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ast year, we initiated significant and exciting changes in NPM’s planning and programming.
• At the annual NPM convention in Raleigh, we introduced a new four-day schedule, as well as new events, presentations and speakers. We also offered a full-day program for Spanish-speaking pastoral musicians.
• Planning for the 2020 Louisville Convention includes a new convention model. It locates the entire convention under one large-hotel roof.
• Contracts were signed for the 2021 convention to be held in New Orleans. NPM has sought to locate a convention in this popular destination city for many years. With the work of Vice President of Programming and Planning Berta Sabrio we are making it happen.
Besides effective convention planning, our work in 2019 included the creation and design of a new NPM program called “Skill Builders.” Its debut will be in Reno, Nevada, July 7-9, 2021. Tis three-day, regionally based program will focus heavily on skill development across different musical, liturgical and ministerial disciplines. It will also strengthen partnerships with diocesan directors and NPM chapters.
In addition, NPM institutes were very well attended in 2019, and new ideas were set in place for digital learning opportunities and the NPM planning calendar. In technology, NPM saw increased website traffic and continued behind-the-scenes development of our computer systems and platforms.
NPM continues to work towards serving the culturally diverse Catholic Church of the United States. Efforts under way provide effective programming that reaches a wide array of pastoral musicians and engages a diversity of instructors and presenters.
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