http://www.danwilt.com exploring emerging worship Fri, 16 May 2008 11:32:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, after an amazing Two Week Intensive Certificate Course and some rest, we have some evaluations coming back in from the 10 worship leaders/artists who joined the Institute family. Canada, the US, Australia and the UK were represented in this amazing 12 days sojourn. I am stunned by how each of ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/the-formation-of-the-contemporary-and-emerging-worship-leader/ A video clip from a meal at our Two Week Intensive the other week. From dear friend and greatheart Naomi Lippett. http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/a-meal-to-remember/ Alright, this is way too fun. Hang drums, the precious dulcimer, and now this. Maybe the future of music is found in instruments that evoke a sense of mystery when played - or when simply looked at! Marcodi Releases Harpejji - Guitar / Piano Hybrid | http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/marcodi-releases-harpejji-guitar-piano-hybrid/ Here are some shots from the ancient/future concert the other week at the Gothic Arches on Facebook. Thanks to Jen Jewett, organizer, percussionist and wildheart extraordinaire. Facebook Photos at Gothic Arches. http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/photos-from-the-gothic-arches-event/ My blog friends and emerging worship conversationalists, I’m just thrilled, over the moon, tickled deep red about this. So many of you have asked, now, we’ve done it. Cheers to the formation of the worship and creative community for the now of our generation, and toward the centuries ahead. Hope ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/press-release-the-institute-goes-online/ Song As Sacred Action: Learning From Native Americans Dan Wilt In a small, Native American community center in eastern Maine, a group of friends gathered from towns on both sides of the Canadian/US border. A potluck and music-sharing evening had been arranged between the communities on the Pleasant Point reservation, and an ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/song-as-sacred-action-learning-from-native-americans/ We just finished a stunning two week intensive. I’m now going unconscious. Will update in a few days. In the meantime. listen to the mp3 at the post below, again, 1/2 way through the poem, with the dulcimer in the background, it begins. http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/going-unconscious/ Gifted writer, artist and communicator Joel Mason (SSU) offers his poem on the voyage of St. Brendan, and Garrett Viggers backs him up on hammered dulcimer. It starts about halfway through the mp3. It’s breathtaking - a beautiful spontaneous work of art between the two of them. The poem and the ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/st-brendans-voyage/ Our concert and FaceToFace event went off without a hitch, and was a great success. Here’s a link to a Facebook video Holli’s sister shot at the concert (we were opening for a few minutes at the start): Video Many musicians and worship leaders were served during the day, and the concert ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/an-amazing-weekend/ Our first week in the Intensive is going incredibly well. The grounds here are beautiful, and our learning community is going deep into so many aspects of creational theology, spiritual formation, worldview and worship. Fully alive, boy, fully alive. David Ruis brings so much to the table as we explore the ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/two-week-update-sessions-with-david-ruis/ Well, we’re full swing into our Two Week Intensive Certificate course at the Institute, and the group is an amazing collection of worship and creative leaders hailing from all over North America. Creative streams are already beginning to flow, and music fills the air in the liminal space of the ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/today-at-the-two-week-certificate-course/ I seem to be in a bit of an “artist” series right now, so I’ll go with the flow. I was introduced to this artist, Blair Anderson, by good friend and sacred networker Heidi Turner. What I may appreciate about Blair the most is her personal story, part of which unveils ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/introducing-blair-anderson/ Again, in the midst a world that bases human value on so many insubstantial measurements, http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/derek-paravacini-musical-savant/ Indeed. The songwriting process. Not a complex vid, but interesting for songwriters on the creative process. http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/a-day-in-the-life-songwriting-and-billy-corgan-of-smashing-pumpkins/ We’re just finishing an excellent few days with friends Todd Rutkowski, Norm Strauss and the worship community here at the Kelowna Vineyard. I was speaking in the Canada West School Of Worship (what a great group this year), which Norm leads, and spending some time with the worship community. It’s ... http://www.danwilt.com/index.php/norm-strauss-and-the-canada-west-school-of-worship/