Choral Cues the Official Publication of the American Choral Directors Association of New York State
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Volume 40 No. 2 Choral Cues The official publication of the American Choral Directors Association of New York State Spring, 2010 Inside Cues…. Middle School Honor Choir Guest Conductor/Clinician…….Page 3 President’s Message Children’s Elementary Honor Choir Dr. Mark Zeigler Guest Conductor/Clinic…...Page 4 Dear Friends, Textual Perspective.....…..Page 5 I cannot believe it, but the school year is almost over, Preparing a Vocal Jazz which means the 2010 New York State Summer Music Solo……………………….…....Page 9 Conference is rapidly approaching. Like the last two years, the conference will be held at the Crown Plaza in NY/ACDA Conductor Award Albany, New York. The dates of the conference are Information………………….Page 11 Sunday, August 8th through Tuesday, August 10th. We NYSSMA Summer Conference have some amazing events and interest sessions Information………………….Page 13 planned and it is my hope that many of you will attend. Continued on page 2 Visit the NY/ACDA website at www.nyacda.org President’s Message Continued from Page 1 NY/ACDA I am excited to announce that Dr. Rollo Dilworth will be the conductor of the Director’s Chorus this Officers year. Dr. Dilworth is Associate Professor of Choral Music Education at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. He received his Doctor of Music degree in conducting performance at Northwestern University where he studied conducting and composition with Robert A. Harris. An active conductor, composer, educator, and clinician, Dr. Dilworth has taught choral music at the elementary, secondary, and university Mark Zeigler levels. His performing endeavors have taken him to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. In addition to composing President music in the choral genre, his research interests are in the areas of African-American music and music education curriculum and instruction. Dr. Dilworth will present an interest session on Monday, August 8th titled: Nazareth College Using Text and Style as Primary Influences on Conducting Gesture. Brandon Johnson In addition to being the Director’s Chorus Conductor, Dr. Dilworth will also be this year’s Keynote Speaker for the conference. His keynote address is titled: Maintaining Relevance In The Music Education President-Elect Curriculum. Houghton College I am also excited to announce that the second annual Middle School Choir will be directed by Diane Warner. Diane teaches at Shenendehowa High School East in Clifton Park, NY. She is also the current NY ACDA Daniel Bromsted Repertoire and Standards Chair for Senior High Choirs. In addition to being the Middle School Honor Choir Immediate Past conductor, Diane will present an interest session titled: Strategies for Effective Choral Rehearsals. If you are interested in having one of your students participate in the Middle School Honor Choir, the contact person is President Michael Murphy, the R&S Chair for Junior High and Middle School Choirs ([email protected]). You Silver Creek can also go to the New York ACDA website to download the application and nomination forms. Elementary This year’s Children’s Honor Choir will be directed by Fred Meads. Mr. Meads is Director of Vocal Studies where he trains choristers of The American Boychoir School through private instruction and group voice Ann Mosner classes as well as vocal technique and music theory. He prepares the first year choristers in the Training Choir for the musical and social demands of the concert choir, ensuring a smooth transition into the professional Secretary ensemble. Previously, Mr. Meads served as Artistic Director of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir from 1999- Maryvale H.S. 2009. Under his leadership, the choir of over 300 singers performed throughout the community, state and at festivals around the world, most recently at Festival 500 in Newfoundland, Canada. Mr. Meads received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Ithaca College, New York and his Master of Music degree in Ann Murphy Choral Conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition to being the Children’s Treasurer Honor Choir conductor, Fred will present an interest session titled: Singers on the Move - Teaching and Spencerport H.S. Motivating Boys to Succeed. If you are interested in having one of your students participate in this event, the contact person is Craig Knapp, the R&S Chair for Children’s Choirs ([email protected]). You can also go to the New York ACDA website to download the application and nomination forms. Carlyn Lokken As in previous years, the conference will also present several reading sessions that will feature a variety Membership of high quality choral literature including elementary (Craig Knapp, clinician), middle school (Michael Murphy, Chair clinician), high school (Diane Warner, clinician), vocal jazz (Carol Jacobe) and multicultural (Penelope Cruz, Grand Island H.S. clinician) repertoire. Regardless of what level or ensemble type you conduct, you will not want to miss these sessions as there will be something for you. Craig B. Knapp Finally, I need to let everyone know that my tenure as New York ACDA President will come to an end Choral Cues following this year’s summer music conference. It has been a privilege and an honor to serve New York ACDA in this capacity for the last two years and I especially want to thank all of the members of the New York ACDA Layout Editor Executive Board for their hard work, commitment and dedication to the organization. These folks have spent Joseph Edgar School countless hours volunteering their time to support NY ACDA. I sincerely believe that we have one of the finest executive boards in the country and I am deeply appreciative of all they do. As of August 11, 2010, Dr. Brandon Norm Zogaib Johnson will be the new NY ACDA President and I know that the state is in exceptional hands. I wish him all the best. Choral Cues Literary Editor I look forward to seeing many of you in Albany. Take care and have a terrific rest of the year. I wish all Hamburg H.S. of you the best in your up coming spring concerts. Brandon Johnson Sincerely, Webmaster Mark Zeigler Houghton College NY ACDA President 2 NY/ACDA 2 nd Annual Middle School Honor Choir NY/ACDA Regional DIANE WARNER Representatives Guest Conductor & Clinician [email protected] Norm Zogaib Region 1 (Western) Diane Warner continued as the choral director for the Shenendehowa High School East Hamburg H.S. select choirs after retiring in 2007 as the Music Supervisor for the Shenendehowa Central School District in Clifton Park. During her 36 years in the Capital District, she has taught elementary vocal music in Scotia-Glenville and Schenectady City schools, as well as serving as Robert Dumas an adjunct instructor at Schenectady County Community College. In 1982 Mrs. Warner Region 2 founded the Capital District Youth Chorale, now a highly respected community based chorus (Central) with more than 100 singers from grades 4-12. CDYC and Mrs. Warner’s High School Choirs earned more than 60 Superior ratings in the last 21 years at State, National, and International Southside H.S. festivals. Mrs. Warner is a certified New York State School Music Association vocal and choral Kelly Hudson adjudicator and a frequent clinician and guest conductor of All-County and Area All State Region 3 Choirs. She has also served as a member of NYSSMA’s Urban Education Committee and (Northland) Manual Selection Committee for Treble Choirs. She has been nominated to Who’s Who in America’s Teachers five times. She has also received two General Electric Star Awards and two SUNY Oswego Shenendehowa Staff recognition awards. She has received the Schenectady High School Student Government Teacher of the Year Award and the Schenectady City School District’s Heather Baird Teacher of the Year Award. Middle School Honor Choir Program Region 4 Strategies for Effective Choral Rehearsals (Albany) I have selected a variety of repertoire to help the students who Shenendehowa H.S. West Members of the Capital District Youth come to this summer’s honors grow experience a variety of Chorale (see description below) will model styles of articulation and languages. In the Renaissance gem, Je John Cuk the techniques and strategies that improve Le Vous Dirai! By Certon, the students will experience the joy of gossip, Renaissance style, as well as experiencing the beauty of Region 5 tone, diction, musicality, musical independence and music literacy in this the French language. (South-Westchester) workshop. Repertoire serves as the text and Scarsdale H.S. The inspirational selection I Dream a World by Andre Thomas will be selected to accommodate the vocal allows students to work on word weighting, phrasing, development of the students available to Vacant crescendos and decrescendos and all the challenges that go with present this workshop. those beautiful moments. Region 6 (Metropolitan) Ose Shalom, arranged by John Leavitt, will allow the students to Capital District Youth Chorale sing in Hebrew with strings and clarinet accompaniment. They Danielle M. will also have the joy of powerful singing both softly and in full The Capital District Youth Chorale was voice. McCoy founded in 1982 by Diane Warner. The 120 Region 7 singers are drawn from 70 schools in 7 How Can I Keep from Singing arranged by Gwyneth Walker (Long Island) counties of the greater Capital District. takes the beautiful Quaker hymn and builds in small bursts of Mary Louis Academy Students ages 9‐17 can be placed in one of sparkling dynamic contrasts interspersed with the hymn, all with an incredible piano accompaniment. four different ensembles. Entrance into and advancement within CDYC is based upon audition results, experience and reliability. Keep Your Lamps!, arranged by Victor C. Johnson, takes the well The touring choir represents a portion of the known spiritual and adds a blues accompaniment to energize junior chamber, senior chamber and the the melody, while the harmony parts punctuate the melody.