EXECUTIVE BOARD a highlight of the convention will be 2011 summer convention chair [email protected] our exhibitor area. Jamie Spillane network with your 1703 E Belt Dr Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 suppliers face-to-face 319-217-0164 to learn new ideas Iowa Wesleyan College and find materials 601 N Main St The Road Home you’ll need in the Mount Pleasant, IA 52641 upcoming year. 319-385-6354 4:30p Music Technology Session - Chris Johnson Reading Session - TTB TTBB - John Wiles 2011 summer convention chair Monday, July 25 Making Connections - Using Manipulatives II - Kris Versteegt Exhibitors will be at [email protected] Steve Woodin 7:30-8:30 Breakfast 7:00 Voces 8 CONCERT the convention on 3115 46th Street 8:30 Welcome 9:00 McNider Museum - Social Event Monday, July 26 and Des Moines, IA 50310-3533 9:15 Keynote Address - Weston Noble tuesday, july 27 515-270-8855 10:00 From Age to Age - A cappella Ensemble Concert ICDA BOUTIQUE 11:00 First Year Teachers - Dr. Scott Buchanan [email protected] Elementary - What’s It All About? - Jane Oxton Wednesday, July 27 Tyler and Amanda Schnuckel Reading Session - Two-Year College - Aaron Powell 1105 4th St 7:30-8:30am Breakfast Onawa, IA 51040 12:00pm Lunch 9:00 Worship Service - Michael Burkhardt - Mark Babcock 712-433-4969 1:00-3:00 IHSMA Adjudicators Training 10:45 Brunch - ICDA Meeting 1:15-2:30 CMP ‘It’s Just Good Teaching - Teaching Intentionally and Engagingly’ SAVE THE (Tyler) West Monona Jr/Sr High School 12:00 pm Visit the Exhibits (Nick Page, Michael Burkhardt, Stephen Paulus) DATE AND 1314 15th St - Aimee Beckman Collier and Patty Trump 12:30 Building Body-Voices: Engaging Your Whole Self in Singing - Therees Hibbard Onawa, IA 51040 1:30 Reading Session - Show Choir - Eric Shepherd Reading Session - Multi-Cultural - Nick Page & Jon Koplin GET YOUR 712-433-1887 The Art and Mission of “From Age to Age” Andrew Miller 1:30 Question and Answer - Stephen Paulus/Michael Dennis Browne REGISTRATION (Amanda) Westwood Comm. Schools 3:00 District Meetings - NIACC - Meet in Atrium 2:30 Playbook: Boys and Young Men - Mark Johnson - Minnesota Boychoir 1000 Rebel Way 4:30 Music Technology Session - Chris Johnson Interpreting Poetic Texts - Michael Dennis Browne FORM IN Sloan, IA 51055 Conducting Master Class - Dr. Scott Buchanan 3:30 The Rehearsal Journey - Techniques and Priorities TODAY -- 712-428-3303 Healthy Singing for Pop & Jazz - Peter Eldridge/All-State Jazz Choir - James Rodde - NIACC Choir, Jason Reiner, Director HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS CHAIR Where Are We Going and How Do We Get There? - Jane Oxton Body Singing in Choral Rehearsals: Integrating Body, Mind, Voice and Spirit [email protected] 7:00 All-State Jazz Choir Concert - Therees Hibbard HERE’S THE Laura Engels 8:30 Social Event - ICDA “Blue Note” Jazz Club in NIACC Atrium 4:30 Music Technology Session - Chris Johnson SCHEDULE, 2233 Camelot Ct Recording Artist - Peter Eldridge with special guests Open Rehearsal -- Stephen Paulus/Browne Choir Altoona, IA 50009 THE 515-313-3074 7:00 The ICDA Retired Choir 7:30 Power Sing - Nick Page PRESENTERS, SE Polk High School Minnesota Boychoir in concert! AND ON 8325 NE University Tuesday, July 26 Pleasant Hill, IA 50327 9:00 80’s prom night social - Bring your big hair! PAGE 19, THE 515-967-6631 7:30-8:30am Breakfast REGISTRATION OPUS CHAIR 8:45 Warm-up Sesson [email protected] 9:00 Reading Session - Elementary -Tanya Rosenkranz FORM David Heupel Global Music and the Church Musician - Michael Burkhardt Thursday, July 28 207 E MadisonSt Building a Choral Program From the Fround Up, Musical and Jefferson, IA 50129 7:30-8:30am Breakfast 515-386-5436 Non-Musical Considerations - Brandon Johnson 8:45 Warm-Up Session Visit the Exhibits 9:00 Music Technology Session - Chris Johnson Jefferson-Scranton High School 10:00 Reading Session - SSA/TTB easy - Laura Farnell 101 Ram Drive Reading Session - College/Advanced SATB - Sean Burton Jefferson, IA 50129 Reading Session - Vocal Jazz - Peter Eldridge The Comprehensive Educator: Teaching 515-386-4213 Making Connections - Using Manipulatives I - Kris Versteegt Effectively In the K-12 Setting - Dr. Brandon Johnson OPUS CHAIR 2011-2013 11:00 Voces 8 - Session 10:00 Making A Difference - Bruce Rogers Brian Johnson 12:00pm Lunch Middle School Panel 909 Filmore Ave 1:00 Visit the exhibits (Voces8 informal performance) 11:00 ‘To Be Certain of the Dawn’ information session - Stephen Paulus, Michael Council Bluffs, IA 51503 1:30 Sing With Us! - Nick Page Dennis Browne, Aimee Beckman Collier, Lee Nelson, Jamie Spillane 712-322-2228 Reading Session - Treble Clef - Jill Wilson and Steve Hoifeldt 12:00pm Lunch [email protected] Reading Session - Music & Worship - Michael Burkhardt 1:00 Stephen Paulus Choir Concert (Commissoned work performance) Lewis Central High School 2:30 Putting the FUN in Fundamentals - Laura Farnell 2:00 Reading Sessions - OPUS 3504 Harry Langdon Blvd Voces8 Session II - with Mason City High Chamber Choir, Joel Everist Director 3:15 Reading Session - All-State Council Bluffs, IA 51503 3:30 Reading Session - SATB - Corky Koerselman Symposium over! 712-366-8220 ext. 7377 One-A-Day Vitamin for Elementary Teachers - Jennifer Wagner [email protected] When the Music Comes Alive! - Nick Page

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The Road Home Aimee Beckman-Collier Weston Noble Beckmann-Collier is Director of Choral Studies at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, where she has A graduate of Luther College, Weston Noble has been involved in music since early childhood. In taught since 1989. She is a frequent clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor for high school and col- 1948, he returned to Luther to direct the Concert Band and Nordic Choir. He earned his advanced lege choral festivals and contests throughout the country. She has conducted many All-State Choruses, degree at the University of Michigan. While at Luther, he also helped develop the Dorian Music the New England Music Festival, the Iowa Collegiate Honor Choir and the Iowa Community Chorus Festival. Honor Choir. She has also conducted choirs and orchestras from throughout the United States in perfor- He has served as a highly sought-after adjudicator and guest conductor, festival director and mances at Carnegie Hall. clinician since 1949. He has conducted all-state groups in band, choir and orchestra in more than Drake ensembles under her leadership have performed on the programs of the North Central 800 appearances over the years. Division of the American Choral Directors Association and in England, Austria, Italy, Germany, and the In addition to three honorary doctoral degrees, Weston Noble was the first person named Czech Republic. She has served on the adjudication panel for the American Choral Directors Association Outstanding Music Educator of the United States by the National Federation of State High School national conducting competition. Associations. He received the Citation of Merit Award from the University of Michigan School Dr. Beckmann-Collier is president of the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors of Music Alumni and in 1994 was the first recipient of the Weston H. Noble Award for lifetime Association and has served ACDA as president of the Iowa Choral Directors Association and chairperson achievement from the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association. He of the 1992 ACDA North Central Division Convention, the 1995 ICDA Summer Symposium, and Immer- retired in 2005 after teaching 57 years at Luther College. sion Day of the 2002 North Central Division Convention. She is a former editor of Melisma, the North He has since been a conductor-in-residence of the Carthage Choir at Carthage College, Central Division’s publication, and Sounding Board, Iowa ACDA’s quarterly. Her articles on Renaissance taught at Wartburg College and conducted the famous Wartburg Choir and Ritterchor. Weston performance practices, music of the Classical period, and teaching critical thinking skills in the choral re- returned to Luther College in the fall of 2009 to continue his life work promoting Luther in its hearsal, and the role of school music ensembles in a global economy have been published in the Choral Develpment Office. He continues to conduct choral workshops throughout the world including Journal and the Music Educators Journal. Currently, she is chair of the Iowa Comprehensive Musician- a December 2010 performance of Handel’s “Messiah” in South Korea for the Camarata Music ship Project, a mastery teaching program for music educators. Company. A graduate of Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, which recently presented her with its Distinguished Alumna Award, Dr. Beckmann-Collier received master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from The University of Iowa where she studied with Don V Moses. She recently received Drake University’s Madelyn Levitt Award for Distinguished Community Service, the Iowa Music Educators Dr. Scott Buchanan Association Distinguished Service Award, the National Federation Interscholastic Music Association Iowa Dr. Scott Buchanan serves as the Director of Choral Activities at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Buchanan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Outstanding Music Educator Award and designation as Drake’s 2010 Stalnaker Lecturer. Education from Bradley University, a Master’s Degree in Music Education from the Florida State University, and a Ph.D. in Music Education from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Prior to his appointment at ISU, he served on the faculty as Director of Choral Activities at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. Dr. Buchanan Andrew Miller Andrew is an avid choral conductor, vocalist, and teacher of voice. He has conducted public school, began his teaching career at the high school level in Brevard County, Florida, where his groups community, church, collegiate, and professional choirs. Andrew graduated from Brianerd High School received acclaim at district, state, and national levels. in 2001 under the musical direction and inspiration of Dr. Michael Smith who now teaches at Concordia Dr. Buchanan is in frequent demand as a choral clinician and adjudicator throughout the College, Moorhead. Miller holds a degree in vocal music education from Bemidji State University, and United States. Recently, he has been engaged as a choral clinician/guest conductor for work- a masters degree in choral conducting from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Andrew is a recently shops, honor choirs, and All-State choirs nationwide. Additionally, he has published articles in the published composer of choral music, having published two choral works through Santa Barbara Music Southeastern Journal of Music Education, the Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, Publishing Company. Miller is currently the director of choral activities at Bismarck State College where ICDA Notations, and has written reviews for the Choral Journal. Dr. Buchanan made his Carnegie he conducts the concert choir, chamber singers and women’s ensemble, and teaches aural skills and Hall debut in 2001 and has made numerous appearances there, including conducting a solo per- music appreciation. formance with the Indiana State University Concert Choir in 2004. Choirs under his direction have performed throughout the U.S. and in Europe. Future engagements include appearances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall, and the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in Shenyang, China.He is currently President of the Indiana Choral Directors Association. Peter Eldridge Peter Eldridge has been called “perennially classy” (JazzTimes) and ranks “in the celebrated tradition of melodic poets, most famously represented by such disparate voices as Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison and Steely Dan – singer/songwriters who create catchy, beautiful tunes with Jane Oxton insightful lyrics that are both personal and universal” (allmusicguide.com). Mr. Eldridge continues to draw Ms. Oxton is currently the Education and Outreach Coordinator of the Paramount Theatre and on his many-faceted talent as he pursues an eclectic mix of activities, including composing, performing, Visual Arts Center. She has served as vocal music teacher and Fine Arts Coordinator for Jef- arranging, recording, as well as teaching (the Manhattan School of Music, head of the jazz voice faculty ferson Elementary in St. Cloud, MN for sixteen years where she helped to develop an exemplary since 1993). He has released three solo recordings and Peter is very excited about his newest project, program of arts infusion in a 4 through 6th grade setting. Jane was named Arts Coordinator of the the latin-inspired Mad Heaven, which will be released this coming February on Palmetto Records. Year by the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education in 2002 and Jefferson was presented with Peter is also a co-founding member of the double-Grammy winning New York Voices (which will appear the City Arts Award in 2003 from the St. Cloud Arts Commission. During her tenure at Jefferson, Tuesday at our Convention), which has recorded seven studio albums. The group has made numerous the school won five Minnesota State Arts Board grants and a national Toyota grant to infuse arts guest appearances, and toured internationally for two decades. and science along with many CMAB arts grants. Ms. Oxton facilitated Jefferson’s selection and In spring 2006, Peter was invited to join Kurt Elling, Jon Hendricks, and Mark Murphy for a ‘concept participation in the Artful Teaching and Learning federal grant received by the Perpich Center for concert’, the Four Brothers. He is also a member of the vocal group Moss, which combines the talents Arts Education and Minneapolis Public Schools in 2001 where she worked as a peer coach for of Luciana Souza, Kate McGarry, Theo Bleckmann, and Lauren Kinhan. Peter also regularly performs five years. In 1996, Ms. Oxton became the founding director of Cantabile, an auditioned com- with his own band in venues in New York and internationally. Peter recently wrote the musical score with munity girls’ choir in Central Minnesota sponsored by St. Cloud State University where she also composer/conductor Adam Waite for the documentary film, ‘No Job for a Woman’, which tells the account served as an adjunct faculty member. She has prepared curriculum for the St. Cloud Symphony’s of women reporters in WWII, as well as writing his first full-fledged musical with Chicago playwright Cheri Classics for Kids Concerts, served as director of the Arts Academy in St. Cloud, and directed an Coons about the life, loves and art of Gustav Klimt. outreach choir for the St. John’s Boys’ Choir. She also does regional choral clinician work, and serves on the Boards of Paramount Arts Resource Trust and Central Minnesota Youth Chorale. continued on next page

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of Light’. Based out of Rochester and Buffalo, NY, the group engages audiences in transformative musi- The Road Home cal experiences through world-class choral performances and recordings. The group is dedicated to the He is regularly asked to lead master classes and workshops around the world, and as guest development of tomorrow’s musicians and the commissioning of new vocal music. The ensemble will conductor has directed All State groups including New York, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. His make its debut May 2011. web site is www.petereldridge.com He has presented conducting master-classes and interest sessions at multiple state MENC and ACDA conventions. Johnson is currently the New York State ACDA president. Johnson is in high demand as a guest conductor and has been invited to conduct choral festivals at home and in abroad. Johnson is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and has received graduate Micael Burkhardt instruction from the Eastman School of Music, Westminster Choir College, and the University of Arizona, Internationally known for his innovative and inspiring hymn festivals and for his creative work with children, Michael Burkhardt is in frequent demand as a choral clinician, organ recitalist, and where he received Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Choral Conducting. hymn festival leader. He is currently Director of Worship and the Arts at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Livonia, Michigan, Director of Worship and the Arts for the Southeast Michigan Synod of the ELCA, and Artistic Director of the Detroit Handbell Ensemble. From 2001-2007 he served on Kris Versteegt the faculty of Carthage College in Kenosha, WI, as Director of Choral Activities, College Organ- Kris VerSteegt teaches Elementary General Music at Ashland Ridge Elementary in Ankeny. She holds ist, and Artist in Residence. Prior to his appointment at Carthage, he was a Faculty Associate in a bachelor of music degree from Iowa State University, has completed two levels of Orff, and holds a organ at Arizona State University. In addition, he served Christ College Irvine as College Organ- Mastery Certificate in Kodaly from Drake University. ist and head of studies in church music and music education, as well as Luther Seminary and In 2003, Kris founded the Kodály Educators of Iowa (KEI), an affiliate chapter of the Organization Trinity Seminary, as Guest Lecturer in their Master of Sacred Music programs. of American Kodály Educators, and served as their first president. She is currently serving another term Dr. Burkhardt is a graduate of Carthage College. He earned his M.M. degree from Southern as the chapter’s president this school year. As an ongoing member of KEI, Kris has presented short seg- Methodist University and his D.M.A. degree from Arizona State University. ments and workshops on a variety of subjects including listening lessons, folk dances, singing games, He has performed and led seminars at both national and regional events. Dr. Burkhardt is manipulatives, and technology integration. Outside of KEI, Kris has presented workshops on music author of Part-Singing Global Style, and Singing with Understanding. He is composer of two technology, using manipulatives, and folk dancing. settings of the Eucharistic liturgy, A New Song and Missa St. Andrew, as well as numerous organ improvisations, choral octavos and handbell compositions. Jennifer Wagner Jennifer Wagner graduated in 1993 with a BME from Iowa Wesleyan College and is currently the vocal Bruce Rogers music teacher at Highland Community Schools for grades 6-12. Over the past several years, Jennifer Professor Bruce Rogers is the Director of Choral Activities at Mt. San Antonio College, a position has had the opportunity to conduct several district honor choirs and, in 2008 conducted the 5th and 6th he assumed in 1994 There he directs the award-winning Chamber Singers and the elite vocal grade Opus Honor Choir. She has been a member of the Iowa Choral Directors Association since 1992, jazz ensemble, Singcopation. Choirs under his direction have won numerous awards and first and has served on the board for over ten years. Her positions on the board have included: Website place honors throughout the United States and Europe. Mr. Rogers’ choirs have had the honor of Manager, Historian, Sounding Board Ads, and the 2007 Summer Symposium Chair. For the past several performing at regional, state, and National Conventions as well as performing at three Interna- years, she has been actively judging state music festivals for the Iowa High School Music Association. tional Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) National Conventions. They have achieved top rank- Jennifer has also given sessions at the ICDA Summer and Fall Symposiums. In 2011, she will be the 5th ing in national and international competitions throughout the world. and 6th grade Opus Honor Choir Chair. In the year 2001, Mr. Rogers became the first choral director in United States history to have two different choirs under his direction to perform at the IAJE National Convention and the ACDA National Convention, and he achieved this special honor once again in 2005 when his Chamber Singers performed at the ACDA National Conventions, and his vocal jazz group “Sing- Nick Page Nick Page is a composer, conductor, author, and song leader. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Page was a con- copation” performed at the IAJE National Convention. ductor with the Chicago Children¹s Choir and he currently directs the Mystic Chorale of Boston as well He has guest conducted at Carnegie Hall on three different occasions and by special as leading sings and workshops throughout the Americas and Europe. He has guest conducted at many invitation at Lincoln Center. In 2007, Professor Rogers was invited to conduct the ACDA National festivals and concert venues including Carnegie Hall. He is the author of three books for teachers includ- Two-Year College Honor Choir at the ACDA National Convention in Miami and the MENC North- ing his Sing With Us songbook and Sing and Shine On. Nick has over sixty-five published choral pieces. west Jazz Honor Choir in Portland. Mr. Rogers has presented lectures, adjudicated, or conducted He earned his Masters in Education in 1993 from Lesley and his undergraduate from Ithaca College All-State and Collegiate Honor Choirs throught the U.S. and Canada. in 1975, where he majored in Music Education. While at Ithaca, he composed his first full work called, In 2007 they were awarded the title of “Choir of the World” by winning the prestigious Pava- Comic Requiem, Son of Faust. After college, he taught at all levels K-12 and he continued to compose rotti Trophy at the “Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Competition. Last year, his vocal and arrange choral works as well as musical comedies. jazz group Singcopation won a special performance award from Downbeat Magazine and have Directing the six hundred strong Chicago Children’s Choir changed his life and he became intoxi- been honored 5 times by Downbeat magazine as the best college vocal jazz choir in the United cated with the worlds of Black Gospel and Jewish liturgical music. The passion of the music drove him States. For his many achievements, Mt. SAC presented Professor Rogers with its prestigious to study more music of great energy, particularly the choral styles from diverse cultures. He has traveled “Faculty Member of the Year” award and he has recently signed with Gentry Music to publish the across North America leading what he calls POWER SINGS with adult groups, elementary, junior high, “Bruce Rogers Choral Series”. and senior high school students as well as at many colleges and choral director conventions. Nick’s Brandon Johnson articles on music have appeared in numerous choral journals. Brandon is the Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Conducting and Voice at the Greatbatch School of Music, Houghton College. He heads the Houghton College choral Therees Hibbard Therees Tkach Hibbard is Associate Director of Choral Activities and associate professor of choral music program, and administers the masters of music degree in choral conducting and is the recipient at the University of Nebraska Lincoln School of Music. She has conducted choirs ranging from young of the Houghton College Award for Teaching Excellence. children to professional singers; and has served as adjudicator, workshop leader, and guest conductor He has worked with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Cho- for numerous choral organizations throughout the world. Before joining the faculty at the UNL School of rus. Most recently Johnson studied conducting with German conductor Helmuth Rilling and was Music, she worked for twelve years as a choral conductor, singing tutor and senior lecturer at several UK selected to conduct the Grammy winning Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Johnson universities including the London College of Music, the Royal College of Music (junior department), and conducted the Southern Tier Orchestra, a professional orchestra based in Olean, NY. In 2011 Johnson founded the professional vocal ensemble Vox Lumine or in English ‘Voices continued on next page

8 / Sounding Board May 2011 May 2011 Sounding Board / 9 The Road Home a return to the foundations of the choral art Roehampton University, where she also established the first BBC Singers Conducting Master Class Mark Johnson Mark Johnson began his work with the Minnesota Boychoir in 1992 as the accompanist. He was hired Residency program. She has also served as a tutor for the Choral Conductors Training Course for the as the Artistic Director in 1993. Mr. Johnson holds a degree in vocal music education from St. Olaf Association of British Choral Directors that she helped develop and implement throughout the UK. Dur- College and he taught junior high choral music for six years before becoming full-time conductor of ing her tenure in London she was also the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Imperial College Choir the Boychoir. From 1995 to 2007, he was a member of the staff at Albemarle, a summer music camp and Chamber Choir of the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London; both are program of the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey. Mr. Johnson’s reputation in choral non-auditioned ensembles made up of students, faculty, staff and alumni who presented three major work, especially with children’s groups, has led to many invitations to work as a clinician, accompanist choral/orchestral concerts each year. and adjudicator for honors choirs and festivals in Louisiana, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, New York, North Her work as a movement specialist in the training of choral singers and conductors has created Carolina, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. He conducted the Minnesota ACDA unique opportunities for her to work with choirs and conductors from around the world. Her research 7th grade Boys Honor Choir in 2005, the Young Men’s track for the World Voices Australia Festival at on enhancing choral performance through movement training has led to the development of a compre- the Sydney Opera House in 2007, and the Middle Level Honor Choir for the Wisconsin Choral Direc- hensive choral education philosophy of “Body Singing”. tors Association Convention in 2010. Professional memberships include Chorus America, the American She has also performed professionally as a vocal soloist and chorus member both in London and Choral Directors Association and the Minnesota Music Educators Association. Mark has also served as the United States. She began her career as a singer and dancer in musical theatre before training as a Repertoire and Standards Chair for Boychoirs at the state and regional levels. classical performer and conductor. Therees holds a Bachelor of Music Honors degree in vocal music education with a minor in dance from Longwood College, Virginia; a Master of Music degree in voice and choral conducting from Colorado State University; and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal music education and choral James Rodde conducting from the University of Oregon School of Music. James Rodde, the Moen Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Iowa State, conducts the Iowa State Singers, the 130-voice Statesmen, and teaches choral conducting and literature. Choirs under his direction have toured internationally and have been honored with performances at a number of distinguished music conferences in the United States, including the 1993, 1997, 2005, and 2009 ACDA Stephen Paulus and 2008 NCCO National Conventions. As a teacher of conducting, one of his students won the 2005 Composer Stephen Paulus has been hailed as “...a bright, fluent inventor with a ready lyric gift.” ACDA National Undergraduate Conducting Competition, and another was a 2011 finalist. (The New Yorker) His prolific output of more than two hundred works is represented in many genres, An active clinician, Dr. Rodde has led numerous state and regional festival ensembles, most re- including music for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensembles, solo voice, keyboard and opera. Commis- cently the Texas, Iowa, South Dakota, Colorado and Nebraska All-State Choirs. In addition, he annually sions have been received from the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony conducts the ISU Honor Choir, a highly select ensemble of high school students, chosen through live Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Houston Symphony and St. Paul auditions across the state of Iowa. Chamber Orchestra, with subsequent performances coming from the orchestras of Los Angeles, Phila- Beyond his university duties, Dr. Rodde is the Artistic Director of two community ensembles, the delphia, St. Louis, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Radio Orchestra. He has served as Ames Chamber Artists and the Des Moines Choral Society. For more than a decade he served ACDA Composer in Residence for the orchestras of Atlanta, Minnesota, Tucson and Annapolis, and his works as the North Central R&S Chair for Men’s Choirs, and he continues to edit and arrange choral music, have been championed by such eminent conductors as Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur, Christoph von with a number of published works. Since his appointment at ISU in 2000, the choral program has grown Dohanyi, Leonard Slatkin, Yoel Levi, the late Robert Shaw, and numerous others. steadily to now include roughly 400 undergraduate choristers. Paulus has been commissioned to write works for some of the world’s great solo artists, Cham- A native of Minneapolis, Dr. Rodde’s chief mentors were Leland Sateren and Dale Warland. From ber music, and has been a featured guest composer at many festivals. 1985 to 2000 he served as Director of Choral Studies at the University of North Dakota, where he was As one of today’s pre-eminent composers of opera, Paulus has written nine works for the dra- honored with the Fine Arts Faculty Award for Teaching. matic stage. His choral works have been performed and recorded by some of the most distinguished choruses in the United States. He is one of the most frequently recorded contemporary composers with his music being represented on over fifty recordings. A recipient of both Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, Paulus is also a strong advocate for the Lee Nelson music of his colleagues. He is co-founder and a current Board Vice President of the highly esteemed Dr. Lee Nelson is the Patricia R. Zahn Chair in choral conducting and the Director of Choral Activities American Composers Forum, the largest composer service organization in the world. Paulus serves at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA. Dr. Nelson conducts the Wartburg Choir, Ritterchor (men’s choir), on the ASCAP Board of Directors as the Concert Music Representative, a post he has held since teaches advanced conducting, and serves as the artistic director of Christmas with Wartburg. 1990. Dr. Nelson’s skills as a conductor were recognized with an invitation from the American Choral Di- rector’s Association to compete in the 2005 National Conducting Competition in Los Angeles, CA where he won the competition. In 2001, Nelson was awarded the Outstanding Young Choral Conductor of the Year award by ACDA of Minnesota. Dr. Nelson will make his conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in Febru- Michael Dennis Browne ary. In May of 2011, Nelson will conduct the Wartburg Choir on a month long tour of Hungary, Slovakia, Michael Dennis Browne is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Minnesota, where he Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. He is scheduled to conduct all state taught for thirty-nine years. His most recent publications include Give Her the River, a picture book and honor choirs in Colorado, New York, Mississippi, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and with paintings by Wendell Minor (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004); Things I Can’t Tell You, Manitoba, Canada during the 2010-2011 academic year. poetry (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2005); What the Poem Wants, essays on poetry (Carnegie Prior to his appointment at Wartburg College, Dr. Nelson served on the faculty at St. Cloud State Mellon, 2008). Browne’s poems have been published in many magazines and anthologies, and his University where he received the SCSU Professional Achievement Award in 2008. In addition to his awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bush Foundation, the Je- work at Wartburg College, Dr. Nelson also serves as the music director and conductor of the Metropoli- rome Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. Two of his collections have won the Minnesota Book tan Chorale, a 100-voice community choir based in the Cedar Valley. Award for poetry. He teaches each summer at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. As a librettist, he has Dr. Nelson earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. written many texts for music, working principally with composer Stephen Paulus. Their post-Holocaust He has received graduate instruction from Westminster Choir College and is a Summa Cum Laude oratorio, To Be Certain of the Dawn, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music by the Minnesota graduate from the University of Arizona where he received a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts. Orchestra and issued as a CD in 2008 (BIS Records). Some of the best-known short choral works by Paulus and Browne include “The Road Home,” “Pilgrims’ Hymn,” “Hymn for America,” and “Hymn of the Eternal Flame.” Their next collaboration, the church opera “The Shoemaker,” based on a story by Leo Tolstoy, will have its premiere in February 2012 at the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola in New York City as part of the series Sacred Music in a Sacred Space. continued on next page

10 / Sounding Board May 2011 May 2011 Sounding Board / 11 The Road Home a return to the foundations of the choral art Jamie Spillane The Minnesota Boychoir Founded in 1962, this is the oldest boychoir in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area. Mark Dr. Jamie Spillane is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Iowa Johnson is the artistic director and Todd Price, the accompanist. The Boychoir’s reputation for excellence Wesleyan College where he directs three choirs, has a private voice studio, and teaches beginning has brought invitations from local and national music conventions, as well as sporting events and touring and advanced choral conducting and secondary choral methods classes. Dr. Spillane also directs the Broadway companies. The Boychoir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, Mount Pleasant Chorale, a college and community ensemble that often performs under his direction the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Prague Philharmonic, Garrison Keillor’s with the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra. A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio, and a long list of local and national performers. In the summers, Spillane has taught graduate choral conducting at the University Connecticut The choir’s schedule and Central Connecticut State University and directed a vocal jazz choir for talented high school also includes national students at the Indiana State University. Prior to coming to Iowa, Dr. Spillane was at the University of and international tours. Arizona in Tucson. At the University of Arizona, Spillane was director of the Symphonic Choir, the pre- Past tours have thrilled mier undergraduate choir, the 125-voice University Community Chorus and orchestra, and UAVJE, the audiences in twelve university vocal jazz ensemble. He also taught undergraduate choral conducting. Spillane was also the states and on five conti- Chancel Choir Director at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church. For 14 years, Dr. Spillane was chair- nents. man of the Ledyard High School Music Department in Ledyard, Connecticut. Ledyard was twice voted The Minnesota a Grammy Signature School as one of the top 100 high school music programs in the United States. Boychoir trains young Dr. Spillane is a very active festival conductor, adjudicator and clinician who enjoys working with men to be outstanding choirs of all ages. He has conducted All-State or honor choirs throughout the U.S. and presented inter- musicians and strives est sessions at state and divisional conventions. In 2009, Dr. Spillane directed All-State Mixed Choir to help them develop in North Dakota and the All-State Jazz Choir in Iowa and in 2012 will conduct the Colorado All-State a sense of poise and Choir. self-confidence through In 2008, Dr. Spillane was voted by the faculty and students of Iowa Wesleyan College as the education and per- Chadwick Teacher of the Year. Dr. Spillane holds degrees from Ithaca College, the University of Con- formance. A choirboy is challenged to sing well, stand tall, stay on schedule, take pride in his appear- necticut, and the University of Arizona and is often listed in many Who’s Who publications. Dr. Spillane ance, respect those in charge and tap into the best part of who he is and what he can accomplish. The has been very active in ACDA and MENC and is a Past-President of the Connecticut Chapter of the Minnesota Boychoir challenges boys and young men from many backgrounds to the highest standards of American Choral Director’s Association as well as the Eastern Division R & S Chair for Vocal Jazz and choral music, nurtures the development of exceptional character, and inspires and benefits the commu- Show Choir. He is the chair of the 2011 Iowa Choral Directors Association Summer Symposium and nity. Convention. Find their website at www.boychoir.org Performing Groups Voces 8 The international award-winning octet VOCES8 has established itself as the foremost young British a cappella group. Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique jazz and From Age to Age pop arrangements, the group has been praised for Cutting-edge interpretations and world-class performances of modern choral stunning performance, exquisite singing and creat- repertoire are just a couple things From Age To Age brings to the table. ing a sound that spans the entire range of vocal Founded by its artistic director, Andrew Miller, on the turn of the 2007 New color. Recent recordings include the 2010 release Year, From Age To Age has achieved an impressive level of success in only of all the Bach Motets and “Aces High” – a CD that four short years. The ensemble performed at the 2010 Fall MN ACDA con- includes arrangements of jazz standards and James vention, has achieved multiple broadcasts on Minnesota Public Radio, worked Bond themes. Founded in 2003 by ex-choristers of with The Rose Ensemble, commissioned and premiered dozens of new choral Westminster Abbey, VOCES8 first achieved suc- works by MN composers, performed at a Central Asia Institute presentation cess in 2005, winning first prize at the International for an audience of over 1,800, conducted several educational workshops, Choral Grand Prix in Gorizia, Italy. Subsequently the collaborated with multiple ensembles, and has given nearly one thousand group has performed widely in the UK, Europe, the performances across the upper-Midwest. Highly trained and committed to USA, Africa and Asia. ‘The slickest of the lot…two their signature sound (often described as angelic, velvety, and versatile), the parts King’s Singers, three parts Swingle Singers, a dash of Bobby McFerrinn and California sunshine… singers of From Age To Age share a passion for helping people. The en- fans of a cappella ought to hear this, not just for the singing but the production values and Jim Clements semble regularly gives performances in underserved rural communities and audacious arrangements’. Andrew McGregor CD Review BBC Radio 3. VOCES8 also plays a key role nursing/assisted living homes. The organization also tithes 10% of all free-will in the education work of the non-profit foundation Voces Cantabiles Music. The group leads innovative offerings to building schools for children in the Middle-East promoting peace workshops as part of larger outreach projects in two-hundred schools throughout the UK, France, Swe- through education. den and the USA. VOCES8′s education work extends to workshops and master-classes with people of all ages and abilities around the world with the aim of inspiring creativity through music.

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12 / Sounding Board May 2011 May 2011 Sounding Board / 13 ICDA 2011 SUMMER SYMPOSIUM OfficeOffice Use Use Only Only PRE-REGISTRATION FORM DateDate rec’d rec’d Name (as desired on badge)______Total rec’d The Road Home Home address______Total rec’d 80’s prom night City/State/Zip______CheckCheck # # social - Bring your Mason City High School big hair! Phone______E-mail______After our Institution (as desired on badge)______Wednesday evening concert, Institution Address______our final party City/State/Zip______will take place at Summer phone______**Summer E-mail______(TBA). Symposium attendees are _____This will be my first ICDA Convention encouraged to dress in either 80’s First Year Teacher: prom gear, or as ___1st year Teacher Fall 2011 ___ Finished my first year of teaching 2010-11 school year a person famous in the 80’s (this Pre-Registration Fee (postmark deadline)______July 1 At door is not required to ___ACDA Member *Includes music packet $275.00 $365.00 $ ______attend the party.) Founded in 1927, the Mason City High School Vocal Music Department currently involves 350 students in twelve choirs. Mason City was honored as the first IMEA Exemplary Music Program and named (member number) ______Exp. Date ______We will have food, a “Grammy Signature School” Award Winner. Recordings of the MCHS Concert Choir were recently ___Non-ACDA Spouse *does not include a music packet $50.00 $70.00 $______beverages, grand featured in Dr. James Jordan’s textbook, The School Choral Program, as an exemplar of high school march of costumed choirs. The ensemble has sung at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Chicago’s ___Non-ACDA Member (Also requires ACDA membership form) $365.00 $455.00 $______registrants and Orchestra Hall, as well as a command performance for Vice President Gore and Japanese Prime ___ICDA Student Member (with no teaching experience) $40.00 $50.00 $______a dance. Special Minister Obuchi at the State Department in Washington D.C. In 2010 the choir was chosen to represent the United States at the 56th Annual International Habaneras Festival in Torrevieja, Spain. MCHS has ___Retired Teacher/Student (with prior teaching experience) $130.00 $160.00 $______prizes and earned 30 First Place ratings in national competitions over the past 20 years and appeared at numerous surprises will be ACDA conventions. Joel Everist serves as Director of Choral Activities, Sarah Bouska as Associate given during this Conductor, and Rachel Everist as accompanist. Single Day Plans the following rates do not include meals or a music packet: DON’T-MISS event. ___Single Day Registration - Circle Day M T W TH (one only) $125.00 $175.00 $______Get ready to laugh, ___Retired ACDA Member Single Day - Circle Day: M T W TH (one only) $45.00 $65.00 $______dance, and make memories! For Our Newcomers... What you should bring... Housing and Meals o bedding (fits extra long twin or full) PLEASE scan a The following items are standard in each dorm room: o a fan ___Comprehensive Fee Housing: Sunday night - Wednesday night $165.00 $200.00 $______4 2 twin beds without bedding or pillows o pillow(s) Meals are available Monday breakfast - Thursday lunch photo of yourself o and send to 4 2 desks towel & washcloth 4 o robe ___Lunch Plan only Monday-Thursday (Commuters only) $40.00 $40.00 $______Jennifer Wagner 2 chairs 4 2 small chests of drawers o toiletry bucket (for back & forth to the bathrooms) ___Linen Service Pillowcase, 2 sheets & towel - (pre-reg. only) $20.00 $______for a “Look at me in o 4 2 wardrobes extension cord (plug ins are far from the mirror) ___Single Room Extra Charge - (standard housing is two per room) $30.00 $50.00 $______the 80’s” contest. If 4 4 plug-ins o iron you went to prom 4 crank window with shades o alarm clock sometime in the 4 wireless internet available o camera Roommate selection - I request to room with ______o 80’s, or have a 4 community showers are down the hall umbrella Grand total $______school picture of yourself (whether 1. Purchase orders will NOT be accepted with this form. 2. Please make your check payable to: IOWA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. Questions? Contact: teaching or IN Clothes... Mail this form and payment to: Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc. school), scan the Dress for comfort during the day. Bring at least 2 nice/dressy outfits. Joleen Nelson Woods, Executive Secretary Treasurer Dr. Jamie Spillane picture and send Mason City has extremely unpredictable weather. Sometimes the day is hot and then it will cool down to the 50’s 209 Oak Ridge Dr. SE (319) 217-0164 to Jennifer Wagner at night. The auditorium can be chilly, so consider a sweater or light sweatshirt. Mount Vernon, IA 52314 jwagner@highland. 3. If postmarked after July 1, the “at door” fee will be applied and the remaining balance will be due at registration. [email protected] k12.ia.us. We’ll All receipts and schedules will be provided at the registration desk. www.iowachoral.org have a guessing 4. REGISTRATION FEES ONLY will be refunded after July 1, 2011. contest for a sweet 5. Convention Location: North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC), Mason City, IA. 6. Registration and Check-in: Sunday, July 24, 2:00pm-5:00pm (Residence Hall Cafeteria) and prize!! Monday, July 25, 8:00AM (Auditorium Lobby). ***NO REGISTRATION REFUNDS 7. No pillows, blankets, lamps or fans are provided. The residence hall are NOT air-conditioned. AFTER JULY 24, 2011*** 8. **You will receive confirmation of your registration via your summer e-mail if provided. ***READING SESSION PACKETS ARE ONLY GUARANTEED WITH Full-week PRE-REGISTRATION!*** 14 / Sounding Board May 2011 May 2011 Sounding Board / 15