Metro Instrumental Directors Conference 2024

Schedule

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Hotel Check-in
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Conference Check-in (Hotel Meeting Room)
- snacks/drinks available
- pick up bag of goodies, name tag, etc.
6:00 pm | Load buses at front door
6:30 pm | Dinner at Brentwood Baptist Church | Maggiano’s (Hudson Hall)
7:00 pm | Judson Jazz Band Concert (Hudson Hall)
8:30 pm | Load buses to Hotel
8:45 pm | Back at Hotel

8:30 am | Buses to BBC (Worship Center)
9:00 am | Worship & Devotional | Travis Cottrell (with Travis Patton, Fiddle)
9:45 am | Break (Spouses move to the Hospitality Suite)
10:00 am | Session #1
- Directors (Worship Center):
  - 10:00 am | Sponsor spot | Praise Charts (Ryan Dahl)
  - Arrangers Panel Discussion (Cliff Duren, David Hamilton, Phillip Keveren, Camp Kirkland, Russell Mauldin)
  - 11:30 am | Sponsor spot | Celebration Tours (Phil Barfoot)
- Spouses (Hospitality Suite | Angela Cottrell)
11:45 am | Buses to Lunch
12:00 pm | Lunch at Party Fowl
1:30 pm | Directors: Buses to Studio | Spouses: Bus to BBC
2:00 pm | Session #2
- Directors:
  - Recording Session Observation (Inciite Studios)
- Spouses:
  - Craft Session at BBC (Choir Room)
4:00 pm | Buses to Hotel
5:30 pm | Buses to BBC
6:00 pm | Dinner at BBC | Martin’s BBQ (Wilson Hall) (Sponsored by Semsen Music)
7:00 pm | Night of Worship (Worship Center | Brentwood Baptist Choir & Orchestra)
8:30 pm | Buses Return to Hotel

8:30 am | Buses to BBC
9:00 am | Worship: “Evidence” (Worship Center)
9:20 am | Devotional (Kirk Kirkland)
9:45 am | Break (Spouses move to the Hospitality Suite)
10:00 am | Session #3
- Directors (Worship Center):
  - 10:00 am | Sponsor Spot | Sweetwater (Kent Morris, Andrew Scriven, Jeff Barnett)
  - 10:30 am | Film/Game Scoring – David Shipps
  - 11:15 am | Clicks/Loops – Travis Patton
  - 11:45 am | Sponsor spot – Prism Music – Valerie Cameron
- Spouses (Hospitality Suite | Karla Worley)
12:00 pm | Load Buses to Opry Mills Mall
12:30 pm | Lunch on your own
(Food Court, Paula Dean’s, Chuy’s, Aquarium restaurant, Dave & Busters, Rainforest Cafe, and more!)
2:00 pm | Explore Opry Mills Mall & Gaylord Opryland Hotel
(Hotel is across the parking lot)
Optional | Tours of Grand Ole Opry (on your own)
5:00 pm | Meet at Buses (shuttle to General Jackson Loading area)
6:00 pm | General Jackson cruise (sponsored by Prism Music)
9:00 pm | Return to Hotel

8:15 am* | Buses to BBC (*earlier than other days)
8:30 am | Worship & Devotional | Keith Getty (Baskin Chapel)
9:10 am | Load buses to Schermerhorn Symphony Center
10:00 am | Session #4
- Directors & Spouses:
  - Nashville Symphony Rehearsal (Mahler – Symphony No. 10)
12:30 pm | Buses to Top Golf
1:00 pm | Lunch & Games at Top Golf (Sponsored by Praise Charts)
4:00 pm | Load Buses to Hotel
5:30 pm | Load buses to Judson Baptist Church
6:00 pm | Dinner at Judson Baptist Church – Taziki’s
7:00 pm | Evening Event | Nashville Praise Symphony Concert
8:45 pm | Buses to hotel

8:30 am | Buses to BBC
9:00 am | Worship & Devotional | Dick & Melodie Tunney (Baskin Chapel)
9:45 am | Break (Spouses move to the Hospitality Suite)
10:00 am | Session #5
- Directors (Worship Center):
  - Future of Church Orchestras
  - Business Meeting
- Spouses (Hospitality Suite):
  - Final Gathering
11:30 am | Conference Ends