• Identify ways to work collaboratively with other leaders through conflict
• Investigate the ways healthy conflict aligns with UU values
• Increase interpersonal awareness using a Systems Theory lens

There will be a 3-session Navigating Congregational Conflict training, hosted by two of the UUA's Hope for Us Conflict Engagement Team, starting in January!

Navigating Congregational Conflict Training Join us to examine and practice ways to navigate healthy conflict as a leader.

Learn about collaborative, shared ministry in creating meaningful worship services!

The Music and Worship course will be offered online on Tuesdays, April 12, 19 and 27, 7:30-9:00pm ET. The course will be co-facilitated by Credentialed Music Leader Keith Arnold and the Rev. Wendy Williams as a part of the Music Leadership Certification Program, but is open to all.

This course will develop the music professional’s ability to create transformational worship as part of a collaborative team. By the end of the class, the participant will have tools and strategies for working collaboratively with other worship leaders and have an increased understanding of the role and function of music in worship and how to access appropriate resources within a Unitarian Universalist setting.

Registration is limited to 20 participants and the fee for this 3-session module is $115 for credit or $25 for auditing, payable on a sliding scale according to availability to pay. Credit would apply for future participation in the Music Leadership Certification Program. The registration deadline is March 29 by 12 noon ET.

The Developing and Managing a Music Program (DAMAMP) course begins soon! Thanks to Susan Peck and Natasha Gibson Steinmacher for creating the online version - it's going to be spectacular. he Music Leadership Certification Program of the UUA invites all musicians to participate in the upcoming online course, Developing and Managing a Music Program, Sundays March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, and 24 6-8pm ET.
Contact: Sarah Gettie McNeill
[email protected]

The Music Leadership Certification Committee is pleased to welcome Debbie Suzuki to the MLCP!

The Music Leadership Certification Committee is thrilled to welcome Emma Campbell to the MLCP!

The Music Leadership Certification Program is delighted to welcome Anne Marie Hundzinski Scott to the MLCP!

July 2, 2021 is the deadline to enroll in “Music Leaders: Shifting Congregational Culture”

Dr. Mark Hicks and the Rev. Nancy Palmer-Jones will be offering a 2-session training on Mondays, July 19 and August 2, 9am - 12pm PT / 10 - 1 MT / 11 - 2 CT / 12 - 3 ET titled “Music Leaders: Shifting Congregational Culture.” This program is offered by the Music Leadership Certification Program and is open to all musicians. The training is valued at $75 and is available on a sliding scale with full scholarships available. Registration closes July 2. To register, complete the form at this address: https://uua.wufoo.com/forms/m1801q070rhpthl/

Excerpt from the course description: This course invites music leaders to recognize and embody their capacity to help shift congregational culture in order to build antiracist, anti-oppressive, multicultural Unitarian Universalist communities that contribute to collective liberation for all.

Congratulations to our 2021 graduates: Ebee Bromley and Stearns Matthews!