winter 2019: Volume 38, Issue 2 From Your President CoNteNts 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. 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Applications for Ohio per - sion/clinic. As always, the confer - fessor of composition at Concordia forming ensembles are due on Feb - ence will also include roundtable University–St. Paul and co-founder ruary 15 ( 2019 OCDA Summer discussions by R&R area, ex - of Justice Choir. Abbie lives in St. Conference Performing Ensemble hibitors, and our annual confer - Paul, Minnesota, where she hosts a Application ) and we look forward ence party. weekly recital series and sings in a to hearing several of our state’s As you can see, the 2019 OCDA local doo-wop quartet. finest ensembles perform at the Summer Conference promises to As in previous years, the Sum - conference! be packed with useful information mer Conference also will feature In addition to these wonderful and inspiring materials, presenta - performances by our OCDA clinicians and performances, our tions, and performances. Mark Women’s, Men’s, and Children’s OCDA Repertoire and Resources your calendars and save the date Honor Choirs. Ohio clinicians Dr. Chairs will be presenting the fol - for June 17–19 at Otterbein Uni - Robert Ward (Ohio State Univer - lowing reading sessions: Music and versity! I wish you all the best for a sity) and Sarah Baker (Little Miami Worship/Community Choirs, Ele - wonderful start to 2019 and I look High School) will serve as conduc - mentary/Children’s Choirs, High forward to seeing you in June, if tors of the high school ensembles, School/University Choirs, Junior not before then! d wInter 2019 table of contents 3 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 Stay for the day and attend our 100 Years of Music Gala Concert Celebration that evening at 7:30 PM where Grammy- winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre and Lynda Hasseler will lead the Capital University Chapel Choir, Choral Union and Chapel Choir alumni in a performance of some of Whitacre’s most popular works. The evening will also feature two contemporary composers debuting new works. Purchase special tickets to meet Eric Whitacre at the Gala Celebration Reception held after the concert. Visit www.capital.edu/100years wInter 2019 table of contents 4 Music at Otterbein Building your future... one note at a time STAND OUT Degrees Oered: • Bachelor of Arts in Upcoming Audition Dates Music and Business, Saturday, January 19, 2019 Concentrations in • Bachelor of Arts, Saturday, February 9, 2019 Audio Production, Arts Concentrations in General Tuesday, February 19, 2019 Administration and Music Studies, Theory and Management Saturday, March 23, 2019 Composition, History and Literature and Jazz Studies • Bachelor of Music Education • Bachelor of Music in Performance Contact: Claire Brock, 614-823-1504, [email protected] otterbein.edu/music Otterbein is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) wInter 2019 table of contents 5 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. 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