BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist
2013 ICDA Symposium
Cantus Great NorthernUnion Prometheus
I O W A CHORAL DIRECTORS association, inc.
July 21-25, 2013 niacc, mason city, ia
I O W A choral DIRECTORS association, inc. Welcome Welcome to “Building Bridges: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist,” the 2013 ICDA Summer Symposium. During Hosted by the last two years, it has been our Dr. Sean Burton distinct privilege to prepare this exciting and opportunity for professional development, Dr. Mary Day, O.S.F. mentoring, friendship, and perhaps [email protected] most importantly, inspiration. Many individuals have contributed to the collective success of this event and we would be remiss to try and recognize MEET YOUR 2013 SUMMER SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS some here but please do take in all the details throughout this program book and Dr. Sean Burton (B.M. The Hartt School – University join us in thanking everyone who helped of Hartford, M.M. Boston University, D.M.A. University of craft a Symposium worthy of the ICDA Nebraska-Lincoln) is associate professor of music, The Gilchrist membership. Again, it’s been our honor Foundation director of choral activities, and division chair of arts and humanities at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. His to serve you and don’t be a stranger at responsibilities at Briar Cliff include overseeing six departments, Mulligan’s! conducting the Cliff Singers and Chamber Choir, teaching courses in conducting and secondary music methods, and Your hosts, Sean and Mary serving as Artistic Director and Conductor of Christmas at the Orpheum, an annual holiday extravaganza for which he conducts massed choral forces with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra in seasonal choral-orchestral pieces as well as orchestral repertoire ranging from concertos by Grieg, Mozart, Poulenc, Schumann, and Shostakovich to works by Bizet, Chadwick, and Delius and I O W A choral On behalf of the Iowa Choral Directors modern composers such as Nigel Hess and Daniel Kallman. DIRECTORS Association board I welcome each of you to Deeply involved in the Siouxland music community, he is also association, inc. the 39th ICDA Summer Symposium. This Artistic Director of the Siouxland Choral Artists, Music Director week we will be ‘Building Bridges’ as we of Grace United Methodist Church in Sioux City, and director engage the complete choral artist through of the Abu Bekr Shrine Chanters. An active guest conductor throughout the United States, significant recent engagements presentations by nationally renowned experts, include the Springfield (MA) Symphony Orchestra and Alaska concerts of the highest artistry, a multitude of All-State Treble Choir. Dr. Burton’s forty-plus publications reading sessions, and focus on Iowa-specific include a book on the choral music of Pierre Villette, numerous initiatives. articles and reviews for the Choral Journal and Music Educators Journal, and choral performing editions for Colla Voce Music, Our 2013 Symposium Co-Chairs, Dr. Sean Inc. His presentation credits include state, regional, and national Burton and Dr. Mary Day, O.S.F., have conferences of ACDA, CMS, and NAfME. organized a marvelous musical journey for us this week, beginning with the keynote address Dr. Mary Day, O.S.F. (B.A. Briar Cliff University, M.A. and by ACDA Executive Director Dr. Tim Sharp D.M.A. University of Iowa) is associate professor of music and ICDA President and continuing with a wide variety of sessions, chairperson of the department of music at Briar Cliff University Linda Mitcheltree performances and social events. My thanks in Sioux City, Iowa where she teaches voice, diction, liturgy, [email protected] to Sean, Mary and the many others who have elementary music methods, and opera workshop. Dr. Day has spent countless hours laying the foundation performed extensively in recital, opera and oratorio throughout for our bridge building. the Minneapolis and Siouxland areas and been featured as a soloist with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and Sioux City Whether you are experiencing the ICDA Chamber Music Association. She frequently adjudicates for Iowa Symposium for the first time, or have been High School Music Association contests and has coordinated eagerly awaiting this annual rejuvenation, Briar Cliff’s Pre-All-State Choral Music Camp for more than I encourage you to approach this week with twenty-five years. A dedicated member of the Sioux City arts eyes, ears, mind and heart wide open. community, Dr. Day has served as a board member for the Sioux Absorb the sounds, bask in the hospitality, City Concert Course, Sioux City Chamber Music Association greet a stranger and join in ‘Building Bridges.’ and the Siouxland Youth Symphony. An active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), her years of service in that organization have included multiple roles in Linda Mitcheltree, President the local Lewis & Clark chapter as well as terms as Governor and President of the Iowa chapter and national board member.
ICDA Symposium 2013 / 3 4 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Table of Schedule Contents Schedule...... 5 Sunday, July 21 About our groups and 2:00 Ron Phillips/Mike Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament...... Highland Park Golf Course presenters...... 12 Acknowledgements...... 32 4:00 – 9:00 Symposium Check-in/Registration...... Dorm Graduate & CEU credit...... 34 Scholarship Students...... 36 5:00 – 7:00 ICDA Executive Board Meeting...... Prime N Wine Clinician Emails...... 36 All-State Jazz Choir...... 36 Exhibitors...... 39 Composition Commission...41 Monday, July 22 ICDA Executive Calendar....42 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast...... Dorm Cafeteria ICDA Executive Board...... 42 French Toast, Bacon, Cereal Bar, Bananas & Apples, Bread/Peanut Butter/Jelly/Toaster, Beverage Bar Opus Honor Choir...... 45 Mentor Program...... 45 7:30 Registration...... Auditorium Lobby ICDA Presidential History...46 ICDA Liaison Committee....46 8:45 Welcome...... Muse Norris Center ICDA Summer Symposium Chairs...... 46 9:00 Keynote Address -- Dr. Tim Sharp...... Muse Norris Center McCowen Award...... 49 Foundation...... 50 10:00 Nyssa Brown ...... Muse Norris Center High School Award Order “Digital Global Resources for Choirs: The Aural Tradition, Performance Form...... 52 Practice, and Cultural Context in the Choral Rehearsal” Student Composers Competition...... 54 10:00 Reading Session High School R&S with Corky Koerselman and Adam Orban.... Band Room NIACC map and directions to Mason City locations...... 55 11:00 Dr. Peter Eklund...... Choir Room 2014 Symposium “Arranging and Editing Choral Music for Bass Clef and Treble Clef Choruses” Preview...... Back Cover
11:00 Reading Session Music and Worship R&S with Mark Babcock...... Band Room
11:00 Dr. Jill Wilson...... Muse Norris Center “Modeling Flexibility and Adaptability in the Choral Rehearsal” Exhibitors Noon Lunch and District Meetings -- find your District Chair for location...... AC 100 A highlight of the Assorted Wraps – Turkey/Beef/Ham, Chips, Fresh Cubed Fruit, Assorted Cookies, Assorted Beverages convention is our exhibitor areas. 1:00-5:00 Visit the Exhibits...... Exhibit Areas Network with your 1:00 Nyssa Brown...... Muse Norris Center “Exploring Sound Models of Music Assessment: What to Assess and How to Assess It” suppliers face-to-face to learn new ideas 1:00 Reading Session Vocal Jazz R&S with Tyler Harper...... Band Room and find materials you’ll need in the 1:00 Dr. Allen Hightower...... Choir Room upcoming year. “Lyrical Beauty: Evoking Angelic Tone from Mere Mortals” Exhibitors will be at the 2:00 Kerry Marsh...... Auditorium convention on “Tone and Time: Vocal Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques” Monday, July 22 from 1-5 pm and 2:00 Dr. Jill Wilson...... Muse Norris Center Tuesday, July 23, from “Creativity, Critical Thinking and the Large Ensemble” 9 am to 3:30 pm, and 3:00 Dr. Peter Eklund...... Choir Room will be open during “Conducting Master Class for Collegiate Members” lunch. continued on next page ICDA Symposium 2013 / 5 ICDA Summer Symposium ‘BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist’
3:00 Nyssa Brown...... Muse Norris Center Silent “Applying the Pedagogical Concepts of Zoltán Kodály in the Choral Setting” 3:00 – 5:00 Visit the Exhibits...... Exhibitor Areas Auction 3:00 – 5:00 Alan Greiner...... AC 101 “IHSMA Adjudicators Certification” MONDAY - Bring Silent Auction Items to the table in the 4:00 Nancy Ewing...... Muse Norris Center Auditorium Lobby “Navigating the OPUS Audition Process”
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY - 5:00 – 6:00 Directors’ Chorus Sectionals, SA and TB...... Choir Room and Band Room Bid on Silent Auction Items in the Auditorium Lobby 5:30 Dinner...... AC 100 WEDNESDAY - Bidding Smoked Ham, Steamed Red Potatoes, Corn, Tossed Green Salad w/Dressings, Rolls & Butter, Assorted Beverages, ends at 5PM. Winners will Orange Dreamsickle Cake be announced at the party Wednesday night 7:00 All-State Jazz Choir Concert...... Auditorium
THANKS TO ALL 8:00 Prometheus Concert...... Auditorium SILENT AUCTION DONORS! 9:15 Social Event...... Mulligan’s Bar & Grill
Special Thanks Tuesday, July 23 musical t-shirt day! ...to the Hal Leonard All Day Joy Hesse...... AC 101 Corporation for giving Vocal Wellness Check-ups available away 40 copies of Joan Boytim’s compilations 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast...... Dorm Cafeteria of solo vocal repertoire Fried Eggs, Ham, Cereal Bar, Bananas & Apples, Bread/Peanut Butter/Jelly/Toaster, Beverage Bar
9:00-3:30 Visit the Exhibits (and open during lunch)...... Exhibitor Areas
Special Thanks 9:00 Dr. R. Paul Crabb and Prometheus...... Auditorium “Fifty Shades of Gray: Adding Color to the Choral Spectrum” ...to Beckenhorst Press, The Hal 10:00 Dr. Scott McCoy and Dr. Donald Simonson...... Auditorium Leonard Corporation, “Choral Directors are from Mars and Voice Teachers are from Venus: Sing from the Diaphragm Hinshaw Music, Inc., and other Vocal Misstructions” MorningStar Music Publishers, and Oxford 10:00 Dr. Jonathan Reed...... Choir Room University Press for “Inviting the Muse to Rehearsal: Exploring Form as Feeling” their collaborative sponsorship of Howard 10:00 Reading Session Children’s R&S with Tanya Rosenkranz...... Band Room Helvey’s presence at the 2013 ICDA Summer 11:00 Dr. Scott McCoy and Dr. Donald Simonson...... Auditorium “Voice Teachers are from Mars and Choral Directors are from Venus, Top 10 List: Complaints Symposium from Both Sides of the Aisle”
11:00 Howard Helvey...... Muse Norris Center Special Thanks “Singing A New Song! A Brief Survey of the Compositional/Creative Process” ...to Alfred Publishing, 11:00 DR. JONATHAN REED...... Choir Room Inc. for their Directors’ Chorus Rehearsal sponsorship of Andy Beck’s presence at the Noon Lunch...... AC 100 2013 ICDA Summer Italian Bar, Tossed Green Salad w/Dressings, Breadstick, Assorted Beverages, Assorted Gourmet Bars Symposium 1:00-3:30 Visit the Exhibits...... Exhibitor Areas
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7 / ICDA Symposium 2013 ICDA Summer Symposium ‘BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist’ 1:00 – 5:00 OPUS Technology Mentorship One-on-One...... Technology Room
ICDA Social 1:00 Dr. Aimee Beckmann-Collier...... Choir Room “All hearts and minds in the same place: Strategies for achieving expressive singing and Events meaningful affective outcomes” On Monday night after the 1:00 Dr. Matthew Ferrell with the composers “in-person” via Skype...... Muse Norris Center All-State Jazz and Prometheus “Discovering the Choral Music of Eric Barnum and Sydney Guillaume” Concert, join us at Mulligan’s just down the road from the 2:00 – 4:00 Dr. Jonathan Reed...... Choir Room NIACC campus. Directors’ Chorus Rehearsal
On Tuesday night at 2:00 Reading Session Junior High and Middle School R&S with Joseph Tangen...... Band Room Music Man Square, after the Ames Children’s Choir, 3:00 Andy Beck...... Band Room and GNU concert, join us “Meet Me in the Middle: Choral Music for Middle School Voices” for a HILARIOUS mini musical performed by 4:00 Dr. Matthew Ferrell with the composers “in-person” via Skype...... Muse Norris Center our own ICDA members. “Discovering the Choral Music of Stacey Gibbs and Ola Gjeilo” ‘Mayberry Memories’, pie & ice cream (provided) and 4:00 Andy Beck...... Band Room a cash bar (at your expense) “The Well-Rounded Choir: Something for Everyone!” will be available. Then back to Mulligan’s for the late- 5:30 Dinner...... AC 100 nighters. Chicken French, Rice Pilaf, Fresh Green Beans Almandine, Caesar Salad w/Dressings, Rolls/Butter, Assorted Beverages, Caramel Apple Pie On Wednesday night our final party will be at the KC 7:00 Ames Children’s Choir Concert...... Auditorium Hall in Mason City with snacks and a cash bar. Also 8:00 Great Northern Union Concert...... Auditorium the silent auction and prizes will be awarded. 9:15 Social Event...... Music Man Square
Who are those folks in Prometheus? Wednesday, July 24 R. Paul Crabb 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast...... Dorm Cafeteria Emily Edgington Assorted Bagels w/Cream Cheese, Cereal Bar, Bread/Peanut Butter/Jelly/Toaster, Beverage Bar Lindsey Lang Arwen Myers 9:00 Howard Helvey and Una Vocis Choral Ensemble....First United Methodist Church Christine Jarquio “Worship Event – Seasons of the Soul: Poetry and Music Reflecting on Birth, Life, Death and Eric Dalbey Eternity” Laura Thoreson Kyle Stegall 10:45 Brunch/ICDA meeting...... AC 100 Frank Fleschner Scrambled Eggs, Hash Browns, Bacon, Fresh Cubed Fruit, Assorted Breakfast Breads, Assorted Beverages Tim Whipple Jordan Black Noon Dr. Jonathan Reed...... Choir Room Brandon Browning “Maximizing Your Male Voices” Noon Reading Session Treble Clef R&S with Jason Rausch...... Band Room Who are those guys 1:00 Joan Boytim ...... Auditorium in Cantus? “Middle School Solo Vocal Repertoire” Aaron Humble Gary Ruschman 1:00 Reading Session Male Chorus R&S with Dr. John Wiles...... Band Room Shahzore Shah Paul Rudoi 1:00 Paul Carey...... Choir Room David Walton “From Zero to Music in Sixty Minutes” Chris Foss Timothy Takach 2:00 Joan Boytim...... Auditorium Adam Reinwald “High School Solo Vocal Repertoire” Matt Tintes continued on page 11 8 / ICDA Symposium 2013
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3:00 Reading Session Community/Two-Year College R&S our Program with Aaron Powell and Steve Hoifeldt ...... Band Room advertisers 3:00 Reading Session Ethnic and Multicultural with Dr. Leonardo Lebas...... Muse Norris Center Augustana College...... 18 Briar Cliff University...... 40 3:00 – 6:00 OPUS Technology Mentorship One-on-One...... Technology Room Central College...... 26 Clarke University...... 43 4:00 Dr. T.J. Harper and Dr. David Puderbaugh...... Choir Room Comprehensive Sound “Building Bridges to China: The 2014 ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program” Services...... 9 DePaul University...... 47 4:00 Dr. Steven Grives...... Muse Norris Center Doane College...... 16 “Phrasing First: Practical Considerations for Teaching Artistry at the Beginning of the Drake University...... 13 Rehearsal Process” Iowa State University...... 29 J.W. Pepper...... 4 4:00 Reading Session Show Choir R&S with Tom Gerking ...... Band Room KI Concerts...... IFC KI Concerts...... 53 4:00 – 5:30 Dr. Jonathan Reed...... Choir Room Luther College...... 14 Directors’ Chorus Rehearsal Mount Mercy University...... 37 5:30 Dinner...... AC 100 Nebraska Wesleyan Roast Beef, Roasted Red Potatoes, Corn, Tossed Green Salad w/Dressings, Rolls/Butter, Assorted Beverages, Grilled University...... 7 Rum Basted Pineapple With Sorbet Rivar’s...... 10 St. Cloud State 7:00 ICDA Retired Choir Concert...... Auditorium University...... 48 Simpson College...... 44 7:30 Cantus Concert...... Auditorium University of Iowa...... 20 University of Nebraska 9:15 Social Event...... Knights of Columbus Hall at Omaha...... 24 University of Sioux Falls... 38 Welcome to our Retirees! University of Southern All Retired Choir events in AC 101 California Thornton School of Music...... 33 University of Washington School of Music...... 22 Thursday, July 25 The day to obtain All-State Music! Waldorf College...... 31 Wartburg College...... 35 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast...... Dorm Cafeteria Scrambled Eggs, Sausage Patty, Cereal Bar, Bananas & Apples, Bread/Peanut Butter/Jelly/Toaster, Beverage Bar
9:00 Dr. Giselle Wyers...... Muse Norris Center “Laban Movement Tutorial: Portal to Expressivity in Gesture” Special Thanks 9:00 Reading Session Collegiate R&S with Dr. Adam Luebke and Brian Burns...... Band Room ...to Alfred Publishing, 10:00 Dr. Giselle Wyers...... Muse Norris Center Alliance Music “Utilization of Laban Technique in the Rehearsal and Score Study” Publications, Canticle Distributing/ 10:00 Dr. Sean Burton...... AC 101 “Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan: Organizing an ICDA Summer Symposium” MorningStar Music Publishers, 11:00 North Iowa Choral Society Concert Session...... Auditorium ECS Publishing, and the Hal Leonard 11:30 Directors’ Chorus Concert Session...... Auditorium Corporation for providing reference Noon Lunch ...... AC 100 copies of repertoire for Smoky Mountain Chicken Sandwich, Chips, Assorted Beverages, Brownie Dr. Jonathan Reed’s interest sessions 1:30 Reading Session All-State with Dr. Lee Nelson...... Auditorium
2:00 Golf “Re-Match”: 9-hole Best Ball...... Highland Golf Course
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Cantus Great Northern Union Acclaimed as “the premier men’s vocal ensemble in the Peter Benson, music director United States” (Fanfare), Cantus is known worldwide for its trademark warmth and blend and its engaging The Great Northern Union Chorus (GNU) is an interna- performances of music ranging from the Renaissance tionally acclaimed, auditioned men’s a cappella chorus based to the 21st century. The Washington Post has hailed in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, drawing members and the ensemble’s sound as having both “exalting finesse” audience from throughout the Midwest. Founded in 1985, and “expressive power” and refers to its music making the GNU’s mission can best be described as “High Impact as “spontaneous grace.” Cantus performs more than 70 Harmony,” unaccompanied vocal music that is technically concerts each year both in national and international near flawless, passionately performed, and tirelessly spread to touring, as well as in its home of Minneapolis-St. Paul, audiences and potential singers alike. Minnesota. Past performances have brought Cantus to the stages of the Kennedy Center, UCLA, San Francisco Peter Benson is in his seventh year as Music Director Performances, Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, Bravo! Vail Valley of the Great Northern Union. Under Peter’s direction, GNU Music Festival and New York’s Merkin Concert Hall, to has participated in five International Contests, placing as name just a few. During the 2012-2013 season, Cantus high as 3rd and have been crowned LOL District Champions made its first trip to the Middle East with appearances five years. He also directed the GNU for their performance in Muscat, Oman and Dubai, UAE, along with per- at the 2008 North Central ACDA convention in Fargo, ND, formances in Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas/Fort where the chorus received one of only two standing ovations Worth among numerous other North American engage- during the convention. He received his master’s degree in ments. choral conducting from Mankato State University in 1997. He served as Director of Choral Activities at North Dakota Integral to the Cantus mission is its commitment to State College of Science in Wahpeton, ND from 1997-2005, preserve and deepen music education in the schools. Lakeville South High School 2006-2008 and is currently an Cantus works with more than 5,000 students each year adjunct professor at the UW River Falls. in masterclass and workshop settings across the country. Now in its fifth year, the award-winning High School Residency program brings Cantus into Minnesota schools several times a year at no charge for mentoring with a culminating public concert in the spring. The Cantus-University of Minnesota Residency Program is a new and innovative collaboration with the School of Music that intersects the teaching artistry of Can- tus with the University’s instructional and community engagement initiatives.
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Big-school opportunities. Small-school setting.
• Four choruses, including a chamber choir • Master classes with acclaimed singers, opera directors,conductors, composers, • Regional, national, and international tours, poets, and ensembles, including Stephen with performances in renowned venues Paulus, Anthony Silvestri, The King’s such as Carnegie Hall, St. Peter’s Basilica Singers, Chanticleer, and Cantus (Rome), St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Vienna), Klementinum (Prague), and St. Martin-in- • A comprehensive approach to the process the-Fields (London) of music-making, including an emphasis on context, discussion and reflection, • Annual performance of a major choral/ and the achievement of a high level of orchestral work musical independence • Fully staged operas with orchestra
admission and scholarship auditions: Friday, Feb. 7 and Friday, Feb. 21, 2014
College of Arts & Sciences 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311-4505 t 515-271-3975 or toll-free 1-800-44-drake (37253), x3975 w www.drake.edu/music Allen Hightower Nordic Choir Director of Choral Activities
Andrew Last Collegiate Chorale Luther College welcomes Norsemen Jennaya Robison to our choral faculty
Jennaya Robison joins Luther’s internationally acclaimed choral program as assistant professor of music and director of Aurora Nearly 1,000 and Cathedral choirs. studeNt-musiciaNs study with Luther’s A 1996 graduate of Luther, Robison holds a master’s degree Linda Martin 56-member music from the University of New Mexico and a doctorate in choral Cantorei faculty, which includes conducting from the University of Arizona. She has taught at 4 choral conductors, the college and high school levels and is in demand as a guest 15 voice teachers, and clinician and soprano soloist. Robison comes to Luther from a vocal coach. Arizona, where she is artistic director of the Scottsdale Choral It all adds up to one of Artists and Scottsdale Arts Orchestra and serves as director of the largest collegiate music ministry at La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church. music programs in the world! Luther’s choral program comprises three upper-class mixed touring choirs, two first-year choirs, and an upper-class women’s choir. Well over 500 singers from these ensembles combine with the college’s instrumental forces for five annual Weston Noble Christmas at Luther performances. Christmas at Luther 2012 Professor Emeritus was featured nationwide as a new one-hour special on PBS.
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Allen Hightower Nordic Choir Director of Choral Activities Prometheus: an American vocal consort R. Paul Crabb, artistic director
Prometheus is dedicated to an art form which we collectively believe has the Una Vocis Choral Ensemble power to unite, heal, and Dennis Lee, artistic director enlighten. The group’s eleven members are profes- Una Vocis Choral Ensemble began with Artistic Director Dennis Lee’s vision of a mixed Andrew Last sional singers, conductors, voice choir of such sonority that it was worthy of the name “One of Voice.” Una Vocis Collegiate Chorale teachers, and graduate has grown from 28 singers in March 2005 to the current 48 members, many of whom Luther College welcomes Norsemen students from all over the hail from area towns as small as a couple hundred citizens. Una Vocis challenges its country. We approach each members’ musical talents and fosters a supportive community among its singers; it is an Jennaya Robison performance with the intent important creative outlet for members whose occupations range from farmer to physician to connect ourselves and and from music educator to stay-at-home mom. Una Vocis performs two major concerts our listeners intimately to each season and has been guest choir four times for the annual Iowa Choral Directors As- to our choral faculty the music. The inspiration sociation Summer Symposium. for our name stems from our interest in the various In addition to performing works from the standard choral repertoire, Una Vocis embraces Jennaya Robison joins Luther’s internationally acclaimed choral facets in which fire imagery as one of its missions the premiering of works by contemporary composers. Since it began program as assistant professor of music and director of Aurora manifests itself in music. eight years ago, Una Vocis has performed fifteen world premieres of choral works by nine The Greek god Prometheus Nearly 1,000 and Cathedral choirs. composers from across the globe. Una Vocis enjoys a close relationship with Iowa com- studeNt-musiciaNs stole the spark of fire from poser Dr. William Backlin. In addition to premiering four works by Backlin, Una Vocis study with Luther’s A 1996 graduate of Luther, Robison holds a master’s degree Zeus and presented it to named its first CD ‘In Sound’ after Backlin’s set of three art songs collectively titled ‘In Linda Martin mankind. Like Prometheus, 56-member music from the University of New Mexico and a doctorate in choral Sound, In Silence.’ In May 2012, tracks from ‘In Sound’ began receiving air time on Iowa Cantorei we desire to share the spark Public Radio’s classical station, garnering new fans from around the state and strengthen- faculty, which includes conducting from the University of Arizona. She has taught at of passion in our music with ing its reputation as one of the finest auditioned adult choirs in the region. Upcoming 4 choral conductors, the college and high school levels and is in demand as a guest 15 voice teachers, and our audiences. commissions and premieres for 2013 include works from composers Alice Parker, Dale clinician and soprano soloist. Robison comes to Luther from Warland, and Britlin Losee. a vocal coach. Arizona, where she is artistic director of the Scottsdale Choral R. Paul Crabb See It all adds up to one of Artists and Scottsdale Arts Orchestra and serves as director of page 23 for R. Paul Crabb’s DENNIS LEE grew up in Mason City, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State University biography. the largest collegiate music ministry at La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church. with a bachelor’s degree in music. The impact that music can have in profoundly touch- ing people’s lives is what drives and impassions Dennis’ musical endeavors. In addition music programs in the world! Luther’s choral program comprises three upper-class mixed to founding and directing Una Vocis, Dennis is active in additional musical pursuits. In touring choirs, two first-year choirs, and an upper-class 2008 he completed a one year interim position on the adjunct music faculty at Waldorf College, directing the collegiate women’s choir. Dennis has served as Director of Music at women’s choir. Well over 500 singers from these ensembles First Presbyterian Church in Mason City, Iowa since 1997 and as Artistic Director of the combine with the college’s instrumental forces for five annual Weston Noble North Iowa Messiah Choir and Orchestra since 1998. Beginning in college with Kiss Me Christmas at Luther performances. Christmas at Luther 2012 Professor Emeritus Kate, he has also directed the musical theatre productions Fiddler on the Roof in 1997, was featured nationwide as a new one-hour special on PBS. and Amahl and the Night Visitors in 2012. Before returning to Iowa in 1995, Dennis and his wife lived in Seattle and sang with the Seattle Symphony Chorale. When not per- forming and directing music, he enjoys software engineering at his day job, figure skating, waterskiing, and spending time with his family. music.luther.edu | [email protected] | 800-4LUTHER 15ICDA / ICDASymposium Symposium 2013 2013/ 15
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HOMECOMING CONCERT CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL DOANE VOCAL FESTIVAL DVORAK’S STABAT MATER October 13, 3 p.m. December 6, 7:30 p.m. & HONOR CHOIR Doane Choir & Abendmusik December 7, 3 p.m January 12-13, all day April 6, 4 p.m., Lincoln 16 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Groups
Ames Children’s Choirs Gene LeVasseur, artistic director North Iowa Choral Society The Ames Children’s Choirs (ACC) program was Linda Ferjak, music director founded by Artistic Director Sylvia Munsen in 1995 and current Artistic Director, Gene LeVasseur, was North Iowa Choral Society was founded in 1994 under the di- hired in July, 2011. The ACC program includes boys rection of Robert A. Davis and is a semi-professional audition- and girls, ages 8-16, singing in three choirs that aspire only SATB adult choral group – one of the “faces” of NIACC. to the best in the American choral tradition for young The group performs both sacred and secular music from various singers. The focus is the development of self-esteem genres (classics, spirituals, musical theatre, jazz, swing, blues, through artistic experience including healthy vocal etc.) in various venues. The group has performed at Iowa technique, expressive singing and music literacy. Choral Directors Conventions, the Choral Symposium, KCMR Live Christmas Concerts, Waldorf Performing Arts Series, and Notable performances for the ACC Concert Choir as seasoned performers in NIACC’s Performing Arts Series in include: the World Premiere of John Rutter’s Mass of concert with Shirley Jones in 2002 and biennial Candlelight the Children at Carnegie Hall with the composer as Christmas Concerts. conductor, solo concerts in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral (NYC), concerts in Washington’s National Cathedral Linda M. Ferjak is a graduate of Wartburg College (BME) and Temple Square in Salt Lake City, a performance and the University of Northern Iowa (MM). She is a lifetime with the Des Moines Symphony for the World Food resident of Iowa having completed her thirty-seventh year Prize, a concert for the Meredith Willson Centennial in of teaching music in Iowa schools. She has taught in Woden Mason City and, most recently, a concert at the Kenne- Elementary School, Klemme High School, Sentral Community dy Center in Washington D.C. with the United States School, Oxford Junction Consolidated Schools, and has 18 Army Orchestra. years experience as Director of Vocal Music at Forest City High School. The ACC program sponsors two festivals: the Midwest Children’s Choir Festival (MCCF) and the Celebrate She is presently Director of Vocal Music in Grades 7-12 at Bish- Singing Choral Festival (CSCF). op Garrigan in Algona, Iowa. High school choirs under Ferjak’s direction have earned multiple Division I ratings in both large GENE LEVASSEUR has spent his entire career helping and small group contests, performed for numerous church and people, young and old, find their voice. Growing up as community events, and have represented their schools in the the oldest of five children, he began “teaching” at a very Iowa All-State Chorus. Her choirs have sung in St. Matthews early age. Mr. LeVasseur received his BFA in education Cathedral in Washington D.C., Holy Name Cathedral in Chi- (K-12 vocal & instrumental music) in Nebraska, then cago, and Our Lady of Guadalupe in New York City. continued on page 19 17ICDA / ICDA Symposium Symposium 2013 2013 / 17 Explore. Discover. Create.
Since 1921, when Carl Youngdahl founded The Augustana Choir, Musicour talented students and faculty have continued to explore a rich variety of choral music while discovering the power and wonder of performance. Today, The Augustana Choir, led by Dr. Paul Nesheim; the Collegiate Chorale, led by Dr. Russell Svenningsen; and Angelus, led by Dr. Lisa Grevlos, continue to be respected world-wide as preeminent choral ensembles.
We salute Dr. Nesheim, Dr. Svenningsen and Dr. Lisa Grevlos and our students, who are respected for the quality of their performances, and the fun and camaraderie that is a hallmark of the Augustana choral tradition.We pay tribute to them and all who, through the arts, make our world an even better place to live.
Learn more about the Performing and Visual Arts at Augustana at Sioux Falls www.augie.edu
18 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Presenters Andy Beck
Aimee Ames Children’s Choir, continued Beckmann-Collier
completed graduate work at the University of Northern Iowa (music education) and the University of Iowa (education administra- Andy Beck tion). Mr. LeVasseur taught vocal music at Andy Beck received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Ithaca the high school level for 12 years, then the College and a Master’s degree in Music Education from Northwest middle school level for 12 years. In August Missouri State University. Following his nine-year appointment as Vo- of 2009, he accepted a full-time Director of cal Music Director at Johnson City High School in New York State, Music Ministry position at Bethesda Luther- Andy joined the editorial team of Alfred Publishing Company where he an Church in Ames, IA. currently serves as Managing Editor for School Choral and Classroom Publications. At the age of seven, Mr. LeVasseur began his singing career in a select 70-voice sacred boys A successful composer and arranger, he has authored several top-selling choir and has been active in music ministry choral works and children’s musicals for Alfred, as well as co-written ever since. After his first year of college, he the highly regarded method book, Sing at First Sight, Foundations in was hired as the chancel choir director and Choral Sight-Singing. Andy is in demand as a guest conductor, chore- has continued to serve the church through- ographer, and clinician for music educators and students throughout the out his career. Mr. LeVasseur currently country. conducts two large works each year with choir and orchestra, a five-octave handbell A fine tenor voice, he enjoys performing in and directing musical the- choir, children’s choirs and, most recently, ater, singing with the North Carolina Master Chorale Chamber Choir, praise teams. His praise teams are acoustic and has been an Alfred studio singer since 1992. and vocally driven. Mr. LeVasseur has also composed many anthems and arrangements Aimee Beckmann-Collier for worship. Aimee Beckmann-Collier is Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Studies at Drake University, where she has taught since 1989. Mr. LeVasseur has participated as a singer She is a frequent clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor for high and directed community and professional school and college choral festivals, contests, and All-States throughout choirs including the Clarion Choir, Nebraska the country. She has twice conducted in Carnegie Hall and Drake en- Choral Arts Society, Cedar Rapids Chorale, sembles under her leadership have performed in England, Austria, Italy, and New Midwest Chorale. He is currently a Germany, Ireland, Wales, and the Czech Republic, as well as for confer- singer with the Ames Chamber Artists under ences of the ACDA’s North Central Division. She has also served on the the direction of Dr. James Rodde. One of adjudication panel for the ACDA national conducting competition. many highlights of his career was singing under Robert Shaw at a summer festival for Dr. Beckmann-Collier recently completed a term as president of choral conductors. As a member of Music ACDA’s North Central Division, chaired the 2012 NC ACDA Educators National Conference, Ameri- conference in Madison, and continues to serve on NCACDA’s executive can Choral Directors Association, Chorus board. Her articles on a variety of topics, including Renaissance perfor- America, and the Association of Lutheran mance practices, music of the Classical period, teaching critical thinking Church Musicians, Mr. LeVasseur has at- skills in the choral rehearsal and the role of music education in a global tended multiple conventions as a performer economy, have appeared in the Choral Journal and the Music Educa- and/or director. He has also directed numer- tors Journal. Dr. Beckmann-Collier is chair of the Iowa Comprehensive ous middle school and high school festivals Musicianship Project, a mastery teaching program for music educators. throughout the Midwest including the Iowa Boys Opus Honor Choir.
19ICDA / ICDASymposium Symposium 2013 2013/ 19 20 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Presenters Joan Frey Boytim
Nyssa Brown
Paul Carey Joan Frey Boytim Joan Frey Boytim holds B.S. and M.Ed. degrees in music education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She studied voice and horn in Munich, Paul Carey Germany, for a year as a Rotary International Fellow and also completed Paul Carey studied composition with thirty hours of doctoral study at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Alfred Blatter, Herbert Bruen, Ben where she studied voice with Elizabeth Mannion. Boytim has maintained a Johnston, and Eugene Kurtz, and harp private voice studio in Carlisle for fifty-five years. She taught for nine years with Shirley Blankenship at the Univer- at both the junior and senior high school levels in the Carlisle public school sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. system and was an adjunct instructor at Messiah College for four years. Mr. Carey’s graduate studies were at Yale University where he studied with In addition to her teaching, Boytim has been active as a voice recitalist and a David Mott. From 1988 to 2000, horn soloist. She continues to accompany singers and instrumentalists at the he was accompanist for the Downers piano and is part of a piano duo with Donna Houser. She has been a long Grove (IL) Choral Society. time member of the Allison Methodist Church Choir and the Shippensburg University Summer Festival Chorus. In 1991, Joan Boytim began what has Mr. Carey’s compositions have been become a very successful partnership with Hal Leonard Corporation, compil- performed by choirs worldwide and at ing fifty-two song anthologies for G. Schirmer and Hal Leonard that are used ACDA, NAfME, OAKE, and AGO in many studios and colleges throughout the world. Her book, The Private conventions across America. His Rise Voice Studio Handbook-A Practical Guide to All Aspects of Teaching, has be- Up, Emma Lazarus was the winner come a supplemental textbook for many college and university vocal pedago- of The New York Treble Singers 2003 gy courses. Joan has been an active member of the Carlisle Musical Arts Club composition competition and was pre- since 1956. miered in New York City by that group in March of 2003. Esta Tarde, mi bien (This Evening, my love) was the winner Nyssa Brown of the Cambridge Madrigal Singers In- Nyssa Brown serves as Music Education Coordinator for Minnesota’s Perpich ternational Composition Competition Center for Arts Education whose mission is to improve K–12 education for and was premiered at the MacDowell all Minnesota students and educators through innovative programs and part- Colony in May 2004. nerships centered in the arts. Ms. Brown taught elementary school vocal and general music at Park Spanish Immersion School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota Mr. Carey’s music is published by from 1998-2007. Nyssa is a faculty member of the Kodály Levels Course at Oxford University Press, Walton, Roger Indiana University and the University of St. Thomas. She also serves as an ad- Dean, Santa Barbara, Colla Voce, and junct professor at the University of St. Thomas and Augsburg College. Nyssa Kjos. has spent time in Namibia and South Africa teaching and learning music and has participated in Eastman School of Music’s Umculo: The Kimberley Proj- His music is also available directly at ect. She also studied in Hungary at the Kodály Institute’s summer seminar. www.paulcarey.net. He is a member of Nyssa released her first CD in October, 2000, “Packwood or Paradise,” and is the American Society of Composers, currently recording a CD of lullabies. Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Composers Forum, and the Ms. Brown graduated from The Hartt School of Music and Hartford College American Choral Directors Associa- for Women in 1998 with a BMus in Education and a BArts in Women’s Stud- tion (ACDA). He has received ASCAP ies. She completed her Master of Arts in Music Education at the University special awards annually since 2004. of St. Thomas, 2008. Her Kodály certification was earned at Brigham Young University in 2001, and she has completed Levels 1 and 2 of her Orff training at the University of St. Thomas. 21ICDA / ICDASymposium Symposium 2013 2013/ 21
Presenters R. Paul Crabb
Peter Eklund Matthew Ferrell
R. Paul Crabb Peter Eklund R. Paul Crabb, conductor and Peter Eklund was born, raised, trained, influenced, and taught in Iowa before Director of Choral Activities at the becoming the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Missouri-Columbia where he heads the Masters and Doctoral programs in Choral Conducting and and Artistic Director of Prometheus, conducts the nationally recognized University Singers and the nationally re- earned an undergraduate degree in nowned University of Nebraska Varsity Men’s Chorus. His academic choirs have Elementary and Secondary Music performed on numerous American Choral Directors Association regional and Education, an MM in Vocal Per- national conventions where their frequency of performance set unprecedented formance and a PhD in Choral records (over 30 MENC and ACDA invitations). Music Education from Florida State University. His ensembles have Dr. Eklund has conducted his choirs in many of the world’s greatest performance performed at numerous conven- venues including Carnegie Hall (numerous times), Washington DC’s Kennedy tions and have traveled extensively, Center, the National Cathedral, and Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, performing in Mexico, Germany, Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Christ Church in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Oxford, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Mozart’s Salzburg Cathedral (where Republic, Russia, Bulgaria and Aus- he conducts yearly), Paris’s Notre Dame (also conducting yearly), St. Stephen’s tralia. Crabb is active as a clinician in Vienna, St. John the Divine and Alice Tully Hall in NYC, the abbey church and conductor for district, regional of St. Hildegard von Bingen, and in numerous famous cathedrals, abbeys, and and all-state choirs. His published performance halls. research has appeared in the NAfME research journal Update and Choral Matthew Ferrell Journal. He has also published edi- Matthew Ferrell is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activi- tions of choral music with Lawson- ties at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. In this position, he conducts the Gould, Walton Music Corporation, SCSU Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and teaches courses in conducting Colla Voce Music, Alliance Publica- and musicianship. Under Dr. Ferrell’s direction, the St. Cloud State Univer- tions Inc., and Plymouth Music. sity Concert Choir has performed at multiple conferences—most recently the ACDA-MN State Conference—and in 2011 toured internationally to Johannes- burg, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, South Africa.
Dr. Ferrell has worked with vocal and instrumental ensembles at every level from elementary school through university, including professional choirs and orches- tras. As Associate Conductor of the Master Chorale of South Florida, Dr. Ferrell assisted in the preparation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Cleveland Orchestra and conducted the Boca Raton Symphonia in several performances. Dr. Ferrell received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of Miami (a student of Jo-Michael Scheibe). He received a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Temple University (a student of Alan Harler) and Bachelor of Music in Music Education from The Hartt School – University of Hartford.
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2013-2014 Choral and Vocal Events
MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR FESTIVAL with guest conductors Jim Papoulis and Francisco J. Núñez January 10, 2014 (We will reserve January 17 if the weather is bad) Auditions must be postmarked by Friday, Sept. 20, 2013
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February 12 & 13, 2014
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24 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Presenters Howard Helvey Steven Grives
T.J. Harper Steven Grives T.J. Harper Dr. Steven Grives is currently T. J. Harper is the Director of Choral Activities and supervises the Secondary Visiting Associate Professor and Music Education curriculum at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. Director of Choral Ensembles at He conducts the college’s three choral ensembles: I Cantori, Concert Chorale and DePaul University in Chicago, IL. the Oriana Women’s Choir. He teaches courses in Conducting, Secondary Choral He earned a B.A. in Music from Methods, Applied Conducting, and Applied Voice. Dr. Harper received the Doctor of Bowdoin College, the M.M. from Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California where he graduated the University of Maine, and the with honors. He received the Master of Arts in Choral Conducting from California D.M.A. in choral conducting and State University, Northridge and the Bachelor of Arts degree and Choral Conducting literature from the University of from California State University, Fresno. He has had the privilege of studying with Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Grives Dr. William Dehning, Dr. Nick Strimple, Dr. Magen Solomon, Paul A. Smith, and has held academic appointments at Dr. Gary L. Unruh. several institutions, and has practi- cal experience in the areas of choral Dr. Harper is the President of the Rhode Island chapter of the American Choral conducting, orchestral conducting, Directors Association and the Director of the ACDA International Conductor early music and opera. Prior to his Exchange Program (ICEP). He is the President-Elect of the Rhode Island Music position at DePaul, Steve served Educators Association, and he is also the Rhode Island State Representative and as the director of choral activities founding member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. at South Dakota State University. SDSU choirs performed with guest artists and conductors including Howard Helvey Mr. Helvey resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is active as a composer, arranger and Charles Bruffy, Joseph Flummerfelt, pianist, and serves as organist & choirmaster of historic Calvary Episcopal Church. Cantus and the South Dakota Sym- Nationally and internationally he is in frequent demand as a composer, conductor, phony Orchestra. From 2010-12, speaker, and member of the Steinbach/Helvey Piano Duo. A Missouri native, Steve was the Patricia Noethe Pierce Mr. Helvey holds a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from the University Distinguished Artist in Residence of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Music degree in composition and piano at SDSU, leading university choral performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. ensembles in major works across the region. Ensembles under Steve’s Known particularly for his choral music, Mr. Helvey maintains an extremely active direction have performed at state writing schedule, and his hundreds of compositions and arrangements are published and regional choral conferences, by Beckenhorst Press, Hinshaw Music, Oxford University Press, Boosey & Hawkes, and at major national and interna- Alliance Music, Lawson-Gould, E.C. Schirmer, Paraclete Press and Roger Dean, tional venues. among other companies. His compositions have been featured on numerous recordings, national television and radio broadcasts, in such eminent concert venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA), Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas), the White House, the National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), and many locations throughout Europe and Asia. In addition, his music is regularly performed at regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association.
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26 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Presenters Joy Hesse Allen Hightower
Scott Kerry Marsh McCoy Joy Hesse Scott McCoy Joy Hesse, M.A. CCC-SLP, is a speech pathologist with Iowa ENT Center is West Scott McCoy, DMA, is Professor Des Moines, Iowa. She is an active practitioner with more than twenty years of pro- of Voice Science and Pedagogy at fessional experience in clinical voice evaluation and treatment. Her areas of interest The Ohio State University (OSU), include voice, both singing and professional voice; dysphagia (swallowing disorders); where he serves as director of the head and neck cancer; and craniofacial anomalies (velopharyngeal insufficiency/hy- Swank Voice Laboratory, direc- pernasality). Joy earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Northern tor of graduate programs in voice Iowa. pedagogy, and director of OSU’s pioneering interdisciplinary pro- gram in singing voice health. Well Allen Hightower over 100 colleges and universities Allen Hightower is a professor of music and conductor of the renowned Nordic Choir throughout the United States and at Luther College. As director of choral activities at Luther, he leads a choral program abroad use his multimedia voice that includes four choral conductors, six choirs, and over 500 singers. Prior to join- science and pedagogy textbook, ing the faculty at Luther, Dr. Hightower served as professor of music and director of Your Voice: An Inside View. Deeply choral activities at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. During his ten- committed to education, McCoy ure, the SHSU Chorale performed for the 2007 National Convention of the Ameri- is a founding faculty member in can Choral Directors Association, the 2010 Southwestern Division of ACDA, and the the New York Singing Teachers 2003, 2006, and 2010 conventions of the Texas Music Educators Association. Association (NYSTA) professional development program, teaching A life-long church musician, Dr. Hightower has served Baptist, Methodist, Presbyte- classes in voice anatomy, physiol- rian, and Congregational churches in Texas and California. For the second time, he ogy and acoustic analysis. served as the Duesenberg Concert Choir Chair for Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival in the summer of 2011. Allen holds degrees from Sam Houston State As a singer, McCoy has performed University, Baylor University, the Eastman School of Music, and UCLA. He was the more than two dozen leading first-prize winner in the graduate division of the ACDA Conducting Competition in operatic roles and over 60 concert 1997. From 1997-2000 he served as conducting intern with the Los Angeles Master and oratorio solo roles with profes- Chorale. Allen has been mentored by choral conductors Bev Henson, Donald Neuen, sional music organizations in the Paul Salamunovich, Joe Flummerfelt, and Weston Noble. United States and abroad. In addi- tion, he is a specialist in the song cycles of Schubert and Schumann, Kerry Marsh frequently concertizing with Kerry Marsh is a composer and arranger specializing in contemporary music for vocal pianists Claude Cymerman and jazz ensembles. Since 2003, Kerry has directed the vocal jazz ensembles at Sacramen- J.J. Penna. A long-time mem- to State, and in that time, his ensembles and individual students have earned eleven ber of the National Association Down Beat Magazine Student Music Awards, distinguishing it as one of the premier of Teachers of Singing (NATS), programs in the country during that time. Marsh is busy year-round as an adjudica- McCoy served as President of the tor and clinician for jazz festivals and workshops and he serves as a traveling clinician Association from 2008-10, and and high school honor vocal jazz ensemble director for the Monterey Jazz Festival. currently is the Associate Editor Marsh has directed all-state jazz choirs in California, Arizona, North Dakota, Okla- of the Journal of Singing for voice homa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Illinois, New York, Maine, and New Hampshire. pedagogy. Prior to joining the OSU faculty he was Professor of Kerry graduated in 2000 from the University of Kansas with a B.M.E. in Music Voice and Director of the Presser Education and in 2003 with a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Music Center Voice Laboratory at North Texas. Marsh’s university training included study with Paris Rutherford, Dan Westminster College of the Arts. Gailey, Simon Carrington, and Rosana Eckert. If you would like to know more about McCoy was named a University of Kerry Marsh, please feel free to peruse his website at www.kerrymarsh.com. Iowa Fellow in the fall of 2007.
27ICDA / ICDASymposium Symposium 2013 2013 / 27 ICDA Summer Symposium ‘BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist’ Presenters David Puderbaugh
Jonathan Tim Sharp Reed collegiate Male Choruses Inc., Reed is recog- David Puderbaugh nized across America for his leadership in men’s David Puderbaugh is Assistant Director of Choral Activities at the Uni- choral music. Under his direction, the MSU versity of Iowa, where he conducts Camerata, teaches graduate choral Men’s Glee Club has completed three European literature and undergraduate choral conducting, advises D.M.A. theses, tours, and been an invited participant in the and assists in administration of the choral program. A native Iowan, Dr. Midwest Music Conference in Ann Arbor, the Puderbaugh holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Drake 1998 Central Division Convention of ACDA University (Des Moines, Iowa), a Master of Music degree in Choral in Detroit, and ACDA National Conventions Conducting from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Doctor in Chicago (1999) and San Antonio (2001). of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy from the Most recently, the Men’s Glee Club was invited University of Iowa. to participate in America Cantat IV, one of only two American choirs invited to participate Dr. Puderbaugh’s current research interest centers on Estonian choral in America Cantat IV in Mexico City. music, a fascination that resulted in a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct dissertation research on that country’s national song festivals during the Soviet occupation. In addition to his conducting and scholarly activities, Tim Sharp Dr. Puderbaugh is an active tenor soloist, performing in the Midwest Tim Sharp (BM, MCM, DMA) is Executive and in Estonia. His recent solo credits include Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Director of the American Choral Directors The Creation, Mozart’s C-Minor Mass, and the Evangelist role in Bach’s Association (ACDA), the national professional Christmas Oratorio and Schütz’s St. John Passion. In Estonia, Dr. Puder- association for choral conductors, educators, baugh has premiered several works by contemporary Estonian composers scholars, students, and choral music indus- in the annual new music festival Eesti Muusika Päevad, broadcast on try representatives in the United States. He national radio and television, and appeared in performances of Orazio represents choral activity in the United States to Vecchi’s madrigal comedy L’Amfiparnaso, sponsored by the national con- the International Federation for Choral Music cert series Eesti Kontsert. Dr. Puderbaugh also performs with the award- (IFCM). winning Estonian chamber choir Voces Musicales. Sharp, himself an active choral conductor, researcher, and writer, has varied his career with Jonathan Reed executive positions in higher education, record- Jonathan Reed is professor of music and associate director of choral ing, and publishing. He currently is Artistic programs at the Michigan State University College of Music where he Director/Conductor of the Tulsa Oratorio conducts the State Singers, the Men’s Glee Club, and teaches Ensemble Chorus, Tulsa, OK. Prior to his leadership of Conducting and Secondary Choral Methods. During the summer, Reed ACDA, Sharp was Dean of Fine Arts at Rhodes teaches graduate courses in Choral Conducting and Choral Methods. In College, Memphis, TN, and earlier, Director addition, he supervises the directed teaching experiences of undergradu- of Choral Activities at Belmont University, ate choral education majors. Dr. Reed’s book chapter, “The Vocally Nashville, TN. Proficient Choir: Part Three Working with Male Voices,” appears in The School Choral Program: Philosophy, Planning, Organizing, and Teach- Tim’s research and writing focuses pedagogi- ing (GIA Publications). cally in conducting and score analysis, and vari- ous published essays betray his eclectic interests Reed enjoys an active professional status as an adjudicator and clinician, in regional music history, acoustics, creativity, conducting festivals and all-state choruses throughout the United States. innovation, and aesthetics. He has conducted In the coming year, he will conduct All-State and Honor Choruses in university, community, church, and children’s Texas, Indiana, Missouri and for the Northwest Division of the American choirs, and continues to serve as a choral con- Choral Directors Association (ACDA). As a National ACDA Repertoire ductor and clinician in the United States and and Standards Chair for Male Chorus and a board member of the Inter- internationally. 28 / ICDA Symposium 2013 29 / ICDA Symposium 2013 ICDA Summer Symposium ‘BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist’ Donald Simonson
Jill Wilson Giselle Wyers Donald Simonson Jill Wilson Donald Simonson is Professor of Voice at Jill Wilson is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Morningside Iowa State University where he chairs the College where she is also director of the Bel Canto Women’s Chorus. Dr. Voice Division and teaches voice, voice peda- Wilson is the faculty advisor for Mu Phi Epsilon and the NAfME Col- gogy, vocal literature, and conducts musical legiate chapter. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree in music educa- theater. Simonson is a graduate of North- tion with a choral emphasis from St. Olaf College, a Master of Music western University and undertook advanced Education degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and a Doctor study at the Hochschule für Musik und of Musical Arts degree in music education from Boston University. She Darstellende Kunst (Academy of Music) in served as the Women’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair of ICDA Vienna, Austria. He regularly performs lead- from 2005-2011 and is now editor of their quarterly publication, The ing roles and appears as a soloist with opera Sounding Board. Dr. Wilson has presented sessions at the ICDA Sum- companies, symphony orchestras and cham- mer Symposium, IMEA Fall Conference, and MISTEC Commission ber ensembles throughout Europe, America, Seminar of the International Society for Music Education Conference in Australia and the Far East, including concert Komotini, Greece. She has participated in poster sessions at the MENC performances with ensembles such as the Research Academy in Washington, D.C. and Research in Music Educa- Warsaw Philharmonic, the Wiener Philhar- tion Symposium at the University of Exeter, UK. Dr. Wilson also cur- moniker Solisten, the Austrian National Ra- rently directs the Chancel Choir at First Presbyterian Church in Sioux dio Symphony, and the Clemencic Consort. City. He has recorded for the Musical Heritage, Harmonia Mundi, Musique D’or, and CBS/ Sony Classical labels. Giselle Wyers Giselle Wyers is Associate Professor of Choral Studies and Voice at the Recently, Simonson completed his two-year University of Washington, where she conducts the University Chorale term (2010-2012) as President of the Na- and teaches courses in choral conducting and voice. University Chorale’s tional Association of Teachers of Singing debut CD, Climb, won third prize in the Collegiate Division of the (NATS). An active member of NATS for over American Prize for Choral Performance in 2012. Wyers is also conduc- 25 years, Simonson served the organization tor of Solaris Vocal Ensemble, a 12-voice professional ensemble special- in a variety of capacities. In 1998, Simonson izing in contemporary American choral works, often with electronic conceived and coordinated the first ever “Call sound. for Papers” for a NATS National Conference. In 2006 he was elected the Vice President for Wyers is a leading national figure in the application of Laban movement NATSAA. Currently, he holds the position of theory for conductors. Each summer she team-teaches choral conducting Past President of NATS and coordinator of with James Jordan at Westminster Choir College. She has published two the Summer Intern Program. He also serves substantive articles on the subject, both published through GIA Publica- as a reviewer for the “Call for Papers” for the tions in the textbooks Music for Conducting Study (Jordan/Wyers) and International Congress of Voice Teachers The Conductor’s Gesture: The Language of Movement (Jordan/Wyers). (ICVT8) to be held in Brisbane, Australia Her works are published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing Company in August 2013. In 2014 he will coordinate as part of the “Giselle Wyers Choral Series.” Wyers holds a D.M.A. the second NATS National Music Theater in conducting from the University of Arizona, where she studied with Competition (NMTC) in Boston. Maurice Skones, and minored in historical musicology with John Brobeck. She earned a master’s degree from Westminster Choir College, where she founded the Greater Princeton Youth Chamber Orchestra, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz, where she founded the San Lorenzo Valley Community Chorus and Orchestra.
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2014 NC-ACDA Division Conference DES MOINES, IA Acknowledgements MARCH 19-22 Our best effort has ensued to recognize the many individuals who provided invaluable assistance – please forgive the transgression of any unintended omissions! Pre-All-State Performing Groups and Headliners – Cantus, Great Northern Union, Prometheus, Una Rehearsals Vocis Choral Ensemble, North Iowa Choral Society, Ames Children’s Choirs, Andy Beck, Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Peter Benson, Joan Boytim, Nyssa Brown, Paul Carey, Paul Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 Crabb, Peter Eklund, Linda Ferjak, Matthew Ferrell, Steven Grives, T.J. Harper, Howard Helvey, Allen Hightower, Dennis Lee, Gene LeVasseur, Kerry Marsh, Scott McCoy, David Puderbaugh, Jonathan Reed, Tim Sharp, Donald Simonson, Jill Wilson, Giselle Wyers Directors’ ICDA President...... Linda Mitcheltree Chorus ICDA Immediate Past President ...... Norm Grimm ICDA President-Elect...... Jason Rausch Literature ICDA Executive Secretary/Treasurer ...... Joleen Nelson Woods “War Horses” selected by Website and Graphic Artist ...... Kathy Staskal Jonathan Reed Directors’ Chorus...... Jonathan Reed, Adam Orban, Bruce Perry “In pace in idipsum” by John Reading Sessions ...... Robert Youngquist Sheppard, CPDL Reading Session Conductors...... Corky Koerselman, Adam Orban, Mark Babcock, “Dona nobis pacem” from the Tyler Harper, Tanya Rosenkranz, Joseph Tangen, Jason Rausch, John Wiles, Aaron Powell, Mass in B Minor by Johann Steve Hoifeldt, Leonardo Lebas, Tom Gerking, Adam Luebke, Brian Burns, Lee Nelson Sebastian Bach, CPDL Reading Session Accompanists...... Lorenda Glade, Kris DeWild, “Credo” and “Agnus Dei” . Tyler Harper, Kelly Truax, Dean Beckman, Alex Steines, Mike Walag, Robert from Missa Brevis St. Joannis Youngquist, Ryan Deignan, Travis Beck, Duane Philgreen de Deo by Joseph Haydn, Registration ...... Abby Sheppard CPDL Retired Choir ...... Peter Eklund, Robert Youngquist, Allen Chapman, Gloria Corbin “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of Worship Service.....Howard Helvey, Dennis Lee, Una Vocis Choral Ensemble, Mark Babcock the Lord” arr. by Undine College Scholarship Students ...... Peter Grau Smith Moore, Alfred Social Events ...... Jennifer Wagner and Rachael Wragge Exhibitors ...... Millie Youngquist Retired Choir Hospitality ...... Jamie Kelley, Sarah Bouska Dorm Housing Assignments...... Rachael Wragge Literature Concert Emcees...... Tanya Rosenkranz, Jamie Kelley, Steve Hoifeldt Chosen by Peter Eklund to Accompanist for Conducting Master Class and Andy Becks’s Sessions...... Robert Barry honor some of the greats we Graduate/CEU Credit...... Roger Henderson have lost this year... Evaluation ...... Jason Rausch “And Nature Smiled” by Allen Technology ...... Chris Johnson Koepke, arr. for SATB by Ron Phillips/Mike Johnson Memorial Golf Tournament ...... Jason Heitland Peter Eklund, manuscript Photographer...... Jennifer Wagner “Song of Triumph” by Dale All-State Jazz Choir ...... Meg Byrne and Robert Williams Grotenhuis, Boosey & All-State Jazz Choir Sound...... Comprehensive Sound Services (Rick Chitty & staff) Hawkes OPUS ...... Nancy Ewing “Make Our Garden Grow” by IHSMA ...... Alan Greiner Leonard Bernstein, Boosey & Sound System for Muse Norris Center ...... Jason Heitland, Gary Keller Hawkes NIACC Food Service ...... Ken Webber, Steve Metz continued on page 34 32 / ICDA Symposium 2013 ChORALARTISTS OUR STUdENTS dEFINE SUCCESS. OUR PRIORITy IS TO gET ThEM ThERE.
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Acknowledgements continued NIACC Site/Facilities ...... Jayson Ryner, Kathy Foster, Travis Herger NIACC Performing Arts Series ...... Liz Gales NIACC House Management for Concerts ...... Tammy Hain NIACC Technology Services...... Mark Greenwood Thank You KI Concerts ...... Oliver Scofield, Michael Clohesy Rivar’s...... Beth Slusher, Tara Holcomb to RIVAR’s for Kephart’s Music Center ...... Natalie Knutson donating tote bags J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc...... Chrystal Marty for our Symposium Alfred Publishing, Inc...... Andy Beck, Susannah Goldes ECS Publishing...... Christa Lyona Canticle Distributing/MorningStar Music...... Jessica Burcher Alliance Music Publications, Inc...... Rob Carty Hal Leonard Corporation...... Richard Walters, Bruce Bush, Marilyn Fleenor Thank You Graduate & CEU Credit Kephart’s Music Center CEU CREDIT The following credit options are available for the ICDA Summer Symposium: 1 credit grad/re-licensure from AEA 267 - 15 contact hours at conference submit work through online site. Thank You 2 credit grad/re-licensure fro AEA PD Online - 30 contact hours at conference with additional online work, submit work through online site.
Learning Goals or Targets: The participant will identify quality literature for choral/vocal curriculum. The participant will utilize collaboration techniques in large and small groups, and via technology. The participant will gather and develop new teaching strategies. The participant will reinforce knowledge of the Iowa Core and alignment to the Universal Thank You Constructs. Instructor Methods and Course Design: 1 & 2 credit work Discussion board with reflections on concepts from the symposium. read/view additional online resources connected to Fine Arts and Iowa Core/Common Core Additional 2 credit work Create and submit an implementation plan for use and implementation/alignment of Fine Arts/Iowa Core Curriculum document. Create and submit a practical instructional unit/lesson plan correlated with the Iowa Core and/or Universal Constructs.
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VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK www.Wartburg.edu/Music 35 / ICDA Symposium 2013 ICDA Summer Symposium ‘BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist’ Invited Scholarship Students Lauren Bennier - Briar Cliff University Lauren Morrissey - Drake University Mindy Brinkerhoff - Briar Cliff University Jana “Joey” Myers - Briar Cliff University Jonathan Edgeton - Drake University Andra Peeler - Wartburg College Katelyn Ewing - Wartburg College Betsy Pilkington - Drake University Brien Hemann - University of Iowa Anne Rueve - Drake University Elise Huber - Iowa State University Megan Rustad - Northwestern College Constance Jones - Grandview University Michael Sauer - Wartburg College John Krager - Briar Cliff University Derek Sturtevant - Luther College Brandon Louis - Simpson College Molly Tullis - Briar Cliff University Michelle McCulley - Grandview University Lexus Waymier - Central College Thank You Brandon Mennenoh - Central College Sarah Wolf - Wartburg College to industry sponsor KI Concerts for their $1,000 cash contribution Clinician Emails Iowa All-State to defray Symposium Andy Beck...... [email protected] expenses (Susannah Goldes) Jazz Choir Aimee Beckmann-Collier ...... [email protected] Sopranos Thank You Peter Benson...... [email protected] Megan Vankirk - Cedar Rapids Kennedy Joan Boytim...... [email protected] Baylee Bowman - Fairfield to Super 8 in Mason (Richard Walters) Madelyn Carlson - Cedar Rapids Washington City for their hospitality Nyssa Brown...... [email protected] Jessia Connelly - Dallas Center-Grimes toward our clinicians and Cantus...... [email protected] Jessica Richter - Des Moines Lincoln performing groups (Aaron Humble) Paul Carey...... [email protected] Altos Paul Crabb...... [email protected] Allison Richter - Des Moines Lincoln Pete Eklund...... [email protected] Jessica Fuller - Dubuque Senior Thank You Linda Ferjak...... [email protected] Shawnessy Lau - New Hampton to Briar Cliff University Matthew Ferrell...... [email protected] Stephanie Hansen - West Des Moines Valley for providing Worship Steve Grives...... [email protected] Claudia Sloat - Fairfield Event programs T.J. Harper...... [email protected] and Directors’ Chorus Howard Helvey...... [email protected] Tenors sheet music Joy Hesse...... [email protected] Ian Butler - Cedar Rapids Washington Allen Hightower...... [email protected] Matt Larson - Cedar Rapids Kennedy Gene [email protected] Zachary Lepperd - West Des Moines Valley Dennis Lee...... [email protected] Cam Bentley - Cedar Rapids Washington Thank You Kerry Marsh...... [email protected] Drew Vitale - Cedar Rapids Kennedy Scott McCoy...... [email protected] to Jamie Spillane, Dave Puderbaugh Basses Steve Woodin, ...... [email protected] Tracey Beresford - Dubuque Hempstead Jennifer Wagner, Jonathan Reed...... [email protected] Sam Sides - Des Moines Lincoln Matt Huth, Tim Sharp...... [email protected] Joshua Lai - Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Norm Grimm Don Simonson...... [email protected] Eric Carson - Cedar Rapids Washington for sound advice during Jill Wilson...... [email protected] Sam Cacciatore - West Des Moines Valley the planning stages of the Giselle Wyers...... [email protected] 2013 Symposium Visit the Exhibitors MONDAY TUESDAY 1 - 5 p.m. 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., and open during the lunch hour 36 / ICDA Symposium 2013 Be an inspiration. Annually Mount Mercy University hosts a variety of music workshops, continuing education opportunities and festivals. Review this list and discover new ways you can help your students excel musically.
Summer Academy | Acquire new skills and techniques to help make your classroom a place where students feel empowered to engage with and grow in their musical talents. Previous sessions have focused on the Orff approach to active music making and music literacy. Earn graduate and/or staff development credit through Grant Wood AEA during our summer academy.
All-State Choral Workshop | Give your high school students a head start on their Iowa All-State Choral Repertoire. Led by respected clinicians who offer exceptional feedback and guidance, our workshop will help your students begin to master the pitch, rhythm and text for each piece. Our workshops are one of the best ways to familiarize your students with these difficult pieces and help them feel confident as they prepare for their auditions.
Chamber Choir Festival | Looking to take your high school chamber choir or larger choral ensembles to the next level? Use our festival to challenge them with high-quality madrigal and chamber music in a fun and musically rewarding atmosphere. Sessions with guest clinicians who provide your groups with professional feedback and all music are provided as part of the festival.
Cedar Brass Festival | Since 2003, the two-week Cedar Brass Festival has been equipping students with new skills through intensive rehearsal and sectional coaching.
Five Seasons Chamber Music Festival | World-class faculty will lead the chamber ensembles which include string and piano; harp, flute and woodwinds; and brass. The week-long festival culminates in three gala concerts.
Five Seasons String Quartet Workshop | Just a week before IHSMA Solo/Ensemble Contest, send your best String Quartet (or two) to Mount Mercy for an afternoon of clinics, professional critique and individual coaching from our resident Five Season Chamber Festival faculty.
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38 / ICDA Symposium 2013 One of the highlights of the symposium is our exhibits area. This year, these will be located in the hallways outside of the Auditorium and the Muse Norris Center. Network Exhibitors with your suppliers face-to-face to learn new ideas and find materials you’ll need in the upcoming year. Exhibitors will be at the convention on MONDAY, July 22 from 1-5 PM and TUESDAY, July 23 from 9:00-3:30 pm (they will be open through the lunch hour!) Get the signatures of exhibitors on the form found at Registration, and be eligible for great prizes at the Symposium’s final party on Wednesday night!
2013 EXHIBITOR CHAIR J. W. Pepper Star Destinations MILLIE YOUNGQUIST Evan Peterson Ema Berger [email protected] [email protected] 800-345-6296 712-792-9793 Bob Rogers Travel 7103 Ohms Lane 1903 N. Hwy. 71, P.O. Box 456 Dan Peichl Edina, MN 55439 Carroll, IA 51401 [email protected] 630-824-4343 Kallman Creates Publications Sunshine Travel Company 6808 Hobson Valley Dr., #110 Daniel Kallman Vicki Robertson Woodridge, IL 60517 [email protected] [email protected] 507-645-8788 952-303-7313, Ext. 28 Brightspark Travel, Inc. 519 Winona Street 12252 Nicollet Ave. South John Aboud Northfield, MN 55057 Burnsville, MN 55337 [email protected] 515-890-8398 Kephart’s Music Centers, Inc. Trophies Plus 111 S. Pfingsten Road, Suite 100 Wendy Kephart, Natalie Knutson, Kathryn Jim Jensen, Barry Stephens Deerfield, IL 60015 Thompson Jim (cell) – 712-830-9532 [email protected] 315 West 1st Street, P.O. Box 115 Cedar Valley Fund Raising 563-382-3684 Templeton, IA 51463-0115 Trent Banwart 126 E. Water St., Box 139 [email protected] Decorah, IA 52101 UNI School of Music 515-887-2500 Michelle Swanson 211 S. Broadway, P.O. Box 69 Legacy Tour and Travel [email protected] West Bend, IA 50597 Cathy Krupa 319-273-2024 [email protected] 115 Russell Hall Comprehensive Sound Services 563-382-1271 Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0246 Melodie & Richard Chitty 703 Dudley Street [email protected] Decorah, IA 52101-2438 Wartburg College 641-816-4831 Lee Nelson 11168 Lodge Avenue Murphy Robes [email protected] Greene, IA 50636 Millie Youngquist 319-352-8743 [email protected] 100 Wartburg Boulevard, P.O. Box 1003 Curtains Up Costumes 319-653-4673 Waverly, IA 50677 Janie Westendorf, Lori Hammes 831 South 13th Ave. [email protected] Washington, IA 52353 Waldorf College 641-622-3991 Travis Beck 100 Kramer Street The Musician’s Choice [email protected] Sigourney, IA 52591 Dr. Tim Ahern 641-585-8724 [email protected] 106 South 6th St. Good News Tour and Travel 888-571-6640 Forest City, IA 50436 Dan Djuren, Sandi Willman 1520 North Church Road, Suite D [email protected] Liberty, MO 64068 The Work of Our Hands 651-487-0661 Cheryl Newendorp 649 Smith Ave. S., Ste. 103 Partytime Fundraising [email protected] St. Paul, MN 55107 Paul Anderson, Scott Roose 641-628-8687 [email protected] 602 Franklin Street 800-243-1243 Pella, IA 50219 629 Railroad, P. O. Box 592 Carroll, IA 51401
39ICDA / ICDASymposium Symposium 2013 2013/ 39 40 / ICDA Symposium 2013 I O W A Composition Commission CHORAL In 2000, the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc. (ICDA) and the Iowa Composers DIRECTORS Forum (ICF) began a collaboration to support the composition of new choral music for Iowa association, inc. Choirs. This Collaboration has resulted in the commissioning of nine pieces, all of which have received their premiers at the ICDA Summer Symposium, and which have been made available to ICDA members for their use, without charge, for one year from the date of the premier. The commissioned works are the result of a composition commissioning contest, in which interested composers submit samples of their choral works, along with a text they propose to set. A panel of two representatives from each of the sponsoring organizations selects a winner, who is then commissioned to write a piece which is performed at both the ICDA convention and the ICF festival. The following composers and pieces have been the result of the commissioning process:
2000-2001 “Maple and Pine” 2007-2008 “Wynken Blynken and Nod” (SA) (SATB, flute, bassoon) Ben Kornelis, Sioux Center, Iowa Jeffery Prater, Iowa State University Suitable for children’s chorus Suitable for advanced high school, college/uni- Look for more information versity, and community choruses 2008-2009 “Fantasia on French Noels” (SATB) in the ICDA Sounding 2001-2002 “A Dream Within A Dream” Carl Staplin, Des Moines, Iowa Board and on the website at (SATB, piano) Suitable for church choirs www.iowachoral.org John Armstrong, Baldsville, NY Suitable for advanced high school, college/uni- 2009-2010 “Si, se puede” (SATB) DEADLINE versity, and community choruses Brook Joyce, Decorah, Iowa November 1, 2013, for Suitable for advanced high school, college/ 2002-2003 “Resurrection Circus” university choirs the submission of sample (SATB, flute, hand bells) scores. richard Smith, Muscatine, Iowa 2010-2011 “Etchings of Time” Suitable for advanced high school, college/uni- (SATB, chorus, harp, percussion) December 1, 2013 the versity, and community choruses ralph Kendrick, Cedar Rapids, Iowa winner will be announced Suitable for average high school choruses and sent a contract and 2003-2004 “The Wind” (SA, piano, flute) 50% of the award money. Michael Patterson, Simpson College 2011-2012 “Handclap Fingersnap” (by poet Suitable for treble clef chorus William Lyons) (With piano (no instruments) SAC (Cambiata) voicing) April 1, 2014 the winner’s 2004-2005 “Psalm 99” (SATB, piano) David Evans, Iowa City, Iowa commission will be due to William Backlin, Mason City, Iowa Suitable for average middle school choruses ICDA. Suitable for advanced high school, college/uni- versity, and community choruses 2012-2013 “Three Songs of the Night” SUBMIT TO (S(S)A choir, flute and piano) 2005-2006 “Set Me As a Seal” (SATB) Diane Mahoney, Burlington, Iowa (with text Norm Grimm John Rommereim, Grinnell, Iowa written by Diane Mahoney, Mary Machel 2402 N 7th Ave E Suitable for advanced high school, college/uni- Mahoney and Megan Mahoney) Newton, IA 50208 versity, and community choruses Suitable for children’s chorus
2006-2007 “Spring and Fall, to a Young 2013-2014 Church Choir Composition Child” (SATB) Commission Greg Scheer, Grand Rapids, Michigan Suitable for high school choruses About this year’s winner... Diane Mahoney is Music Director at SS John and Paul Catholic Church in Burlington, Iowa, which includes directing choirs for children and adults. Her choirs frequently sing her music (whether they want to or not)! She accompanies for the Burlington Notre Dame Schools, and substitute teaches in music there and at the Burlington Public Schools.
As co-director of the Shoquoquon Children’s Choir, an honor choir in Burlington for students in Grades 4 through 6, she has recently enjoyed composing songs for them to perform. Sho- quoquon Children’s Choir was started by Deb and Roger Hatteberg 25 years ago, and Deb and Diane are now the co-directors. Diane also sings with the Bel Canto Chorale in Burlington who has performed a few of her songs. Diane and her husband Stan have four adult children, whose poems she has cleverly kept since their grade school days, for an occasion just like this!
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Executive Calendar Executive Board 2013-2014 President~Linda Mitcheltree 2013-2014 President-Elect~Jason Rausch Vice-President~Norm Grimm Board Meeting Dates Executive Secretary-Treasurer~Joleen Nelson Woods July 21 �������������������� Full ICDA Board Meeting – Mason City Sounding Board Editor~Jill Wilson September 14 ���������� Full ICDA Board Meeting – Newton Sounding Board Ad Manager~Jon and Megan Barrett November 23 ���������� Full ICDA Board Meeting – Scheman Technology Advisor~Chris Johnson Building, ISU Ames Weston Noble Endowment Fund~Millie Youngquist 2013 Summer Symposium Chairs - Sean Burton January 4 ����������������� Full ICDA Board Meeting – Conference Call and Mary Day April TBA �������������� Executive Board Budget Meeting – location 2014 Summer Symposium Chair - Michael Reese TBA 2015 Summer Symposium Chair - Mark Babcock April 26 �������������������Full ICDA Board Meeting – location TBA Opus Chair~Nancy Ewing Final Report Due at this Meeting Pre-All-State Workshop Coordinator~Sally Dunn July 21 ��������������������Full ICDA Board Meeting – Mason City Mentor Program Chair~Jason Rausch Historian~Jennifer Wagner sounding board deadlines High School Awards Chair~Gerard Krupke Issue ����������������������� Submission Deadline Retired Member Coordinator~Gloria Corbin 1 ����������������������������� July 15 Webmaster~Kathy Staskal 2 ����������������������������� September 15 Central District Chair~Chris Johnson 3 ����������������������������� December 15 East Central District Chair~Brandon Fraseur North Central District Chair~Sarah Bouska 4 ����������������������������� March 15 Northeast District Chair~Janet Helgerson Northwest District Chair~Linda Johnson event Dates South Central District Chair~Melody Easter-Clutte September 7 ������������ Pre-All-State Rehearsals Southeast District Chair~Jason Woodley November 2 ����������� Fall Symposium (Collaboration with Southwest District Chair~Travis Walker Mentoring, IAAE, IBA, IMEA & ISTA) November 21 ���������� OPUS 2013 Festival and Concert, CY R&S CHAIRS Stephens Auditorium Repertoire & Standards Coordinator ~ Robert Youngquist May 14 ������������������� Outstanding Performers Showcase, ISU, Children’s and Community Youth Ames Choirs ~ Tanya Rosenkranz July 21-25, 2014 �����40th Annual ICDA Summer Symposium Junior High/Middle School Choirs ~ Joe Tangen Senior High School Choirs ~ Corky Koerselman Jazz Choirs ~ Zach Reiter opportunity deadlines Show Choirs ~ Nick Oswald September 25 ���������Deadline OPUS Honor Choir Audition Youth & Student Activities ~ Lee Nelson Recordings On-line Submission Two-Year College Choirs ~ Luke Johnson November 1 �����������Deadline ICDA/ICF Application – Choral Four-Year College & University Choirs ~ Sean Burton Commissioning Competition Community Choirs ~ Bradley Miller April 15 ������������������� Deadline for Nominations for Robert Treble Clef Choirs ~ Julie Schnieders McCowen Award Bass Clef Choirs ~ John Wiles May 1 ���������������������� Deadline for Scholarship/Research Grant Music & Worship ~ Mark Babcock Applications Ethnic/Multicultural ~ Leonardo Lebas 42 / ICDA Symposium 2013 43 / ICDA Symposium 2013 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
CHORAL CONDUCTORS
Dr. Timothy A. McMillin Dr. Robert Larsen Dr. Kimberly Roberts Dr. Rebecca Gruber Director of Choral Activities Co-Director Madrigal Singers Co-Director Madrigal Singers Director of Women’s Chorale
VOICE FACULTY
Mr. Bruce Brown Ms. Diane Hayes Dr. Timothy A. McMillin Dr. Virginia Croskery Mr. Dennis Hendrickson Dr. Kimberly Roberts Dr. Rebecca Gruber Mr. Matthew Lau
UPCOMING EVENTS: Workshops in Music Education: Nyssa Brown Workshops in Music Education: Lillie Feierabend Saturday, January 25, 2014 Saturday, September 14, 2013 Voice Scholarship Audition Day Fall Honor Choir Saturday, February 15, 2014 Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Spring Music Weekend (scholarship auditions) Fall Voice Clinic and Scholarship Day Friday, February 21 & Saturday, February 22, 2014 Friday, November 15, 2013 Spring Voice Clinic and Scholarship Day Sunday, March 2, 2014
Dr. Timothy A. McMillin, Chair Department of Music, Simpson College 515-961-1578 | [email protected] WWW.SIMPSON.EDU/MUSIC I O W A CHORAL DIRECTORS association, inc.
Opus Honor Choir 2013 Featured Choirs Who Is Eligible H 180 voice Fifth-Sixth Grade Select Honor Choir guest director: Michelle Swanson, Cedar Falls H 180 voice Seventh-Eighth Grade Select Bass Clef Honor Choir To Submit guest director: Dean Beckman, Decorah Any current ICDA, Inc. member who is H 180 voice Seventh-Eighth Grade Select Treble Clef Honor Choir an active, retired or life member of guest director: Jill Anderson, Iowa City American Choral Directors Association H 180 voice Ninth Grade Select Mixed Honor Choir may prepare and submit fifth, sixth, guest director: Adam Orban, Sheldon seventh, eighth, and ninth grade singers that are active in their public and private school choral music programs or church choirs in the state of Iowa. Singers may not be submitted by ACDA student members. Goals Each member director may nominate up 1. to further the development of 5th-9th Grade choral programs through to a total of twelve quality singers per the learning, auditioning and performing of quality choral literature. Opus choir. 2. To achieve the excellence and pride that develops from singing in an Participating directors are encouraged to Honor Choir that would ultimately be taken back to the home choir. have their students audition on a voice 3. To offer attending directors the opportunity to observe master conductors part that is appropriate for their vocal Changing Directions in the rehearsal process. range and consider vocal health as a primary concern. In order to be eligible, all singers submitted Audition Information for consideration in the Opus Honor Strengthening on the web at www.iowachoral.org Choirs: [email protected] -must be part of an established Choral Program. Traditions -must be submitted by an ICDA, Inc. member who is the regular director of Thursday, November 21, 2013 Ames, Iowa the student’s participating ensemble. Mentor Program ICDA’s mentor program has been growing I would encourage retired teachers to become 2013 since its inception in 1998 under the mentors. It is a wonderful way to ‘pay it leadership of Marcella Henderson and then forward’ and beginning teachers can benefit Perry Bekkerus. It is now part of a coordinated by having you as a resource. At last year’s Fall Fall Mentor effort between AEI, IBA, ICDA, ICA, IMEA, Symposium For First-Year Arts Educators, and ISTA. A Google document is created that second year teachers and their mentor pairs lists all new arts teachers in the state, and the shared the positive results of this program. SYMPOSIUM mentor chairs of the six organizations work from this list to match each mentee with an If you are a new teacher, or interested in observation mentor. becoming a mentor, please contact me at Saturday, November 2 [email protected]. Plan to join us Iowa Central Community At the summer symposium, ICDA district November 2 in Fort Dodge at Iowa Central College chairs will attempt to identify the mentees Community College, and check out the Fort Dodge, Iowa in their district, and find active mentors for website at www.iowachoral.org where you can all of them. Hopefully, each new teacher in download handbooks to get you started. For First-Year Arts Educators our mentor program will have an observation Sponsored by mentor who can visit them at their school, Jason Rausch, ICDA Mentor Chair Iowa Alliance and an active mentor who can stay in [email protected] communication with them about events and for Arts Education procedures. www.iowaalliance4artsed.org
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ICDA Presidential History State Chairs– Prior to 1977 ICDA Summer Weston Noble Marvin Kelly 93-95 robert Youngquist Robert McCowen 95-97 Janiece Bergland SYMPOSIUM Chairs 97-99 Bruce Chamberlain Robert Davis 1975 Bob Davis 99-01 Aimee Beckmann-Collier and Rich Messenger 01-03 Vern Haagsma 77-78 Alan Lehl 1976 Carol Stewart 03-05 Millie Youngquist 78-81 Gloria Corbin and Bob Davis 05-07 Tim Watson 81-83 Tom Janssen 1977 Allen Lehl 07-09 Matt Huth 83-85 Gary Schwartzhoff 1978 Gloria Corbin 09-11 roger Henderson 85-87 Mark Lehmann 1979 Tom Janssen 11-13 norm Grimm 87-89 Gary Fiscus 1980 Gary Schwartzhoff 13-15 Linda Mitcheltree 89-91 Lauretta Graetz 1981 Lauretta Graetz 91-93 Bob Anderson 15-17 Jason Rausch 1982 Alan Hagen 1983 Sandra Chapman ICDA Liaison Committee 1984 James Fritschel for All-State & Contest Affairs for the Iowa High School Music Association 1985 Mark Lehmann 1986 Gary Fiscus Matt Huth (Waukee HS 4A – Central, ICDA Past-Pres, Chair) 1987 Bob Anderson [email protected] 1988 David Evans Jackie Burk (Belmond-Klemme 1A – North Central & All-State Chorus Chair) 1989 Larry Monson [email protected] 1990 Mike Esser Duane Philgreen (West Delaware 3A - Northeast, IHSMA Executive 1991 Bob Youngquist Committee) and Millie Youngquist [email protected] 1992 Sharon Hanson Norm Grimm (Newton - 4A, South Central, ICDA Pres) 1993 Dennis Hendrickson [email protected] 1994 Tim Watson Julie Adams (West Harrison, Mondamin - 1A, Southwest) 1995 Aimee Beckmann-Collier [email protected] 1996 Steven Albaugh Mary Jo Schmitz (Logan-Magnolia - 2A Southwest) 1997 Tim Peter [email protected] 1998 Carol Tralau Corky Koerselman (Sibley-Ocheyedan - 2A, Northwest) 1999 Everett Johnson [email protected] 2000 Michael Krueger Tom Gerking (Westwood Sloan - 1A, Northwest) 2001 Matt E. Huth [email protected] 2002 Allen Chapman Beth Mueller (Maquoketa Valley, Delhi - 2A, Northeast) 2003 Linda Vanderpool [email protected] 2004 Joel Everist Thad Wilkins (Mount Vernon - 3A, East Central) 2005 Jackie Burk [email protected] and Jayson Ryner Dave Heupel (Greene County HS - 2A Central) 2006 randy Ewing [email protected] and Nancy Ewing 2007 Tom Gerking Retired Advisors and Jennifer Wagner Mary Citta (Past-All-State Chorus Chair and Waterloo West – 4A) 2008 Brad Barrett [email protected] 2009 Jason Rausch Mark Lehmann (Past-IHSMA Executive Committee and Waverly-Shellrock HS 2010 Jill Anderson – 3A, Northeast) and Mary Kay Knapp [email protected] 2011 Jamie Spillane Pam Crawford (Maquoketa HS –3A, East Central) 2012 Steve Woodin [email protected] 2013 Sean Burton Barry Stevens (Southern Cal, Lake City - 1A, Central) and Mary Day [email protected] 2014 Michael Reese Bonnie Stewart (Hampton-Dumont - 3A, North Central) 2015 Mark Babcock [email protected]
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The McCowen Award is presented yearly to an ICDA member who has made outstanding contributions to choral music in the state of Iowa. Members are asked for nominations in the spring of every year. A selection committee determines the award winner and the recipient is announced during the Summer Convention. Robert Melvin McCowen, 1918-1965, was born in Waterloo, Iowa. He graduated from West High School, Past Recipients Waterloo, received his B.A. degree in music from Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, was named ‘Who’s 1967 E. Jane Ruby Who in Music’ his senior year of college and began teaching elementary instrumental music in Waterloo 1968 Weston Noble after graduation. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the beginning of World War II and was stationed in 1969 Daniel Moe 1970 Francis Pyle England as a 1st Lt. B-17 co-pilot. On his third mission, he was shot down and walked through the French 1971 Leo Grether underground from North Paris to Gibraltar, a distance of over 1,000 miles. This took him 4 ½ months. 1972 Sven Lekberg After the war, he returned to Waterloo and began to teach vocal music at West High School, his alma mater. 1972 Charles Matheson 1973 Marvin Kelley He was named Director of Choral Affairs at Iowa State University, Ames in 1949. In 1950, he taught at 1976 James Fritschel Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. He earned his M.A. from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, in 1978 J. Eugene McKinley 1951 at Illinois Central, Macomb and in 1952 returned to Iowa State where he remained until his death. 1981 Gordon Lamb 1985 Dale Grotenhuis He served as district and state ACDA chairperson and was a charter member of ACDA. He directed the Iowa 1986 Allen Lehl All-State and many other All-State festivals throughout the nation. He was in constant demand as a festival 1988 Robert Davis conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. He conducted several summer music camps and was especially fond of 1989 Jim Kimmel the International Peace Gardens Camp. He had many articles published and several of his compositions were 1990 Gloria Corbin used in All-State festivals throughout the country. 1991 Bruce Norris 1992 Mark Lehmann At the time of his death, McCowen was serving as the North Central Chairperson of ACDA. He gave much 1993 Lauretta Graetz to the state of Iowa and its musical activities. This unselfish dedication prompted the ICDA Executive Board 1994 Tom Janssen 1995 Alan Hagen to establish the Robert McCowen Award to be presented to persons who make outstanding contributions to 1996 Everett Johnson choral music in the state of Iowa. 1997 Allen Koepke 1998 Robert Youngquist Robert McCowen’s love for his work was obvious. The relationships he developed with students in the 2000 Janiece Bergland classroom and with professional colleagues were sincere. His music was his tool to serve mankind. His 2001 Allen Chapman concern for choral music in the state of Iowa lives on, and it is for this reason that ICDA chooses to honor its 2001 Sandy Chapman friends who carry the Robert McCowen flame for choral music, igniting the torch for all choral participants 2005 Ken Phillips in Iowa, lighting the way, not only for students, but also for professional colleagues. 2007 Gary Fiscus *Taken from the presentation speech on November 20, 1976, James Kimmel, ICDA 2011 Carol Stewart
Please include the following information on 2014 Nomination Form the back of this nomination form: 1. Contributions to school and/or Name of Nominee______community music activities. 2. Personal statement regarding Address of Nominee (Street)______the importance of the nominee’s contributions. (City, State, Zip)______3. Any other supportive information about the nominee that you can provide. Employer or past Employer______Send this form post marked by Title or Responsibilities______April 15, 2014 to: Joleen Woods, Name of Person Submitting the Nomination______ICDA Executive Secretary-Treasurer 209 Oak Ridge Drive SE Address______Mount Vernon, Iowa 52314 Nominations will be reviewed by the ICDA (City, State, Zip)______Board.
Daytime Telephone (______)______Home Telephone (______)______If awarded, the recipient will be honored at the Annual ICDA Summer Symposium. Email ______For continued consideration, applications must be re-submitted annually. Employer______**Elected or appointed members of the ICDA Board are not eligible during their Title or Responsibilities______term of service.
Year of submission ______Weston Noble Endowment Fund Contributors 2013
In memory of Gary Fiscus, Sandra Thank you to the following ICDA members and friends who Special Tributes Chapman & Allen Koepke have made contributions to the Weston Noble Endowment Epperson, Brett In memory of Bob Davis In memory of Gary Fiscus Fund in the past year. As this list of names grows, our base Beckmann-Collier, Aimee Anderson, Bob & Jill of support from the membership is broadened. This is a Bergland, Janiece Beckmann-Collier, Aimee Chapman, Allen & David C critical factor when appealing for corporation funds and Corbin, Gloria Bergland, Bruce & Janiece grants. ICDA, Inc. Blanchard, Lorraine C M Leland, Diana & Roland E Through our efforts together, we can assure that indeed, in Thom, Bill Burk, Jacolyn Anne In memory of Carson Griffith the words of our dear departed colleague Sandy Chapman, Chapman, Allen D Akason, Bill Cox, Cheryl the “song will go on.” Corbin, Gloria Eggers, Judy Huth, Matt Graetz, Jerald M Millie Youngquist, ICDA Endowment Committee Chair ICDA, Inc. Haight, Wendolyn & Timothy Seastrom, Cynthia [email protected] Hilleman, Alan & Karen D Thom, Francis Hoffer, Michael L & Jane Ann In memory of Gary Fiscus, Huth, Matt Daniel Moe, Gordon Lamb, Dale Thayer, Diane C ICDA, Inc. Akason, Bill Grotenhuis & Allen Koepke Langer, Cheryl R Haight, Wendy Thom, Francis Corbin, Gloria Leland, Diana J Johnson, Jane Weishaar, Gary Morrical, Sharon Jo Keller, Gary Williams, Audrey Rausch, Jason Kramer, Bonnie Wilson, Jill Reese, Lloyd & Barb Woods, Michael & St. Clair, Christopher D Krebs, Karla & April R Kroese, Martha R Joleen Nelson SWICDA, Inc Lehmann, Mark Youngquist, Thom, Francis Loger, Jean Bob & Millie Tralau, Carol White, Jodell Poppen, Douglas Williams Audrey & Leslie Williams, Edward C & Sandra L In memory of Lee Spann, Lauretta Special Tributes Graetz, Liz Krivokucha, Chuck Clark, Sandy Chapman & Gary Fiscus In memory of Bruce Norris Carson Griffith Adair, Charles In memory of Dale Grotenhuis Anderson, Bob & Jill and Carson Griffith Beckmann-Collier, Aimee Chapman, Allen Burk, Jacolyn In memory of Linda Domke Chapman, Allen Gerking, Tom Corbin, Gloria In memory of John Williams Citta, Mary Martin, Linda Gerking, Tom In memory of Lauretta Graetz Haagsma, Vernon Crawford, Pamela Hansen, Sarah Lehmann, Mark Huth, Matt In memory of Sandra Chapman ICDA, Inc. Akason, William Leland, Diana J Anderson, Robert & Jill Linn, Steven BACS Music Boosters Noble, Weston Baum, Mary Norris, Dione Beckmann-Collier, David Thom, Bill & Aimee Tralau, Carol Bouton, Rev. Robert & Sheryl “Song go on, touch the part of me that’s Bowen, Robert & Connie Brueck, Kenneth & Teresa closed to all, save music, Burk, Jacolyn Carter, Harry & Jeanette Find the voice that’s silent, yet can sing. Chambers, Kenneth & Barbara Chapman, Glenn Make of me a vessel, holding melody’s Corbin, Gloria & Glenn Crawford, Pamela reward, Crumpton, Brenda Draffen, Margaret Locker Savoring the sounds that unlock hearts. Edwards, Jane Fehseke & Eschman Law Strike my soul with tones to lift men’s minds. Offices (Dick & Lynn Fehseke, Richard & Kim Fehseke, Song go on -- and make me whole.” Elaine Eschman) Thank You! Finley, Carl & Beth Sandra Chapman, Fort Madison, Iowa
ICDA WESTON NOBLE ENDOWMENT APPROACHES $100,000 GOAL
When the ICDA Weston Noble As we reach our goal, the amount of interest produced Griswold, Roger & Lori St. Luke’s Episcopal Endowment Fund was established in by these funds will make it possible to begin to disperse Hagener, Valorie Church the fall of 2004, one of the first goals monies for various projects. These funds will be used for Haight, Tim & Wendy Steflik, Gary & Cynthia we set was to reach $100,000. After scholarships, to provide assistance to new teachers, and to Harmeyer, Rita Stevens, Scott & Sindra eight years of contributions by ICDA support future ICDA projects. Hatteberg, Roger Tebbs, Mr. & Mrs. Rick members, friends and our own or- Hawkins, Jackie Thom, Francis & Imogene ganization, our initial goal is within It is simple to make a donation to the ICDA endowment Hellweg, Carl & LaVina Tralau, Carol reach! As of the writing of this through the CFGCR. Make your check payable to: The Henderson, Roger & Lisa Tucker, Patricia article, ICDA Endowment accounts Huth, Matt & Chris Urwin Van Hooser, Gayle Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. In the ICDA, Inc. Vandersall, William total just over $92,000. ICDA needs memo of your check write: Iowa Choral Directors Associa- Iowa Wesleyan College Vitek, Ryan & Lori your help in reaching this goal! tion Foundation Endowment Fund. If you wish to make it a Music Dept Wallett, Karen & Randy memorial gift, write the name of the individual there also. Jim Baier, Inc. (Jamie & Wells, Paul & Bette One who would be particularly Mail to: The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, Danette Baier) White, Jodell overjoyed by this development is 324 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. They will send Johnson, Helen Wilcox, Nancy our dear friend and colleague, Gary you the paperwork for tax purposes. You may also make a Johnston, Karen & James Wischmeier, Jacob & Fiscus, who recently lost his long donation directly to the ICDA Endowment Fund by sending Knight, Steven & Patty Annalicia battle with cancer. Gary was one of a check to Joleen Nelson Woods, but these contributions Knipe, Jeff & Lisa Wisehart, Sandra & the early supporters of this fund and Lannan, Ann Darwin are not eligible to receive the Endow Iowa Tax Credit. Larkin, Richard & Linda Woodley, Jason served as the first chair of the En- Lee County Democratic Party Youngquist, Bob & Millie dowment Committee. His optimism I sincerely hope you will consider making a year-end dona- Central Committee Zick, Gerald & Wendy and determination in every area of tion to our fund. Consider it an investment in the future of Lehmann, Mark & Karen his life are well known to his ICDA choral music in Iowa or a memorial to the choral leaders of Leland, Diana friends. ICDA also lost several other the past. Either way your gift will make a difference in the Lutes, A.J. & D.M. legends in the past year, including lives of choral musicians in Iowa for years to come. Lynk, Jim & Jane Sandra Chapman, Lauretta Graetz, Mitcheltree, David & Linda Dale Grotenhuis and Alan Koepke. Millie Youngquist, ICDA Endowment Chair Mohrfield, Thomas & Mary A contribution to our fund would be Monroe, Michael Morawitz, Bob & a lasting gift in their memory for an “The diligent farmer plants trees of which he himself will Beverly Gobble organization that meant so much never see the fruit.” Cicero Mosher, Ronald & Patricia to them. Noble, Weston ENDOW IOWA TAX CREDIT EXAMPLE Notre Dame High School Within the past year, we have Pappas, James & Joyce invested some of our funds with the Cash Gift $1,000 Posz, James & Betty Greater Cedar Rapids Community Federal Tax Bracket 35% Ragan, Deborah Foundation. (GCRCF) By doing so, State Tax Credit 25% Riewerts, Keith & Sally our funds are pooled with assets Santiago, Artemio & Jane Saunders, Susan Welch of many other non-profits and Gift to Endowment $1,000 Schierbrock, Jr., Robert & individuals and earn a much greater Federal Charitable Deduction $ - 350 (35%) Jacqueline rate of interest. Individuals who State Tax Credit $ - 250 (25%) Schilling, Michael & Julie add to these endowed, permanent Net Cost of Gift $ 400 Schneider, Merlin & Shirley funds are also eligible to receive the Adjustment on Fed. Taxes Schneider, Terry Endow Iowa State Tax credit, in the Reflecting State Tax Credit $ + 70 Schroeder, Jay amount of 25% of their donation, Final Net Cost of Giving $1,000 $ 470 Scott, Frank & Marilyn in addition to the normal federal Scott, James & Nancy charitable tax deduction. (See the Shields, Geoff & Lisa Sobczak, Bryon & Maria example at the end of this article.)
Qualify Your gift for a 25% Iowa Tax Credit
By making a charitable contribution, you can be a part of seeing that the ‘Song Does Go On’
Name______Address:______City ______State______Zip______Home Phone ______Email______
Make your check payable to: The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. In the memo of your check write: Iowa Choral Directors Association Foundation Endowment Fund. If you wish to make it a memorial gift, write the name of the individual there also. Mail to: The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, 324 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 ICDA Summer Symposium ‘BUILDING BRIDGES: Engaging the Complete Choral Artist’
I O W A CHORAL ICDA HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS association, inc. AWARD ORDER FORM
The Iowa Choral Directors Association has established criteria and procedures for recognizing excellence in choral work by outstanding members of senior high schools. Any choral musician who is a member of a senior high school may become a candidate for this award if: 1 The candidate belongs to a choral ensemble conducted by a member of ICDA/ACDA 2 The candidate is nominated for this honor by his/her choral director 3 The candidate has exhibited superior all-around musicianship 4 The candidate has demonstrated personal music growth 5 The candidate has demonstrated genuine interest in all aspects of the choral art 6 The candidate has demonstrated exceptional qualities of musical leadership Please make checks 7 The candidate has been a member in good standing of the choral ensemble and is a senior in payable to ICDA and high school mail to: DATE______DIRECTOR’S NAME______Gerard Krupke Norwalk High School ICDA MEMBER NUMBER______1201 North Ave PHONE______EMAIL______Norwalk, IA 50211 [email protected] SCHOOL ADDRESS______
CITY-STATE-ZIP+4______OFFICE USE ONLY: QTY ITEM PRICE TOTAL
PAID o Medallions $28 each ______CHECK # Plaques $125 each ______Medallion Sample SHIPPING AND HANDLING ARE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF EACH ITEM PLEASE ALLOW 2-3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY. SENT o $25 FEE FOR EXPRESS OR OVERNIGHT SHIPPING
______PLAQUE ENGRAVING OPTIONS If Ordering Plaques, Choose One:
o STANDARD
______Plaque Sample (school name as you would like it to appear) HIGH SCHOOL OUTSTANDING SENIOR CHORAL AWARD
o CUSTOMIZED (Design your own in ten words or less)
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______8X10 Certificate ______Sample that comes with Medallion ______
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Cash Prizes for Student Compositions Iowa Composers Forum 18th Annual Student Composers Competition Postmark Deadline: June 1, 2014
Music educators, both private instructors and school teachers, are encouraged to submit works by K-12 or undergraduate college students written for any combination of instruments and voices to the ICF 18th Annual Student Composers Competition. Entrants should be willing to travel to the University of Northern Iowa in the late spring of 2015 to hear their piece performed if selected for an award. The ICF will make every effort to have winning compositions performed at an ICF event, but we cannot guarantee performances of pieces by large ensembles. Students can enter a composition into one of four categories based on their grade equivalent: Category 1: 5th grade and younger; Category 2: 6th–8th grade; Category 3: 9th-12th grade; or Category 4: undergraduate college student.
Cash awards: $50 and 1st prize certificates will be awarded to the top student winners in the 1st and 2nd Categories; $100 and a 1st prize certificate will be awarded to the top student winner in the 3rd category; $150 and a 1st prize certificate will be awarded to the top student winner in the 4th category. Honorary certificates may also be awarded at the discretion of the judges. Winners in each category will receive a one-year, free membership in the Iowa Composers Forum, granting all the benefits of student membership. The ICF reserves the right to declare no winners in a category if the judges determine there are no entries of sufficient quality. To sponsor a student composer, please submit a full score of their work with all parts clearly shown and no more than 2 parts on a staff. Scores should follow standard ensemble layout practices, including proper instrumental order and transposition. Scores should be clearly labeled with the title of the composition and the grade level of the student at the time of submission. All marks referring to the identity of the composer should be removed. Please limit submissions to one work per student. On a separate sheet of paper, please include the following: Composition Title; Teacher’s name, address, telephone number, email and school (if applicable); Student’s name, email, school, age, grade level at the time of submission, newspaper contact; a short biography; brief program notes; approximate timing, instrumentation, and date when the piece was written. If available, please also submit a recording of a live or electronic performance on CD (MIDI realization is acceptable).
Submissions should be postmarked no later than June 1, 2014 and mailed to: ICF Student Composers Competition c/o Denise Knaack 33929 L-25 Pierson, IA 51048 See our website at www.iowacomposers.org For further information please contact Denise Knaack at [email protected] our website at www.iowacomposers.org For further information please contact Denise Knaack at [email protected]
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EXHIBITS Other Places FIRST UNITED METHODIST MULLIGAN’S BAR & GRILL CHURCH 2791 4th St SE 119 S Georgia Ave From NIACC: Turn right onto 4th St From NIACC: Go west on Hwy 122 for 3.3 SE and Mulligan’s will be on your left miles to Pennsylvania Ave. Turn right (north) about a mile down the road. onto Pennsylvania Ave and go .2 miles to South 2nd St. Turn right (east) on to South Prime N Wine 2nd St for .1 miles to South Georgia Ave. The 3000 4th St SW church is on the corner of South 2nd St and From NIACC: Head south on George Ave. College Dr toward 4th St SE. Turn right onto 4th St SE. Continue onto KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL IA-122 W/US-18 Bus W/5th St SE. 551 South Taft Avenue The restaurant will be on your right From NIACC: Go west on Hwy 122 for -- the Super 8 Motel is nearby. 5.5 miles to Taft Ave. Turn left (south) on Taft Ave and go .1 mile. The KC Hall is on HIGHLAND GOLF COURSE the left. 944 17th St. NE Mason City From NIACC: Go west on Hwy 122. KEPHART’S MUSIC CENTER Turn right (northwest) on Maple. Take From NIACC: Go west on Hwy 122 for 5.2 a slight right (north) onto N Kentucky miles to Plaza West strip mall on right side Ave. Then left (west) on 12th St. NE, of street. Kephart’s is located to the west of and right (north) on N. Rhode Island Hy-Vee. Ave. Then right (east) on 17th St. NE.
Music Man Square Emergency phone number: 308 South Pennsylvania Ave If an emergency arises, the NIACC From NIACC: South to 4th St SE and turn switchboard number is: right. Continue onto 5th St SE. 1-888-466-4222 LUNCH & DINNER Take a right onto S Pennsylvania Ave. or 1-888-GO-NIACC. Destination is on your left. We would also encourage you to give family members your cell phone number.
ICDA Symposium 2013 / 55 Save the Date for the 2014 ICDA Symposium Hosted by Michael Reese July 21-25, 2014 NIACC, Mason City It is with great pleasure and anticipation that I present a sneak-peak at the 2014 ICDA Summer Symposium! The symposium will not only provide clinicians to educate the individual teacher, but will further provide a platform for sharing ideas and techniques that WE use in our own classrooms. We will focus on collaboration as a method to increase productivity in the classroom and also to create a renewed spark for our own intellect. Sometimes we may feel as if we are educating on an island or in a vacuum, but by listening to professionals in music education and then sharing our successes and concerns, we will quickly learn that we are all in this TOGETHER! My ultimate goal is to strengthen our membership by increasing our knowledge of each other... not just K-6th or 7th-12th, but K THROUGH 12th and beyond! Some of the offerings will include a “meet and greet” and discussion on musical theatre with Tony nominated song writers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Performing concert spirituals and a reading session will be offered by composer Stacey Gibbs (he will also provide a NEW SETTING specifically for our symposium!). Jonathan Erwin, an expert in Choice Theory, will provide multiple sessions ranging from ways to empower your students by meeting emotional needs, to staying calm in stressful situations. Other Music Education/Advocacy clinicians will include: Karl Chang; Scott Sandersfeld; Jesse Upah; Laura Lane; Iowa’s own Kelly Truax, Heath Weber, David Law, Alan Greiner, and more to come! Ann Fennell, from the University of Iowa, will educate us on the Lessac Vocal Method for Voice Care/Development and graduate students from the Iowa Voice/Speech Clinic will be present to offer small group sessions on resonant voice production and vocal care. Worship sessions and a worship event will be led by worship leader, recording artist, and former Iowans, Jenn Petersen and her husband Branden (Collin Creek Community Church, Dallas). There will also be sessions presented on Music Technology and Music Literacy. Concerts will include: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, joined by former Iowan and National Broadway Touring soloist, Whitney Bashor; Crystal Children’s Choir (San Francisco); the Mirandola Ensemble (Minneapolis); Nova Singers (Galesburg); and Breath of Soul (Nashville), featuring former Iowan, Jesse Upah. We will also feature the All-State Jazz Choir, Director’s Chorus, Retired Choir, Commissioned Work, OPUS and All-State reading sessions (featuring the conductor of the 2014 All-State Choir), exhibits, and many Reading Sessions. The “Dynamic Duo” of Jennifer Wagner and Tom Gerking return for ONE MORE SUMMER to co-coordinate exceptional Social Events. That alone is something you can’t miss! Mark the dates July 21st - 25th, 2014, on your calendar NOW! I know you will be educated, enveloped, and entertained. I am looking forward to seeing you at the 2014 ICDA Summer Symposium! Michael [email protected]
I O W A CHORAL DIRECTORS association, inc.
Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc., ICDA, exists to serve choral musicians in the state of Iowa by providing leadership, guidance and support, offering continuing education opportunities, promoting excellence in the choral art through high quality offerings and events, supporting education and growth beyond college graduation, and enriching and renewing the musical souls of its membership.
ICDA’s 800+ members are choral conductors at every level of learning from pre-school to adult and they make music with a wide variety of choruses. ICDA is regarded nationally as a leader among state ACDA organizations in providing opportunities for growth and development for all those dedicated to choral music. ICDA is an affiliate of the American Choral Directors Association, one of the largest professional organizations for choral directors in the world with a membership of approximately 16,000 directors representing one million singers. www.iowachoral.org