Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association US ISSN 0009-5028 JANUARY 1997 Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association Volume Thirty-seven Number Six JANUARY 1997 CHORALjO John Silantien Barton L. Tyner Jr. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR SPECIAL ISSUE nvenl:ion SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA MARCH 5 - 8 COLUMNS EVENTS From the Executive Director ....... 2 Schedule at a Glance .............................................. 9 From the President ...................... 3 From the Editor .......................... 4 Convention Schedule........................................... 11 Student Conducting International Choirs in Concert ........................... 25 Competition ............................. 90 National Convention ................ 93 Feature Concert ................................................... 33 Convention Program Index ....... 96 National Honor Choirs ........................................ 39 Advertisers Index....................... 96 Auditioned Choirs ................................................ 45 The covers showcase various San Diego sires, including the San Diego Convention Center and the San Diego Civic Theatre (Opera House). Pharos courresy of rhe San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau. Concurrent Sessions ............................................. 67 JANUARY 1997 PAGE 1 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ACDA Looks to the Past and the Future , INDIANA ,N HIS DECEMBER COLUMN, Lynn Whitten presented you with the wonder­ !(:::HORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ~ ful news about ACDKs plans for the World Choral Music Communication and President - Patricia Wiehe ! Resoutce Center and the Historical Museum of American Choral Music. Both of 2435 Glenhill Drive I Indianapolis, Inrliana 46240 these important projects will be instrumental in helping ACDA preserve its past and Treasurer - Paula J. Alles ensure its future. The World Communication and Resource Center will utilize tech­ 1471 Altmeyer Road nology so that choral directors across the U.S. and around the world will be able to Jasper, Indiana 47546 communicate with one another and locate important information about choral music. IOWA CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION The museum will help ACDA preserve the history of the choral art and the choral President - Janiece R. Bergland conducting profession, and it will be accessible not only to choral directors but also to 2534 155th Street the general public. Floyd, Iowa 50435 Secretary/Treasurer - Bruce A, Norris These incredible undertakings have been made possible by the generous support 420 Maple Street of the McMahon Foundation of Lawton, Oklahoma, which has agreed to give Mondamin, Iowa 51557 ACDA $300,000 towards these projects. The McMahon Foundation has played a MINNESOTA pivotal role in helping ACDA establish a permanent headquarters building. It CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION provided our organization with the funds needed to relocate to Lawton, and it was President - Allan Hawkins 500 South Jefferson Stre~t most generous in giv,ing the money we needed to expand our National Headquarters New Ulm, Minnesota 56073 in 1986. As a result, ACDA has a fully paid-for national headquarters, something Treasurer - Richard F. Edstrom 2305 Winfield Avenue, North few organizations can boast possessing. Without the incredible generosity of the Golden Valley, Minnesora 55422 McMahon Foundation, ACDA simply could not address the needs of this fast­ MONTANA growing organization. 'CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Peggy Leonarrli ACDA Needs Your Help 161 Eastside Highway Hamilton, Montana 59840 In order for ACDA to secure the $300,000 grant from the McMahon Foundation, Treasurer - Larry Swingen ACDA members have been requested to raise $200,000. At its San Diego meeting in Box 670 September 1996, the ACDA National Board of Directors approved a ten-dollar Malta, Montana 59538 increase in active membership dues to help meet the McMahon challenge. That dues NEBRASKA increase will help tremendously, but it will go only so far. I ask that you please consider ,CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - David H. Moore making a financial gift to ACDA in order to ensure that the $200,000 matching fund 12740 Deauville Drive is fully met. ACDKs ability to meet the goals of its building expansion require Omaha, Nebraska 68137 additional generous support from ACDA members. I hope you will come to ACDKs Treasurer - Clark Roush York College assistance in bringing to fruition these exciting projects for choral music. P.O. Box 438 I wish you a healthy and prosperous New Year. York, Nebraska 68467 , OHIO Gene Brooks ,CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President - Peter G. Jarjisian School of Music, Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 Treasurer - Robert M. Hartigan STATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP 8770 Landen Drive The American Choral Directors Association is a nonprofit professional organization of choral directors from Maineville, Ohio 45039 schools, colleges, and universrries; community, church, and professional choral ensembles; and industry and institutional organizations. Choral Joumal circulation: 18,000. 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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213 ~ Periodicals postage paid at Lawton, Oklahoma, and additional mailing office, POSTMASTER: Send address EdPress changes to Choral Joumal, Post Office Box 6310, Lawton, Oklahoma 73506-0310. Volume Thirty-seven Number Six PAGE 2 CHORAL JOURNAL FROM ACDA THE PRESIDENT OFFICERS Important New Year~s Resolutions for ACDA Members PRESIDENT Lynn Whitten T COULD BE BETTER than sunny San Diego in early March? After College of Music, University of Colorado perusing this issue of the Choral JournaL you'll certainly have your appetite Boulder, Colorado 80309 well-whetted to be there March 5-8 for ACDA's National Convention. VICE-PRESIDENT John Haberlen The dazzling array of events scheduled from School of Music, Georgia State University Wednesday afternoon to Saturday night show­ University Plaza Atlanta, Georgia 30303 cases some two and a half dozen of the best PRESIDENT-ELECT choirs in the world, mostly from the U.S., of Jim Moore course. I'm every bit as excited about hearing the School of Music, East Texas Baptist University Marshall, Texas 75670 truly awesome (in the traditional sense of the PRESIDENT-ELECT DESIGNATE word) public-school children's chorus from Mis­ Milburn Price souri as I am the long-renowned Eric Ericson School of Music, Samford University Birmingham, Alabama 35229 Chamber Choir. I can't wait for my first live TREASURER hearing of the choral/orchestral masterpiece Elaine McNamara Hymnus paradisi, written by English composer 2863 NE Twenty-third Avenue Lighthouse Point, Florida 33064 Herbert Howells following the death ofhis young EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR son. It will be paired with ACDA's large-scale Gene Brooks commissioned work just now being finished by P.O. Box 6310, Lawton, Oldahoma 73506 405/355-8161 • Fax: 405/248-1465 longtime favorite Gian Carlo Menotti. CENTRAL DMSION PRESIDENT Glancing over several past January conven­ Charles K. Smith tion issues of the Journal along with this one, I am struck by the virtual who's who of School of Music, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48824 our art chosen to lead interest sessions. Where else but at an ACDA convention could you hear Mozart specialist Neal Zaslaw lecture, then listen to his concepts demon­ EASTERN DMSION PRESIDENT Michele Holt strated by chorus and orchestra? Each of you will have favorite sessions; there is truly Stonington High School 176 South Broad Street something special for everyone. Pawcatuck, Connecticut 06379 ACDA conventions are the mountain-top experience for choral musicians. We are NORTH CENTRAL DMSION PRESIDENT extraordinarily fottunate in that we improve our craft while enjoying the aesthetic