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Sara Groves Video

blackhawkpulse — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:48:05 +0000

Full Workshop List is Up

blackhawkpulse — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:17:28 +0000

Our full list of workshops is up, and it looks pretty great. We have an amazing faculty of workshop presenters, and they’re talking about some awesome stuff. You’re going to have a hard time choosing. Browse the list and detailed descriptions here.

CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)

blackhawkpulse — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:29:49 +0000

One of our presenters, Cam Anderson, is the executive director of Christians in the Visual Arts, aka CIVA. Find more information about this remarkable organization at civa.org.

Concert Tickets

blackhawkpulse — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:39:12 +0000

If you’re not interested in coming to the Pulse Arts Conference but would like to see the Sara Groves and Robby Seay Band concert look here.

This will be an incredible evening of music, perhaps the coolest concert Blackhawk has ever done. Get your tickets soon. We’re expecting to sell out.

WCO Music Director Andrew Sewell at Pulse

blackhawkpulse — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:02:27 +0000

Andrew Sewell, Music Director for the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra will be at Pulse talking about being an artist and a person of faith. You’ll have the chance to be in conversation with Andrew as he shares insights from his long career as a conductor.

More about Andrew, from the WCO website:

Entering his eleventh season as Music Director of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Sewell continues to inspire his audiences with energy, vitality and spirit. Of a recent Schubert 9th performance, the Wisconsin State Journal 77 Square critic wrote: “Music Director Andrew Sewell and the orchestra were expressively sure throughout, and the performance was intriguing and rich, giving great life to the curious, exploratory and yet masterful writing that Schubert put into the composition.”

Andrew Sewell also served for ten seasons as Music Director of the Wichita Symphony concluding in 2010. About a recent performance The Wichita Eagle stated, “Andrew Sewell led an inspired performance – among his best. He caught hold of the piece’s perpetual energy, that ever-building momentum, and the musicians were able to convey that from bold start to rousing finish.”

Maestro Sewell is in demand as a guest conductor, having led orchestras in North America including the Toronto, Detroit, Milwaukee, Columbus, Syracuse and Monterey Symphony Orchestras, as well as abroad with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony of Mexico, Kyushu Symphony (Japan), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony, and City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.

A native of New Zealand, Maestro Sewell received his music training on the violin, piano and cornet, and began conducting at age 16. Six years later, he made his professional opera debut with the Mercury Opera and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. He was then awarded the Australian Guarantee Corporation’s Young Achiever’s Award allowing him to further his studies abroad. Sewell holds a Master of Music degree in Conducting from the University of Michigan. His previous appointments include Music Director and Conductor of the Wichita Symphony (Kansas), Mansfield Symphony (Ohio), Resident Conductor of the Toledo Symphony and Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony.

Recent guest engagements have included a two week residency with the Monterey Symphony (CA), his debut at the Peninsula Music Festival (WI), four concerts with the Syracuse Symphony (NY) and his debut at the OK Mozart Festival (Bartlesville, OK). His guest-conducting engagements in 2010-11 include the Salem Chamber Orchestra (OR) and his debut with the Green Bay Symphony (WI).

New Zealand honored Sewell in 1997 as the first recipient of the Aotea Performing Arts Trust’s “Star” Award, for which he spent time conducting in Finland and England. Maestro Sewell resides in Madison with his wife, Mary and their three children.

Wrestling for Jesus – Indie Doc at Pulse

blackhawkpulse — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:42:51 +0000

Independent Film – Wrestling for Jesus

blackhawkpulse — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Filmmaker Nathan Clarke will share his documentary film “Wrestling for Jesus” as part of the Pulse Arts Conference. After the concert on Friday, March 9^th there will be a showing of this compelling film. We anticipate the film starting at 9:45pm.

wrestlingforjesus.com

What’s the film about?

A man from rural South Carolina tries to find solace from the demons of his past by starting a Christian professional wrestling league. His goal is to use wrestling to evangelize his neighbors. However his passion and vision for his ministry are tested when his personal life begins to disintegrate.

Nathan Clarke will also be doing several workshops about film-making and the art of storytelling.

Nathan Clarke honed his skills directing documentary shorts around the world on a diverse range of subjects including; gang life in a Central American prison, a hog wrestling competition in rural Wisconsin, and the prosperity gospel in West Africa. Clarke specializes in observational documentaries that examine the intersection of faith and public life. In addition to running his own production company Nathan Clarke works for Christianity Today.

Robbie Seay Band

blackhawkpulse — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:26:13 +0000

Robbie Seay Band is a remarkable group of artists rooted in the local church. The band leads worship at Ecclesia, a church in the Neartown area of Houston. Many of the songs on RSB’s albums are inspired by events and people within Ecclesia.

robbieseayband.com

Sara Groves

blackhawkpulse — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:15 +0000

Sara Groves has been impacting people with her music for almost 15 years. With chart topping albums and critical acclaim Sara is one of most influential female artists of her generation.

saragroves.com

Independent Film – Wrestling for Jesus

blackhawkpulse — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:55:53 +0000

Nathan Clark will also be doing several workshops about film-making and the art of story telling.