Past, Current and Future Events 2006—2009

September 28–October 10, 2009
Leadership Training and Educational Seminars, LATVIA, ESTONIA

August 27–31, 2009
400th anniversary of the beginning of the Baptist movement in Europe, Kyiv, UKRAINE

May 2009
Youth Choir Congress, Kyiv, UKRAINE

  • Stephen Benham
  • Serhiy Bilokin
  • Heather Hood
  • Oleksandr Kreshchuk
  • Timothy Sawyer

April 22–25, 2009
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, State Convention, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

March 17–21, 2009
American String Teachers Association, National Convention, Atlanta, Georgia

  • John Benham, Presenter
  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

February 24–March 4, 2009
Leadership Training and Educational Seminars, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC/Tallinn, ESTONIA

  • Stephen Benham
  • Serhiy Bilokon
  • Philip Bratten
  • Oleksandr Kreshchuk

February 11–14, 2009
Texas Music Educators Convention, San Antonio, Texas

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

January 27–February 1, 2009
Calvin Institute of Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • John Benham, Presenter

January 2–13, 2009
Youth Music Events and Orchestra Tour, UKRAINE

  • Stephen Benham
  • Serhiy Bilokin
  • Oleksandr Kreshchuk

December 17–19, 2008
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, Illinois

  • John Benham, Presenter

November 12–23, 2008
Leadership Training and Conductor’s Workshops, Kyiv, UKRAINE/Jelgava, LATVIA

  • Stephen Benham
  • Vitaliy Bulgar
  • Oleksandr Kreshchuk

November 6–9, 2008
Michigan State Band & Orchestra Association, Survival Camp, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

  • John Benham, Presenter

November 4, 2008
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, District 11 Inservice, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

October 13–21, 2008
Lausanne Conference on World Evangelism, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

  • Planning Committee: John Benham

October 13, 2008
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, District 5 Inservice, Erie, Pennsylvania

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

August 9, 2008
MIWC Annual Board Meeting

August 7, 2008
Minnesota String & Orchestra Teachers Association, All-State Teacher’s Workshop
College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

August 4–6, 2008
ACDA of Minnesota, Moorhead, Minnesota

  • John Benham, Presenter

July 20–25, 2008
Global Missions Seminar, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia

  • John Benham
  • Stephen Benham
  • Troy Bush, North American Mission Board
  • Ron Man, Greater Europe Mission
  • Dale McAllister, New Tribes Mission
  • Byron Spradlin, Artists in Christian Testimony
  • Vernon Whaley, Liberty University

April 28–May 23, 2008
Ambassador Choir Tour, UKRAINE

  • Ambassador Choir, Prairie Bible College, (Three Hills, Alberta, CANADA)
  • James Janzen, Conductor

February/March, 2007
Teaching Institutes in L'viv, Luts'k, and Rivne, UKRAINE
Training Seminars and Teaching, Christian Music Academy, Kyiv, UKRAINE

  • Stephen Benham, MIWC (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

March 2007
Annual Meeting of the American String Teachers Association, Detroit, Michigan

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

May 22-June 5, 2007
Training Seminars and Teaching, Luts'k, Kyiv, UKRAINE
Professional Development Seminars for Choral Directors, Handbell Choirs
Vocal Pedagogy, Conducting, and Rehearsing

  • John Benham, MIWC (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
  • Timothy Sawyer, Northwestern College (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) and Colonial Church (Edina, Minnesota, USA)
  • Carol Eikum, Northwestern College (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
  • Heather Hood, Christ Presbyterian Church (Edina, Minnesota, USA)
  • Craig Courtney, Composer (Dublin, Ohio, USA)

June 10-19, 2007
Wooddale Church Choir, David Hoehl, Director (Kyiv and Bila Tserkva, UKRAINE/Salzburg, AUSTRIA)
Stephen Benham, Coordinator

June 2007
MIWC Summer Courses at Bethel University

July 2007
Evangelion Concert Tour, Kyiv, Rivne, Luts'k, L'viv, and Vinnitsya
Dennis Port, Conductor (http://www.evangelionchorale.org)

July 2007
Franklin Graham Festival, Kyiv, UKRAINE

Fall 2007
CHINA

November 4-14, 2006
Training Seminars and Teaching, Christian Music Academy, Kyiv, UKRAINE

  • James Janzen, Prairie Bible College (Three Hills, Alberta, Canada)

November 15-19, 2006
Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu, Hawaii

  • Stephen Benham, Presenter

December 2006
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, Illinois

  • John Benham