winter 2019: Volume 38, Issue 2
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From Your President ...... 1 Jey Blackstone and Abbie Binis Richard Schnipke to Headline Summer Conference A Quest for Balance ...... 5 Beth Vaughn As I wrIte this morning, glancing out my window Teaching Young Singers at the scenic, peaceful, snow-covered ground, I’m Through Repertoire ...... 9 aware that this busy second half of the academic Jeanne Wohlgamuth year will speed by and summer will be here be - OCDA President Listening to Contemporary fore we know it! With the warmer weather will Richard Schnipke A Cappella ...... 12 come our wonderful tradition of the OCDA an - Brody McDonald nual Summer Conference held on the beautiful Otterbein University Cam - Upcoming Events ...... 16 pus. is year’s event will take place on June 17–19 and I am incredibly ex - Leadership Roster ...... 17 cited to announce that Jerry Blackstone and Abbie Betinis will be joining us as our headliner clinicians! Jerry Blackstone is a leading conductor and highly respected conduct - Advertisers ing pedagogue. Now Emeritus Professor of Conducting, he served on the Bob Rogers Travel ...... 13 faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music, eatre & Dance for Capital University ...... 3 thirty years where, as Director of Choirs, he led the graduate program in choral conducting and oversaw the University’s eleven choirs. In February CMS Publications ...... 10 2006, he received two Grammy® Awards (“Best Choral Performance” and Musical Resources ...... 5 “Best Classical Album”) as chorusmaster for the critically acclaimed Naxos OCDA Children’s recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience . His Honor Choir ...... 11 choirs have sung at numerous national conferences of both ACDA and OCDA H.S. Honor Choirs ...... 7 NCCO, and have toured extensively in both the U.S. and abroad. Professor Blackstone is considered one of the country’s leading conduct - OCDA Summer Conference . . . 15 ing teachers. His 2016 rehearsal techniques DVD, Did You Hear Otterbein University ...... 4 That? (GIA Publications) deals with the conductor’s decision-making Stanton’s Sheet Music ...... 2 process during rehearsal. Santa Barbara Music Publishing distributes Black - stone’s acclaimed educational DVD, Working with Male Voices, and also University of Akron ...... 6 publishes the Jerry Blackstone Choral Series . Composer Abbie Betinis writes music called “inventive” ( New York Times ), “incandescent” (Boston Globe) , and “ethereal” (Cambridge Univer - sity Press) . She has composed over 70 pieces for world-class organizations, including the American Choral Directors Association, American Suzuki Foundation, Cantus, Chorus Pro Musica, e Dale Warland Singers, James Sewell Ballet, New England Philharmonic, St. Olaf Choir, Young New York - ers’ Chorus, and Zeitgeist. In 2019, she will be the American Composers Forum’s “ChoralQuest” composer, visiting schools around the U.S. to write wInter 2019 table of contents 2
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CELEBRATE 100 WITH OUR SIGNATURE SERIES ERIC WHITACRE CHORAL WORKSHOP SATURDAY, Join us for Capital University’s dynamic MARCH 30 Young Choral Artists Workshop for singers, 1 - 3:30 PM conductors and composers. CAPITAL Conducted by Eric Whitacre, participants will rehearse and perform several works UNIVERSITY for chorus. We welcome you to Capital’s COLUMBUS, OHIO Conservatory of Music for an inspiring, MEES HALL exhilarating afternoon! register at www.capital.edu/choralworkshop
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A Quest for Balance Bh Vaughn, Northwt Region Chair LAst yeAr at the 2018 OMEA con - Teacher, by Mike Anderson .1 I thor - fies five main ference, five colleagues and I pro - oughly enjoyed the course and it areas where vided a clinic entitled “Eyes on the made me reflect on my practices teachers strug - Prize: Tips for Avoiding Teacher and how I am taking care of myself. gle and provides ideas and tips on Burnout.” Many people came up to Teaching is identified as one of the how to improve in these areas. us afterword and thanked us for top ten most stressful professions. Below are some ideas, tips, and identifying this topic as important Emotional burnout, heavy work - suggestions that can support you in and for sharing our ideas and in - loads, challenging relationships your quest to find balance. sights. Oftentimes, many of us— with adults and students, long myself included—get caught up in days, and long hours all contribute Self-Care: proper nutrition, our performances, rehearsals, pa - to stress and burnout. As teachers, adequate sleep, hydration, perwork, and meetings. We are we are charged with molding and and exercise constantly giving to others, and in shaping some very prized posses - is is an area in which we have a the process, forgetting the impor - sions: our students. In order to be plethora of information. At times it tant task of also giving to ourselves. the best we can be for our students, can be overwhelming. Meal prep, is past summer I took a we first need to make sure we are meal kits, ClickList, exercising in course in which one of the assigned taking care of ourselves. the morning, Paleo, Keto, drink 8 books was e Well-Balanced In Anderson’s book, he identi - glasses of water a day—suggestions
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hance my teaching by incorporat - who do you think of first? In the ing breathing techniques into my second column write down one rehearsals and it is something I can thing that you know about the stu - do wherever I am. dent outside of school: favorite hobby, sports interests, recent va - Community and cations, etc. In the third column, Sense of Belonging mark if you’ve talked with the stu - 1. Build relationships with col - dent about this fact. is is a great leagues. I have a couple of teachers tool to make sure we are investing to whom I can go professionally to in every one of our students! At - run ideas by them, ask for advice tend activities and sporting events on how to deal with a student, or in which your students are in - simply vent. I’ve also joined a book volved. ey will appreciate the club with fellow teachers where we support, and you can even connect get together outside of school time with some parents. and read books for enjoyment. 4. Build relationships with families. 2. Build relationships with admin - Parents and guardians are more istrators. We know that adminis - likely to be supportive of our ef - trators can also be bogged down forts if they feel connected. Call or with all that their jobs require. Be write home with good news. Par - proactive in getting to know them ents will appreciate the positive communication and hearing good Scholarship Audition Dates: so that they will get to know you as news from school. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 well. Invite them to your classroom FindSaturday, your Feb. 9,focus. 2019 for one of your favorite lessons or 5. Build relationships with the Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 when you are showcasing your stu - greater educational community. dents. Keep them in the loop. Copy is is an area that most of you them on communications to par - have taken advantage of by being a School ents. Administrators can feel iso - member of OCDA. Especially if of Music lated at times too. Stop in and say you haven’t yet, attend the summer www.uakron.edu/music “hi.” Don’t be afraid to go to them conference to network and build 330-972-7590 for advice or to share a success. relationships with other choral di - [email protected] 3. Build relationships with stu - rectors. The University of Akron School of Music dents. When we create personal Significance and @uakronmusic connections with students, they are more likely to be engaged and Sense of Purpose @uakronmusic enjoy school. Here is a great idea Maslow identified one of the most and opinions are never ending! e from Don Graves, author of the fundamental human needs as having key is to find what works for you, book A Sea of Faces: e Impor - a sense of purpose in what we do. what is most beneficial to you, and tance of Knowing Your Students. 1. Keep a file folder, box, or online what you’ll be able to commit to Create a three-column chart. In the scrapbook of notes, copies of long term. I’ve found yoga to be a first column list your students in emails, pictures, or newspaper arti - positive addition to my life physi - the order that you think of them. cles that remind us of the impact cally, mentally, spiritually, and is in itself can be telling—who we have made and how we have af - emotionally. I’ve been able to en - do you struggle to remember and fected others. wInter 2019 table of contents 7
Ohio Choral Directors Associati on Proud ly annou nces The 2019 OCDAHigh School Honor Choir
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Women’s Chorus Men’ s Chorus Mrs. Sarah J. Baker Dr. Ro bertWard Director of Choral Activities Director of Choirs The Ohio State University Little Miami High School Visit www.ohio cda.org for online applicatio n informa tion Teacher Recommenda tion Dea dline: Mar ch 15, 201 9 Student Registration Deadline: April 30, 2019 For more information, contact Ann Johnson & Jessica Myers at OCDAhonorchoir@g mail.com wInter 2019 table of contents 8
Ohio Choral Director’s Association proudly announces
The 2019 OCDA In conjunction with the OCDA SummerHigh Conference School at Otterbein Honor College inChoir Westerville, Ohio Men’s Chorus & Women’s Chorus
The honor choirs are designedJune to focus 17, on literature2019 specific for (T)TBB & SSA(A) voices for students who were freshmen through graduating seniors during the 2018-2019 school year. High School Choir Directors DO NOT NEED TO BE ACTIVE OCDA OR OMEA MEMBERS to recommend their finest singers to participate.
OCDA understands and respects time limitations of educators and hopes that the teacher recommendation rather than recording and processing audition material will encourage more choral programs to take part in what is sure to be a wonderful experience.
Please note that in order to better ensure balanced ensembles we are asking that you recommend two complete quartets for each group. More details can be found on the teacher recommendation form.
Student registration fee is $85 and includes: • 2 meals, water, and snacks
• Honor Choir t-shirt to be worn at the concert ! • Admission for family members or friends to the evening concert • Packet of music and access to learning tracks on OCDA website The High School Men’s & Women’s Chorus Concert will be presented on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 7 pm at Church of the Messiah, 51 N. State St., Westerville, 43081
Registration materials online and more information will:
www.ohiocda.org
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2. Take on a student teacher or more relaxed, more able to think productive and minimize distrac - mentor another teacher. We can clearly, and most importantly, tions to maximize your time. Turn share our passion for teaching, pass more able to stay positive. off phone and e-mail notifications on our knowledge and skills, renew or put a sign on your door to come 1. Breathe new life into lessons by our sense of purpose, and help back later if possible. integrating your and your students’ those starting out in the field. interests and passions. ink about 3. A schedule can be beneficial to 3. Remember your why. Craft or re- ways to add a new twist or connect carve out time for items on our work a philosophical statement. Re - it to everyday life. non-negotiable list. However, re - visiting or writing a philosophical member there may be times when 2. Create a fun and engaging class - statement can remind us of the big it is okay to ignore the schedule. room. Again use your interests and picture and why we do what we do. passions to spark your creativity! 4. If you have perfectionist tenden - 4. Practice positive self-talk and a cies, relax a little! At times we need 3. Enjoy the relationships with your positive mindset. Focus on what to be okay with “good” work so that students and colleagues. Be playful, you can control. Develop a mantra we are not emotionally exhausted shift your mindset if needed, and or personal motivation statement. or worn out. avoid negativity. It is up to us to Here some examples of mantras foster a sense of fun and positive that you might be able to adopt if Finding balance can seem like a engagement on a daily basis. you want to add more positivity to daunting task, but the key is to take small steps. Try one thing at a time; your life. https://www.thelittlepine Finding Balance .com/99-mantra-examples-positive don’t try to change everything at -life / 1. Remember, you cannot do it all. once. Start now—just do it. You Find out what is non-negotiable on may have some missteps but re - Positive Engagement your list of roles and responsibili - member that tomorrow is another Teaching should be fun! Being “in ties that are important to you, and day! d eliminate all else if you feel the zone” during a lesson can be a 1 e Well-Balanced swamped. Learn to say no! Anderson, Mike. pleasure, but so can just being Teacher: How to Work Smarter and around our students and col - 2. Work more efficiently. Find the Stay Sane inside the Classroom and leagues. When we have fun, we are time of day when you are most Out. ASCD, 2010.
Teaching Young Singers to Sing rough the Repertoire We Choose Jeanne Wohlgamuth, Youth Area: Community Children R&R Chair ChoosIng repertoIre that teaches begin to mold their vocal knowl - Allow me to young children to sing can be an edge and musical future. We are share with you incredibly gratifying experience, the lucky ones who help them dis - the questions I try to consider as I but it can also be a very scary ad - cover their voices, build their con - choose repertoire for my young venture as we strive to instill in our fidence, and feed their emotional singers. singers the habits of correct vocal and intellectual needs. We are the technique. If we are lucky, our ones who take that lump of clay, Is the music age appropriate? singers come to us with a clean that raw talent, and mold it into a Does the music teach what your slate and we are the ones who masterful singer and musician. singers need to learn? Does it have wInter 2019 table of contents 10
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wInter 2019 table of contents 12 with intonation. e less experi - breath.” Again, this concept will descants suitable for young singers. enced singer will have greater suc - help to ensure good intonation and e use of rounds and canons is a cess with melodic lines that con - a well supported choral tone. great way to prepare your singers for part-singing. Partner songs use tain open vowels on high pitches Does the part writing fit the vocal two independent melodies that rather then closed vowels. Simple independence of your singers? e have the same harmonic structure. songs in foreign languages such as following part writing is listed in Exact imitation, countermelodies, Latin, Hebrew, Spanish, and Japan - order of sequence for developing and homophonic writing in parallel ese help to aid singers in forming part-singing: Unison singing en - thirds and sixths are considered perfectly shaped vowels. Canons ables your singers to listen for more difficult for young choirs. such as “Jubilate Deo,” “ Dona nobis blend and balance and focus on pacem ,” “Da pacem Domine,” and vocal technique. e use of o stinati Choosing quality music that aids in “Hotaru Koi,” and octavos like provide s your singers with the ex - the development of young singers “Good Night” (Rao), “ Al Shlosha perience of producing differing is one of the most challenging as - musical sounds simultaneously and pects of being a children’ s choir di - D’varim” (Kaplan), and “ Dodi Li” is a great foundation for independ - rector. While there are other con - (Rao) can be perfect vehicles for at - ent part-singing. Descants are one siderations such as form, accompa - taining pure, unified vowels. of the best compositional tech - niment, and pedagogical Does the music present the oppor - niques for harmonic singing when implications, remember to choose tunity to build legato singing and teaching young, inexperienced your repertoire carefully and don’t engage the breath? Choose music choirs. Composers such as Ruth settle for anything but the best— that teaches the child legato Dwyer and the late Betty Berteaux for as Kodály said, only the best is singing and how to sing “on the have arranged many songs with good enough for children. d
Listening to Contemporary A Cappella Brody McDonald, Rep. Spific: Contemporary A Caella R&R Chair ContemporAry A CAppeLLA has all! Before I turn things over to • Campacap - been a growing genre for some Dave, here’s a quick list of some pella.com time. As I thought about what to other resources to help you on Camp A write to help all of you become your a cappella journey. Enjoy! Cappella is the nation’s pre - more familiar with the style, I real - • Acappellaeducators.com e miere a cappella immersive ized that, well ...someone else has A Cappella Education Associa - camp, hosting tracks for middle already done that job better than I tion is a professional organiza - school, high school, college, and can. is primer on a cappella lis - tion geared specifically toward music educators. Professional tening will open your ears (and teachers of a cappella. development hours and gradu - ate credits (from Wright State) mind) to a diverse landscape of a • Casa.org e Contemporary A are available. cappella options that could ulti - Cappella Society of America is mately enhance your existing pro - more comprehensive than the A • Acappella.how A compilation gram. It was written by Dave Cappella Education Association of videos and articles on how to Sperandio, who is a legend in the a and is also home to many re - do a cappella—specific things, cappella community for mastering sources including many of a from vocal percussion to instru - albums. at is to say, he’s heard it cappella’s award programs. ment imitation. wInter 2019 table of contents 13 wInter 2019 table of contents 14
2. I didn’t include many more groups ever. Deke Sharon, Ed Eential Listening notable artists that you may al - by DAVe sperAnDIo Boyer, and other notables are ready know about (Take 6, alums. Start with “Who Are You,” Rockapella, PTX, etc). In the last few years, contemporary “Paranoid Android,” or “e Trial,” a cappella music has exploded in 3. I limited the songs I chose to depending on your mood. ones that were available on popularity: movies like Pitch Per - Brandeis Voicemale eir original fect , shows like NBC’s “e Sing- Spotify, so that you could easily access them. song “Phoenix” is a masterclass in Off,” and artists like Pentatonix organic vocal arranging and pro - have brought popular vocal music Finally, in the interest of full dis - duction. to the top of the charts and gener - closure, some of these songs are ated a lot of interest in this style of ones I have had some part in the Juxtaposition, Bruin Harmony, music, and a great deal of music in - production of (usually mastering). Bare Naked Statues, Clef Hang - spired by these acts and more has Most I’m just a fan of. ers, Pitchforks Collegiate all-male been created and recorded. Here is a playlist of all the songs a cappella music is the oldest voic - Incorporating contemporary I have listed here, and others: ing of contemporary vocal music, vocal music into your repertoire is a http://spoti.fi/2nL3vyU . and it remains extremely popular. great way to draw new singers—and Firedrill!, Hyannis Sound Au - e Beelzebubs performed new audiences—to your ensemble. thentic, all-male, organically pro - “Teenage Dream” on GLEE, and e breadth of styles of contempo - duced. e vocal chops on both of many other all-male groups con - rary vocal music being performed these groups are something you tinue to set a high bar for record - and recorded over the last several have to hear to believe, with their ings, inspiring a new wave of years is quite large and runs the use of syllables as rhythmic and singers to push boundaries. gamut from extremely organic to tonal tools being especially notable. more “produced.” Nearly every Musae, GQ Simply beautiful, genre of music now has its own Sonos/ARORA From all-natural to artful, and strong professional, all- contemporary vocal equivalent. fully electronic, they can truly do it female a cappella. “Glitter in the For those looking to learn more all. ey took the scene by storm Air” is pure, all-natural beauty; about examples of different types with their smoky, hyper-vocal “Amnesia” is gritty and incredibly of a cappella music, there is so reimagining of “I Want You Back,” powerful. “Timshel” was a viral much great and accessible contem - and later redefined the genre with sensation, challenging all precon - porary vocal music to listen to their landmark album “Biolumines - ceived notions about what a Sweet these days! No matter what your cence,” including the electronic- Adelines ensemble “could” do. preferred style or level of produc - textured opener “e Bridge.” tion is, you’re sure to find inspira - OneVoice, Vocal Rush, Forte Street Corner Symphony All- tion in this fast-growing area of ese high school ensembles give American, authentic, soulful, and music not only for your singers, the pros a serious run for their rocking—all at the same time. but also for yourself. money, covering every style from eir original song “Voodoo” con - I’ve compiled a few examples spirituals to pop, rockers to tear- jures a magical, creole-rock feel, that I’d consider good options for jerker ballads. “Make It Holy” uses while the wistful “Southern Au - “required listening” in the realm of layering and space to highlight sim - tumn Nostalgia” conveys a deep recorded contemporary a cappella ple beauty, build, and catharsis. sense of longing. music. A few qualifications: “Blind” shows that even young 1. is is far from an exhaustive Tufts Beelzebubs Along with the adults can write compelling origi - list; there is much more great a Yale Whiffenpoofs, one of the most nal songs. “Save My Soul” is an cappella music out there! influential college a cappella “aca-pop” success story. wInter 2019 table of contents 15
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Voices in Your Head, Scattertones, Committed, Naturally 7, Eight Additional Resources: Mix, Chordials, SoCal Vocals, Beat Measure More soul than you Best of High School/College A Nor’easters Mixed collegiate a can shake a stick at, with a side of Cappella http://varsityvocals.com cappella music has broken much of complex voicings and an extra /best-of-a-cappella-albums the “new ground” of recent years. helping of ’tude. R&B and Hip-Hop “SING” http://casa.org/sing_cd Songs like the completely reimag - is very well represented in contem - ined “We Found Love” by Voices in porary a cappella music. “Voices Only” http://voicesonly Your Head and “Stop is Train” acappella.com e Swingles Pure unadulterated by the Scattertones will seriously vocal perfection, for more than 40 Women’s A Cappella Association inspire you. years. e Swingles (formerly e http://www.womensacappella.org Cluster is Italian group is a Swingle Singers) have a massive /recordings d must-listen. eir original song catalogue of recordings. eir cover Dave Sperandio is the founder of “224” has a life-changing moment. of “Libertango” is sublime; check the SoJam A Cappella Festival and eir cover of “Volare” will ab - out the music video for it as well! the “SING” album series. As solutely blow you away. e Techtonics Re: “Earthquake” founder and chief mastering engi - Vox One, Wibijazzn’ Vocal jazz —this is all voices?! neer of Vocal Mastering, Dave has done oh-so-right. Light on the pro - listened to and worked on thou - I’d encourage you to use this list as duction, heavy on the harmonies sands of recordings from around the merely a starting-off point for your and vibe. world: http://vocalmastering.com exploration of contemporary a cap - pella music. Happy listening!
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