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Keynote Trust Events and Reports (Scroll down to the relevant date to see what Andrew has and will be up to!)
2011 Events v

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OCTOBER

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

JULY

June25	GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL in Exeter Cathedral with Scott Stroman

JUNE

May 7	Blackburn Cathedral Diocesan Music Day

MAY

APRIL

Mar 5	Durham Diocesan Music Day A day being facilitated by myself based on the Exeter model with Anne Harrison. John Bell engaged so far...

MARCH

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

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DECEMBER

Nov 13	WATCHING OR WORSHIPPING? Getting real engagement from the congregation. An MWF event at New Mills Revival church Manchester. For more details contact charles@mwfnorthwest.org.uk

Nov 9	KEYNOTE TRUSTEES Mtg

NOVEMBER

Oct 27	MU Workshop Day in Exeter Cathedral

Oct 16	Music Day in and around Manchester Cathedral A day I have been facilitating with Precentor Gilly Myers and Bishop Chris Edmundson. So far John Bell (from the Iona Community) and Geraldine Latty (popular worship leader & Gospel singer) have been engaged, along with Chris Stokes (cathedral MD), Peter Gunstone (St Andrew's Oxford and one-time MD Lee Abbey), Anne Harrison (RSCM compiler of Sunday by Sunday), and others including myself.

Oct 15	Visiting Blackburn to discuss their Music Day May 7th 2011

Oct 14	Visiting Durham to discuss their Music Day March 5th 2011

OCTOBER

Sep 9	3rd 'Exploring Worship' Course begins Yelverton Area for 4 weeks

Sep 9	Diocesan Liturgical Committee Mtg

SEPTEMBER

Aug 27-30	Greenbelt Festival Leading a Worship Without Words musical mediation with Felicity and Alan in SOULSPACE Friday 9pm. Leading the music for the two Taize Worship Events in the Festival: one in the BIG TOP Sunday 10pm, the other in the YOUTH AREA Monday 5pm.

AUGUST

July 23-25	National Network of Pastoral Musicians' Conference Chester University Campus


JULY

June 18-20	St James Woodside Horsforth Leeds w/e on music and worship People really appreciated my visit and it was timely in helping them think about the future of their music and worship and how their two groups - a music group and a choir - might work together more.

June 15	Keynote Trustees Mtg

June 8	RSCM Committee Exeter

June 3 for 4 weeks	2nd 'Exploring Worship' Course Pilot begins Cadbury for Exeter Diocese A second very successful course which the attendees really enjoyed. There was much interaction and discussion

JUNE

May 23	Exeter Cathedral Pentecost Praise and Kenn Deanery Service I helped this deanery plan the service as a collaborative exercise and helped lead the music on the day. It involved a wide number of people who rose to the challenge and made the celebration their own.

May 11 for 4 weeks	1st 'Exploring Worship' Course Pilot begins Modbury for Exeter Diocese This was our first try-out and was well received. Some sections needed a little more interaction, but overall a good effort.

MAY

Apr 20	RSCM AGM Exeter Cathedral Chapter House From this meeting I have been elected Chairman of the Devon RSCM Committee

APRIL

Mar 28	Civic Service Cullompton

Mar 20	Oboe in Bach's B Minor Mass Crediton

Mar 17	Blackburn Music Day Planning Mtg for May 7 2011

Mar 16	Manchester Music Day Planning Mtg for Oct 16 2010

Mar 10	Chelmsford Diocese Training Day for Clergy & Leaders

Mar 7	Bath & Wells Diocesan Readers' Day

Mar 3	Malborough Lent Course Evening on Worship

Mar 2	Keynote Trustees Mtg

MARCH

	Winter Break - my wife and I had a couple of weeks away one of which was sailing on a Tall Ship from Athens to Crete with the Jubilee Sailing Trust. See a photo HERE

FEBRUARY

Jan 30	Children & Youth Leaders' Service Exeter Cathedral

Jan 24	Creative worship planning for Pentecost with local deanery

Jan 21	Diocesan Liturgical Committee Mtg We have been working together on a 4 week course on worship based on the talks and workshops I've been giving through Keynote Trust. This has been a very helpful process and will be offered to Mission Communities in the Diocese in due course, as well as any where else where there is an interest.

Jan 19	RSCM Local Committee Mtg I will become the next chairman of the local RSCM Committee in Devon after the AGM in the spring!

Jan 16-17	Leeds Parish Week-end on worship This has been postponed due to the snow yet to be rearranged.

JANUARY

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Dec 13	ECO service in Exeter Cathedral I arranged the music for this Iona style service put on by Canon Tom Honey and featuring speaker Prof Tim Gorringe to coincide with the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

Dec 3	Worship Course Demo I gave a demonstration of the things I present in many of my workshop sessions round the country for the benefit of the Diocesan Liturgical Committee who are aiming to put together a course on worship and liturgy for the Dioceses' Mission Communities. It went down well.

DECEMBER


Nov 23/24	Songwriters' Forum High Leigh An excellent couple of days with the brilliant speaker Jim Wallis of the Sojourners' Community in USA. He has campaigned on justice issues as an evangelical and numbers Tutu and Obama among his acquaintances. He gave a prophetic word for the Church at the moment, saying that it needed a 2nd conversion to justice. As this happens others in the wider community begin to respect it and begin to listen to its message. This is a theme echoing across GB churches of all denominations at the moment.

Nov 16	Manchester A second planning meeting for the Music Day which is happening on Oct 16th around Manchester Cathedral. John Bell is coming along with Geraldine Latty and others. Should be a great day!

Nov 12	Kenn Deanery Synod on worship A very good evening exploring the underlying significance of worship and liturgy, followed by a collaborative exercise in buzzing ideas for a Pentecost evening service the deanery is leading in the cathedral next May. Despite 3 times more people than I expected (60!) it was a stimulating experience that engaged everyone in groups of about 10.

Nov 8	All Souls' Orchestra Gala Concert at Exeter University Great Hall with Noel Tredinnick and Cornwall Worship (I am local contact) This went well with an audience of around 500. A good mix of orchestral, choral and audience items.

NOVEMBER
Oct 24	Guildford Diocesan Music Day me taking part with other leaders Marty Haugen, Geraldine Latty, Paul Field, Alison Adam, Katherine Dienes-Williams

Oct 10	Exeter Diocesan Music Day - Another excellent Music Day with a great atmosphere. Numbers were up on the previous Day by 100 which was really encouraging. Great cooperation with the cathedral musicians in an increasingly positive relationship over the years. Leaders included Marty Haugen, Margaret Rizza, Geraldine Latty, Geoff Weaver, as well as resident MD Andrew Millington and organist Stephen Tanner. Click here to see a Music Day pdf copy of the brochure

OCTOBER

Sep 30	Diocesan Liturgical Committee Day London

Sep 25-26	Newcastle Diocese Worship & Mission Training Day (25th) x2 1/2 Day Music Workshops (26th) A good day for CME 4-7 (training for trainee curates) to which around 60 people came. Included sessions on core values of worship, exploring a variety of worship expression, a creative collaborative exercise and closing worship. An identical evening and half day workshop for RSCM members exploring a variety of repertoire and drawing out the meaning of worship and how it impacts both church life and mission. Both went down very well.

SEPTEMBER

Aug 28-30	Greenbelt Festival Cheltenham Racecourse I was privileged to play my oboe with daughter Felicity on cello with a group of singers and instrumentalists leading some Taize style worship in the largest indoor venue. It was a good Festival, although the low point was the Sunday morning service music led by a pop musician who did his best to put off the congregation by inserting rhythmic riffs at the end of lines in two great Welsh hymn tunes! No-one knew when to come in and gave up in the end.

AUGUST

July 24-26	Musicians' Retreat Abbey House Glastonbury

July 4	Bath & Wells Diocese 1100th Anniversary Workshop Day Glastonbury Possibly the most unusual instrumental workshop I've ever led! Only one person booked in, but 2 came. Fortunately Alan the organiser came and played piano and I played my oboe. One was an elderly man with a battered case containing a viola. The other younger man had a case on his back. What was it I wondered...? An Eb Tenor Horn perhaps? You'll never guess, although being Glastonbury you might! It was an expensive hurdy-gurdy! I gulped inwardly - what on earth am I going to do with this - it only plays in one key because of the drones.... Anyway, we had an inspiring hour or so improvising on hymn folk tunes and some Iona music and Alan said he thought it was truly inspiring!

JULY

June 30-July 3	National Missioners Conference N.France - I planned and presented the worship for this great conference of diocesan missioners from the UK. The diocesan missioner in Exeter Mark Rylands gave me the opportunity as he's on the planning group. He's just been made the Bishop of Shrewsbury which is wonderful news, although sad for us. He's been such an inspiration!

June 27	Exeter Diocesan Celebration of 1100th Anniversary with Archbishop of Canterbury Eucharist 11.30; Jazz and picnic etc. pm; 'Songs of Praise' 5.00pm This was a wonderful event months in the planning. I think I brought some diversity to the occasion conducting some things and doing some arrangements. They had 3 giant puppets who represented historical figures in the diocese, My friend and trustee Alan Boxer wrote some music to accompany the dramatic dialogues during the main HC service. I think I can take credit for the puppet idea as I mentioned it in a worship planning meeting that I'd seen some in a festival in St Alban's. Anyway it was all mightily impressive with 5000 or so people on the cathedral green and sunshine - a miracle in itself! You can see a video of the event at http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Thousands-celebrate-Exeter-Church-anniversary/article-1118520-detail/article.htm

June 26	Nightchurch Youth Event with Archbishop 'on the sofa'... an exciting Youth event with bands, lasers and back projection. Lots of YP and the Archb was excellent

June 16	Keynote Trustees

June 14	Dawlish Bishop in Mission Service

JUNE

May 22	Nightchurch Jazz Exeter Cathedral from 8pm It's been so lovely to facilitate these events in such a fantastic venue. This one also supported a homeless charity in the city called STEPS. My daughter Felicity sang and my son Paul played bass. We had such an excellent pianist in Andrew Daldorph and Raff who plays sax is a legend one playing the famous Baker St riff in the 80's. Someone recorded some bits on video. It's a bit distant but you can find the tracks on Youtube under 'Cathedral Jazz'

May 17	Tiverton Mission Service with Bishop of Crediton

May 14	CRE Exhibition Sandown Park Racecourse Surrey Lecture 3pm This was the 2nd of the two lectures at CRE. I felt it was rather like the last two periods of school on a Friday afternoon. I had hoped it would be in the morning what with needing to get back afterwards. People had had a busy day and weren't that sparky. Sometimes I can't help being influenced by the audience and it wasn't as good as the one back in March. I expect people still found it useful so it's all very subjective.

May 10	Hartland N Devon Celebration Service

May 9	Worcester Cathedral Music Group day with Andrew Maries - Mark Bick (Gloucestershire music educationalist) - Christopher Allsop (Assnt Organist Worcester Cathedral) Regrettably, this had to be cancelled but the aim is to mount it at another time in a revised format. The publicity channels didn't really connect with the right networks and next time they will get more people on board and adjust the brief.

MAY

Apr 27-30	Lichfield Diocese Clergy Conference Swanwick It was a little harder getting things together for this as it was so soon after Easter. I led the music, a blend of old and new which people seemed to appreciate, and which the Bishop was particularly complimentary about at the end. We had a great clergy music team which did a good job.

Apr 26	Spixworth Norwich pm Workshop A local workshop on my way through to Swanwick Derbyshire which opened up some new repertoire and aimed to broaden peoples' understanding of music and worship.

April 25	Music Day Norwich Cathedral: This was such an excellent workshop event based on the Exeter lines and which I have been exporting to other places. Leaders included Graham Kendrick, Scott Stroman, Stephen Dean, David Lowe (the cathedral MD), myself and others. Over 400 people came together from the diocese and beyond. Cathy Nichols the training officer and Rosie Sethia her assistant did a brilliant job in administering it.

April 11	Easter Vigil Service Exeter Cathedral Another excellent diocesan service with a really good and balanced choir and ensemble after the usual anxiety about who would turn up.

April 10	Good Friday Ecumenical Service Exeter Cathedral Led the music for a packed service which led on to a pilgrimage round the city with dramatic scenes from the story.

APRIL

Mar 29	Christow Creative All-age service A very successful result from a creative and collaborative planning exercise over a number of meetings

Mar 28	Liskeard Methodist Circuit Day on worship Burraton Methodist Church Saltash Cornwall

Mar 21	Helston Methodist Day on worship Both this and the next week in Liskeard went well and both arose from my visit to the Penzance Synod last year. There's a 3rd one coming off in November.

Mar 16	Wells School of Formation Mtg

Mar 9	London Planning Mtg for Missioners' Conference (late June)

Mar 4	Keynote trustees meeting

Mar 1	Youth worship pm workshop St.James' Exeter An interesting time trying to engage a small group of teenagers with a romantic sub agenda going on between two of the participants which distracted things a little!

MARCH

Feb 9	‘Refreshing the Song’ Day for Salisbury Diocese clergy and worship leaders An encouraging day with about 18 people coming, many as part of their modular CME training for the Diocese. It was much appreciated judging from the evaluation forms at the end of the day. It was also very good to meet Howard Clark who was a member of the Post Green Community in the heady days of community and the wave the Fisherfolk mentored in the 70's.

FEBUARY

Jan 29	Christian Resources Exhibition West Point Exeter 10.30-11.30 - 'HOW TO LEAD GOOD WORSHIP' - What elements make worship a meaningful and authentic experience both for those inside and those outside the church community, and how can we lead and facilitate it effectively? This went extremely well with very good response - someone said it was 'brilliant' admittedly it was a friend! About 100 people came and good contacts made. The recording came out well and hoping to get permission to include some excerpts on the site in due course...

Jan 24	Worship and Music w/e Whitstable with +Graham Cray An excellent day at a local church leading their thoughts on developing worship in the future. I presented some thoughts on worship then music with PPt, and Graham talked about mission and culture and how it might affect worship. Graham, our vicar in York 20 years ago is shortly moving from being Bishop of Maidstone to becoming Head of Fresh Expressions a national agency encouraging the rise of new forms of church www.freshexpressions.org.uk

Jan 17	Graduation for my degree in theology completed after 7 years of evening classes at Exeter University! A proud day after all this time - here's a picture

Jan 16	Nightchurch begins every Friday after Christmas break

JANUARY

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Dec 17	Voiceworx Concert Helping my friend Alan Boxer in a Christmas Concert featuring the community choir he started just a year ago in the local area near Cullompton. Over 100 people come each Monday evening to share fellowship and the inspiration and joy of singing together. Many share how uplifting and transformative it has been. Alan uses a mix of styles and also a lot of Christian material which people seem fine about – it is a secular choir. Would that people’s experience of church was so uplifting! www.voiceworx.org.uk

Dec 8	Alternative Worship Day in Coventry Cathedral A really interesting day mounted by the Fresh Expressions Group (www.freshexpressions.org.uk) which I was lucky to participate in by playing the oboe here and there in the worship. It had an anglo-catholic emphasis, so lots of incense but also creative images and action provided by Malcolm and Sue Wallace of ‘Visions’ in York. The Archbishop of Canterbury was present and gave an excellent talk saying that F.E.’s were mostly thought of as evangelical, but the trouble with that word was that it had come to mean one kind of Christian when it actually means ‘Good news’. ‘Catholic’ has also come to mean a particular kind of churchiness. In fact these words belong together representing the fullness of the Gospel – verbal, but also non-verbal expressions of the Gospel, sacramental action as a way of proclaiming the Word, the Christian life as something which takes time and where the seasons of the Church’s year are helpful, faith as a community experience, not just an individual one.
DECEMBER
Nov 17-26	Pilgrimage to Israel with Riding Lights Theatre Co. This was a wonderful visit which both my wife Alicia and I went on, made extra special by the drama input from RL’s which brought the different locations to life. We also had contact with local Palestinian Christians which was eye opening on the challenges and injustices of the situation. Jerusalem was a fascinating mix of church traditions, different faiths and layer upon layer of historic and cultural influences.

Nov 11 & 13	x2 Big Sings with a Christmas theme in St Paul's Honiton and Plympton St Maurice Plymouth Both at 7.30pm Similar to Ashford but compressed into an evening. Both well received and supported. Colleagues Julie De’Ath Lancaster (a voice coach) and Christopher Helyer (the RSCMcoordinator in the SW) helped me in Honiton and Plympton respectively.

Nov 8	Ashford Barnstaple - a workshop day on Christmas material This was a small and friendly country setting. About 30 people came who pretty well filled the quaint little church. We tried a variety of music and everyone sang and played with gusto. The idea was Rosemary’s. the church warden, and showed how much a good efficient and enthusiastic administrator can do!

Oct 31-Nov 2	Services in Tiverton with Bishop of Crediton as a mission initiative in the Diocese
NOVEMBER
Oct 22	Prelim meeting in Worcester re a day for Music Groups in Worcester Cathedral on May 9th 2009 This day is looking good supported by the Diocese training dept. and the cathedral precentor who are enthusiastic. Mark Bick, a colleague I’ve worked with before, is helping me during the day.

Oct 20	Day for Liturgical Committees in London

Oct 13	Meeting with Bath & Wells Diocese Spiritual Formation re music and worship

Oct 3	Nightchurch Jazz Exeter Cathedral 9-10pm followed by worship including my son Paul (bass) and daughter Felicity (vocals) Another good evening with the jazz group which has come together 3 times now. It's lovely to see this culture being represented in the cathedral. After all it comes from the negro spiritual which came out of the great spiritual awakening amongst the black American slaves.

Oct 2 for 4 weeks	a worship course for a local parish Churston in Brixham Devon which I've called 'Transforming Worship' (in line with the Lit. Commission report! ) This was very succcessful but on a small scale with a group of about 10. The climax was getting the group to prepare their own worship service following the Anglican Service of the Word. On Sunday Jan 18 we did it as their evening service which was very exciting. Everyone seemed to feel really empowered and we look forward to encouraging developments!
OCTOBER
Sep 20	Southwell Minster Diocesan Music Day nr.Nottingham.
	What a beautiful place and such a fine small cathedral. It was a happy day with a good spirit. My workshops were rather tiny on cantor skills and repertoire. The titles didn't give any brief on the brochure so maybe that was a reason. There was also an extensive choice that might have been a little too much for the numbers. But it was a very positive time and brought many of the styles and traditions together.

Sep 15-18	Exeter Clergy Conference
	An excellent conference in Falmouth for which I led the music with a clergy colleague and put the worship booklet together. Sam Wells presented some brilliant lectures and Elaine Storkey the Bible Studies.

Sep 15	Consultation on evangelical worship Ridley Hall Cambridge sponsored by Liturgical Commission
	Regrettably I just couldn't fit it in without a private jet! I hear it was good however and would have liked to have attended.

Sep 11-13	Worship Symposium London School of Theology
	I was very pleased to be involved in this. I have been suggesting that the different leaders of the various streams of church music should come together to talk and share, and colleagues at LST were thinking along the same line, so it all happened. On the first day as a prelude to the main conference, Graham Kendrick, Joel Edwards, Mark Earey and Jonny Baker provided a panel sharing insights and fielding questions about their perception of where church music had come to and where it was going. There was muc'; document.write(t);