CONTENTS January 2017/ Volume 57, Number 6 PREVIEWS
13 Concert Events and Performers A preview of the sixty-six performing groups. Performers are listed by concert session and include dates/times of performances for both tracks and choir/conductor bios and photos.
57 Interest Sessions A preview of the forty-four interest sessions. Sessions are listed in alphabetical order and include dates/times, a short description of the session, and a bio and photo of the session clinician.
89 Composers Track Interest Sessions A preview of the nine interest sessions that are part of a special composers track. Sessions are listed in alphabetical order and include date/time, a short description of the session, and a bio and photo of the session clinician.
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Research & Publications on the type of choir or choirs we direct, those choirs have specifi c voicing defi nitions, literature and pedagogical resource demands, and administra- Chair John Silantien tive structures. To those issues and concerns, this committee is the resource [email protected] for each of the various types of choral voicing or choral mission of the individual ensembles we all conduct. In the revisioned Repertoire and Resources Standing Committee, choirs fall into three categories in our work in the United States and are ADVOCACY therefore represented by these areas: Children and Youth Choirs; College STATEMENT and University Choirs; and Lifelong Community Choirs. We recognize Whereas the human spirit is elevated the diff erent pedagogical requirements for the choirs in these distinct areas to a broader understanding of itself and group them together toward their resource needs. through study and performance in the Further, we recognize some types of composition permeate each of aesthetic arts; and these three areas, and this literature is not unique to only one area. For that reason, we created a fourth area called Repertoire Specifi c that identifi es rep- Whereas serious cutbacks in funding ertoire and resources that permeates and is infused throughout all three of and support have steadily eroded state institutions and their programs through- the primary areas of choir participation. At the national level of ACDA, out the country; these four areas represent all of the choirs that make up the repertoire and resource needs of the great variety of choir types throughout our country. Be it resolved that all citizens of the The second part of the restructuring of Repertoire and Resources United States of America actively voice came with the recognition that choirs cannot be defi ned by past terms affi rmative and collective support for of simply how they are voiced. With the explosion of interest in choral necessary funding at the local, state, and national levels of education and govern- singing, ACDA embraces all choirs and supports all of their directors ment to ensure the survival of arts pro- grams for this and future generations. The 12 Purposes EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S of ACDA as they pursue excellence in their LOG educational, performance, composi- tional, and advocacy eff orts. To this • To foster and promote choral singing, which will provide What's on end, our fi fty state chapters are now artistic, cultural, and spiritual Tim's daytimer? encouraged and challenged to iden- experiences for the participants. tify the types of choirs in their states Dec 15 “Glorias” that need help in fi nding repertoire • To foster and promote the finest Tulsa Oratorio Chorus types of choral music to make and resources and to seek repre- Tulsa, OK sentatives for those types of choirs. these experiences possible. Dec 16-17 ACDA Executive These include the categories we have • To foster and encourage Committee Meeting historically defi ned such as elemen- rehearsal procedures conducive tary, junior high/middle school, high to attaining the highest possible Chicago, IL level of musicianship and artistic school, college, community, church Jan 10-18 ACDA ICEP Planning performance. and synagogue, boys choirs, and girls China choirs, but we now open our thinking • To foster and promote the to embrace new and emerging choirs organization and development that may be defi ned by styles of mu- of choral groups of all types in sic outside our former thinking and What's on schools and colleges. Tim's Ipad? activity. The main consideration for all of us should be the amount of ac- • To foster and promote the tivity and resource needs for the vari- development of choral music in the church and synagogue. Creativity in Context: Update to the ous types of choirs that exist in each Social Psychology of Creativity individual state. Likewise, and on the • To foster and promote the Teresa M. Amibile progressive side of things, we should organization and development further consider those areas of cho- of choral societies in cities and The Creative Brain communities. ral work where a state would like to Nancy C. Andreasen grow. • To foster and promote the As we move past defi nition and understanding of choral music now into implementation, it is time as an important medium of What's Tim's for us to embrace a mind-set of in- contemporary artistic expression. Latest App? novation as we continue to service the core of our choral organizations •To foster and promote significant throughout the country while simul- research in the field of choral HBR Tip (Harvard Business Review music. taneously thinking through new mu- Tip of the Day) sical boxes. I am thrilled to see states •To foster and encourage choral embracing new Repertoire and Re- composition of superior quality. sources areas such as contemporary a What's Tim cappella, barbershop, self-published • To cooperate with all Listening to? composers, and a variety of choirs organizations dedicated to the development of musical culture organized around social topics. This in America. is only the beginning. James Whitbourn’s • To foster and promote Missa Carolae; Sanctus (In dulci jubilo) international exchange programs Westminster Williamson Voices involving performing groups, conductors, and composers. Benjamin Britten’s A Boy Was Born • To disseminate professional news Gloriae Dei Cantores TimothySharp and information about choral music. Hear more at
Executive Director fi nest young singers from all over the country. The overwhelming number Tim Sharp of applications for the Honor Choirs indicates that there is a desire among [email protected] our colleagues to have their young singers experience a high level of per- Central Division President formance with outstanding conductors. Gayle Walker Please don’t be scared of coming to the “north” in March. There are 614-823-1508 [email protected] indoor walkways all over the downtown area of Minneapolis, and they all lead to the majority of our concert venues. The only time you may have Eastern Division President Paul Head to go outside is to cross the street to the Central Lutheran Church or the 302-831-2578 Westminster Presbyterian Church. Visit the ACDA website for maps and [email protected] information on housing, transportation, and venues. There is also a map North Central Division President on page 7 of this January issue so you can begin your planning. Mary Kay Geston 763-443-2177 This past year the Executive Committee hired a consultant to help us [email protected] in determining some future plans for ACDA. One of his conclusions, after an in-depth study of our organization, was that we do conferences really Northwestern Division President Nicole Lamertine well. As conference planners, we try to provide opportunities for conduc- 307-766-5242 tors at all levels to hear great choirs and learn from others in our profes- [email protected] sion. As a result, it may seem that the amount of high-quality off erings are Southern Division President almost overwhelming. I would encourage you to soak in as much as you Alicia Walker 706-542-4752 can of the concerts and interest sessions, but don’t neglect to walk through [email protected] the exhibits, attend an honor choir rehearsal, and meet with old and new friends. Our goal is to send you home refreshed and energized to be a bet- Southwestern Division President Tony Gonzalez ter choral conductor. 405-570-6980 Don’t miss the opportunity to meet in Minneapolis this March. I hope [email protected] to see a record number of our colleagues celebrate “A Life of Song.” Western Division President Anna Hamre 559-278-2539 [email protected]
Industry Associate Representative Brad Matheson Harmony International [email protected] From the Choral Journal
EDITOR Editor Amanda Bumgarner ACDA National Offi ce We are excited to fi nally be able to share with you the 405-232-8161 (ex. 205) complete preview of the 2017 ACDA National Confer- [email protected]
ence in this special January issue. As I read over the Managing Editor preview of sessions and see photos of choirs and en- Ron Granger sembles that will be participating this year, I am excited ACDA National Offi ce 405-232-8161 for our membership to come together for this wonder- [email protected] Amanda Bumgarner ful event. Personally, I have already bookmarked many sessions and performances that I hope to be able to at- Board Members tend during my time in Minneapolis. Hilary Apfelstadt University of Toronto The January issue also marks an important beginning of the new year. It is [email protected] exciting to look ahead on the editorial calendar and see the range of features Kristina Boerger and articles that will be published in 2017. Next month’s issue will follow the University of Illinois theme of our national conference and include articles on multigenerational [email protected]
and intergenerational choirs, strategies for igniting voices of “Third Age” J. Michele Edwards singers, and a case study of several “town and gown” choirs. The March is- Macalester College sue of Choral Journal is our offi cial 2017 National Conference Program Book, Professor Emeritus of Music [email protected] complete with maps, schedules, exhibitor listings, and information on every- thing else you need to have a successful conference experience. Edward Lundergan SUNY-New Paltz As I continue to seek out the best scholarly and practical articles for our [email protected] members, I look forward to meeting you in Minneapolis to discuss your ideas
for collaboration on projects for this year and beyond. Members of the edi- Column Editors
torial board and I will be available at the conference for an interest session Philip Copeland on “Writing for ACDA Publications,” so please bring your ideas, your drafts, Samford University your outlines, and your questions, and we will see you in March. [email protected]
Below is a preview of some of the material you can be looking forward to Gregory Pysh in the Choral Journal this year: [email protected]
Sharon A. Hansen 1) A focus issue on college and university choirs University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2) A focus issue on diversity, one of ACDA’s new seven standing Professor Emeritus [email protected] committee areas 3) An article on “Inclusivity in Action,” continuing the timely conversation Jason Paulk Eastern New Mexico University about how to teach and conduct transgender students [email protected] 4) Columns on auditions, life after retirement, and intonation, to name just a few. David Puderbaugh University of Iowa [email protected] The April 2017 issue will feature our free annual Summer Festival and Workshop Listing. Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Magen Solomon San Francisco Choral Artists by January 15 in the following format: [email protected]
Richard Stanislaw Event Date/Event Name/Location [email protected] One-sentence description of event Contact information (name/phone/email/website) ChorTeach Editor
Terry Barham Emporia State University Professor Emeritus [email protected] 2017 National Conference AAlphabeticallphabetical ListingListing ofof ConferenceConference ChoirsChoirs
Arvada West High School Vocal Showcase 44 The Minnesota Chorale 17 Atlanta Master Chorale 43 Minnesota Orchestra 16 Bak Middle School of the Arts Girls Chorus 41 Mount San Antonio College Chamber Singers 45 Bellevue College Vocal Jazz Ensemble "Celebration" 28 National Lutheran Choir 28 Cantus 50 Oklahoma State University Concert Chorale 40 Cincinnati Children's Choir 20 Orpheo Drängar 34 Commonwealth Youthchoirs Keystone State Boychoir 20 Plano Senior High School A Cappella Men's Choir 49 Crossroads 31 Reed Academy Middle School Mixed Choir 35 Crystal Children's Choir 44 Ringmasters 32 Eric Whitacre Singers 37 Riverside City College Chamber Singers 46 First-Plymouth Church of Lincoln, Nebraska, Cantorei 26 Rutgers University Glee Club 41 Flower Mound High School Men's Chamber Choir 38 St. Olaf Cantorei 23 Fountain Valley High School Troubadours 42 St. Olaf Chapel Choir 24 Giving Voice Chorus 71 St. Olaf Choir 22 Great Northern Union 62 St. Olaf Manitou Singers 24 Hamilton Children's Choir 50 St. Olaf Orchestra 23 Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts St. Olaf Viking Chorus 24 Women's Chorus 46 Sing Out Loud Bella Voce Young Women's Choir 40 Inner Mongolia Children's Choir 33 The Singers—Minnesota Choral Artists 14 Iowa State University Cantamus Women's Choir 45 Texas Boys Choir 47 Kammerchor Stuttgart 34 The United States Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus 30 Kansas City, Kansas, Community College The Standard 29 University of Houston Concert Chorale 39 Keller High School Chanteurs Varsity Treble Choir 36 University of Louisville Cardinal Singers 42 Kettering Fairmont High School Eleventh Hour 32 University of Minnesota University Singers Last Call 29 and Chamber Singers 18 Liberty University LU Praise 25 Viterbo University Platinum Edition 31 Luther College Collegiate Chorale 27 VocalEssence Chorus 14 Magnum Chorum 19 VocalEssence Ensemble Singers 15 Many Voices …One Song sounding light 47 Voz en Punto 33 Martin Gifted and Talented Magnet Middle School Wartburg College-The Wartburg Choir 48 Honors Chorus 39 West Orange High School Bel Canto Advanced The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra 14 Women's Choir 38 Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota Concert Choir 35 Minneapolis Dance Theater 17 Minnesota Boychoir 16
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MAIN AUDITORIUM MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices SHOWTIMES Wednesday 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Thursday 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Friday 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
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Welcome to Minneapolis Concert Church in Minneapolis. He appeared on the fi rst and last broadcasts of “A Prairie Home Companion” with with Sing-Along Led by Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor forty-two years apart and has been honored by the governments of the United Kingdom, Tuesday 7:30pm - 10:00pm (Both Tracks) Sweden, Norway, Mexico, and Hungary.
Minneapolis Convention Center Matthew Culloton is the founding ar- Main Auditorium tistic director of The Singers. He holds degrees from Concordia Col- lege and the University of Minnesota. Dominick Argento, considered to be Aside from his duties with The Singers, America’s preeminent composer of Culloton is choirmaster at House of lyric opera, earned degrees from Pea- Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul. body Conservatory and a PhD from the He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Univer- Eastman School of Music. Fulbright sity of Saint Thomas, teaching in the Graduate Mu- and Guggenheim Fellowships allowed sic Program. In 2004 he received Minnesota ACDA’s him to study in Italy with Luigi Dal- Outstanding Young Choral Conductor of the Year lapiccola. In 1958 he joined the faculty at the Univer- Award. In 2003 he received the VocalEssence/ACDA sity of Minnesota, where he taught until 1997 and now of Minnesota Creative Programming Award. He has holds the rank of Regents Professor Emeritus. Argento been commissioned to compose for the Dale Warland has received the Pulitzer Prize for Music, a Grammy Singers, Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, and the Award, and was elected to the American Academy MMEA All-State Choir. He is coeditor of the Matthew of Arts and Letters in 1979. He has composed many and Michael Culloton Choral Series with Santa Bar- choral works for Minnesota organizations, including bara Publishing Company. VocalEssence; the Minnesota Orchestra, where he has been designated the Composer Laureate; the Dale Garrison Keillor is one of America’s most Warland Singers; the Guthrie Theater; and Plymouth beloved radio hosts and acclaimed hu- Congregational Church. morists. He was born in Anoka, Min- nesota, and began his radio career as a Philip Brunelle, artistic director and freshman at the University of Minneso- founder of VocalEssence, is an inter- ta. In 1974 he hosted the fi rst broadcast nationally renowned conductor, choral of “A Prairie Home Companion,” which scholar, and visionary. He has made his has an audience of more than 3.5 million listeners na- lifelong mission the promotion of the tionwide. He had his fi nal performance as host on July choral art in all its forms, especially 2, 2016. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, rarely heard works of the past and out- and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Hu- standing new music. Under his leadership, VocalEss- manities Medal, and election to the American Acad- ence has commissioned more than 200 works to date. emy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Brunelle has conducted symphonies, choral festivals, Wobegon Days, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, and Guy Noir and operas on six continents. He is editor of two cho- and the Straight Skinny (Viking). In 2007 he opened an in- ral series for Boosey & Hawkes and chairman of the dependent bookstore, Common Good Books. He lives review committee for Walton Music. Brunelle is also in St. Paul with his wife and daughter. Organist-Choirmaster at Plymouth Congregational
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The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Artists serve as artists, educators, and advocates of the choral art. Recognized nationally for their innovative programming, commitment to new music, and their stunning artistic quality, The Singers have performed four times at the renowned Ravinia Festival. The ensem- ble has made nine acclaimed recordings, including Lau- ridsen: Mid-Winter Songs, featured in a documentary fi lm about the beloved composer. The organization has com- missioned and premiered nearly eighty works. Conduct- ed by Matthew Culloton, The Singers have performed at national conferences of Chorus America, ACDA, AGO, and the National Federation of Music Clubs.
The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (MSO) per- VocalEssence Chorus forms outstanding symphony concerts for diverse audi- ences throughout the Twin Cities. Founded in 1982 by St. Olaf College graduates, the orchestra has grown from a small chamber ensemble to a full symphony or- chestra, a magnet for some of the area’s fi nest profes- sional and amateur instrumentalists. Music Director William Schrickel leads MSO for his seventeenth season. MSO concerts have been broadcast on Minnesota Pub- lic Radio and featured on public television. MSO has collaborated with many Minnesota artistic treasures, in- cluding VocalEssence, the Minnesota Chorale, soprano Maria Jette, narrator and humorist Kevin Kling, and the James Sewell Ballet. The VocalEssence Chorus is an exceptional group of talented, committed singers from many walks of The Singers—Minnesota Choral Artists life: doctors, lawyers, nurses, educators, homemakers, business people, and others. Most have college level or higher training in classical music and voice. Chorus au- ditions are held every spring, and returning members of the Chorus reaudition every two years.
Continuing Education Units(CEUs) for the 2017 National Conference are available to all ACDA members at no cost. Information is available at www.acda.org. Founded in 2004, The Singers—Minnesota Choral
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VocalEssence Ensemble Singers The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers is a CCongratulations!ongratulations! thirty-two-voice pro- fessional chorus and Dr. Andre Thomas a beloved national is the recipient of the treasure that has been 2017 Robert Shaw enjoyed by millions in Choral Award. Minnesota, around the country, and around the world. They were featured at the fi fti- The Robert Shaw Choral Award is given to eth anniversary cel- a choral leader who has made unusual and ebration of Minnesota signifi cant contributions to the art of choral ACDA and at the 2013 music through teaching, conducting, or National ACDA Con- leadership. Following a period of national ference in Dallas, Texas. They have been featured on “A Prairie Home Companion,” have performed numerous nominations from the membership of ACDA, world premieres and performed the Midwest premiere the recipient is chosen by the ACDA Past of Jake Heggie’s choral opera, The Radio Hour. They have Presidents' Council and presented during appeared at three international IFCM World Choral each National Conference. Symposia and were headliners for the 2015 Organiza- tion of American Kodály Educators National Confer- Dr. Thomas will be presented this award ence. at the 2017 National Conference.
G. Phillip Shoultz III is known for his in- Previous Recipients of Award: novative pedagogy and ability to inspire singers of all ages. He enjoys a multifac- 2015 Royce Saltzman eted career as conductor, educator, sing- 2013 Alice Parker er, and speaker. As associate conductor 2011 Ann Howard Jones of VocalEssence, he shares the podium 2009 Gene Brooks with founding artistic director and men- tor Philip Brunelle and serves as the artistic leader for 2007 Dale Warland education programs including VocalEssence WITNESS, 2005 Paul Salamunovich ¡Cantaré!, and the Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project. In ad- 2003 Warner Imig dition to his work with VocalEssence, he serves as direc- 2001 Colleen J. Kirk tor of music, worship, and the arts for Good Samari- tan United Methodist Church and frequently appears 1999 Weston Noble throughout the United States as a guest clinician, adju- 1997 Harold A. Decker dicator, and consultant. Shoultz completed his doctoral 1995 Howard Swan studies at the University of Minnesota and also earned 1993 Roger Wagner degrees from the University of Georgia and Georgia 1991 Charles C. Hirt State University.
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Orff ’sCarmina Burana as part of award-win- ning broadcasts that are and Brock Commission produced by Minnesota Public Radio and dis- Wednesday 8:00pm - 10:00pm Orchestra Hall tributed nationally and Thursday 8:00pm - 10:00pm Orchestra Hall internationally. It has received many awards Orff ’sCarmina Burana for adventurous pro- gramming and much acclaim for its record- Conductor ings, including a 2014 Grammy Award. A typical season encompasses nearly 175 concerts that are heard live by Robert Spano is a conductor, pianist, 300,000 people and education and outreach programs composer, and pedagogue known that serve 85,000 music lovers of all ages. worldwide for the intensity of his art- istry and his distinctive communicative abilities, creating a sense of inclusion and warmth among musicians and au- Minnesota Boychoir diences that is unique among American orchestras. Beginning his sixteenth season as music direc- tor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, this imaginative conductor has been responsible for nurturing the careers of numerous celebrated composers and conductors. As music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, he oversees the programming of more than 300 events and educational programs, including the Aspen Con- ducting Academy. With a discography of critically ac- claimed recordings for Telarc, Deutsche Grammophon, The Minnesota Boychoir, now in its fi fty-fi fth season, and ASO Media, Robert Spano has won six Grammy is the oldest operating boys choir in the Twin Cities. Awards with the Atlanta Symphony. Spano is on the fac- Their reputation for excellence has brought invitations ulty at Oberlin Conservatory. from local and national music conventions, sporting events, and touring Broadway companies. The choir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Min- nesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra Baltimore Symphony, the Prague Philharmonic, Garri- son Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” on National The Minnesota Orchestra is recognized for distin- Public Radio, and other local and national performers. guished performances around the world, award-winning The Boychoir has traveled to fi ve continents, with recent recordings, radio broadcasts and educational programs, tours including performances at Sydney’s Opera House and commitment to building the repertoire of the fu- and Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. The Minnesota ture. Founded in 1903 as the Minneapolis Symphony Boychoir trains young men to be outstanding musicians Orchestra, the ensemble has toured statewide, nation- and strives to help them develop a sense of poise and ally, and internationally, earning rave reviews in music self-confi dence through education and performance. capitals around the world, and is heard on radio stations
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Mark Johnson is the executive and artisit- Kathy Saltzman Romey is director of cho- ic director of the Minnesota Boychoir. ral activities at the University of Minne- He began his work with the Minnesota sota, where she oversees the graduate Boychoir in 1992 as the accompanist program in choral conducting and con- and was hired as the artistic director in ducts choirs. She is also artistic director 1993. Johnson holds a degree in vocal of the 200-voice symphonic chorus, The music education from St. Olaf College Minnesota Chorale. Romey has conduct- and taught junior high choral music before becoming ed the Chorale in regional, national, and international full-time conductor of the Boychoir in 1997. Johnson’s forums and annually coordinates Bridges, the nationally reputation in choral work has led to many invitations to acclaimed education-outreach program of the Minne- work as a clinician, accompanist, and adjudicator with sota Chorale. Romey has served as a staff member to the regional, national, and international honor choirs and Oregon Bach Festival since 1984 and is chorus master of festivals. the Berwick Chorus, which she prepares for annual festi- val concerts, commissions, and recording projects. She is active as a guest conductor, chorus master, and clinician The Minnesota Chorale throughout the United States and Europe.
Minneapolis Dance Theater
Founded in 1972, the Minnesota Chorale is principal chorus of the Minnesota Orchestra and ranks among the foremost professional choruses in the United States. Led by Kathy Saltzman Romey since 1995, the Chorale Minnesota Dance Theatre is a nonprofi t professional is best known for its work with the Twin Cities’ two ma- dance company and school founded in 1962 by Loyce jor orchestras but is equally dedicated to fostering and Houlton. Under the direction of her daughter, Lise, deepening community through its award-winning Bridg- the company and school aspire to maintain the highest es program, educational activities, and independent pre- international artistic standards and attract audiences, sentations of choral works. Now comprising ensembles dancers, choreographers, and students from all cultural for singers from ages 8 to 80+, the Minnesota Chorale and economic backgrounds to the art of dance. MDT is is a multigenerational umbrella organization. The Cho- one of Minnesota’s cultural treasures and an acclaimed rale has been featured on numerous recordings with the arts leader in our state, our region and in the nation. Minnesota Orchestra, including the Grammy-nominat- Their mission is to create masterful and inspiring dance ed recording of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, conducted through performance and education. by Osmo Vänskä.
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Lise Houlton became artistic director of of Psalms at the 2010 North Central ACDA Conference, Minnesota Dance Theatre in 1995. A na- a Twin Cities Public Television broadcast of Robert tive of Minneapolis, she began her dance Aldridge and Herschel Garfein’s Parables (2012), and career with MDT then moved at the age Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 inaugurating the newly re- of nineteen to the world-renowned Stutt- modeled Northrop Auditorium (2014). gart Ballet under the leadership of Glen Tetley. After two years in Germany, she Kathy Saltzman Romey is the conductor of the Univer- joined American Ballet Theatre, where she danced prin- sity of Minnesota Singers and Chamber Singers. Her cipal roles for some of the greatest ballet choreographers photo and bio are on page 17. of the last half-century. Houlton has choreographed sev- eral works for the MDT repertory, including Sidetracks, Matthew Mehaff ey is associate professor House on Fire, Bred in the Bone, Alchemical Wedding, A Piece A of music at the University of Minnesota, Chord, Rumblings, The Enchantment: Twelve Dancing Princesses, where he conducts the University Sing- Swingin’ Nutcracker, Edifi ce Wrecks, Point of Departure, Point of ers and Men’s Chorus, teaches graduate Reference, and An Arrangement. and undergraduate courses in conduct- ing and music literature, and is the 2015 recipient of the Arthur “Red” Motley Exemplary Teaching Award. As a conductor, Mehaff ey University of Minnesota serves as music director of two respected civic choruses, University Singers and Chamber Singers The Oratorio Society of Minnesota and The Mendels- sohn Choir of Pittsburgh—the “Chorus of Choice” of the Pittsburgh Symphony. A native of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, Mehaff ey holds degrees from Bucknell Uni- versity and Westminster Choir College, and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.
Soprano Soloist
Linh Kauff man enjoys an active career The University Singers and Chamber Singers serve as in opera, oratorio, and recital. Her most the fl agship choral ensembles of the University of Min- recent performances include Carmina nesota. The auditioned membership includes undergrad- Burana for the Prague Choral Festival, uate and graduate students from within the School of Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Minne- Music and other disciplines. The ensembles’ repertoire- sota Orchestra, Ariadne auf Naxos with based curriculum explores Western and global repertoire Minnesota Opera, Festival Musique from the Renaissance through the twenty-fi rst century. en l’Île de Paris, and the early music festivals of Pana- Recognized for their interdisciplinary partnerships, civic ma and Urbino. Kauff man has also appeared with the engagement projects, and innovative programming, the Oregon Bach Festival, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, choirs collaborate with such arts organizations as the Lyra Baroque Orchestra, and the symphonies of Pitts- Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, burgh, Akron, and Richmond. An active chamber musi- and with prominent choruses from the greater Twin Cit- cian, she has appeared with Seraphic Fire, Spire Cham- ies area. Concert highlights include Stravinsky’s Symphony ber Ensemble, Rose Ensemble, and Piff aro. Kauff man
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earned music degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, Brock Commission, University of Maryland, and University of Minnesota. She is a studio artist at Augsburg College and associate “Homing“ by J.A.C. Redford artistic director of the opera Antiqva Panamá. Magnum Chorum Baritone Soloist
Bradley Greenwald has performed op- era, theater, music-theater, concert, and recital repertoire with several Twin Cit- ies’ arts organizations, including Jungle Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, 10,000 Things Theater, and Nautilus Music-Theater. He adapted Madeleine Recognized for expressive singing and inspired pro- L’Engle’s novel A Wrinkle in Time into a libretto for Libby grams, Magnum Chorum brings artistry and spirit to a Larsen’s opera and wrote the book and lyrics for C., an cappella choral music. The 60+-voice choir presents col- adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac (Robert Elhai, music). orful concerts, commissions and premieres new sacred Greenwald is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts works, and provides music for worship. Founded in the Board Fellowship in music, the McKnight Fellowship for choral tradition of St. Olaf College, the choir welcomes Theater Artists, and a 2006 Ivey Award. singers of all backgrounds devoted to musical excellence in sacred choral music. Now in its twenty-sixth season, Magnum Chorum also serves as Ensemble in Residence at Colonial Church in Edina, Minnesota. The choir has Tenor Soloist performed with distinguished guest conductors and col- laborated with celebrated composers. Justin Madel has appeared in theatri- cal, operatic, and concert performances Mark Stover was appointed artistic direc- throughout the United States. He has col- tor of Magnum Chorum in 2014. He laborated with the Tony Award-winning also serves as director of choral worship Theatre de la Jeune Lune on numerous at Colonial Church in Edina, where he productions, including Carmen, The Ball- oversees the choral activity at the church, room, Carmina Burana, and Figaro. He has designs worship services, and conducts also performed with the American Repertory Theater, the Colonial Chorale. In 2015, Stover Berkeley Repertory Theater, Minnesota Opera, and assumed leadership as conductor of Viking Chorus and Skylark Opera. In 2004 he won the celebrated Schubert Chapel Choir at St. Olaf College after serving a term on Club Competition. Most recently, he performed the role campus as an instructor of music, guest conducting the of Stumpfmutter in The Moving Company’s production world-renowned St. Olaf Choir, directing the Collegiate of Out of the Pan Into the Fire. In 2015 he performed in Chorale, and teaching choral conducting. He graduated the concert premiere of composer Asako Hirabayashi’s from St. Olaf College. He lives with his wife, Julie, and Japanese fairy tale opera, YukiOnna. their son, Jack, in Minneapolis.
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Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the 2015 American Prize in Choral Performance for Youth Choirs, and a Gold Medal Choir in the 2012 World Saturday 9:30am - 10:00am Central Lutheran Church Choir Games. Over 1,000 children in grades 1-12 par- Saturday 7:00pm - 7:30pm Orchestra Hall ticipate annually. CCC has been featured at Carnegie Hall, Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall, and mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. Regularly perform- Conductor ing with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincin- nati Pops, Vocal Arts Ensemble, and May Festival Cho- Sandra Snow’s work as conductor, teach- rus, the advanced choirs have toured thirteen countries er, and scholar spans a variety of ages, across North America, Europe, and Asia. abilities, and musics. She holds appoint- ments in conducting and music educa- Robyn Reeves Lana is the founder and tion at the Michigan State University managing artistic director of the award- College of Music and conducts the winning Cincinnati Children’s Choir. MSU Women’s Chamber Ensemble, a She also directs the Xavier University group that has appeared at ACDA state, division, and Women’s Chorus. Lana has conducted national conferences. In 2016, Snow toured Europe with internationally, regionally, and locally the ACDA National Youth Honor Choir. In 2017 she throughout the United States, including will conduct inaugural performances and recordings of Southern ACDA Division. She has served as conductor/ mirabai, a twenty-eight-voice semi-professional women’s clinician in China, Italy, Japan, and Malaysia and is the ensemble in the College of Music at MSU. Snow holds editor of a choral series with Santa Barbara Music Pub- a PhD from Michigan State University. She is author of lishing. She served ACDA in state and divisional lead- the DVD “Conducting-Teaching: Real World Strategies ership positions, as National R&R Chair for Children’s for Success” (GIA, 2009) and edits the choral music se- and Community Youth Choir, and is currently chair of ries “In High Voice” (Boosey & Hawkes). ACDA’s Standing Committee on Collaboration and Ad- vocacy and serves on the board of Chorus America.
Cincinnati Children’s Choir Commonwealth Youthchoirs Keystone State Boychoir
Cincinnati Children’s Choir, Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory Founded in 2001, the Keystone State Boychoir (KSB) of Music, is the 2016 Winner of the Chorus America/ has been recognized as one of the fi nest community-
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based boychoir programs in the world. KSB has per- The St. Olaf Christmas Festival formed major choral works such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Men- Light Dawns, Hope Blooms delssohn’s Elijah, Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Rejoice in Friday 8:30pm - 10:00pm Orchestra Hall the Lamb, and St. Nicolas Cantata, Fauré’s Requiem, and John Rutter’s Mass of the Children. They pride themselves Saturday 4:45pm - 6:15pm Orchestra Hall in a diverse repertoire of world music from all genres and eras. KSB has performed in venues throughout the world. In 2009 they made history as the fi rst choir to perform in Antarctica and became the fi rst musical en- semble to have sung on all seven continents.
Steven M. Fisher is founder and artistic director of Commonwealth Youthchoirs (CY), an organization that brings the joy of music making to 600 young singers in four programs: Keystone State Boychoir, Pennsylvania Girlchoir, Find Your Instru- ment!, and Good Mornin’ Music! Fisher is a music director of the Keystone State Boychoir. He holds a master’s from Temple University, where he was presented with the Presser Foundation Award. Fisher’s musical poem, “Even,” a setting of poet laureate Billy Collins’ beloved poem “The Lanyard,” is published by Hal Leonard Publishing as part of the Henry Leck “Creating Artistry” series. His South African arrange- ments are published by Colla Voce.
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States. Early Registration ENDS Started in 1912 by F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the St. Olaf College Music Department, the festival fea- February 1, 2017 at Midnight CST tures nearly 600 student musicians who are members of fi ve choirs and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Anton Armstrong Price increase by $50 is the festival director. Participating ensembles include the St. Olaf Choir, the Viking Chorus and the St. Olaf Chapel Choir, the Manitou Singers, the St. Olaf Can- Payment options once you SUBMIT: torei, and the St. Olaf Orchestra. Each group performs Credit Card, Mail with Check, Mail with PO individually and as part of a mass ensemble. The Christ- mas Festival continues as an outgrowth of the religious conviction of St. Olaf College and its rich musical heri- tage. The Christmas Festival is regularly broadcast na- tionwide on public television and radio.
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St. Olaf Choir Regional Emmy for the PBS television program “Christ- mas in Norway with the St. Olaf Choir.” The St. Olaf Choir, with seventy-fi ve mixed voices, is one of the premier a cappella choirs in the United Anton Armstrong, Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf States. For over a century, the choir has set a standard of College, became the fourth conductor of the St. Olaf choral excellence and remained at the forefront of cho- Choir in 1990 after ten years in Grand Rapids, Michi- ral artistry. Conducted since 1990 by Anton Armstrong, gan, where he had served on the faculty of Calvin Col- the St. Olaf Choir continues to develop the tradition lege. He is the editor of a multicultural choral series for that originated with its founder, F. Melius Christiansen, Earthsongs Publications and coeditor (with John Fer- and was nurtured by his successors, Olaf C. Christian- guson) of the revised St. Olaf Choral Series for Augs- sen and Kenneth Jennings. Since its founding in 1912, burg Fortress Publishers. In 1998 he began his tenure the St. Olaf Choir has set a standard in the choral art, as founding conductor of the Oregon Bach Festival serving as a model for choirs of all levels. The choir’s Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy. Active inter- mission is to provide music of the highest quality that nationally as a guest conductor and lecturer, Armstrong lifts people’s hearts and spirits, incorporating a diversity most recently served as conductor of the 2016 NAfME of voices and cultural traditions into the chorus of the National Honor Choir. In 2013, Armstrong received the Christian faith. In 2014, the St. Olaf Choir received a Saltzman Award from the Oregon Bach Festival.
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St. Olaf Orchestra uniquely honed and focused to lead worship and provide a distinctive musical and spiritual experience. The ninety-two-member St. Olaf Orchestra is one of the premier ensembles at St. Olaf College. Recog- James E. Bobb is assistant professor of organ and church nized both nationally and internationally, the St. Olaf music, conductor of the St. Olaf Cantorei, and can- Orchestra strives for the highest professional standards tor to the student congregation at St. Olaf College in and was the winner of the 2013 American Prize for Or- Northfi eld, Minnesota. Following the Lutheran canto- chestral Performance among colleges and universities. rial tradition, Bobb regularly composes or improvises The St. Olaf Orchestra dates back before 1906, when music for weekly worship and directs the ninety-voice it was guided by F. Melius Christiansen. In addition to Cantorei in concerts, worship services, and the annual its annual tours of the United States, the St. Olaf Or- St. Olaf Christmas Festival. Bobb plays organ and over- chestra has performed throughout Europe, China, and sees the preparation of music for the six live-streamed Argentina. Led for three decades by Conductor Steven chapel services each week. As assistant professor of mu- Amundson, the orchestra has appeared in some of Eu- sic, Bobb is one of two professors of organ and teaches rope’s fi nest concert halls and performed with some of church music classes leading to the bachelor’s in church the world’s most noted conductors and artists. music. He is a graduate of Capital University and the Eastman School of Music. Steven Amundson joined the music faculty at St. Olaf College in the fall of 1981. Under Amundson’s direc- tion, the St. Olaf Orchestra has become recognized as one the fi nest undergraduate orchestras in the United States. In addition to his duties as conductor of the St. Olaf Orchestra, he teaches courses in conducting, aural CHOR EACH skills, and music theory. He is the founding conductor of the Metropolitan Symphony in Minnesota. A commis- sioned composer and arranger, Amundson is published Practical by Lauren Keiser Music, and the Neil A. Kjos Music Teaching Ideas Co. Tempo Music Resource distributes his self-published works. His orchestral compositions have received hun- for Today’s dreds of performances by professional orchestras. Music Educator
St. Olaf Cantorei Designed for The St. Olaf Cantorei is one of seven co-curricular those who choral ensembles on campus. It was established in the work with 1960s as the Campus Choir to provide opportunities for amateur singers more students to participate in the St. Olaf choral tradi- at all levels. tion. In 1986 the choir assumed its present name, which comes from the German, Kantorei. Like its historic proto- type, the ninety-voice ensemble is a relatively complete musical organization of instrumentalists and singers that www.acda.org has become known for creative programming, blending the St. Olaf choral tradition with instrumental color,
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St. Olaf Manitou Singers Orchestra and instrumentalists and soloists from the St. Olaf community. Each fall, the St. Olaf Chapel Choir Comprising select women’s voices from the fi rst-year leads a service of Vespers and performs at the annual St. class, the Manitou Singers is one of the most popular Olaf Christmas Festival. The ensemble participates in music organizations on the St. Olaf College campus. many of the on-campus music festivals held every year in The one hundred-voice choir sings at various campus addition to concerts of choral/orchestral masterworks. functions throughout the year such as chapel church services, Family Weekend Concert, the St. Olaf Choral Mark Stover is the conductor of the St. Olaf Chapel Day Festival, the annual St. Olaf Christmas Festival, and Choir. His photo and bio can be found on page 19. its own spring concert in April. The Manitou Singers have broad appeal both on and off campus, including appearances at state and division ACDA and the 2001 St. Olaf Viking Chorus National ACDA Conference. Previous conductors of this ensemble have been Alice Larson and Sigrid John- The Viking Chorus of St. Olaf College in Northfi eld, son, who in their combined sixty-two years of service es- Minnesota, is a group of more than eighty fi rst-year stu- tablished an impressive legacy of musical excellence in- dent men who have been organized to sing the highest cluding a rich collection of ten CD recordings of works quality literature. The Viking Chorus was founded in for womens voices. 1935 by Luther Onerheim, when a number of students gathered informally, fl ourishing for more than thirty Therees Tkach Hibbard has served as conductor, adjudi- years under student direction. In recent years the Viking cator, and clinician for numerous choral organizations Chorus has performed as a solo choir at the Associate throughout Great Britain, Europe, North America, and Male Choruses of America Big Sing!, the Minnesota Asia. Her work as a voice and movement specialist in the Music Educators Mid-Winter Clinic, the Intercollegiate training of choral singers and conductors has created Male Choruses Inc. National Seminar at the University unique opportunities for her to collaborate with choirs of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, and Minnesota ACDA. They and conductors from around the world. She holds de- participate in many campus events, including the annual grees from Longwood University, Colorado State Uni- Christmas Festival, St. Olaf Choral Day Festival, Family versity, and the University of Oregon. Hibbard’s research Weekend, and chapel services. on enhancing choral performance through movement training has led to the development of a comprehensive Mark Stover is the conductor of the Viking Chorus of choral education philosophy of “BodySinging”—most St. Olaf College. He also conducts the St. Olaf Chapel clearly demonstrated through her work with the Oregon Chair. His photo and bio can be found on page 19. Bach Festival Youth Choral Academy.
Early Registration Ends February 1, 2017 St. Olaf Chapel Choir Attendee - $329 Retired - $296 Founded by Oscar Overby as the St. Olaf Church Student - $199 Choir in 1925, the St. Olaf Chapel Choir began as one of two mixed choruses at St. Olaf College following the You must be registered by dissolution of the Choral Union. Specializing in the midnight CST, February 1, 2017, performance of oratorio and larger works, the St. Olaf to save $50 and get reading packets Chapel Choir frequently collaborates with the St. Olaf
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Unity Concert Liberty University LU Praise Friday 8:30pm - 9:45pm Central Lutheran Church Saturday 4:45pm - 6:15pm Central Lutheran Church
Collegiate Honor Choir
Jeff ery L. Ames serves as director of cho- ral activities at Belmont University. As a choral clinician, Ames has conducted senior and junior high school mixed and male choirs at state and regional confe- ences of ACDA and MENC, including the inaugural Florida Male All-State Chorus, and annually at Carnegie Hall with the Nation- LU Praise is a twenty-fi ve-member gospel choir and al Youth Choir. He has also performed and guest con- the offi cial representative of the Liberty University Cen- ducted internationally. His compositions and arrange- ter for Music and Worship. Organized in 2006 under the ments are published with Colla Voce Music, earthsongs, direction of Integrity Music Artist Alisha Williamson- Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and Walton Music Garcia, the group is one of America’s premiere perform- Corporation. Ames holds a PhD and a master’s from ers of gospel music in the African American tradition. Florida State University and a bachelor’s from James They sing high-energy contemporary gospel, praise Madison University. He is currently president of Ten- and worship, and traditional hymn tune repertoire. The nessee ACDA. group is dedicated to the mission of proclaiming the gos- pel through music for the glory of God and testimony of Jesus Christ. Cincinnati Children’s Choir Vernon M Whaley is professor of music The Cincinnati Children’s Choir is also performing in and worship and dean of Liberty Uni- Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. Their photo and bio and con- versity’s school of music. Having distin- ductor Robyn Reeves Lana’s photo and bio can be found guished himself as a teacher of worship on page 20. studies for more than thirty-fi ve years, under his leadership, the school of music is the seventh-largest music program in the country with forty-four full-time and thirty-one part-time/adjunct fac- No Registration Available After ulty and over 1,250 students. Whaley participated in the 11:59pm CST March 5, 2017 formation of a new school of music in 2012, led in the eff orts for obtaining membership and accreditation by All conference attendees must be the National Association of Schools of Music in 2015, members of, or sponsored by, an ACDA member. and played an important administrative role in the de- sign and planning of the new state-of-the-art Center for NO REFUNDS Music and Worship Arts building.
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Compline Service the Nebraska Choral Directors’ Association and the Ne- braska MEA. Friday 10:00pm - 11:00pm (Both Tracks) Westminster Presbyterian Church Tom Trenney is a pastoral musician serv- ing as minister of music to First-Plym- outh Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, First-Plymouth Church of Lincoln, Nebraska where he leads four adult choirs and Cantorei preaches. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, Trenney teaches at Do- ane College and conducts sounding light—a Michigan- based chamber choir he founded in 2003. His organ and choral recordings are featured regularly on public radio, and his choral compositions are published by Augsburg Fortress, Beckenhorst, G. Schirmer, Morningstar, Music- spoke, and Pavane.
Gospel Brunch Cantorei is the chamber choir from First-Plymouth Church (United Church of Christ) in Lincoln, Nebras- Saturday 11:00am - 1:00pm (Ticket Required) ka. Cantorei’s repertoire opens treasures from across the church’s rich musical heritage—from plainchant and Minneapolis Convention Center Renaissance motets to Bach cantatas and Mozart mass- Seasons es, from Brahms to Poulenc, and from Christiansen to Clausen. Now in its seventh season, Cantorei is commit- Liberty University Praise and their conductor, Vernon ted to its role as “cantor” in worship—supporting and Whaley, will be performing at the Gospel Brunch. They encouraging congregational singing while sharing musi- are also performing at the Unity Concert. Their photos cal off erings on behalf of the congregation. The choir and bios can be found on page 25. has shared its music ministry at annual conferences of
Registration Hours Tuesday 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Wednesday 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Thursday 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Friday 7:30 am - 6:00 pm Saturday 7:30 am - 10:00 am
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Graduate Conducting Competition lege and Northern Arizona University and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was Thursday 10:00am - 12:00pm and 5:00pm - 6:00pm named a Hixon-Lied Fellow. Last is a frequent clini- cian and guest conductor around the United States and Westminster Presbyterian Church abroad.
Undergraduate Conducting Master Class Friday 10:00am - 12:00pm Westminster Presbyterian Church 2018 Division Conferences
Save The Date Luther College Collegiate Chorale Central and North Central Chicago, Illinois The Luther Col- Feb. 14-17, 2018 lege Collegiate Cho- rale comprises select junior and senior sing- Southern ers from all academic Louisville, Kentucky majors on campus. Feb. 21-24, 2018 The choir has grown a reputation for show- casing an eclectic mix Eastern of traditional, con- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania temporary, sacred, Mar. 7-11, 2018 secular, world, and new music in their Southwestern concert programs. In addition to their active participation in the worship life Oklahoma City, Oklahoma of the college community, Collegiate Chorale tours an- Mar. 7-11, 2018 nually and is one of the featured ensembles in the na- tionally broadcast Christmas at Luther performances. Northwestern Portland, Oregon Andrew Last is an assistant professor of music at Luther College, where he Mar. 8-12, 2018 conducts the Collegiate Chorale and Norsemen, teaches choral methods and Western conducting, and serves as the Camp Pasadena, California Director for the Dorian Summer Mu- Mar. 14-17, 2018 sic Camps that enroll over 700 camp- ers each summer. Last holds degrees from Luther Col-
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Music in Worship Service theran Choir Series of choral music published by Morn- ingstar Music Publishers. He holds a master’s in theory and composition and a doctorate in organ performance Thursday 2:30pm - 3:45pm Westminster Presbyterian Church from the University of Minnesota. Friday 2:30pm - 3:45pm Westminster Presbyterian Church
Commonwealth Youthchoirs Keystone State Boy Choir and National Lutheran Choir their conductor, Steven M. Fisher, will be performing at the Music in Worship Service. They are also performing at Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. Their photos and bios can be found on pages 20-21.
Jazz Night Friday 10:00pm - 12:00am (Both Tracks) Minneapolis Convention Center Main Auditorium Under the direction of its artistic director, David Cherwien, the sixty-four-member National Lutheran Choir’s artistry is rooted in its mission to strengthen, Bellevue College Vocal Jazz Ensemble renew, and preserve the heritage of sacred choral mu- “Celebration” sic through the highest standards of performance and literature. Founded in 1986 by the late Larry Fleming, the National Lutheran Choir sings a sacred and spiri- tual story rooted in the Lutheran choral tradition. From early chant and simple folk anthems to complex choral masterworks and new compositions, the choir brings a rich and diverse repertoire of music to its listeners. A dis- cography of thirty recordings showcases the ensemble’s music making throughout the years.
David Cherwien, artistic director of the National Lutheran Choir, is a nationally The Bellevue College Vocal Jazz Ensemble Celebra- known conductor, composer, and organ- tion was formed in 1973 in Bellevue, Washington. They ist. Recognized for his contributions to were selected to perform at the 2017 JEN Conference the fi eld of church music and liturgy, he in New Orleans. Other performances include: The is in demand as a clinician and hymn fes- Next Generation Jazz Festival in Monterey, CA (2015), tival leader. Cherwien serves as cantor at JEN National Conferences (2011, 2014), and North- Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, a parish west ACDA Conferences (2008, 2014). The group has known for its passion for traditional liturgy and creative, received fi rst-place awards in multiple divisions at nu- high-quality music. He is also editor of the National Lu- merous National Jazz Festivals. They have performed
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with many jazz legends including: Diana Krall, Kurt El- JEN National Conference. The group has performed in ling, John Pizzarelli, Tony Bennett, Tierney Sutton, Mel concert with the unaccompanied jazz group m-pact and Torme, Nancy Wilson, Dave Brubeck, and Take 6. will be the opening act for Dianne Reeves in March 2017 at the historic GEM Theater in Kansas City’s 18th and Thomas Almli has been director of choral Vine Jazz District. music activities at Bellevue College since 2002 and is the current chairman of the John Staff ord II has been assistant profes- music department. In addition to direct- sor of music and the director of choral ing the vocal jazz ensemble Celebration, activities at Kansas City Kansas Com- Almli also directs The BC Concert Choir munity College since 2010. He holds and Chamber Choir. Almli attended Pa- degrees from Millikin University and cifi c Lutheran University and Luther College for under- Bowling Green State University with graduate studies and the University of Washington for additional doctoral choral studies at the graduate school. He is currently completing a doctorate University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Among his in choral conducting at the University of Washington. professional activities, Staff ord serves as the Jazz and He continues to perform as a vocal jazz artist and in op- Show Choir Chair of the Kansas Choral Directors Asso- era and musical theater productions and is an active cli- ciation and is the director of choral music at Community nician, adjudicator, arranger, and composer. Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He has cho- ral music published through The Lorenz Corporation and Sound Music Publications. Kansas City, Kansas, Community College The Standard Last Call
Last Call is a group comprising local choral music The Standard is the fl agship vocal ensemble at Kan- teachers and young professionals. Last Call got together sas City Kansas Community College. This group has four years ago so that they could continue to sing jazz, performed at the Kansas MEA In-Service Workshop, work with quality people, and be a part of the local edu- the New York Voices Jazz Festival, and New York City cational jazz community in the greater Seattle area. Last Jazz Festival at Jazz at the Lincoln Center. The Stan- year, Last Call was selected to perform at the 2015 JEN dard also received a number-one rating at the University National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. They per- of Northern Colorado/Greeley Jazz Festival and per- form locally several times a year at local jazz festivals, formed at the JENerations Jazz Festival as a part of the area high schools, and jazz clubs.
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Kelly Kunz has been heavily involved Contemporary/Commerical Showcase in vocal jazz for over thirty years. He has taught on almost every level of the Friday 6:30pm - 9:00pm (Both Tracks) educational system from middle school Saturday 3:00pm - 5:30pm (Both Tracks) through the university level and has pri- marily been a teacher on the community Minneapolis Convention Center college level. He has been arranging for jazz choirs since the age of sixteen, directing jazz choirs Main Auditorium since his early twenties, and is currently music director of Last Call and Groove For Thought. Kunz received The United States Navy Band his master’s from Central Washington University and Sea Chanters Chorus teaches at Bellevue College in Bellevue, Washington.
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There is a brief discussion that outlines a general process for obtaing funding to attend an ACDA conference and a sample letter for a conference funding proposal on the ACDA website. The Navy Band Sea Chanters is the United States www.acda.org Navy’s offi cial chorus and is frequently found at the cen- ter of our most important national events. They have played a role in comforting the nation in times of mourn- ing, including appearances at memorials for the astro- nauts of the space shuttle Columbia and the presidential wreath laying ceremonies at the United Airlines Flight 93 crash site in Pennsylvania. The chorus participated in the funerals for former presidents Ronald Reagan, Ger- ald Ford, and Richard Nixon.They have appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors and with the National Sym- phony Orchestra for the nationally telecast “National Memorial Day Concerts” at the United States Capitol.
Adam Tyler is the enlisted leader of the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus. He is originally from Phoenix, Arizona, and joined the Navy Band in February 2000. He performed with nu- merous professional theater companies
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prior to joining the Navy. Tyler has been a vocalist with Viterbo University “Brethren,” an all-male contemporary Christian ensem- Platinum Edition ble, and was a cantor at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Arlington, Virginia. His military decorations and awards include the Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Med- al, Navy and Marine Corp Commendation Medal, Unit Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Med- al, Navy Good Conduct Medal, and Global War on Ter- rorism Medal.
Crossroads
Viterbo University’s Platinum Edition is a select show choir that draws members from all major areas of the university and is celebrating nineteen years. Emphasis is placed on performing literature from the pop, rock, and Broadway repertoire. Students are given the opportunity to work with professional choreographers and to explore a wide variety of song styles and movement. Platinum Edition performs a show to entertain the local commu- nity each semester. In addition to performing regularly, Platinum Edition also tours nationally and internation- Crossroads is a world champion a cappella quartet ally. The ensemble has toured Central America and is a consisting of four versatile, award-winning vocalists. regular partner with FAME Events. Though steeped in the tradition of Barbershop Har- mony, this 2009 Int’l BHS Champion enjoys singing a Nancy Allen founded and directs Plati- variety of musical styles, including vocal jazz, blues, gos- num Edition and is a professor of music pel, pop, and American standards. They have produced at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis- many recordings and have performed all over the world consin, where she teaches music educa- and on television. Crossroads was honored by NAfME tion courses, music theory, and supervises as the recipient of the 2016 “Stand For Music Award” student teachers. She is also the music di- for work in advocacy and promotion of the music educa- rector for Viterbo’s theatre productions. tion cause. The members are Jim Henry (Bass), Director Allen received her degrees from Viterbo College and of Choral Studies UMSL; Brandon Guyton (Baritone), the University of Northern Iowa. She serves the Wis- Musical Producer; Mike Slamka (Lead), Director of IT; consin Choral Directors Association as R&R Chair for Fred Farrell (Tenor), ENS Director of Sales. Show Choir. Allen is the organist and choir director for the First Congregational Church and directs a middle school community choir.
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Ringmasters Kettering Fairmont High School Eleventh Hour
As 2012 world champions of barbershop, Ringmas- Eleventh Hour is a select group of seven vocalists ters blend virtuosity with the infectious energy of pop from Kettering Fairmont High School. Under the direc- music. Their shows include barbershop classics through tion of Brody McDonald, they have appeared at many Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, and Elvis. The quar- conferences including: OMEA, KMEA, IMEA, Central tet grew from the Swedish choir tradition, and all four ACDA Division, and twice at ACDA National. Elev- attended Adolf Fredrik’s Music School, Sweden’s most enth Hour was the fi rst high school group on NBC’s a renowned choir school. They all made the transition into cappella reality series The Sing-Off . They have also ap- Stockholm Music Gymnasium and are still members of peared on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In 2012, top choirs today. Having stumbled across barbershop in Eleventh Hour earned a Gold Medal in the Champions a Simpsons episode, they soon discovered it off ered com- Division at the World Choir Games. Their recordings petition in choral singing. The members are: (Bass) Mar- have earned many awards and have also been used for tin, (Baritone) Emanuel, (Lead) Rasmus, (Tenor) Jakob. promotional purposes by Alfred Publishing.
Brody McDonald is the director of choirs at Kettering Fairmont High School. His Exhibit Hall Hours choirs have earned the highest ratings at state contest and have been featured at numerous conventions. He is at the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday forefront of the a cappella movement, serving as a founding member and vice 9:00 am - 2:00 pm president of the A Cappella Education Association. Mc- and Donald is the author of A Cappella Pop and co-author 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm of A Cappella with Deke Sharon and Ben Spalding. He serves as adjunct faculty at Wright State University and is a founder of Camp A Cappella, open to all ages June Saturday 25-30, 2017. 9:00am - 1:00 pm
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Voz en Punto International Choir Concert
Wednesday 8:00pm - 9:30pm Central Lutheran Church Thursday 8:00pm - 10:00pm Central Lutheran Church
Inner Mongolia Children's Choir
Founded in 1990, Voz en Punto is the a cappella group with the most brilliant international projection in the history of Mexican music. With an original music The Inner Mongolia Youth Choir was founded in proposal that gives testimony to Mexico’s rich cultural 2008 and is the fi rst choir of this kind. Renowned Chi- heritage, the ensemble burst onto the scene, thrilling nese conductor Yalungerile serves as their artistic di- audiences with their performances. The group has per- rector with renowned composer Se Enkhbayar acting formed with great fi gures such as Bobby McFerrin and as the choir’s composer. The choir currently comprises The King’s Singers. eighty members ages 12-17, and all are from farming families on the plains of Inner Mongolia. In addition to José Galván Castañeda is one of the most songs in the Mongol language, the singers can also per- recognizable fi gures of choral singing form in Chinese and several other languages. In 2012 in Mexico. His compositions and vocal they won fi rst place in both the All-China Children’s arrangements are sung by choirs from Song Competition and China International Choir Fes- around the world, including The King’s tival. They also participated in the Europe Choir Com- Singers and Vocal Essence. In 1990 he petition, Taipei International Choir Festival, and 10th founded Voz en Punto. Along with this World Symposium on Choir Music (held in Seoul), vocal ensemble, he has performed around the world and gradually solidifying their position as one of the major won awards at competitions. His goal as an artist is that choirs of the world. the country of Mexico experience the pleasure of cho- ral singing and that it enriches the rich Mexican music Yalungerile was born in Inner Mongolia culture. and graduated from Shanghai Conser- vatory of Music Department of Com- position and Conducting. In 1988 she traveled to the United States to partici- pate in the master class of Bach scholar Helmuth Rilling. In 2015 she studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and collabo- rated with the China National Symphony Orchestra
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Choir and China Youth Symphony Orchestra to hold previously served as professor in orchestral conducting. a graduation concert called “The Music of Burana,” Since 2004 she has been a member of the Swedish Royal along with completing her master’s thesis “On the Art Academy of Music. She is a sought-after jury member at of Mongolian Choir Music,” making her China’s fi rst international choral competitions and teaches interna- conductor to receive a master’s degree. She currently tional master classes in choral conducting. In 1999 she acts as vice-chairman of the China Choir Union and is was awarded the Johannes Norrby Medal for furthering professor at the Central Conservatory of Music Depart- choral singing in Sweden, and in 2001 she was awarded ment of Conducting. a scholarship from conductor Sten Frykberg’s memorial fund.
Orpheo Drängar Kammerchor Stuttgart
Orpheo Drängar started in 1853 and has continued to expand the scope of all of its activities from reper- toire, to concert forms, to venues. Local tours of Sweden Kammerchor Stuttgart will be are complemented by performances in Asia, the United performing in the international concert session States, Canada, and Europe. Concerts at Royal Albert on Thursday evening only. Hall in London, Lincoln Center in New York, and Sym- phony Hall in Osaka alternate with performances in The Kammerchor Stuttgart has achieved an inter- stone quarries and paper mills. Folk songs and roman- national reputation for its individual sonority and style ticism contrast with jazz, newly commissioned atonal of singing. The Kammerchor’s repertoire reaches from music, lyricism, and Riverdance. But whatever they the seventeenth to the twenty-fi rst century. The Interna- perform, the sound is the same: the ensemble’s unique tional Federation for Choral Music invited the ensemble blend of light young voices and older, more mature ones to three World Symposium on Choral Music in Vien- is the result of many years of work to refi ne the special na, Sydney, and Seoul. Invitations to tour include three instrument that is the male-voice choir. ACDA division conferences, eight tours to Asia, and a trip to South America in 2010. Since 1984 the choir also Cecilia Rydinger Alin has been the con- performs regularly in Israel. ductor and artistic director of Orphei Drängar since 2008. Together with OD Frieder Bernius is the director of Ger- she regularly makes recordings, leads many’s Kammerchor Stuttgart. He is fi rst performances, and collaborates with perpetually in search of new scores, al- artists from widely diff erent fi elds. Alin ways questioning traditional interpreta- holds the position of vice-chancellor at tions of European music and pursuing the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, where she has an unmistakable individual sound. Forty
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of his more than ninety CD recordings have received Garrett Lathe began directing choirs his international awards. Serving as cultural ambassador for junior year when he stepped in dur- the Cultural Relations of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bernius ing the unexpected absence of his high is constantly in touch with ensembles in Toronto, War- school choir director. With each new saw, and Budapest. He has conducted the World Youth experience, his love of connecting with Choir six times and has most recently received the Bach people through music has deepened his Award from the City of Leipzig. belief that choral music is the most pow- erful and integral way to ground people both in their shared history and in authentic engagement in the world Concert Session A around them. It is in this context that Lathe studied con- ducting at Bemidji State University, completed graduate coursework at St. Cloud State University, and continu- Wednesday 9:00am - 10:30am Orchestra Hall ally seeks out mentors and partnerships through ACDA Wednesday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Central Lutheran Church and various other organizations.
Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota Concert Choir Reed Academy Middle School Mixed Choir
Founded in 2005, the Youth Chorale of Central Min- nesota comprises 120 singers in two main ensembles from twenty-one area high schools. Rehearsing only two Under the direction of Daniel Gutierrez, the Reed hours per week, YCCM singers are required to be a part Academy Choir has won their division at the World’s of of the choral programs of the schools in which they are Fun Festival of Choirs the past three years, been featured enrolled. YCCM is committed to new music for high at music educator conferences and university perfor- school singers, commissioning new music from leading mances, opened for world-renowned lecturers, and have composers with Minnesota ties. Many of these works been active within their local community. In addition to are found on state and national repertoire lists and have being selected to perform for ACDA, the program will been performed by all-state choirs. The Youth Chorale also have two choirs performing at the Missouri MEA has been selected for various special performances in- Conference representing both elementary and middle cluding the Minnesota Choral Arts Finale, Minnesota school. ACDA, and Minnesota MEA.
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Daniel Gutierrez, a native of Long Is- Keller High School land, New York, is the choral director at Chanteurs Varsity Treble Choir Reed Academy and the artistic director for boys choir of Springfi eld, Missouri. He previously served as an elementary music specialist for Springfi eld Public Schools before moving to middle-level teaching at Reed. Gutierrez is an active clinician and presenter throughout the state of Missouri. He was named “Springfi eld Hometown Hero” by a local TV station, was a fi nalist for Springfi eld Public Schools “Teacher of the Year” in 2014 and 2015, and most re- cently a quarterfi nalist for the Grammy National Music Education Award.
The Chanteurs Varsity Treble is one of seven choirs The ACDA CAREER CENTER at Keller High School in Keller, Texas. Members of the acda.careerwebsite.com KHS Choirs have performed in London, Bath Abbey, Florence, Rome, the Vatican, and Rouen and Chartres Cathedrals in France. The Chanteurs were selected as a Texas Invited Choir and performed at the 2014 Texas MEA Convention. The KHS choirs have also won Su- perior ratings and Best in Class trophies at nearly every competition. The singers hold leadership positions in multiple organizations including theatre, NHS, student council, and sports. The singers are encouraged to chal- lenge themselves through competition at both the re- gional and state levels.
Chi-Chi King has been head director of choirs at Keller High School for twenty- one years. Her choirs have earned the Sweepstakes Trophy at UIL Contests and fi rst-place trophies at many music festivals. She is member of Schola Can- torum of Texas and serves as the soprano section leader. King holds degrees from Texas Tech Uni- versity and the University of North Texas and has com- pleted doctorate coursework. In 2014 her Varsity Treble Your next choral career opportunity Choir was selected to perform for Texas MEA. King was could be closer than you think. also the 2014-2015 Teacher of the Year for Keller High School.
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Eric Whitacre Singers chart-topping albums. A sought-after guest conductor and speaker, he has conducted choral and instrumental concerts around the world and given keynote addresses for many Fortune 500 companies and global institutions including Apple, Google, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations Speaker’s Programme, and two main stage TED talks.
Concert Session B
Wednesday 9:00am - 10:30am Central Lutheran Church Wednesday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Orchestra Hall The Eric Whitacre Singers will be performing in Concert Session A Eric Whitacre Singers on Wednesday afternoon only. The Eric Whitacre Singers will be The Eric Whitacre Singers have established them- performing in Concert Session B selves as one of the fi nest vocal ensembles of our day. on Wednesday afternoon only. This professional choir draws in audiences with a wide spectrum of age, interests, and backgrounds, performing The Eric Whitacre Singers and their conductor, Eric Monteverdi, Bach, Whitacre, and Depeche Mode. They Whitacre, are also performing in Concert Session A. received unanimous praise from critics for their debut Their photos and bios can be found in the previous col- album, Light and Gold (Decca/Universal), also winning umn. a Grammy for Best Choral Performance. Their second album, Water Night (Universal), was number one in the classical iTunes and Billboard charts. The choir made their BBC Proms debut at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2012 in a program with singer/songwriter Imogen Regi-ception Heap. A vocal library featuring the voices of the Eric Whitacre Singers and custom beds composed by their Tuesday, March 7 founder and conductor was released in 2016. 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Mezzanine Level of the , Grammy-winning com- Eric Whitacre Minneapolis Convention Center poser and conductor, is one of the most popular musicians of our time. His con- Grab a Mai-Tai and cert music has been performed through- unwind with the PanHandlers, a local out the world by millions of amateur Steel Drum Band of Educators and professional musicians alike, while his groundbreaking Virtual Choirs have Collect your conference materials and united singers from over 110 countries. As conductor of beat the Wednesday morning rush! the Eric Whitacre Singers, Whitacre has released several
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as part of the Southwestern ACDA Division Conference. Flower Mound High School Rohwer has been an active member of both the Texas Men’s Chamber Choir MEA and the Texas Choral Directors Association.
West Orange High School Bel Canto Advanced Women's Choir
Bel Canto is a for- ty-eight-member au- ditioned public high school choir compris- ing women in grades 10-12 under the direc- tion of Jeff ery Red- ding. In 1999, Bel Canto was one of two featured choirs at the Florida Youth Chorale in Carnegie Hall with The Men’s Chamber Choir is the fl agship men’s or- conductor Eph Ely. ganization of the Flower Mound High School choral They have performed program. The group sings primarily unaccompanied at several Southern literature of a variety of styles from a variety of time ACDA Division Con- periods. A consistent UIL Sweepstakes award-winning ferences and the 2003 ACDA National Conference. ensemble, the Men’s Chamber Choir also performs at a variety of concerts around Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. In Jeff ery Redding, director of choral activi- 2010 the choir received a Gold Diploma and was named ties at West Orange High School in Win- Winner of the Category at the American International ter Garden, Florida, has led his choirs Choral Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2014 they were in performances at state, regional, and named Grand Champion of the Festival di Voce in Dal- national conferences for ACDA. Red- las. The choir was invited to sing at the 2015 Texas MEA ding has conducted the ACDA National Convention in San Antonio. High School Honor Choir; the Central, North Central, and Eastern Division Honor Choirs; and Mark Rohwer has been director of choral all-state and honor choirs in over thirty-fi ve states. In activities at Flower Mound High School 2015 he guest conducted Disney’s Candlelight Proces- in Flower Mound, Texas, since its open- sional at Epcot. Also in 2015, Redding was awarded the ing in the fall of 1999. Under Rohwer’s R. Wayne Hogoboom Distinguished Service Award for direction, FMHS choirs have received dedicated service, leadership, and excellence by Florida consistent and numerous awards. In ACDA. He holds degrees from Florida A&M University 2007, 2012, and 2015 the choirs per- and Florida State University, where he earned his PhD. formed at the Texas MEA Convention in San Antonio; in 2008, the Jaguar Chorale performed in Kansas City
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University of Houston Concert Session C Concert Chorale Thursday 12:30pm - 2:30pm Central Lutheran Church Thursday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Orchestra Hall
Martin Gifted and Talented Magnet Middle School Honors Chorus The University of Houston Concert Chorale is the university’s premiere large choral ensemble. Under the direction of Betsy Cook Weber since 2002, the ensem- ble has performed for four TMEA conventions and the 2007 National ACDA Conference in Miami. The en- semble has also been active internationally, winning the following prestigious competitions: 47th Eisteddfod, Wales, UK (2009); Florilège Vocal, France (2011); In- ternational Chamber Choir Festival, Germany (2013); Grand Prix of Nations, Germany (2015). Chorale’s loca- tion in Houston presents many opportunities, including The Martin Gifted and Talented Magnet Middle performances with/for Houston Symphony, Ars Lyrica, School Honors Chorus is an auditioned group of sev- Mercury, Latin Grammys, Star Wars in Concert, NBC’s enth and eighth graders from Raleigh, North Carolina. Clash of the Choirs, Josh Groban, Houston Astros, Hous- They have performed at the Magnet Schools of America ton Texans, KUHF, ABC, NBC, and Fox. Association’s National Conference and state conferences of ACDA and NAfME. The Chorus has performed at Betsy Cook Weber began the fi rst thirteen the NC State Capitol Building, won fi rst place in a lo- years of her career as an elementary, cal radio station’s choir competition featuring an origi- then middle school, then high school nal arrangement, and has performed on stage at Walt choral director in the public schools. She Disney World. The choir consistently receives Superior is now director of choral studies at the ratings at festivals. University of Houston and also serves as director of the Houston Symphony Cho- Danny L. Yancey earned degrees from rus, preparing various programs for some of the world’s North Carolina Central University and greatest conductors. In 2013 she became the fi rst woman the University of North Carolina at to receive TCDA’s coveted Texas Choirmaster Award. Greensboro. Before coming to Martin She is editor of the Betsy Cook Weber Choral Series with Alli- Middle School, he taught elementary ance Music Publications. Weber is active internationally general music and chorus for nine years. as a conductor and clinician. She holds degrees from the Since coming to Martin, he has been University of North Texas, Westminster Choir College, voted Teacher of the Year and was named a fi nalist for and the University of Houston. the 2015 Grammy Music Educator Award. He has con- ducted numerous all-county festivals and serves as direc- tor of worship for Christ the King Church in Raleigh and as associate conductor for the Raleigh Boychoir.
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Sing Out Loud Oklahoma State University Bella Voce Young Women's Choir Concert Chorale
The Oklahoma State University Concert Chorale stands in partnership with the many public and private The heart of Bella is for young women to embrace schools in the region and the faculty in the School of their potential to change themselves and others through Visual and Performing Arts at OSU. Annually, Concert their very unique and personal gift: their voice. This all- Chorale presents six season concerts, including recent women choir community provides a safe environment performances of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Verdi’s for bonding, self-expression, and personal growth. Help- Requiem, and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms. Chorale ing young women understand they are valued beyond presented a performance of Mozart’s Coronation Mass measure and capable of changing the world through in New York in 2015 and annually hosts many inter- song helps them understand truths that carry into their national guest composers and conductors. The group life journeys. Each spring Bella conducts an outreach toured France and England in 2013, performed at the project with local or global impact. Each girl leaves 2016 Southwest ACDA Division Conference, and will be choir knowing herself more thoroughly. In this process, a touring Italy in the summer of 2017. metamorphosis occurs to create a vibrant new and beau- tiful voice—a “Bella Voce.” Z. Randall Stroope is the Doug and Nick- ie Burns Endowed Chair in Choral Mu- Shelly Winemiller received a music ther- sic at Oklahoma State University, where apy degree from UW-Eau Claire and is he is coordinator of Choral and Vocal a marriage and family therapist in Roch- Studies. Stroope is also artistic director ester, Minnesota. In 2007 she founded of two summer music festivals in Europe. SingOutLoud, with Bella Voce (grades He has conducted at Carnegie Hall ev- 9-12), Bella Fiore (6-8), and The Bel- ery year since 2001, led mass at the Vatican seven times, lettes (1-5). She was 2014 Minnesota All- and directed forty all-state choirs. Stroope has published State Women’s Choir guest conductor and was named 160 works and was invited by Oxford University Press to Rochester’s “Extraordinary Woman” artist in 2008 for contribute to Carols for Choirs 5. The work This Endris Night her work with Bella. Most of all, Winemiller has a strong was performed by the London Symphony in December desire to work with young women: to share in the power 2015. Currently he is working on two commissions for of music and to teach truths of who they are. the United States Military Academy at West Point.
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Rutgers University Concert Session D Glee Club Thursday 12:30pm - 2:30pm Orchestra Hall Thursday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Central Lutheran Church
Bak Middle School of the Arts Girls Chorus
The Rutgers University Glee Club is one of the oldest and most distinguished men’s choruses in the United States. Under the direction of Patrick Gardner since 1993, the ensemble has moved to the forefront of men’s choral music, performing on a national and an international stage and commissioning new works from major composers. The Glee Club has performed at the The Girls Chorus is one of four choral ensembles at 2001 ACDA National Conference in San Antonio and Bak Middle School of the Arts, a public middle school three ACDA division conferences. They have performed located in West Palm Beach, Florida. Students through- Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony (Babi Yar) with Valery Ger- out Palm Beach County audition for acceptance in one giev at Avery Fisher Hall, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, and of eight areas: communications, dance, theater, visual commissions by Pulitzer Prize winners William Bolcom, arts, and music (band, chorus, orchestra, and piano). Jennifer Higdon, and Lewis Spratlan. The choral department serves over 200 vocal majors. The Girls Chorus is composed predominantly of vocal Patrick Gardner is distinguished professor majors but proudly embraces students from all art areas. of music and director of choral activi- The Girls Chorus has performed throughout the United ties at Rutgers University, where he con- States and Canada, including performances at the 2002 ducts the Rutgers University Glee Club Southern ACDA Division and 2011 National ACDA and the Kirkpatrick Choir and leads the Conferences. graduate choral conducting program. He is the director of the Riverside Cho- Connie Drosakis is currently in her seven- ral Society of NYC, where he has prepared that ensem- teenth year at Bak MSOA. She holds de- ble for performances with the London Symphony, at the grees from Florida State University. Her Mostly Mozart Festival, and for the Mark Morris Dance choruses have received several awards at Group. Active in premiering new music, he has con- festivals and competitions both nation- ducted over one hundred major choral orchestral works ally and internationally. Choruses under for performances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and her direction have performed for state, Rutgers University. southern division, and national ACDA conferences. Drosakis is an active adjudicator for district and state evaluation festivals and has conducted honor and all-
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 41 2017 National Conference CConcertoncert EventsEvents andand PerformersPerformers state choirs in four states. She is co-founder and co-direc- University of Louisville tor of Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, a children’s Cardinal Singers community choir. Drosakis has served as middle school chair for the Florida Vocal Association and as president of Florida ACDA.
Fountain Valley High School Troubadours
The Fountain Val- ley High School Trou- badours are the thir- ty-two-voice premier vocal ensemble of the Vocal Music Program. The Cardinal Singers were founded in 1970 as an out- In addition to strong reach organization for the University of Louisville and performance and rep- continue their outreach mission locally, nationally, and ertoire study, a rigor- internationally, off ering workshops, performing at choral ous curriculum of mu- conventions, and competing on the international stage. sic theory, musicology, Highlights include performances at the 13th China In- ear training, and research is a vital part of the singer’s ternational Choral Festival, Taipei International Choral education. The Troubadours tour each year with the Festival, the Singapore International Choral Festival, ninety-fi ve-voice Concert Choir and every other year the U.S./Cuba Choral Symposium, the Beijing Interna- on their own international performance tour. The Trou- tional Choral Festival, and the 7th World Symposium badours performed at the 2011 ACDA National Con- on Choral Music. They have also performed at regional ference. Most recently, they were featured at the 2016 and national ACDA and NCCO conferences. California Association for Music Education Conference. Kent Hatteberg earned his degrees from Kevin Tison is currently in his fi fteenth the University of Dubuque and the year of teaching high school choral mu- University of Iowa. Named a Fulbright sic—the past twelve years at Fountain Scholar in 1990, he pursued research on Valley High School. He earned degrees Felix Mendelssohn in Berlin and con- in piano performance from Northwest- ducted the world premiere of Mendels- ern State University of Louisiana and sohn’s Gloria in 1997. Hatteberg received Texas Christian University. Tison has the University of Louisville Distinguished Faculty Award worked extensively in the areas of conducting (orches- for Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity in the tral, choral, musical theater, and opera workshop) and Performing Arts, the KCDA Robert A. Baar Award for performance (piano, organ, harpsichord, French horn, choral excellence, and the University of Dubuque Ca- percussion, and voice). Choirs under his direction have reer Achievement Award. He was named KMEA Col- consistently earned the highest ratings in competition, lege/University Teacher of the Year in 2004 and a Uni- receiving performance invitations to state and national versity of Louisville Faculty Scholar in 2002. festivals.
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Atlanta Master Chorale the lives of our community through choral artistry, the ensemble seeks to infuse each performance with techni- cal virtuosity and rare expressiveness, drawing listeners into a shared space where music touches spirit. A true community choir, the ensemble rehearses weekly, and all choristers live and work in the Atlanta area.
Eric Nelson is artistic director of Atlanta Master Chorale and director of cho- ral studies at Emory University. Nelson regularly leads choirs at all-state festivals and at conferences on music and wor- ship. He has conducted throughout the world. In 2014 he was the designer and Atlanta Master Chorale adopted its name in 2013 co-conductor of the Music in Worship event for South- after enjoying nearly thirty years of steady growth ern ACDA Division in Jacksonville, Florida. His Emory and transformation. They received the Margaret Hillis Concert Choir performed at two national ACDA con- Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America in ferences. Nelson’s choral works are published by ECS, 2013 and the Prudential Leadership Award for Excep- Augsburg, Colla Voce, and in Morningstar’s Atlanta tional Nonprofi t Boards from BoardSource in 2014. Its Master Chorale Choral Series. He holds degrees from programs span from Bach’s B-Minor Mass to newly com- Houghton College, Westminster Choir College, and In- missioned anthems. With a mission to inspire and enrich diana University.
Learn and grow professionally through ACDA’s Mentoring Program.
Open to all undergraduate and graduate students and beginning to established choral directors. More information is available at: http://mentoring.acda.org
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Concert Session E Arvada West High School Friday 12:30pm - 2:30pm Orchestra Hall Vocal Showcase Friday 4:00pm - 6:00pm Central Lutheran Church
Crystal Children’s Choir
Vocal Showcase is the premiere vocal ensemble at Arvada West High School. This award-winning choir comprises forty-six sophomores through seniors. The ensemble has performed at the Colorado MEA Confer- ence numerous times, most recently in 2012 and 2016. Crystal Children’s Choir was founded in Northern Vocal Showcase also performed on the 2014 Debut Se- California in 1994 and has gained international acclaim ries at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. Vocal Showcase and for its distinction. More than 1,100 choristers from Cali- other AWHS choirs regularly tour nationally and inter- fornia and 650 from Taiwan and China participate in nationally at venues such as the Perelman Stage at Carn- this reputable choral program. The choir has performed egie Hall, the main stage at the Kennedy Center, and at prestigious venues internationally and received invita- High Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and St. Mark’s tions to perform at Kodály, CMEA conventions, and at Basilica in Venice. MENC and ACDA divisional and national conferences. Through off ering a unique musical and life-enhancing Chris Maunu took over the Arvada West education, Crystal hopes to nurture our younger genera- choral program in 2006, and the depart- tion using teamwork, love of music, and excellence in ment has grown from 120 to over 300 choral singing. students. Under Maunu’s tutelage, the program quickly earned a reputation of Karl Chang has been the co-founder and excellence, becoming one of the region’s conductor of Crystal Children’s Choir premier choral programs. He has had since 1994. Chang has presented at sev- choirs perform at Colorado CMEA seven times since eral ACDA national and divisional con- 2009. The ensembles also consistently receive superior ferences and was twice a guest conductor ratings and fi rst-place fi nishes at festivals and contests. at Carnegie Hall. He is also active in the Maunu is presently a national quarterfi nalist for the choral fi eld across Asia. Chang conducts 2017 Grammy Music Educator Award. Away from the 170-voice Ching Ching Chorus and continues to in- AWHS, he is co-founder/director of the new thirteen- spire singers and help develop their love for singing. He voice professional choir, Anima Chamber Ensemble. earned an advanced degree in engineering and holds a He currently serves as the Men’s Choir R&R Chair for doctorate in Education Leadership. His passion for cho- Colorado ACDA and is on the CMEA Vocal Council. ral music has led him to pursue his lifelong dream in children’s music education.
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Mount San Antonio College Iowa State University Chamber Singers Cantamus Women's Choir
The Mount San Antonio College Chamber Singers have won numerous awards and received performance Cantamus Women’s Choir was created in 2000 and invitations throughout the world, including at nine na- is one of four major choral ensembles at Iowa State tional and division conferences and headline perfor- University. The women of Cantamus are selected by mances in Canada, Australia, and throughout Europe. audition and range in year from freshmen to graduate They received two platinum medals at the Xinghai Prize students and come from many fi elds of study across cam- International Choir Championships in China and were pus. Recent commissions include works by Ko Matsu- named champions at the Grand Prix Choir Competition shita, Levente Gyöngyösi, Ambrož Čopi, Eric Barnum, in Bulgaria. They received fi rst place at the Grand Prix and Stacey Gibbs. Cantamus annually presents a four- of Nations in Germany and won the title of Choir of the concert season, including a tour and choral orchestral World at the International Musical Eisteddfod Competi- Masterworks Concert. The ensemble rehearses three tion in Wales. Chamber Singers have also performed at times a week, and music majors comprise ten percent Carnegie Hall on four diff erent occasions. of its membership. Cantamus has performed for North Central ACDA, National MENC, and National ACDA. Bruce Rogers has been the director of choral activities at Mount San Antonio Kathleen Rodde, a member of the mu- College since 1994. Choirs under his sic faculty at Iowa State University since direction have achieved the top ranking 2000, conducts three women’s choirs, in national and international competi- teaches classes in choral methods and tions throughout the world, including piano skills, and assists with the Iowa performances in concert halls through- State Singers. Recent guest conducting out North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has engagements include the 2015 Texas been invited as a clinician, lecturer, and guest conductor All-State Women’s Choir, the 2016 Southern ACDA in twenty-eight states along with Europe, Canada, and Division Conference Women’s HS Honor Choir, and Australia. Rogers conducted the 2007 ACDA National the 2017 Mississippi All-State Women’s Choir. In 2013, Two-Year College Honor Choir and has recently served Rodde created an advanced women’s choir consortium on the jury panel for the International Musical Eistedd- that commissions composers annually. Her arrange- fod Competition in Llangollen, Wales. ments and editions are published through Hal Leonard.
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Concert Session F Riverside City College Chamber Singers Friday 1:00pm - 2:30pm Central Lutheran Church Friday 4:30pm - 6:00pm Orchestra Hall
Harrison School for the Visual and Performing Arts Women’s Chorus
The Riverside City College Chamber Singers have performed at two Western ACDA division conferences, the 2011 ACDA National Conference, two NCCO na- The Harrison Women’s Chorus is in its fi fth year tional conferences, and a CASMEC Conference. The and consists of women in the choral department grades Chamber Singers have competed nationally and interna- 9-12. Students within this ensemble are expected to have tionally, taking fi rst place at the California International a high level of skill in sight reading and overall musi- Choral Competition, the Eisteddfod Choral Competi- cianship. This ensemble consistently receives superior tion in Wales, the Yeosu International Choral Competi- ratings at both district and state Music Performance As- tion in Korea, and at the Choral Competition in Spittal, sessments, and has earned the Superior with Distinction Austria. They have performed with special guest artists rating at the State Music Performance Assessments four such as Don Shelton (member of the Hi-Lo’s), Grammy consecutive years. In 2015 they performed for Florida Award winner Jon Secada, the TED Talks with Eric ACDA. Whitacre, and for the Star Wars in Concert.
Kristopher Ridgley is in his sixth year as John Byun received degrees from the director of choral activities at Harrison University of California, Irvine, and School for the Arts. Ridgley has taught California State University, Long Beach. middle and high school choir in South He is the director of choral and vocal ac- Carolina and Florida. Choirs under his tivities at Riverside City College, where direction have received superior ratings he directs the Chamber Singers and the at both District and State Music Perfor- Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Byun is also the mance Assessments. The Chamber Choir performed for artistic director of the Temecula Valley Master Cho- the Presidents Concert of FMEA in 2013. In the spring rale. He has been the guest conductor for several dis- of 2016 they performed for Southern ACDA. Ridgley trict honor choirs, the SCVA Men’s Honor Choir, the received degrees from McMurry University and the Central California Women’s Honor Choir, Texas Honor University of South Carolina. Choir Region 9, the Clark County, NV Honor Choir,
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the North Carolina All-State Honor Choir, and for the Concert Session G Southern Invitational Choral Conference in Mississippi. Byun maintains the John Byun Choral Series with Pa- Saturday 8:30am - 10:00am Orchestra Hall vane Publishing. Saturday 2:30pm - 4:00pm Central Lutheran Church
Children’s Honor Choir Many Voices...One Song sounding light Joan Gregoryk, founder and artistic di- rector of the Children’s Chorus of Washington (CCW), is internation- ally recognized as a leader in the fi eld of children’s vocal music. In 1995 she founded CCW with the goal of provid- ing outstanding choral music education for children from throughout metropolitan Washington DC. Gregoryk is in demand as a workshop leader and guest conductor throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. She has conducted numerous district and state children’s honors choruses and the ACDA Chil- Known for its inspiring and illuminating performanc- dren’s Honors Chorus in the Southern, Southwestern, es, sounding light brings together a unique collection of and Eastern Divisions. singers gathered from seven states. They are committed to off ering members a spiritual and holistic approach to ensemble singing while off ering listeners a compelling and timeless experience with the choral art. Since its Texas Boys Choir birth in 2003, sounding light has been privileged to sing with Anton Armstrong, David Davidson, Joseph Flum- merfelt, Alice Parker, and William Weinert, and has pre- miered works by Carmen Cavallaro, David DiChiera, Jake Runestad, Tom Trenney, and Anne Wilson. With three recordings to date, sounding light will release its next CD to celebrate its fi fteenth anniversary in 2017- 18.
Tom Trenney is the conductor of Many Voices… One Song sounding light. He also conducts Can- torei from First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln, Ne- braska. His photo and bio can be found on page 26. Texas Boys Choir’s (TBC) mission is to be a world- class boychoir, to develop personal excellence, and to in- spire a lifelong passion for choral artistry. TBC’s touring schedule regularly includes local, regional, national, and international destinations. Since its founding more than
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 47 2017 National Conference CConcertoncert EventsEvents andand PerformersPerformers seventy years ago, the choir has performed for popes, Wartburg College presidents of the United States, and for kings and heads The Wartburg Choir of state. Texas Boys Choir continues to earn its reputa- tion as one of the premiere boy choirs in the world. They have multiple appearances on national television and on radio broadcasts, have received numerous awards in- cluding two Grammys, and have produced more than forty professional recordings.
S. Bryan Priddy began his tenure as artis- tic director of Texas Boys Choir (TBC) in 2008. He holds music degrees from Georgia State University, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Eastman School of Music. Prior to his work with TBC, Priddy served as direc- Founded in 1937, The Wartburg Choir has received tor of music at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, critical international acclaim for their versatility of Georgia, and as director of choral activities at Whitworth sound, artistic integrity, and innovative programming. University, Spokane, Washington. Under his leadership, The choir has received invitations for special appear- TBC has recorded six CDs and was invited to perform at ances throughout the United States and abroad, includ- the 2013 National ACDA Conference, the 2013 TCDA ing a performance on the White House Holiday Concert Convention, and the 2014 Southwest ACDA Division Series. The choir has performed in most major concert Conference. venues throughout the nation and in twenty-fi ve foreign countries. The Wartburg Choir is one of fi ve choral en- sembles at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and com- prises students from various academic disciplines. The Thank you, Sponsors
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choir has performed at two national and four divisional Kodály pedagogy from Westminster Choir College and ACDA conferences. a level two Orff -Schulwerk certifi cation.
Lee Nelson is the Patricia R. Zahn Chair in choral conducting and director of Plano Senior High School choral activities at Wartburg College. He conducts the Wartburg Choir and A Cappella Men's Choir Ritterchor and teaches beginning and advanced conducting. He also serves as the artistic director of Christmas with Wartburg. An active clinician, Nelson has directed all- state and honor choirs throughout the United States and Canada. Nelson was recently honored with the John O. Chellevold Award for Excellence in Teaching. Earlier in his career, Nelson won the National ACDA Graduate Conducting Competition. Choirs under Nelson’s direc- tion have performed at multiple ACDA conferences and at Carnegie Hall. ECS Publishing distributes the Lee Nelson Choral Series internationally.
The Plano Senior High School A Cappella Men’s Concert Session H Choir serves as the varsity men’s ensemble in a depart- ment committed to excellence within a diverse choral curriculum. High performance levels, music literacy, Saturday 8:30am - 10:00am Central Lutheran Church and musical artistry are top priorities for the choral de- Saturday 3:00pm - 4:00pm Orchestra Hall partment. The A Cappella Men’s Choir is consistently awarded Sweepstakes at UIL Concert and Sight-reading Contest. The choir has been named “Best in Class” at Junior High/Middle School Mixed Honor Choir several choral festivals across the United States and has twice received the prestigious Grammy Foundation Mu- Lynnel Joy Jenkins is the artistic director sic Award for Choral Excellence. Members of this en- of the Princeton Girlchoir and choral semble are also involved in various sport teams across teacher at the Timberlane Middle School the campus, national honor society, band, orchestra, the- of the Hopewell Valley Regional School ater, and numerous church activities. District in Pennington, New Jersey. Jen- kins’s varied conducting and teaching ex- Derrick Brookins has served the students perience ranges from the elementary to and parents in Texas choral music edu- collegiate level. She currently serves on the conducting cation for more than twenty years. He faculty for the Vocal Arts Camp of the James Madison currently serves on the faculty of Plano University. Jenkins has earned degrees from Temple Uni- Senior High School in Plano, Texas, as versity and Westminster Choir College of Rider Univer- the director of choral activities. Brookins sity, and at both institutions she was awarded the Elaine earned degrees from the University of Brown Conducting Award. She is pursuing a doctorate North Texas and Concordia University. In addition to at the University of Arizona. She holds a certifi cate in ACDA, Brookins holds active membership in Texas
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MEA and the Texas Choral Directors Association. struction, and world-class performances, along with an Choirs under Brookins’s direction have received both unmatched opportunity for personal growth, challeng- state and national recognitions and honors. ing work, and rewarding experiences. In August 2016, the Hamilton Children’s Choir performed at America Cantat 8 in Nassau, Bahamas. Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols Zimfi ra Poloz is a conductor, educator, Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols will be and adjudicator with a distinguished performed as a part of Concert Session H international reputation. Since becom- on Saturday morning only. ing the artistic director of the Hamilton Children’s Choir (HCC), Zimfi ra has The photos and bios of those participating can be found raised the level of artistry, creativity, and on page 20. musicianship, making the HCC one of the most sought-after children and youth choral pro- grams in the world. Under her direction, the HCC par- ticipated in the Polyfollia Festival in Saint-Lo, France, Concert Session I and America Cantat 8 in Nassau, Bahamas. Poloz is also the artistic director for Young Voices Toronto and Saturday 7:00pm - 8:30pm Central Lutheran Church teaches choral conducting at the University of Toronto. Saturday 9:00pm - 10:30pm Central Lutheran Church
Hamilton Children’s Choir Cantus
For over forty years, the Hamilton Children’s Choir Cantus is known for its warmth and blend, innova- has grown to include six choral groups that engages tive programming, and engaging performances of music over 220 young singers ages 4-18. Guided by world- ranging from the Renaissance to the twenty-fi rst century. renowned Artistic Director Zimfi ra Poloz, along with Working without a conductor, the members of Cantus a talented artistic team, the HCC off ers children and rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each con- youth unique musical experiences. Its choral music edu- tributing to the entirety of the artistic process. Cantus cation program consists of musical training, vocal in- performs more than sixty concerts both nationally and
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internationally, and in its home of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Concert Session S They have released seventeen albums on their self-titled label. Cantus has performed at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, UCLA, San Francisco Performances, Atlanta’s Saturday 7:00pm - 8:30pm Orchestra Hall Spivey Hall, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. Saturday 9:15pm - 10:15pm Orchestra Hall
Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols Concert Session J Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols will be Friday 6:30pm - 7:30pm Westminster Presbyterian Church performed as a part of Concert Session S on Saturday evening only. Kammerchor Stuttgart The photos and bios of those participating can be found on page 20. Kammerchor Stuttgart will be performing in Concert Session J on Friday evening only.
The photos and bios of Kammerchor Stuttgart can be High School Honor Choir found on page 34. Eric Whitacre is the conductor of the high school honor choir. His photo and bio can be found on page 37.
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Congratulations to Allison Fromm and Michael Slon Cowinners of the 2015 Julius Herford Prize
Allison Fromm earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and her master’s degree from Boston University. She received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was awarded a University Fellowship and worked with William Kinderman, Andrea Solya, Jerold Siena, Erik Lund, Eric Dalheim, Gayle Sherwood Magee, and Chester Alwes. She is founding director of Joyful Noise, a New Jersey and Delaware chorus of adults with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries, and also of Sinai Temple’s Shabbat Singers in Champaign, IL. She previously served as Director of Choral Activities at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Fromm has presented at regional and national conferences of ACDA, AMS, and Chorus Ameri- ca, as well as for symposia at Boston Conservatory, Yale University, and Harvard University.
Michael Slon is active as a conductor of choral, orchestral, and operatic repertoire. Slon directs the University Singers and Chamber Singers at UVA, where he also guest conducts the Charlottesville Symphony. He also leads the Oratorio Society of Virginia. His ensembles have sung for Philip Glass, and the Les Misérables creators, and previously collaborated with Bobby McFerrin, Meredith Monk, and Franz Welser-Möst. Repertoire has ranged from Bach’s Mass in B minor and Verdi’s Requiem to Bernstein’s Mass and Candide. He previously served as visiting faculty at the Oberlin Conservatory, and assistant conductor of Cincinnati's May Festival Chorus, and Cornell Universi- ty’s choruses. As a writer, his fi rst book is Songs from the Hill, and as a composer his work was recently performed by Vocalis at NYC’s Merkin Hall.
Each year the Julius Herford Prize Subcommittee of the Research and Publications Committee accepts nominations for the outstanding doctoral terminal research project in choral music. Projects are eligible if they comprise the principal research component of the degree requirements, whether the institution defi nes the project as a “dissertation,” “document,” “thesis,” or “treatise,” etc.
The prize name’s date indicates the year in which the relevant doctoral degree was conferred. Dissertations must be nominated in the calendar year following the year in which the degree was conferred. The prize is awarded in the calendar year following the year of nomination. Thus, the dissertation of a student with a 2015 degree can be nominated between January 1 and June 1, 2016; the prize will be awarded in 2017 (at the 2017 ACDA conference).
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Active Aging and Teachers. She holds undergraduate well-documented positive eff ect on degrees in music and nursing from the sound of our choirs. West Afri- the Choral Ensemble Valparaiso University and graduate can Dance is a full-body, high-en- degrees in vocal performance and ergy experience requiring both co- Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and pedagogy from the University of ordination and communication and Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm Minnesota. control of the body and the mind. During this session we will exam- Minneapolis Convention Center Michael Zemek is as- ine how singers’ bodies transform Auditorium Room 2 sociate professor of during dance and how our thinking choral music educa- and attention are developed through The wave of interest in singers in tion and chairs the movement. Audience members will their Third Age (sixty years and over) music department at explore the positive outcomes of has grown steadily over the last ten Augustana College. incorporating nonwestern dance years, and research has shown that He also serves as the into choral rehearsals by learning eff orts to increase active aging among director of music ministries at Gloria movements and simple West African senior adults increases community Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City, rhythms and dances that attendees participation and well-being. While where he leads the adult and youth will be able to incorporate immedi- voice scientists explain physiological choirs. His research is published in ately into their own choirs. changes to the body and voice, edu- several journals and has been shared cators and conductors are applying at state, regional, and national con- Ashley “AJ” Walker has adaptive techniques to maintain and ferences for ACDA, NAfME, and performed around the enhance the ensemble experience of the Association of Lutheran Church world singing with the older church and community choir Musicians. He holds degrees in mu- world -renowned Phila- members. This session will provide sic education and conducting from delphia Boys Choir. He strategies for harnessing the motiva- the University of Illinois at Urbana holds a degree from tions and learning styles of Third Champaign, St. Cloud State Univer- Millersville University Agers within physiological boundar- sity, and Gustavus Adolphus College. of Pennsylvania. In 2014, Walker ies to more fully engage them in ac- was nominated for a Grammy in tive aging. music education. He currently lives The Active Choir: in Hayward, California, and is pur- Sangeetha Rayapati is suing a master’s in choral conduct- professor of music at Using West African ing from California State University Augustana College, Drumming and Dance to East Bay. He recently earned the where she teaches Augment Choral Rehearsals CSU Trustees’ Award for Academic voice and serves as Excellence and began singing with the head of the voice and Performance the San Francisco Symphony Cho- area. Author of Sing rus. Into Your Sixties and Beyond (Inside Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and View Press), a book for aging singers Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am Buddy James is profes- and their teachers and conductors, sor of music at Cali- she has presented nationally and Minneapolis Convention Center fornia State Univer- internationally for NATS, ACDA, Auditorium Room 3 sity, East Bay, where NAfME, College Music Society, and he is the founding the International Congress of Voice Movement and activity have a director of the school
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 57 2017 National Conference IInterestnterest SessionsSessions ((eacheach timetime openopen toto bothboth tracks)tracks) of arts and media, chair of the de- Bridget Sweet is as- sic selection that shapes the weekly partment of music, and the director sistant professor of rehearsal, yearly plan, and long- of choral and vocal studies. He has music education at range vision for music in worship taught at the University of Southern the University of that remains connected to the the- California, the University of Cali- Illinois, where she matic and scriptural requirements fornia at Berkeley and Irvine, Whit- teaches music edu- of the church calendar. tier College, Elizabethtown College, cation pedagogy, and Millersville University, where including choral methods and lit- Joshua Taylor is the he was named Person of the Year in erature, middle-level general music director of worship 2004. He is a founding member and methods, graduate courses in music and music at First past president of NCCO. education, and a course focused on Presbyterian Church the development of healthy prac- in Dallas, Texas. His tices for all musicians. Sweet has FPC Chancel Choir The Adolescent Female worked extensively with adolescent performed for the singers as a teacher, clinician, and 2016 Southwest ACDA Conference Changing Voice: Supporting adjudicator. She recently published in Kansas City and sang for the Dal- Singers for a Life of Song the book Growing Musicians: Teaching las Police Offi cers Memorial with Music in Middle School and Beyond (Ox- presidents Obama and Bush in at- Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and ford University Press). tendance. Taylor has held leadership positions for the Presbyterian As- Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm sociation of Musicians and TCDA. Minneapolis Convention Center Advent, Lent, and He holds undergraduate and gradu- ate degrees from Kansas State Uni- Auditorium Room 1 Ordinary Time! Oh My!: versity and the University of North Creative Programming Texas and a Certifi cate in Ministry This session aims to empower ad- for the Church Year from Austin Presbyterian Theologi- olescent female singers and validate cal Seminary. their voice change experiences at a very pivotal point in their lives; to re- Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and inforce that females, too, can perse- Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm vere through this challenging devel- Ambition, Adaptation, opmental process; and to stress the Westminster Presbyterian Church and Risk: Stay at the importance of the choral teacher’s Grand Hall Top of Your Craft role in navigating this experience for female choristers. Discussion will in- Explore strategies for eff ective clude an anatomical and physiologi- planning for church choirs of all Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and cal dialogue about vocal function shapes and sizes. Planning is the Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm and voice change, a brief overview key to promoting musical growth, of research and publications focused volunteer retention, and achieving Minneapolis Convention Center on female voice change, psychologi- long-term ensemble dreams. In this Meeting Room M100 D, E, F, and G cal and emotional ramifi cations of session, Joshua Taylor will share voice change for female singers, and the planning process and ideas of As artists in the creative fi eld, we strategies for working with female church musicians from across the need to embrace the right mind-set singers experiencing voice change. country and provide a rubric for mu- to make sure we’re always learning,
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growing, and being as eff ective as we Appalachian Folk Songs: a hands-on approach using specifi c can be with our work. Timothy C. High-Lonesome choral literature. Takach has co-founded the profes- Mountain Voice sional vocal group Cantus and the Amy Kotsonis is as- music publisher Graphite Publish- sistant professor of ing, and his work as a composer has Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and choral ensembles and risen fast in the concert world. In this Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm music education at the session, Takach will draw on his own University of North- experiences as he identifi es the im- Minneapolis Convention Center ern Iowa, and artistic portance of risk in one’s work and Meeting Room M100 A, B, J, and I director for the Met- will discuss how to stay relevant and ropolitan Chorale in the Cedar Val- keep your craft in peak form. We all love Appalachian folk ley. Kotsonis has served as artistic songs as an integral part of our director of Soho Voce and assistant Timothy C. Takach American music history, but how conductor of the Soharmoniums in has received com- do we translate that high-lonesome New York City, has previously taught missions from the St. mountain voice tradition to our in public schools in New York City Olaf Band, Cantus, ensembles? This session will cover and Boston, and serves as conductor Pavia Winds, Lorelei many popular Appalachian tunes, and instructor at the Summer Youth Ensemble, VocalEss- identifying stylistic changes that can Music School at the University of ence, the DeBartolo be made to existing choral arrange- New Hampshire. She holds degrees Performing Arts Center, The Rose ments to perform them within the from New York University and the Ensemble, and numerous other or- Appalachian tradition. Dialect, tim- University of New Hampshire and ganizations. His compositions have bre, instrumentation, and healthy a doctorate from the Florida State been performed on A Prairie Home vocal technique will be addressed via University. Companion, The Boston Pops holiday tour, and at venues such as the Li- brary of Congress, Kennedy Center, and Royal Opera House Muscat. He is a co-creator of the theatrical production of All is Calm: the Christ- mas Truce of 1914 by Peter Rothstein. Takach studied composition at St. Olaf College.
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Beyond “Getting Ready to Sing”: tors identify the important musical Jason Paulk is director Creating Symbiosis problems in the repertoire, they are of choral activities at able to design musical solutions to Eastern New Mexico between Warm-ups teach in the form of warm-ups— University. He holds and Repertoire before their singers ever encounter degrees from Stetson them in the score. The clincians will University, Westmin- use choruses from Handel’s Mes- ster Choir College, Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and siah to demonstrate how easy it is to and a doctorate in choral conducting Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm design repertoire-specifi c exercises from the University of Oklahoma. and how using them can better fa- Choirs under his direction have per- Hilton Minneapolis, 3rd fl oor cilitate learning than using generic formed for NAfME and ACDA. He Grand Ballroom F and G warm-ups. This hands-on session is regularly contributes to academic designed for conductors and teach- journals, including Choral Journal, Singers learn more eff ectively ers of all levels of ensembles. All that and authored a book chapter in The and perform more musically when is needed is a pencil, willingness to Nurturing of Talent, Skills, and Abilities choral warm-ups relate to the mu- participate, and an open and cre- (Nova Science Publishers, 2013) and sic being rehearsed. When conduc- ative mind. co-wrote Handel’s Messiah: Warm-ups for Successful Performance (Hal Leonard, 2016).
Ryan Kelly is associ- ate director of cho- ral activities at West Let your music Chester University of Pennsylvania. be heard… He earned degrees from Houston Bap- in Spain! tist University and the University of Oklahoma and holds a doctor- “The performing venues were ate from Michigan State University. exquisite, the Spanish people were delightful to work with, and He is an active lecturer and clini- the food was outstanding. I would cian with appearances for NAfME, recommend Spain as a great ACDA, and AGO. His publications choral destination to anyone who include Handel’s Messiah: Warm-ups for is interested in travelling to Europe for future performing Successful Performance (Hal Leonard, educational tours.” 2016), a critical edition of Carl Fasch’s – Jeffrey D. Brown, D.M.A. Missa a 16 voci (Carus-Verlag, 2014), Director of Choirs performance editions and compo- Libertyville High School sitions with Boosey & Hawkes and
Plaza de España, Sevilla Augsburg Fortress Publishers, and articles in Choral Journal. He is direc- Witte has been arranging exceptional tor of music and organist at Procla- concert tours through Spain 800 GO WITTE mation Presbyterian Church in Bryn and the rest of the world since 1975. wittept.com Mawr, Pennsylvania.
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Beyond Words and Music: schools to the Houston Grand Op- tion School, a college A Conversation with era, from the King’s Singers to the preparatory school San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, for women grades Composer Eric Whitacre and Lyricist from Westminster Choir College to 7-12, and the artistic Charles Anthony Silvestri Westminster Abbey. director of Encore! out of the Twin Cit- Wednesday 6:30pm - 7:20pm ies Women’s Choir. She has taught high school choir for Minneapolis Convention Center Big Voice: fi fteen years, the last twelve at Visita- Main Auditorium Creating Symbiosis between tion. Rexroth received degrees from Warm-ups and Repertoire St. Olaf College and Michigan State Frequent collaborators Eric Whit- University. In addition to conduct- acre and Charles Silvestri discuss Question-and-Answer Session ing choirs, she is a published com- their long years of friendship and poser and arranger of My True Love fruitful creative partnership. Touch- Wednesday 11:45am - 1:00pm Hath My Heart (Yelton Rhodes) and ing on their creative and collaborative Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin’ processes, this dynamic duo will dis- Minneapolis Convention Center (Hal Leonard). cuss their catalogue of collaborations Meeting Room L100 D and E (Lux Aurumque, Sleep, Leonardo Dreams Varda Bar-Kar had of His Flying Machine, Nox Aurumque, Have you ever wondered how a successful career Her Sacred Spirit Soars, The Chelsea Car- other high school choir directors as a script supervi- ol, Sainte-Chapelle) and introduce their have found success? Big Voice is an sor before she be- newest projects together: The Sacred eighty-three-minute documentary gan directing her Veil and Each Morning She Walks. that chronicles a challenging year award-winning short in the life of a determined public fi lm Window, about Eric Whitacre will be a clinician for high school choir director. Jeff e a veteran desperate for the bed by this session. His photo and bio can Huls pushes his students to achieve the window. Bar-Kar has continued be found on page 37. a high level of artistry and become to create uniquely meaningful, com- “one big voice,” despite many ob- pelling, and imaginative fi lms. Her Charles Anthony Silvestri stacles. This session, which follows work ranges from feature projects has worked with cho- one screening of Big Voice, will fea- to branded entertainment for mul- ral composers from all ture a Q & A session with the direc- tiple platforms including theatrical, over the world to cre- tor, Varda Bar-Kar. See all movie broadcast, web, and mobile. Her ate texts tailor made for screening times on page 11. Bar- work has aired on major networks their commissions and Kar is passionate about getting and and amassed over a million views on specifi c artistic needs. keeping arts in our schools. She has the web. Bar-Kar sits on the board He enjoys the challenge of solving made Big Voice to show that having of New Filmmakers Los Angeles creative problems and has provided music in our schools is an incredi- and is a member of Film Indepen- custom choral texts, opera libretti, ble way to create a meaningful and dent and the Alliance of Woman program notes, and other writing joyous high school experience. Directors. for composers including Eric Whita- cre, Ola Gjeilo, and Dan Forrest, Randi Grundahl Rexroth is the up- and for groups ranging from high per school choir director at Visita-
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Boys to Men: Building an Advocacy and Part- Building and Maintaining Intergenerational Male Choir nerships Committee. an ACDA Student Chapter Since 2007 he has directed the award- Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and winning Alexandria Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm Harmonizers, includ- Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm ing a private com- Minneapolis Convention Center mand performance for the President Minneapolis Convention Center Ballroom A and First Lady, the Supreme Court, Auditorium Room 1 Carnegie Hall, and major cities Very few choirs performing at a across North America and abroad. An ACDA student chapter is an superb level of choral excellence suc- incredible opportunity to enhance ceed at bringing together singers of Kevin Lynch is the chief a learning environment. Students diff erent age ranges, much less across strategy offi cer for the are empowered to create events and several generations. This session will Barbershop Harmony programs for both university and lo- demonstrate how an internationally Society, Strategy Con- cal communities, off er advocacy for acclaimed men’s choir is creating “A sultant for ACDA, and choral music, and engage with their Life of Song” within its own ranks. vice president of De- professional organization. This ses- This interactive session will combine velopment for Great sion covers the process of starting a demonstration by Great Northern Northern Union Chorus. Lynch is a chapter from scratch, discusses Union with a discussion of how the a nationally known nonprofi t leader, how to tailor the chapter’s goals to chorus has been able to consistently author, and speaker. He sings with suit the needs of a specifi c program, attract male singers of all ages and the GNU and is chief architect of its and suggests tools to accomplish the prepare them to sing together at the intergenerational eff orts. chapter’s goals. Both those interested highest level. in starting a chapter and those who Great Northern Union already have an active chapter are Doug Carnes is ar- encouraged to attend. Participants tistic director of will leave with new ideas and fresh the Great Northern perspectives. Union Chorus. He earned his degree Jonathan Babcock is in choral conduct- an associate profes- ing from Five Towns sor and associate College. At Democracy Prep Har- director of choral lem Middle School, he developed activities at Texas a choral curriculum focused on the The Great Northern Union Chorus State University. Re- barbershop art form. He teaches is an eighty-voice voice auditioned nowned as a clinician choir, world drumming, and guitar men’s chorus in the Twin Cities that and conductor, Babcock has pre- at St. Louis Park Middle School in has embarked on a dynamic pro- sented for TMEA and ACDA. He Minneapolis. gram of youth outreach across Min- has held residencies at the Levinsky nesota. The result is a choir that has College of Education, Tel Aviv, Is- Joe Cerutti is director of outreach, members ranging in age from thir- rael (2012); and Hofstra University, for the Barbershop Harmony Soci- teen to eighty-six. New York (2011). He holds degrees ety. Cerutti also serves on ACDA’s from the Crane School of Music,
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Potsdam College, and a doctorate have appeared at division and na- the psychological and sociological from the Hartt School, University of tional ACDA conferences and per- constructs involved in why singers Hartford. formed with the New Orleans, At- continue to sing. We will delve into lanta, Jerusalem, Charleston, and how vocal ability, vocal self-effi cacy, Charlotte symphony orchestras. prior experience, perceived encour- The Choral Music Wyatt was the founding director of agement, and sense of agency aff ect the New Orleans Symphony Cho- our ensembles—and their future of J.A.C. Redford and rus. He was presented the Award membership. His Commissioned Work, of Excellence at the 2016 Southern "Homing," for the ACDA Division Conference. Doreen Fryling is in 2017 National Conference her twenty-fi rst year as a public school A Choral Nest-Building choral music educa- Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and Blueprint: Raising Singers tor. She currently Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm teaches IB Music and Lifelong Musicians and choral ensem- Minneapolis Convention Center bles at South Side High School in Ballroom A Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and Rockville Centre, New York, and Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm has previously taught K-5 general J.A.C. Redford is a television and music and middle school chorus. In fi lm composer who has composed Minneapolis Convention Center addition to her school choirs, Fryling music for over three dozen fi lm and Auditorium Room 3 has conducted the Hofstra Univer- hundreds of television episodes in- sity Chorale, the Hofstra University cluding seasons of St. Elsewhere and Do you wonder why your sing- Chorus, and the Metropolitan Youth Coach. He has orchestrated movie ers leave your choir? Do you want Orchestra Nassau Concert Choir. In scores, working closely with James to strengthen your current and fu- 2015 she was a semifi nalist for the Horner and others, and orchestrated ture membership? Do you want to Grammy Music Educator Award. the last two Bond fi lms. He has ar- help your current singers persist in ranged for Grammy Award-winning singing in choirs throughout their artists Steven Curtis Chapman, Bon- lifetime? This session will explore nie Raitt, and Sting. There are three commercial CDs of his choral mu- sic. This session will present some magine … Sing Where Inspiration Was Born. I singing in the venues of these and works that are not re- of the great composers, in awe corded. inspiring cathedrals and charming village churches, for appreciative audiences Larry Wyatt is direc- around the world. Let us take you there. tor of choral stud- ies at the University of South Carolina, where he conducts the Concert Choir CULTURALULTURA TOUR CONSULTANTS It Starts With An Idea... and supervises grad- (866) 499-3799 |www.CulturalTourConsultants.com | [email protected] | 259 E. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo MI 49007 uate degree programs. His choirs
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Collegiate Vocal Jazz: programs and exploded in the 1970s Tim Brent is a visiting Learning from Our Legacy and ’80s under the direction of leg- artist and assistant endary educators. This session will professor of popular focus on the incredible legacy built music studies at the Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and by these distinguished teachers, the Westminster College Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm current trends of vocal jazz educa- of the Arts at Rider tion, and explore the direction that University. Vocal Hilton Minneapolis, 3rd fl oor vocal jazz education could be mov- jazz ensembles under his direction Grand Ballroom E, F, and G ing in the future. Each panelist stud- have earned three DownBeat maga- ied and worked closely with many of zine awards, invitations to perform Vocal jazz came into existence in the most renowned vocal jazz peda- at the JEN national conference, and the 1930s and expanded with profes- gogues and will share what they have the fi rst annual Choral Symposium sional groups such as the The Four learned and are now implementing of Costa Rica. He has presented in- Freshmen, the Hi-Lo’s, the Singers in their own programs. terest sessions for MENC, ACDA, Unlimited, The Manhattan Trans- and MEA. As a session singer, his fer, Take 6, and New York Voices. credits include radio commercials It was woven into collegiate choral for Honda, McDonalds, and Toyota. He has vocal arrangements pub- lished by the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press and Sound Mu- sic Publications.
Greg Jasperse is a composer, arranger, vocalist, and pianist and currently the di- rector of vocal jazz at Western Michigan University. His credits include nu- merous movie soundtracks including Jurassic World, Epic, Oz-The Great and Powerful, and Jasperse is a member of Vertical Voices, Sixth Wave, and di- rected the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s All the scores, all the time. Voasis for three seasons. He has Snugly secured or instantly released, your music scores also performed with popular artists are at your command with the touch of one thumb. And such as Adele, Jennifer Holiday, and our snag-free closing mechanism makes every page turn Bobby McFerrin. He has conducted (and performance) jitter-free. It’s why our RingBinder is Optional imprinting all-state vocal jazz ensembles in elev- the pick of so many musicians around the world. See all adds your number, en states, and the British Columbia our folders and accessories at MUSICFOLDER.COM today. name or logo. Honors Jazz Choir and Musicfest Canada’s Ellison Honour Choir. Canada/USA (toll-free): 1-877-246-7253 Tel. and Fax: +1 604.733.3995
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Christine Helferich A Conductor, Creating Safe People: Guter is a jazz vocal- High Atop the Hill Honoring LGBTQ Singers ist and studio singer in the Los Angeles in the Choral Classroom area and has worked Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and with many legend- Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and ary musicians including Joe Wil- Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am liams, Bobby McFerrin, Rosemary Minneapolis Convention Center Clooney, and Lionel Hampton. She Ballroom A Minneapolis Convention Center works extensively in studio settings Auditorium Room 1 and has sung on numerous Holly- This session will consider a syn- wood soundtracks. She is a proud thesis of three ideas: 1. self-under- Though they are not always open- member of SAG-AFTRA and is standing and realization, 2. issues of ly acknowledged, singers bring their the lead singer in the nationally ac- ownership, 3. shepherding and vul- gender and sexual/aff ectional iden- claimed vocal jazz ensemble Voca- nerability. We will explore whether tities to the process of rehearsing, logy. Guter served California ACDA these ideas can be used in tandem interpreting, and performing choral as R&R Chair for Vocal Jazz. She is to redefi ne our ensemble paradigm, music. More can be done to explic- currently the director of vocal jazz what it means to be a conductor in itly value, honor, and respect singers’ at the Bob Cole Conservatory of the day-to-day grind of rehearsals, experiences and identities. This sess- Music at California State University and whether there are ways to get sion will introduce practical tools for Long Beach. those “special musical moments” we how choral conductor-teachers can know so well more often than once become such people by providing Kate Reid is associ- or twice a semester. research-based fi ndings regarding ate professor of jazz LGBTQ perspectives on repertoire and the director of Eric William Barnum, selection, analysis, and rehearsal the award-winning conductor and com- processes. An updated perspective Jazz Vocal Perfor- poser, continues to may include changes regarding, for mance program at passionately seek new example, the interpretation of texts the University of ground in the choral and the teaching of background in- Miami Frost School of Music. She is fi eld. His collabora- formation about texts, lyricists, and a conductor, clinician, and guest art- tive ideology endeav- composers. Beyond providing a safe ist for all-state jazz choirs, jazz fes- ors to provide intensely meaningful space, the choral classroom can also tivals, and master classes across the experiences for singers and audi- be a place in which singers can freely United States, Canada, Europe, and ences. He is currently the director express their gender and aff ectional Asia. Her fi lm credits include Planes, of choral music at the University identities in a way that enriches the Star Trek Into Darkness, Oz-The Great of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. He holds choral experience for all. and Powerful, Epic, and Men In Black degrees from Minnesota State Uni- III. Reid has lent her voice to net- versity and Bemidji State University Joshua Palkki serves work television series, commercial and a doctorate from the University as assistant professor spots, and backing vocals for artists of Washington. He has conducted of vocal/choral mu- MUSE, X Japan, and Josh Groban. across the United States and is a rec- sic education at Cali- ognized composer with performanc- fornia State Univer- es from choirs around the globe. sity, Long Beach. Palkki was a fi nalist
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Joe Miller conducts Embodied and Expressive: mond Brock Memorial Commission two of America’s Mapping the Choral Gesture for World Premiere. Buchanan holds most renowned cho- degrees from the Queensland Con- ral ensembles: the Poised Performance servatorium of Music, Westminster Westminster Choir Choir College of Rider University, and the Westminster Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and and the University of New England. Symphonic Choir. Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am A licensed Andover Educator since He is also the director of choral ac- 2002, Buchanan specializes in the tivities at Westminster Choir Col- Minneapolis Convention Center teaching of Body Mapping and so- lege of Rider University and artistic Meeting Room M100 A, B, J, and I matic pedagogy for musicians. director for choral activities for the renowned Spoleto Festival USA. His Eff ective choral conductors are 2016-2017 season with the Westmin- artistic communicators with the abil- Enhancing the ster Choir includes a concert tour of ity to empower their singers. Body the southern United States, a resi- Mapping is a self-inquiry somatic Choral Art through dency with Carnegie Hall, several (mind-body) education technique Dalcroze Eurhythmics national radio broadcasts, and their designed to teach musicians skills annual residency at the Spoleto Fes- of self-evaluation and change for Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm tival USA. Miller is also founder and performing with sensory-motor in- conductor of the Westminster Sum- tegrity. The underlying premise of Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am mer Choral Festival Chamber Choir. Body Mapping is the importance of Hilton Minneapolis, 3rd Floor understanding the neurophysiologi- Anne Sears has thirty cal connections in the human body Grand Ballroom E, F, and G years of experience that lead to freedom of movement as an arts adminis- and the skills for embodied perform- This session introduces attend- trator. As director of ing. This session will introduce the ees to the Dalcroze approach and external aff airs for key principles and scientifi c basis for its application to the choral art by Westminster Choir Body Mapping (including motor and providing practical tools for enhanc- College, she is re- mirror neurons), while the practical ing rehearsals and performances. sponsible for developing and imple- focus will be mapping the choral ges- The goals of Dalcroze Eurhythmics menting marketing initiatives for ture. are to develop and increase focus, all performances, tours, and exhib- rhythmic integrity, expression, mu- its presented by Westminster Choir Heather J. Buchanan sicianship skills, and social interac- College and Rider University’s is professor of music tion. The presenters will demon- Westminster College of the Arts. and director of cho- strate these techniques utilizing a Additionally, she is executive pro- ral activities at Mont- variety of musical examples. Varied ducer of Westminster Choir College clair State University, diffi culty of repertoire will be used recordings. She has led the market- where she conducts to show application of the Dalcroze ing component of Chorus America’s choirs ranging in size approach with diverse types, age Chorus Management Institute and is from 24 to 175 voices. In February ranges, and ability levels. The ses- currently on the steering committee 2012 the MSU Singers gave their sion will also include video examples for the Princeton Convention and debut Eastern ACDA Division per- illustrating Dalcroze rehearsal tech- Visitors Bureau. formance, which included the Ray- niques in action.
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Richard Schnipke is ty and the Ohio State University and in the singers as we go on to master assistant professor of has completed additional graduate the score’s details. Conductors need music education and studies at the University of Cincin- to be armchair psychologists, under- director of choral nati College-Conservatory of Music. standing what our singers need in or- activities at Xavier Schnipke is president-elect for Ohio der to feel confi dent about the piece University, where he ACDA. from the very fi rst rehearsal. Armed teaches choral meth- with a plan, we arrive at the fi rst re- ods and conducting, and conducts Marla Butke directs hearsal having mapped out exactly the Concert Choir, Edgecliff Vo- the Women’s Chorale how to give our singers a sense of cal Ensemble, and Men’s Chorus. at Otterbein Univer- ownership and excitement from that Schnipke also serves as tenor section sity and has taught at important fi rst meeting. This session leader of the Vocal Arts Ensemble Ashland University, focuses on rehearsal techniques in of Cincinnati. He holds degrees Xavier University, the context of real score examples from Bowling Green State Universi- and Ohio Wesleyan and provides tools for how to advo- University. She holds degrees from cate for yourself and your singers Miami University, Wright State Uni- on issues of notation when working versity, and the Ohio State Univer- with a composer on a new work. sity. Butke is a master teaching artist with the American Eurhythmics So- Morna Edmundson ciety, serves as the vice president of is one of Canada’s the board of AES, and is the Ohio best-known choral chapter president. She regularly conductors. Passion- presents workshops throughout the ate since childhood United States on Dalcroze Eurhyth- about choral singing, mics and co-authored a book with she obtained degrees David Frego, Meaningful Movement: A in vocal music in Vancouver, Bell- Music Teacher’s Guide to Dalcroze Eu- ingham, and Stockholm, where her rhythmics (2016). teachers included Eric Ericson. In 1987 she co-founded Elektra Wom- en’s Choir with Diane Loomer. In First Date: Choir Meets June 2011, Edmundson received a Challenging Composition Vancouver YWCA Woman of Dis- tinction award in recognition of her work with Elektra. For fourteen Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and years she was associate artistic direc- Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am tor of Coastal Sound Music Acad- emy, where she was music director Minneapolis Convention Center of the mixed-voice Youth Chamber Auditorium Room 2 Choir. Since 2013 she has served on the board of Chorus America. There is only one “fi rst date” be- tween a choir and a new piece of music. If it goes badly, it’s almost impossible to erase a sense of stress
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Fooling Father Time: the master’s in choral conducting. Kyle Nielsen is a doc- The Art and Science The University of Oregon Chamber toral candidate at the Choir, under her direction, has gar- University of Miami of Engaging Rehearsals nered international acclaim in re- Frost School of Mu- cent years. Paul received the Univer- sic, where he man- Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and sity of Oregon’s Faculty Excellence ages all social media Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm Award in the fall of 2014 and has and audio/visual re- been selected as one of the lecturers cording services for the choral stud- Minneapolis Convention Center for the World Symposium on Cho- ies program in addition to conduct- Meeting Room M100 A, B, J, and I ral Music, to be held in Barcelona in ing the men’s choir (Maelstrom) and July 2017. teaching in the theory/composition In recent years, scientists have area. He received his graduate de- made great strides in unraveling the gree from East Carolina University, mysteries of the brain, in particular From Anonymous to where he taught applied and group how people learn, retain, and recall Insta-Famous: voice, conducted the Collegiate information. At the same time, in our Choir, and assisted with university- increasingly connected digital age, Building Your Brand wide recording services. the demands for our singers’ atten- in the Digital Age tion have grown, challenging a con- ductor’s ability to maintain singer Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and Getting America focus during rehearsal. Fortunately, Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm the fi elds of cognitive neuroscience Singing Again: and social psychology have pro- Minneapolis Convention Center Bringing Song into Community vided educators with excellent tools Meeting Room M100 D, E, F, and G for increasing student engagement Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and in the classroom. Topics covered in In the age of social media and vi- this session will include embedding ral videos, the ability to connect with Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm problem solving and novelty into re- students, colleagues, and audiences Hilton Minneapolis, 2nd fl oor hearsal, creating accountability, en- online has changed from a conve- couraging multiple entry points for nience to a necessity. In this environ- Marquette Ballroom 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 information, and teaching students ment, the most effi cient way for a to self-monitor and make connec- choral program to reach its full po- For a brief, remarkable period tions. tential is through a well-crafted digi- during the early part of the twenti- tal presence. This session will pro- eth century, singing truly functioned Sharon J. Paul holds vide you with a step-by-step guide on as America’s pastime, bringing com- the Robert M. Trot- how to build your program’s reputa- munities together through song. The ter Chair in Music tion and reach through the Internet. purpose of this session is to present at the University of From audio/visual recording ba- a historical context for how involv- Oregon, where she sics to managing your social media ing all people in singing should be a serves as director presence, you will learn the tools to standard that we aspire to as a pro- of choral activities discover everything you need to con- fessional organization, and present and chair of vocal and choral stud- nect with your audience right in the innovative and audacious ideas for ies. Paul conducts two choirs and palm of their hand and take your how this ideal can be put into prac- teaches graduate courses leading to program to the next level. tice. The question that we should be
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 69 2017 National Conference IInterestnterest SessionsSessions ((eacheach timetime openopen toto bothboth tracks)tracks) asking is not who should be in our education. Zielke earned a bache- Giving Voice Chorus— choir but how we can start a move- lor’s from Friends University and his Defying Dementia ment of singing that will transform doctoral and master’s degrees from our communities. Florida State University. Zielke has through Singing been a frequent clinician and guest Steven M. Zielke is conductor, including guest appoint- Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and the director of cho- ments at the University of Tiibingen ral studies at Oregon (Germany) and the Sichuan Conser- Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm State University, mu- vatory of Music (China). Past choirs Minneapolis Convention Center sic coordinator and have performed on fi ve international associate director of tours and at state, regional, and na- Auditorium Room 2 the school of arts and communica- tional conferences. tions, and the Patricia Valian Reser In this session, the clinicians will Professor of Music. He directs the share an overview of the Giving OSU Chamber Choir and teaches Voice ToolKit, which describes the choral conducting and choral music execution of the Giving Voice Cho-
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rus program’s design, development, garet A. Cargill Foundation, and the life-affi rming art they are. The implementation, funding, research, executive director of the Alzheim- panel will take as its point of depar- evaluation, sustainability, and im- er’s Association MN-ND Chapter. ture a dialogue about race, power, pact. The demonstration chorus is Lenard is a founding member of representation, and consent that fi fty singers from Giving Voice who Women Against Alzheimer’s. Her took place in the Swarthmore Col- will perform four musical examples father passed away in 2009 after a lege Garnet Singers surrounding the representing basic content and struc- fourteen-year-long journey with Al- programming and performance of ture within a rehearsal. The session zheimer’s and vascular dementia. Alice Parker’s arrangement of the will demonstrate the need to off er She also co-facilitates an Alzheimer’s spiritual “I Got Shoes.” Attendees professional and quality participa- caregiver support group with her will gain new perspectives on how to tory arts programs for persons with husband in Wayzata, Minnesota. talk about spirituals, how to rehearse Alzheimer’s and their care partners. and present arranged spirituals in an informed and respectful way, and Jeanie Brindley-Barnett Giving Voice Chorus the meanings spirituals can hold for received her degrees in contemporary listeners. music education and vocal performance Joseph Gregorio has from Florida State received commis- University. Brindley- sions from Cantus Barnett began teaching voice at Giving Voice Chorus is a per- and the ACDA Wom- the MacPhail Center for Music in forming community chorus for indi- en’s Commission 1999, and in 2005 she co-founded viduals living with Alzheimer’s and Consortium, and MacPhail Music for Life,™ a music their care partners who sing in a was awarded a 2015 learning program for adults 55+. weekly choral program led by a team Commissioning Grant from the Ann She is a respected leader and pio- of professionals. Stookey Fund for New Music. His neer in the fi eld of arts and aging. choral music is published by Areté Her work is included as a “master” Music Imprints, E.C. Schirmer Mu- model within the National Center Got a Mind to Do Right: sic Company, and Walton Music. He for Creative Aging’s (NCCA) Online is the director of choirs at Swarth- Artist Training. Brindley-Barnett has Approaching, Discussing, more College and was the founding presented at national and regional and Performing Spirituals director of Ensemble Companio, conferences for Chorus America, Respectfully which won the 2012 American Prize NCCA, Minnesota ACDA, and the in choral performance. Gregorio Minnesota Symposium in Applied earned degrees from Cornell Uni- Disabilities Studies. Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and versity, the San Francisco Conserva- Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm tory of Music, and the Yale School Mary Lenard is co- of Music. He is a doctoral candidate founder of Giving Minneapolis Convention Center at Temple University. Voice Initiative. She Meeting Room M100 D, E, F, and G previously served as the executive direc- This session will aim to inspire tor of the Minnesota directors and choirs to prepare and Leadership Council on Aging, direc- perform arranged spirituals in a tor of aging programs at the Mar- way that recognizes spirituals for
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How a Conductor Thinks: time Achievement Award for signifi - the American Jew- Real-Time Decision Making cant contributions to choral music ish University Choir from Michigan ACDA. in 2014. Green re- in the Rehearsal ceived her doctor- ate in choral mu- Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and Interfaith/Multicultural sic from USC. For Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm seven years, she was Programming: conductor of the CSU-Northridge Minneapolis Convention Center Jewish Choral Music Women’s Chorale; for fi ve years she Main Auditorium from the Sephardic and conducted the theater department’s Ashkenazic Traditions main stage musical; and for one Do I stop for that? What are the year, the Chamber Singers. She now serves as music scholar in residence most eff ective techniques to “fi x” Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and things? Are fi rst rehearsals diff erent at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, from second rehearsals? What are Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm California. the roles of the conductor’s energy, Hilton Minneapolis, 2nd fl oor high expectations, humor, and im- provisation in creating effi cient and Marquette Ballroom 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 I Want to Sing Pentatonix Songs! productive rehearsals? Using an en- semble composed of volunteer sing- Sephardic Jews are descendants How to Authentically Arrange ers from the audience, the clinician of Spain where Ladino was the spo- Pop Music for Your Choirs will demonstrate and refl ect on the ken language. Ashkenazi Jews come conductor’s preparation and deci- from the “Pale of Settlement” in Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and sion-making process as he leads a live Eastern Europe where Yiddish was rehearsal. the vernacular. This session will in- Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am troduce and explore a sampling of Jerry Blackstone is the choral repertoire available in Hilton Minneapolis, 2nd fl oor a Grammy Award- these two languages, each a hybrid Marquette Ballroom 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 winning conduc- language of its own. Ladino is simi- tor and director of lar to Spanish with Latin roots, and My middle and high school sing- choirs and chair of Yiddish is similar to German. Music ers constantly told me, “I want to the conducting de- selected will be appropriate for any sing Pentatonix songs!” We are for- partment at the Uni- high school, college, church, or com- tunate to live in an era where group versity of Michigan School of Mu- munity choir. The session will intro- singing is actually cool again, and it sic, Theatre and Dance, where he duce conductors to music that can is our job to capitalize on this trend. leads the graduate program in choral be programmed to help break down This session will provide informa- conducting and administers a choral cultural barriers by focusing on our tion on how to select and arrange program of eleven choirs. He has similarities rather than diff erences. pop music for your ensemble. You appeared as festival guest conduc- will leave with a step-by-step arrang- tor and workshop presenter in thirty Noreen Green is an internationally ing template that can be applied to states and New Zealand, Australia, renowned conductor and lecturer many songs, methodology for help- Hong Kong, and Shanghai. In 2006 on Jewish Music. She founded the ing your students select appropriate he received the Maynard Klein Life- LA Jewish Symphony in 1994 and songs both in tone and musical level,
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and rehearsal techniques for this style of music that apply to what you are already doing.
Alec Schumacker is the director of choral ac- tivities at Hawai‘i Pa- cifi c University, where he conducts the In- ternational Vocal Ensemble and Cho- rale. He is also lecturer in music at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he teaches the University Talent. Passion. Community. Chorus. In 2017, Schumacker will become the president of Hawai‘i ACDA. He completed his doctorate No other school compares to Westminster Choir College’s in choral conducting at the Univer- focused and collaborative approach to musical excellence. sity of Miami. An award-winning composer, Schumacker’s choral mu- Guided by world-class faculty, our students work together to sic is published by Alliance Music develop the necessary skills essential for professional success. Publications. His works and arrange- Our enduring legacy grows through the ments have been performed around accomplishments of our alumni. the country.
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN ORGAN & SACRED MUSIC Jazz Choral Music Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance for Kids! Bachelor of Music in Sacred Music GRADUATE DEGREES IN CONDUCTING, ORGAN & SACRED MUSIC Master of Music in Choral Conducting Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and Master of Music in Organ Performance Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm Master of Music in Sacred Music Minneapolis Convention Center Learn more at www.rider.edu/wcc Meeting Room M100 A, B, J, and I Call: 800-962-4647
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CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 73 2017 National Conference IInterestnterest SessionsSessions ((eacheach timetime openopen toto bothboth tracks)tracks) ity repertoire for younger voices or arranged specifi cally with young- tistic director of the Bel Canto Chil- may be a challenge to fi nd. Addi- er singers in mind. dren’s Chorus of the Bach Choir of tionally, young singers often do not Bethlehem. Hirokawa is a frequent have experience or background with Joy Hirokawa is as- guest conductor and clinician for jazz, and introducing the genre may sistant professor of ACDA, NAfME, and PMEA con- provide challenges. This session will music education at ferences and conducts numerous present techniques to teach the jazz Moravian College honor choirs nationally. Her pub- idiom to younger singers and intro- (Bethlehem, PA) and lished arrangements include her jazz duce repertoire that has been written the founder and ar- arrangement of Lullaby of Birdland,
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recently included Voices in Concert, merfelt’s Westminster Symphonic Amy Johnston Blosser the new choral text published by Choir sang frequently with Leonard is the National Chair McGraw-Hill and Hal Leonard, and Bernstein conducting the New York for the Repertoire My Favorite Things. She is the current Philharmonic and also recorded sev- & Resources Com- Eastern ACDA Division R&R Chair eral works, including Haydn’s Lord mittee. She has been for Children and Youth Choirs. Nelson Mass. The Bernstein family active in planning requested that Flummerfelt prepare National ACDA the music for Leonard Bernstein’s Conferences in Los Angeles, Chi- Leonard Bernstein at 100: memorial service. cago, Miami, Oklahoma City, Dal- las, Salt Lake City, and Minneapolis. Choral Insights from In her fourteenth year as director at the Podium Mentoring the Bexley High School, she conducts New Choral Conductor: six choirs in grades 7-12 and was Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and named 2011 Educator of the Year Creating a Meaningful, for Bexley City Schools. In addition Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am Lasting Relationship to her work at Bexley High School, Minneapolis Convention Center Blosser is the artistic director of the Bexley Choral Society and the direc- Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and Ballroom A tor of music at Bexley United Meth- Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am odist Church. Joseph Flummerfelt, founder and conductor of the New York Choral Minneapolis Convention Center Christopher J. Gill- Artists and conductor of the West- Meeting Room M100 D, E, F, and G more is the director minster Choir for thirty-three years, of choirs at Seneca shares his insights on collaborating The number of college students East Local Schools, with Leonard Bernstein and pre- and conductors with less than fi ve where he directs fi ve paring choirs and conducting works years of experience is on the rise. It is ensembles in grades such as Chichester Psalms, Candide, and essential for young conductors to es- 5-12. He student more. Music samples will be provid- tablish a relationship with a seasoned taught with Amy Blosser and was ed. conductor who acts as their mentor. awarded the Outstanding Student Mentors wear many hats—motiva- Teacher of the Year for the Ohio Joseph Flummerfelt tor, resource, support, and coach. State University School of Music. has had a wide-rang- In order for mentoring to be suc- While at OSU, Gillmore served ing career in the cho- cessful, there must be a reciprocal, as president of the ACDA student ral world, including comfortable relationship between chapter and assistant director of the appointments at West- the mentor and mentee. This session Men’s Glee Club’s elite ensemble, minster Choir Col- will explore the mentoring relation- The Statesmen. Gillmore co-con- lege and the found- ship while focusing on topics such as ducted the Bexley High School Vo- ing of the New York Choral Artists. advocacy, state-required educational cal Ensemble on their performance His choirs have been featured in programs, programming consider- tour to Toronto and their OMEA forty-fi ve recordings, including a ations, social media communication, conference performance in January Grammy Award-winning Mahler’s and professional networking. 2016. Symphony No. 3 with Leonard Bern- stein. In the 1970s and ’80s, Flum-
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Music Literacy in Solfège. Attendees will also be guid- choral workshops at various ACDA, the Elementary ed through carefully sequenced and OAKE, NYSSMA, and FAME con- fun games that help to create a posi- ferences. He serves as chairperson Choral Rehearsal tive choral rehearsal climate that will for the Eastern ACDA Division El- enable students to joyfully assimilate ementary Honor Choir. Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and the skills and content necessary to Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm be musically literate. Choral packets will be provided. Nā Mele Polenekia: Hilton Minneapolis, 3rd fl oor The Choral Music Grand Ballroom E, F, and G Craig B. Knapp is in his nineteenth year of Polynesia One of the challenges that el- teaching classroom ementary choral directors often face music and chorus, Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and is building in quality time for music grades 3-5, at the Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm literacy during rehearsals. Rehearsal Joseph A. Edgar In- time is limited, and we often fi nd termediate School Minneapolis Convention Center ourselves focusing on the prepara- in the Rocky Point School District. Auditorium Room 2 tion and demands of upcoming per- Knapp directs the Metropolitan formances and concerts. This work- Youth Orchestra of New York’s In this session we will discover the shop will guide participants through Children’s Treble Choirs, where he rich heritage of the Polynesian cho- a series of activities, warm-ups, has conducted at Carnegie Hall and ral arts and uncover the canon of techniques, visuals, and strategies, Lincoln Center. Knapp has present- Polynesian communal singing from all implementing Conversational ed elementary classroom music and the islands of Hawaiʻi, New Zea- land, and Sāmoa from pre-western contact up to the present day. This hands-on session will provide insight and methods on indigenous peda- gogies, oral traditions, and perfor- mance practice with repertoire suit- able for the building of musical skills in the western choral classroom. Inspire, Create, Perform Participants will leave with informa- tion that will empower and guide the
Dr. Trent Brown, choral conductor to multicultural 2016-17 Admission and Scholarship Auditions conductor February 11, 2017 repertoire that is often overlooked or March 18, 2017 unfamiliar. April 22, 2017
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Choir, a vocal ensemble dedicated ity is well served through such musi- Renaissance Reborn: to the preservation and propagation cal collaboration. The clinicians will Breathing New Life of Native Hawaiian music. While discuss this collaboration in hopes pursuing his master’s in choral con- that this exchange will inspire similar into Renaissance Music ducting at the University of Oregon, innovative projects. he served as a lecturer in Hawaiian Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and music. He is currently a doctoral Rebecca Seeman is a Wednesday 11:45am - 12:35pm candidate at the University of Mi- member of the fac- ami Frost School of Music, where ulty of the Perform- Minneapolis Convention Center he is the chorus master for the Frost ing Arts and Social Auditorium Room 3 Opera Program. He also conducts Justice Department the Florida International University at the University of This session is an exploration of Master Chorale and mentors gradu- San Francisco, where performance practices that help to ate students in choral conducting. she directs the Classical Choral En- make the music of the Renaissance sembles and teaches voice, conduct- era more understandable and ap- ing, and theory. She holds degrees pealing, more accessible to perform- One Sky, Many Destinies: from UC Santa Cruz and a doctor- ers and audiences, and more worthy ate in choral conducting and peda- of programming and appreciation. Collaborating across the gogy from the University of Iowa. Topics to be covered include: pitch, Prison-University Divide She specializes in Swedish music, performing forces, meter and tempo, the music of Karin Rehnqvist, and phrasing, text underlay, and musica Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and feminism in choral music. fi cta.
Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm André de Quadros is Dennis Shrock is a professor of music recognized for his Hilton Minneapolis, 3rd fl oor and chair of the mu- scholarship in per- Grand Ballroom E, F, and G sic education depart- formance practice ment at Boston Uni- and choral reper- In a world where exposure to versity. He is music toire. His latest book, concert music is limited to few, it director of the Ma- Choral Monuments, is is critical to create access for those nado State University Choir (Indo- scheduled for release in 2017 (Ox- who are typically denied, such as the nesia), Common Ground Voices (an ford University Press). Shrock has homeless and the incarcerated. In Israeli/Palestinian/Swedish choir), had faculty positions at Westmin- 2015, the University of San Francis- and the VOICES 21C project choir ster Choir College, the University co Choral Ensembles collaborated and the editor of The Cambridge Com- of Oklahoma, Boston University, with the students in a Massachusetts panion to Choral Music and editor of and Texas Christian University, and prison music class. The culminating Songs of the World (Hinshaw), Music has held lecture residencies at Bay- concert included choral works on of Asia and the Pacifi c, Cantemus, Sal- lor University and the University of the subjects of confl ict and univer- amu Aleikum-Choral Music of the Mus- Southern California. He has also salism and readings from the prison- lim World (earthsongs). In addition to lectured at numerous ACDA confer- er’s artistic work. The students were leading projects in Massachusetts’ ences and has served as artistic direc- transformed by the exchange as a prisons, he is active in choral projects tor of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, reminder that our common human- in the Arab world and Israel. Canterbury Choral Society, and as-
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 77 2017 National Conference IInterestnterest SessionsSessions ((eacheach timetime openopen toto bothboth tracks)tracks) sistant conductor of the Oklahoma of Miami. Buchholz is currently the and dissertations, and conducts the Symphony Orchestra. WCDA R&R Chair for Vocal Jazz. USC Thornton Chamber Singers. Ensembles under his leadership have sung for ACDA, NAfME, and So You Want to Start Teaching Musicianship NCCO. Scheibe holds degrees from California State University at Long a Vocal Jazz Ensemble through Repertoire: Beach and earned his doctorate A Panel Discussion from USC. Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and Jeff ery L. Ames serves as director of choral Minneapolis Convention Center Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm activities at Belmont Auditorium Room 2 University. His prior Minneapolis Convention Center appointments in- This clinic is designed to give di- Main Auditorium clude assistant direc- rectors the skills and resources nec- tor of choral activi- essary to start a successful vocal jazz The world of the choral conduc- ties at Baylor University and choral ensemble. Topics will include: an tor/teacher is multifaceted, involving director at Edgewater High School overview of the genre, vocal pro- the need to know diverse repertoire, and Lincoln High School in Flori- duction, listening, fi nding quality vocal skills, and rehearsal pedagogy; da. He has performed and collabo- arrangements, the sound system, im- to have the ability to teach to a va- rated with well-known conductors provisation, basic jazz theory, chord riety of needs and interests; and the and celebrities. Ames holds a degree symbols, stylistic considerations, and will to collaborate with parents, au- from James Madison University and other resources. This will be an in- diences, and professional peers. This earned his PhD from Florida State teractive clinic, encouraging attend- session presents practical approaches University. He is currently Ten- ees to sing and participate in written, to dealing with these varied elements nessee ACDA president and was aural, and improvisatory examples. of our fi eld, drawing on the exper- the fi rst recipient of the National tise of panel members with years ACDA James Mulholland Choral Timothy Buchholz is of success teaching choral music at Music Fellowship. assistant professor a wide range of levels. Each of the of music at the Uni- authors is a contributor to Volume 4 Hilary Apfelstadt is versity of Wisconsin- of Teaching Music Through Performance director of choral Marathon County, in Choir. activities and profes- where he directs two sor of conducting vocal jazz ensembles, Jo-Michael Scheibe at the University of concert choir, and teaches classes in chairs the Thornton Toronto, where she ear training and vocal techniques. School of Music’s won the inaugural He is a nationally recognized jazz department of cho- Faculty Teaching Excellence Award singer, educator, and arranger. He ral and sacred music in 2013. She holds the Elmer Iseler holds degrees from Western Michi- at the University of Chair in conducting and is artistic gan University and California Southern Califor- director of Exultate Chamber Sing- State University at Long Beach. He nia. Scheibe teaches choral develop- ers, a semi-professional ensemble in earned his doctorate in jazz vocal ment, graduate choral conducting, Toronto. She earned degrees from performance from the University private lessons, supervises recitals the University of Toronto, the Uni-
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versity of Illinois, and the Univer- liamson Voices. He is also artistic with James Whitbourn of the West- sity of Wisconsin-Madison. She has director of the Westminster Con- minster Choral Institute at Oxford. conducted choirs at divisional and ducting Institute and co-director national ACDA conferences and at Podium, the national conference of Choral Canada. She is a past na- tional president of ACDA.
Lynne Gackle is the director of choral activities at Bay- lor University and holds the Mary Jane Gibbs Professor of Music Chair. She $2,500 conducts Baylor Bella Voce, Bay- lor Concert Choir, teaches choral conducting, choral literature, and CHORAL serves as the director of the En- semble Division. She received her SCHOLARSHIP education from LSU and the Uni- versity of Miami. Gackle is the au- thor of Finding Ophelia’s Voice, Opening Ophelia’s Heart: Nurturing the Adolescent Female Voice (Heritage Music Press). She currently serves as ACDA’s na- tional president-elect designate.
James Jordan is rec- ognized around the Any student who has been selected to an All-State Choir world as one of the automatically qualifies for this choral scholarship, which is nation’s preeminent open to students of any major. Other singers may audition for scholarships up to $2,500. Auditions are held in late fall, conductors, authors, winter and spring. and innovators in choral music. His Alert your singers to this excellent opportunity to help fund a nationally ranked education while pursuing writings have shaped far-reaching something they love. changes in conducting pedagogy and the teaching of rhythm, apply- ing Laban Eff ort/Shape to music X roanoke.edu/ChoralScholarship teaching at all levels. At Westmin- ster Choir College, Jordan is pro-
fessor and senior conductor, and he ©2016 Roanoke College. All rights reserved. Roanoke College and associated logos are trademarks of Roanoke College. conducts the Westminster Schola Cantorum and Westminster Wil-
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Phillip A. Swan is co- tently be at our best physically? Us- The Three R’s director of choral ing insights garnered from athletics, studies at Lawrence this session will explore methods for of Middle School: University and mu- creating and deepening a conduc- Recruit, Retain, Repeat sical director for tor’s connection with the body aim- ing to improve conducting grace and LU Musicals. Swan Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am and co-directs Cantala clarity. Attendees will be led through (LU Women’s Choir) and Concert a kinesthetic self-assessment, intend- Thursday 11:10am - 12:00pm Choir, directs Hybrid Ensemble, and ed as a foundation for further inde- teaches courses in conducting, musi- pendent practice. Minneapolis Convention Center cal theater, and music education. He Auditorium Room 1 serves as artistic director and con- Albert Pinsonneault is ductor for newVoices and is choir di- associate director of Middle school is a crossroads of rector at Appleton Alliance Church. choral organizations music education for today’s students. Swan holds degrees from Concordia at Northwestern Uni- It is at this stage of education that we College, UT El Paso, and earned versity in Evanston, can hook them into a musical path or his doctorate from the University IL, and artistic direc- lose them. The ability to recruit sing- of Miami (Florida). He participated tor of the Madison ers is the lifeline of any choral pro- in ACDA’s International Conduc- Choral Project, a professional cham- gram. Learn from master teachers tor Exchange Program to China in ber choir in Madison, WI. Prior to on how they have utilized classic and 2014. his appointment at Northwestern, new recruitment strategies to grow Pinsonneault served as associate pro- their programs. This session will fessor of music at Edgewood College also explore how these teachers keep Thinking Like an Athlete: and as assistant conductor of the students motivated and engaged Madison Symphony Chorus. His throughout the middle school choral New Ways to Improve your work on choral intonation is pub- experience. In addition to learning Conducting Gesture lished through Graphite Publish- from master teachers, we will also ing. Pinsonneault attended St. Olaf be learning from over three hundred Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and College, where he was also a three- middle school students on why they Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm sport NCAA athlete. He attended sing and why they continue to sing. the University of Minnesota and Hilton Minneapolis, 2nd fl oor coached high school cross-country Eric Johnson was Marquette Ballroom 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 and track and fi eld. While fi nishing previously the cho- his doctorate from the University of ral director at James Conducting and singing are both Cincinnati, he twice competed in the E. Holmes Middle highly athletic, a balancing act of Boston Marathon. School in Eden, NC, tension and relaxation. Singers ab- where he directed a sorb incredible amounts of informa- choral program of tion from conductors, conscious and 280 singers in fi ve choirs. He is cur- subconscious. Given that, what are rently working on his PhD in music we showing our singers through our education at the University of Mis- use of our body? Is our gesture as sissippi. Johnson was previously the fl uid, organic, graceful, and clear as artistic director of the Lenoir-Rhyne we would like? Are we able to consis- Youth Chorus and sanctuary choir
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director for the First Baptist Church Southern Maine, Variations on a Tech Theme: of Eden. He also served on the exec- where he conducts Tune it Up with Tech! utive boards for NCMEA as technol- the USM Chamber ogy facilitator and NC ACDA as the Singers and Cho- R&R Chair for Junior High/Middle rale. He previously Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and School Choirs along with coordinat- served at Colby Col- Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm ing state, divisional, and national lege, where under honor choirs. his leadership the Colby College Hilton Minneapolis, 2nd fl oor Chamber Choir performed at Carn- Marquette Ballroom 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 egie Hall. In 2013 he was invited to A Twenty-First-Century attend the Musica e Arte Sacra con- This interactive session is de- ductor’s invitational in Rome, Italy. signed to transform the musically Approach to Recruiting Boys Dosman serves as the Maine ACDA mundane to the musically miracu- in Middle and High School president-elect designate and the lous through the use of technology Maine R&R Chair for Youth and integration. It will demonstrate the Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and Student Activities. use of free online resources designed to captivate students’ attention and Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm Minneapolis Convention Center Meeting Room M100 D, E, F, and G MEAD WITTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Recruiting males in the choral UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON program may be especially challeng- ing during the adolescent years. In previous generations, some choral directors may have emphasized ste- reotypical masculine behaviors as a recruitment tool. While focusing on stereotypical masculine attributes to attract males may appeal to some, it may also exclude others who do not identify with this image. Male recruitment must be holistic, inclu- sive, and sensitive to the needs of the Mead Witter School of Music males that we teach in the twenty- University of Wisconsin-Madison fi rst century. This session will discuss Masters and Doctoral Degrees male recruitment strategies that em- in Choral Conducting phasize camaraderie and commu- BBeverly Taylor, Director of Choral Activities nity building. Dr. Bruce Gladstone, Associate Director Assistantships Available Nicolás Alberto Dosman is assistant For mmore information email: [email protected] professor of music and director of music.wisc.edu choral studies at the University of
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 81 2017 National Conference IInterestnterest SessionsSessions ((eacheach timetime openopen toto bothboth tracks)tracks) rejuvenate the educational aspect Erin Small is the di- She is currently working toward her of rehearsal. Many of these tools rector of choirs at Google certifi cation. allow teachers to quickly and easily Riverside Middle assess large classes and to check for School in Bill- individual student understanding. ings, Montana. She A Voice of Reason: Discover how to use technology to earned undergradu- your advantage to cultivate student ate and graduate de- Social Justice, the Greater Good, engagement and autonomy. Stu- grees from Montana State Universi- and Why We Sing dents will learn at an increased pace ty and is a member of the VoiceCare and may even be inspired to practice Network. In 2014, Small was ac- Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and from home. Participants are encour- cepted into the Teachers Integrating Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm aged to bring smartphones or other and Learning Technology Program. devices. This session is applicable to She facilitates technology integra- Minneapolis Convention Center all levels of “tech-experience” and tion trainings for music educators Meeting Room M100 A, B, J, and I can be adapted for any grade or en- and has been a presenter for the semble level. MCCE Tech Summit, the Google Much of our instructional ener- 406Summit, and the Northwestern gy focuses on the tangible elements ACDA and Montana conferences. of our craft—the development of a
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healthy vocalism, literacy, style, mu- What Happens in Choir… Parker leads the Troubadors, one of sic history, etc. While these concepts Fostering Adolescent four ensembles within the Pennsylva- are critical to the success of our en- Development through Singing nia Girlchoir. She taught P-12 gen- sembles, the ineff able draws us in eral and choral music and held the and leaves us changed. The Greek director of music position for a large Chorus points to an inextricable Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and New York City nonprofi t, where she link between collective voice and Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm grew a youth choir program of 250 reason. In recent years, choirs have voices. begun to prioritize social justice as a Minneapolis Convention Center mode of expression and focus. This session will explore several models Auditorium Room 1 Writing for an of this practice focusing on the work ACDA Publication of the Sydney Street Choir, Xara What is the role of singing within Choral Theater, and Concept: Free- adolescent development and what Friday 8:15am - 9:05am dom—an independent project ad- choral practices support and im- dressing human traffi cking through pede adolescents’ progress? How Minneapolis Convention Center choral music. do young people express their self- Auditorium Room 1 growth through repertoire choice, Kristina Caswell performance experiences, and pro- This interactive clinic is designed MacMullen serves gram goals? Finally, what do ado- to help potential authors on the path as assistant profes- lescents assert is important toward to publication. Amanda Bumgarner, sor of music and their continuing participation? This ACDA publications editor, will lead associate director of session will focus on the adolescent the session, and members of the Cho- choral studies at the perspectives investigated within ral Journal editorial board will be in Ohio State Univer- choral research, including belong- attendance, along with a representa- sity, where she conducts the Sym- ing, social development, and the tive from other ACDA publications, phonic Choir, the Women’s Glee processes of auditioning and being including ChoralNet, where there Club, and instructs undergraduate selected in both mixed and single- are opportunities for weekly blog- and graduate students in the areas gender ensembles. Choral teachers gers. Participants are invited to bring of conducting and choral peda- will be critically engaged regarding an idea, a thesis statement, or a work gogy. In 2011 she was runner-up in how to create and sustain supportive in progress. ACDA’s national conducting com- communities within their choral pro- petition and named an alternate grams. Amanda Bumgarner Fulbright Scholar. Her editions for received degrees from treble choir are published by Musi- Elizabeth Cassidy Greenville College catus Press and Boosey & Hawkes. Parker is assistant (Greenville, Illinois). She holds degrees from Michigan professor of music She has over eight State University and Texas Tech education at the Boy- years of professional University. er College of Music and freelance editing experience and and Dance at Tem- has worked with hundreds of authors ple University, where on books and articles of all genres. she instructs undergraduate general She lives in Oklahoma City and has and choral methods, and gradu- worked at the ACDA National Offi ce ate history and philosophy courses. since 2013.
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When Marcel Tyberg was murdered at Auschwitz, his music was lost with him. Until now. Anticipating the Nazi movement in his region in 1943, Marcel gathered his friends in secret to share his music one last time. One friend recalled, “There was a childlike joy and tenderness in him that is only seen in great souls shortly before their return home. The tears ran down my cheeks. We all had the feeling that he will not be with us much longer.” That night Marcel entrusted his compositions to a friend — including the two Masses, his only sacred manuscripts that exist today.
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The Choral Music The Composer and the Chorus— cloud-based world? A discussion of how traditional and new models ad- of J.A.C. Redford and A Beautiful Relationship dress publication and marketing in His Commissioned Work, a time of Spotify, YouTube, and the "Homing," for the Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm Next Big Thing you’ve never heard of before. 2017 National Convention Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor Nicollet Grand Ballroom Susan LaBarr is a com- Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and poser and choral edi- Thursday 2:45pm - 3:35pm Composer Libby Larsen surveys tor living and working forty years of the ever-changing dy- in Springfi eld, Mis- Minneapolis Convention Center namic between composers and cho- souri. Her composi- Ballroom A ruses as we raise our voices in song. tions are published by Santa Barbara Mu- J.A.C. Redford is a television and Libby Larsen is one of sic Publishing, Walton Music, and fi lm composer who has composed America’s most per- Morningstar Music. In 2015 and music for over three dozen fi lm and formed living com- 2016 she completed commissions for hundreds of television episodes in- posers. She has creat- Seraphic Fire, the National ACDA cluding seasons of St. Elsewhere and ed a catalogue of over Women’s Choir Consortium, and Coach. He has orchestrated movie 400 works spanning TCDA’s Director’s Chorus. Her ar- scores, working closely with James virtually every genre rangement of Quem pastores laudavere Horner and others, and orchestrat- from intimate vocal and chamber appeared on New York Polyphony’s ed the last two Bond fi lms. He has music to massive orchestral works 2014 Grammy-nominated album, arranged for Grammy Award art- and over twelve operas. Her works Sing Thee Nowell. LaBarr earned de- ists Steven Curtis Chapman, Bon- are widely recorded, including over grees from Missouri State University nie Raitt, and Sting. There are three fi fty CDs. Larson is constantly sought in Springfi eld. commercial CDs of his choral mu- after for commissions and premieres sic. This session will present some by major artists, ensembles, and or- Mark W. Lawson is of these and works that are not re- chestras around the world, and has the president of ECS corded. established a permanent place for Publishing Group, her works in the concert repertory. parent company for Larry Wyatt is the clinician for this E.C. Schirmer, Gal- session. His bio and photo can be axy Music Corpora- found on page 63. Composers in the Cloud tion, and Morning- Star Music Publishers. Lawson has been active in developing digital Wednesday 10:45am - 11:35am and delivery methods, strategizing about Wednesday 11:55am - 12:45pm the development of music websites, and has been involved in numerous Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor recording projects. He is actively in- Nicollet Grand Ballroom volved in the Music Publishers Asso- ciation and the Church Music Pub- How do composers get their mu- lishers Association. sic in the hands of performers in a
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Sean Hickey, award- Susan LaBarr is a clinician for this Lives of Song: winning composer session. Her photo and bio can be Canadian and American and vice president, found on page 89. sales and business de- Choral Music by velopment for Naxos Mark W. Lawson is a clinician for this Women Composers of America Inc., session. His photo and bio can be presents his work and found on page 89. Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am shares his journey from eager stu- dent to the present day, successfully Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor blending and blurring the worlds of I Want to Sing Pentatonix Songs! Nicollet Grand Ballroom art and administration for twenty- How to Authentically fi ve years. With a focus on musician The fi rst day of this conference entrepreneurship, new media, artist Arrange Pop Music marks the 2017 celebration of Inter- citizenry, and navigating the current for Your Choirs national Women’s Day. Despite the music and tech landscapes, Hickey’s signifi cant contributions of women lectures at colleges, universities, and Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm and composers and conductors to the conservatories throughout the world Saturday 10:45am - 11:35am choral scene across Canada and the aim to engage and inspire, while de- United States, programming con- mystifi ng marketing and social me- Hilton Minneapolis, 2nd fl oor tinues to fall short with respect to dia strategies. Marquette Ballroom 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 female representation. This session seeks to inspire participants to more My middle and high school sing- intentionally consider the rich body Composition Master Class ers constantly told me, “I want to of work produced by contemporary sing Pentatonix songs!” We are for- women composers. Attendees will Thursday 10:00am - 10:50am tunate to live in an era where group be introduced to choral repertoire singing is actually cool again, and it by women whose compositions are is our job to capitalize on this trend. widely performed and celebrated Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor This session will provide informa- north and south of the border. With Nicollet Grand Ballroom tion on how to select and arrange a focus on both published and un- pop music for your ensemble. You published works, a range of exciting This session is an open forum will leave with a step-by-step arrang- repertoire suitable for a variety of with new compositions by runners- ing template that can be applied to levels and voicings will be shared. up of ACDA’s Brock Student Com- many songs, methodology for help- petition under the mentorship of ing your students select appropriate Michael Murphy is Steven Sametz and Libby Larsen, songs both in tone and musical level, associate profes- exploring compositional choices and and rehearsal techniques for this sor and director of how to develop the young composi- style of music that apply to what you choral activities at tional voice. are already doing. the University of Idaho, where he was Sean Hickey is a clinician for this ses- Alec Schumacker is the clinician for recognized with the sion. His photo and bio can be found this session. His photo and bio can 2015 Mid-Career Faculty Award for above. be found on page 73. outstanding scholarship, teaching, and engagement. Murphy is a guest
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conductor, adjudicator, and clinician winner of the prestigious Leslie Releasing the Song Inside: for workshops, festivals, and honor Bell Prize for Choral Conducting Composing in choirs throughout the country and awarded by the Ontario Arts Coun- internationally. He is the founder cil. In 2015 her Women’s Choir was Choral Classrooms of the annual Idaho Bach Festival awarded fi rst prize in the National and currently serves as immediate Canadian Choral Competition of Friday 10:00am - 10:50am and past president for Idaho ACDA. the CBC and Choral Canada, and Friday 11:10am - 12:00pm He earned his degrees from Florida she was nominated for the McMas- State University and East Carolina ter Excellence in Teaching Award. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor University. She is a frequent guest conductor, Nicollet Grand Ballroom adjudicator, and clinician across Rachel Rensink-Hoff Canada. She earned both her doc- In this panel discussion, editors is assistant profes- torate and master’s degrees at West- and contributing authors for the sor and director of ern University. book Musicianship: Composing in Choir choral activities at (2016) will lay the groundwork for McMaster Univer- engaging choral ensemble members sity. She is the 2014 in composing in choral classrooms.
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Acknowledging performance as the sic practices, curriculum, and quali- Women’s Chorus. He has served as principal musical behavior in which tative research. She taught general guest conductor, clinician, and ad- choral ensembles engage, panelists and choral music in rural and urban judicator in numerous states and di- will off er compelling arguments for settings and served as choral director rected honors choruses in four states. including composition as a constitu- for the Virginia Governor’s School He has presented interest sessions at ent of any comprehensive choral for the Visual and Performing Arts national, regional, and state ACDA curriculum. Panelists will also discuss and Humanities. In addition to au- and NAfME conferences. His writ- historical trends leading to choral thoring several book chapters and ings appear in the Journal of Research music as a curricular discipline and co-editing Musicianship: Composing in in Music Education, Music Educators practical ideas that will allow choral Choir, Strand has articles in a number Journal, and Choral Journal. All-state music educators to provide a safe of academic and research journals. and national honors choruses have place for young people to explore performed his original choral works and develop their musical creativity. Julia Shaw is an as- published by Santa Barbara Music sistant professor of and Carl Fischer. Jody L. Kerchner is pro- choral music educa- fessor and director of tion at The Ohio music education at the State University. She To Be or Not to Be Oberlin Conservatory holds degrees from of Music, where she is Indiana University the secondary-school and Butler University and a PhD Wednesday 2:45pm - 3:35pm music and choral mu- from Northwestern University. She sic education specialist. She is also has worked extensively with public Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor founder and conductor of the Ober- school and professional children’s Nicollet Grand Ballroom lin College Women’s Chorale and choirs, including the Indianapolis the Oberlin Music at Grafton Prison Children’s Choir and the Chicago As directors, many of us want to Choir. She received degrees from Children’s Choir. Shaw has served write for our own choirs but struggle West Chester University and a PhD as guest conductor for numerous with the question “Am I a Compos- from Northwestern University. She all-state, festival, and honor choirs. er?” Three of the country’s most re- has authored many publications, in- She has presented for regional and spected conductor-composers share cluding Music across the Senses: Listen- national conferences of NAfME, their stories about how they moved ing, Learning, & Making Music (2013) OAKE, and the International Re- into composition from conducting, and Musical Experiences in Our Lives search in Music Education Confer- and off er strategies for getting start- (2009, Kerchner & Abril, Eds.). ence. ed with your choirs.
Katy Strand is the Philip Silvey is as- Barlow Bradford is a academic editor of sistant professor of conductor, composer, the Music Educator’s music education at arranger, pianist, and Journal and an as- the Eastman School teacher. He founded sociate professor of of Music, University the Utah Chamber music in the Jacobs of Rochester, where Artists in 1991 and School of Music he teaches under- has since led the or- at Indiana University, where she graduate and graduate courses in ganization to international acclaim. teaches classes in participatory mu- music education and conducts the His focused, energetic conducting
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style led to his appointment as music Steven Sametz is 2011 ACDA National Conference. director of the Orchestra at Temple best known for his In 2001, Sametz founded the Le- Square in Salt Lake City and associ- work in choral and high University Summer Choral ate director of the Mormon Taber- choral-orchestral Composers Forum. He has served as nacle Choir from 1999 to 2003. In repertoire. His oeu- advisor to the ACDA Composition 2012, Bradford was named the Ellen vre also includes Committee. Nielsen Barnes Presidential Chair of solo songs, opera, Choral Studies at the University of ballets, and works for orchestra and Dale Warland is a cho- Utah, where he conducts the Uni- chamber ensembles. Sametz has re- ral composer and versity’s Chamber Choir, A Cap- ceived commissions from the Na- conductor whose ca- pella Choir, and directs the graduate tional Endowment for the Arts, the reer spans more than choral conducting program. Brad- Connecticut Council on the Arts, six decades. Founder ford was named chorus director of and the Santa Fe music festival. In and music director the Utah Symphony Chorus in the 2011, Sametz received ACDA’s Ray- of the Dale Warland fall of 2013. mond W. Brock Memorial Commis- Singers, Warland commissioned over sion, writing Three Mystical Choruses 270 new choral works and fostered for premiere by Chanticleer at the the careers of an entire generation
CHORAL JOURNAL Volume 57 Number 6 93 2017 National Conference CComposer’somposer’s TTrackrack IInterestnterest SSessionsessions ((openopen toto bothboth tracks)tracks) of composers. Since 2005, Warland VocalEssence Remix: J. David Moore has has devoted himself to composing, Encouraging Breakout been in love with a conducting, teaching, and continu- cappella singing and ing to serve as a champion of new Musical Artists the romance of word choral music. Warland’s composi- Who Write for Voice and melody since tions and arrangements have been high school. He has performed and recorded by choruses written more than Friday 2:45pm - 3:35pm throughout the world. As editor, he 200 arrangements in styles ranging has established choral series with G. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1st Floor from vocal jazz to sixteenth-century Schirmer, Hal Leonard, earthsongs, madrigals. His own compositions are Colla Voce, Graphite Publishing, Nicollet Grand Ballroom shaped by his voracious appetite for and Walton Music. music of every era and style. He has This is a mentoring program of won numerous awards from such or- Vocal-Essence designed to discover ganizations as ASCAP, the Jerome emerging composers and songwrit- Foundation, the McKnight Founda- ers and create innovative works in a tion, and the American Composers wide range of styles through one-on- Forum. one mentorship. Timothy C. Takach is one of the com- Composer Mentors poser mentors. His photo and bio can be found on page 59. Carol Barnett cre- ates audacious and G. Phillip Shoultz III is one of the engaging music for composer mentors. His photo and traditional instru- bio can be found on page 15. mentation and for cross-pollinations such as a mass ac- VocalEssence ReMix Composers companied by a bluegrass band or a AACDACDA oonn duet for steel pan and organ. A force Laura Caviani of Min- in the Minnesota music scene since neapolis, Minnesota, SSocialocial MediaMedia 1970, her work has been funded by holds a bachelor’s in multiple regional and national or- theory and composi- ganizations and published through tion from Lawrence @@ACDANationalACDANational major houses. Barnett is a charter University and a AACDANationalCDANational member of the American Compos- master’s in improvi- ers Forum and a graduate of the sation from the University of Mich- University of Minnesota. igan-Ann Arbor. She has composed, performed, and recorded for over Libby Larsen is one of the composer twenty years and is currently the di- mentors. Her photo and bio can be rector of the jazz area at Carleton found on page 89. College in Northfi eld, Minnesota.
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Peter J. Durow of Os- Jonathan Posthuma Calvin Christian High School in seo, Minnesota, is a of Newport, Minne- Fridley, Minnesota. composer and choral sota, holds a bach- conductor who con- elor’s from Dordt Andrew Stermer of ducts the St. Cloud College and a mas- Montevideo, Minneso- State University Con- ter’s from the Uni- ta, holds a bachelor’s in cert Choir. Durow earned degrees versity of Wisconsin- jazz and studio music from Augsburg College and Butler Madison. His music has received a from Minnesota State University, and holds a PhD from BMI Student Composer Award and University Moorhead the Florida State University. His third prize in the Karol Szymanows- and a master’s in stu- compositions and arrangements ki Competition in Poland. He also dio jazz writing from Frost School of are published by Colla Voce Music sings with VocalEssence Chorus and Music, University of Miami. LLC, Heritage Music Press, and Kantorei, works in the ticket offi ce MusicSpoke. of the Saint Paul Chamber Orches- tra, and teaches choir and band at
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Hallelujah! Richard Stanislaw [email protected]
On the Voice Sharon Hansen [email protected]
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Research Report Magen Solomon [email protected]
Student Times Jason Paulk [email protected]
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