2008 Conference - Interest Sessions
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Undiscovered Treasure: Greek Choral Repertory
Anthony Antolini - Rachmaninoff Festival Choir
Following World War II, Greek choral music flourished. Ancient melodies,
sacred and secular, were set by skilled composers in English and Greek. The
Rachmaninoff Choir will illustrate their works.
Anthony Antolini is on the faculty of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
He holds degrees from Bowdoin College and Stanford University. He also
conducts the Down East Singers and is director of music at the Episcopal
Church of St. John Baptist in Thomaston, Maine. His editions of Russian
choral music are published by E.C. Schirmer and Paraclete Press.
The Rachmaninoff Festival Choir, founded in 1992, specializes in choral
music of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Originally dedicated to Russian sacred
music, the group now includes Greek repertoire and is preparing for a
concert tour of Greece in 2009.
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All Choirs Can Improvise
Bob Stoloff
Using both syllables and prescribed text, participants learn how to create
spontaneous choral music by layering improvised themes. Beat-subdivision,
harmonization, solo technique and instru-vocalization will be demonstrated
and practiced .
Bob Stoloff serves as the Assistant Chair of the Voice Department at Berklee
College of Music in Boston. Bob is a distinguished guest conductor,
clinician and choir /big band /combo adjudicator of jazz festivals
throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. His unique and
comprehensive workshops include traditional scat singing, spontaneous group
improvisation and vocal percussion. Bob has performed numerous times with
Bobby McFerrin's Jazz Vocal Summit, taught vocal improvisation and jazz
choir for many summers in the Berklee/Umbria seminars and was also
founder/director of the Bologna "Cantare Il Jazz." His publications, "Scat!
Vocal Improvisation Techniques" and "Blues Scatitudes" are both available
from Gerard /Sarzin Publishing in New York.
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Samuel Barber's Motetto on Words of Job
Harold Rosenbaum
Samuel Barber's recently rediscovered and published a cappella Motetto on
Words of Job will be introduced, sung and discussed. Editor Harold Rosenbaum
will offer rehearsal techniques and interpretive ideas for learning and
performing this piece.
Harold Rosenbaum is the founder of The New York Virtuoso Singers, the
Canticum Novum Singers, and Westchester Oratorio Society. With these choirs
and others, he has conducted over 1,350 concerts, and has collaborated over
100 times with leading New York orchestras. G. Schirmer, Inc. has recently
released its Harold Rosenbaum Choral Series. He is also Artistic Director of
the Sound of the Baltics Choir Cruise Festival, Professor at the University
at Buffalo, and Music Director of the Foundation for Universal Sacred Music.
His discography includes SONY Classical, Bridge Records, Koch International
and CRI.
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Empowering the Conductor as Healthy Singing
Guide
Jennifer Haywood
This interactive attendee session will explore alternative aspects of
healthy singing in order to empower individual singer's vocal health as well
as the overall beauty and musicianship of an ensemble.
Jennifer Haywood shares perspectives of her work with choral ensembles of
all ages and experiences. Active as a guest conductor at all-state, regional
and county levels, she has also presented as a choral clinician at state and
international presentations, and has published articles with the Exetor
Music Education Research Journal, among others. Dr. Haywood serves as
Assistant Professor of Music at Ithaca College where she teaches
undergraduate and graduate conducting and music education courses, and where
she conducts the Ithaca College Intergenerational Choir, the Graduate
Concert Choir, and the Young Men's Chorus and Senior Choir of the Ithaca
Youth Choral program.
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Responses to War in the Choral Genre
Jeffrey Douma
How have composers of choral music employed the unique conferences of the
choral instrument to comment on war's devastating impact? Particularly
innovative examples across five centuries will be discussed.
Jeffrey Douma is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of Music. He
conducts the Yale Glee Club, an eighty-voice mixed chorus, and teaches
graduate courses in choral conducting and literature. He has appeared as a
guest conductor with choruses and orchestras on six continents, has prepared
ensembles for such eminent conductors as Gergiev, Marriner, Willcocks,
Orbellian, and Penderecki, and has premiered new works by such composers as
Argento, Sandström, Hoiby, and Macmillan. Douma has sung with the Dale
Warland Singers, Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, and Robert Shaw Festival
Singers, and holds the B.Mus. degree (Concordia College, Moorhead, MN) and
DMA (University of Michigan).
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Positioning Your Singers for Optimal Sound
John Warren - University Singers of Syracuse University
Dr. Warren will demonstrate a process of positioning singers to create a
more unified sound and to allow singers to sing more comfortably.
John Warren is Director of Choral Activities at Syracuse University, where
he conducts the University Singers and the Hendricks Chapel Choir, and
teaches conducting and choral literature to undergraduate and graduate
students. From 1999-2005, Dr. Warren held a similar position at Erskine
College in South Carolina, where, in 2005, he won the Younts' Excellence in
teaching award. He holds degrees from Furman University, the University of
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the University of Miami.
The University Singers is the most select choral ensemble at Syracuse
University. With 32 members, the choir performs a variety of music, from
Renaissance to contemporary compositions. The ensemble has toured throughout
the Northeast, and has done a week long tour of Florida. Membership is open
to all University students by audition.
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Teaching Music Literacy with the Brain in Mind
Jon Noyes - Holland Hill Fifth Grade Chorus
Session I
A summary of research on how the brain learns will be followed by a discussion of teaching for meaning, constructivism, intrinsic
motivation, audiation /inner hearing, improvisation, syllable systems, and
"sound before sight."
Session II
This session will consist of a demonstration of the sequential techniques
presented in Session I by a group of non-select fifth graders.
Jon Noyes is a music educator in the Fairfield (Conn.) Public Schools and is
the Music Director & Founder of the Fairfield County Children's Choir. He is
also Adjunct Professor of Music at Fairfield University. He was named Choral
Director of the Year for 1998 by the Connecticut Chapter of the American
Choral Directors Association. He has conducted all-state and regional
festivals in Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and Connecticut.
Since its founding in1995, the Fairfield County Children's Choir has
performed in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New Orleans,
San Francisco, Oakland, Hawaii, Canada, England and Ireland.
The Holland Hill Fifth Grade Chorus is a non-select ensemble made up of all
students in the fifth grade. They meet twice per week for general music
classes and once per week for chorus.
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Ernest Bloch's Cosmic Oratorio: The Sacred
Service
Joshua Jacobson
Conflicts of particularism and universalism in this beautiful neo-romantic
choral-orchestral masterwork will be explored. As Bloch wrote, "the appeal
it voices, though rooted in one religion, is to brotherhood."
Joshua Jacobson is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at
Northeastern University and Visiting Professor of Jewish Music at Hebrew
College. He is founder and director of the Zamir Chorale of Boston, a
world-renowned ensemble, specializing in the musics of the Jewish people.
His numerous compositions and arrangements have been published and performed
throughout the world. He has published several dozen articles and one very
large book, Chanting the Hebrew Bible. He is in demand across the country as
guest conductor and lecturer. Prof. Jacobson is past President of the
Massachusetts chapter of ACDA.
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The "Golden" Rehearsal: Using Ancient
Strategies to Shape Modern Rehearsals
Karen Kennedy
Learn how to use the principles behind the Fibonacci Series and the Golden
Mean to channel singers' energies and powers of concentration during a
rehearsal, semester, and academic year.
Before joining the faculty of Towson University as Director of Choirs, Karen
Kennedy held the positions of Director of Choral Activities at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Artistic Director for the Hawaii
International Choral Festival, and Director of the Honolulu Symphony Chorus.
She enjoys the opportunity to present workshops on choral repertoire,
conducting, choral pedagogy and vocal pedagogy. Her workshops have been a
part of recent ACDA and MENC state conferences, most recently in Oregon and
Hawaii. She has also served as a clinician for state, county, and
invitational honor choirs in Oregon, Hawaii, Nevada, California, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania.
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Text, Imagination and Musicality in Rehearsal
and Performance
Edward Maclary and Beverly Taylor - University of Maryland
Chamber Singers
By examining elements of musicality as revealed by text, phrasing and
articulation, it will be demonstrated how more musical interpretations can
be developed in rehearsal and achieved in performance.
Edward Maclary is Professor of Music at the University of Maryland. He
conducts the Chamber Singers and University Chorale, two of the School of
Music's seven choirs, and directs graduate studies in conducting. His choirs
have toured in Europe and North America and performed in Carnegie Hall, the
Kennedy Center and Severance Hall. Edward Maclary has prepared choruses for
Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling and Ivan Fischer and choirs under his direction
have collaborated with the Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra
and Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Recognized as an outstanding clinician, he
maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor around the country.
Beverly Taylor is Director of Choral Activities at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, where she conducts the Concert Choir and Choral Union,
and directs the graduate choral conducting program. She was Associate
Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University from 1978 - 1995,
conducting the Harvard-Radcliffe Choral Society and international
prize-winning Radcliffe Choral Society. Professor Taylor is Assistant
Conductor of the Madison Symphony and guest conducts orchestras and choirs
in the United States and Europe. A graduate of the University of Delaware
and Boston University, she has studied with Gustav Meier, Joseph Huszti,
Helmuth Rilling, Robert Shaw and Margaret Hillis.
Organized in 2001, the University of Maryland Chamber Singers have
established themselves as one of the premier choral ensembles in the
metropolitan Washington DC area. In recent years they have performed the B
minor Mass and Christmas Oratorio on the University campus. They have also
established an ongoing collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra,
performing the St. Matthew Passion under Helmuth Rilling and Messiah with
Paul Goodwin at the Kennedy Center. In July 2007 the Chamber Singers won the
Second Prize for Mixed Choirs at the Llangollen International Musical
Eisteddfod with an a cappella program of Poulenc and Penderecki.
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Vela Vela: Authentic Performance in Black South
African Choral Music
Mollie Stone
This session will focus on teaching black South African choral music in the
oral tradition, using recorded media to show movements, vocal tone and
pronunciation from native speakers to create more authentic performances.
Mollie Stone, Associate Conductor of the Chicago Children's Choir, holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College and a Master of Music degree in
conducting from Westminster Choir College. In 2001, she received a grant
from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to create a DVD on black South
African choral music and the oral tradition. Ms. Stone gives workshops on
black South African choral music across the U.S, and has presented her DVD,
"Vela Vela", at ACDA and MMEA conferences across the country. She currently
studies how South Africans are using choral music in the struggle against
HIV.
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SING WITH US - Inspiring Powerful Audience
Participation
Nick Page - Ledyard High School Chamber Singers; Russell
Hammond, conductor
Using songs from his SING WITH US choral series and songbooks, Nick will
show how to create inspiring audience participation. Whether for concerts,
worship, or informal school assemblies, Nick is a passionate advocate for
community sings.
Nick Page is a Boston based composer, conductor, author, and song leader. In
the eighties, Nick was a conductor with the Chicago Children's Choir and he
currently directs the Mystic Chorale of Boston as well as leading sings,
concerts, and workshops throughout the Americas and Europe. He has over
fifty published choral works including his new SING WITH US choral series
and songbooks from Hal Leonard.
The Ledyard High School Chamber Choir is the premier vocal ensemble at
Connecticut's Ledyard High School. Their music department is a 2007 Grammy
nominated Signature School, identifying the program as one of the top 100
High School music programs in the country.
Russell Hammond is currently in his seventh year as Music Department Chair
and Director of Choral Activities at Ledyard High School in Ledyard,
Connecticut. He has been active both in ACDA and MENC. Originally from
Illinois, Russ holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Bradley University,
a Master of Music from the University of Connecticut and a 6th year degree
in Educational Leadership from Southern Connecticut State University.
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Authenticity - Being True to Both the Music and
Your Choir
Thomas Lloyd - The Chamber Singers of
Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges
This session will look at issues of authenticity in the African-American
Spiritual, international folksongs, and Renaissance polyphony, seeking clues
in the music itself rather than imitation of particular choral sonorities.
Thomas Lloyd is Director of the Choral Program for Haverford and Bryn Mawr
Colleges and Artistic Director of the Bucks County Choral Society. He holds
degrees from the Oberlin, Yale (Divinity School and School of Music), and
the DMA from the University of Illinois.
The Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges have a distinctive
international touring program combining collaborations with local choirs
with community service, most recently in Ghana, Puerto Rico, and Poland.
Their collaboration with the Fisk Jubilee Singers in both Nashville and
Haverford was the impetus for a cover article in the August 2004 Choral
Journal.
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Heart, Head, then Hands: Affirming Your
Conducting/Teaching Style
Wayne Abercrombie
We will explore practical, musical ways to constantly refresh one's
conducting, and experiment to affirm the essentials of conducting, to answer
the question: "When are conductors needed, and for what?"
Wayne Abercrombie is Professor Emeritus of Music and former Director of
Choral Programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has taught
and conducted in churches and colleges in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and
Indiana. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, (B.M. in Voice and
M.M. in Conducting), and from Indiana University (D. Mus. in Choral
Conducting with Highest Honors). He has been Assistant Conductor and/or
Chorus Director of Symphony orchestras in Johnstown (PA), Elkhart (IN) and
Springfield (MA). He has served as state and division President of ACDA, and
on the boards of the Conductors Guild and MMEA.
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New Doors to the Music of Joseph Haydn
Don V
Moses and Robert W. Demaree Jr.
Based on the newest Haydn research and discoveries, these two authors of the
upcoming book on the masses of Joseph Haydn, will discuss not only the more
famous masses but some of the unknown earlier works. The two sessions will
focus on the applicability of Haydn's works for high school, church and
college choirs. Photographs of the Archives at Schloss Esterhazy and Burg
Forchtenstein will show where the latest research is being done. Emphasis of
the discussions will be on the newest information concerning performances
practices of the masses.
Dr. Don V Moses is Director and Professor Emeritus at the University of
Illinois School of Music. He is also the Founding Director and Conductor
Emeritus of the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. Since its
inception, Dr. Moses conducted over 100 concerts of symphonies, concerti,
masses and operas in Vienna, Eisenstadt, and other Austrian cities. Dr.
Moses the co-author of two books; The Complete Conductor, published by
Prentice Hall and Face to Face with and Orchestra and Chorus, published by
Indiana University Press. He is currently working on a book of all the
masses of Joseph Haydn, due to be published in 2008.
Dean Emeritus of the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at Indiana
University South Bend, Robert W. Demaree, Jr. continues a career of
scholarship focused primarily on the music of Franz Joseph Haydn and the
Viennese Classical tradition. His writings include The Structural
Proportions of the Haydn Quartets, An Introduction to the Haydn Quartets,
Face to Face with Orchestra and Chorus, which the late Robert Shaw called
"practical, precise and thoughtful," and The Complete Conductor. The
Classical Music Festival gave him the honor of lecturing on the music of
Haydn in the Esterhazy Palace at Eisenstadt, Austria.
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Practice With Heart, Perform With Soul!:
Inspiring Middle School Musicians
Marc Kaplan and Colleen Emerick - The
King Philip Singers
The clinicians will showcase successful rehearsal strategies, motivational
techniques and repertoire programming that can empower 6th-8th grade
students to create the highest level of musicianship and attitude in the
classroom.
Marc Kaplan currently teaches middle and high school vocal and instrumental
music throughout the West Hartford public school system. Ensembles under his
direction have been selected to perform regionally and nationally at
conferences for the Music Educators National Conference, the American Choral
Directors Association and have placed first in the Downbeat Magazine student
music awards. An aspiring writer and publisher, Marc's article, Inspiring
Middle School Musicians: An Honest Approach, was recently published in the
August, 2007 edition of The Choral Journal. Marc received a B.A. in Music
and Political Science from The George Washington University in 2000.
Colleen Emerick teaches choir and music at King Philip Middle School in West
Hartford, CT. An active clinician and conductor, she recently presented at
Westminster Choir College, and has directed the Connecticut Children's
Chorus Small Ensemble, The Cathedral of St. Joseph Children's Choir, and the
2003 PMEA Westmoreland County Junior High Honor Choir. She also serves as
the ACDA Honor Choirs Chair for the state of CT. She holds Bachelor's Degree
in Music Education from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, OH, and a Master
of Music Education Degree from The Hartt School in West Hartford, CT.
The King Philip Singers is an after school, select ensemble made up of 7th
and 8th graders from King Philip Middle School in West Hartford,
Connecticut. Since 2004, the group has been recognized as a CMEA Choral
Honors Ensemble and has represented Connecticut at the 2005 MENC Eastern
Division Conference and the 2007 ACDA National Conference. Also, in 2004 and
2007, they were selected as the Middle School Choral Winner of the Student
Music Awards, sponsored by Downbeat Magazine. In addition to annual
performances, they have performed with the Hartford Symphony, Connecticut
Choral Artists and the Hartford Chorale.
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Coordination for Choral Singing
Monica Dale
It takes coordination to sing, breathe, listen, and look simultaneously --
for singers and conductors! Learn some active, challenging Eurhythmics-based
techniques for developing choral coordination through movement and other
sensory experience.
Monica Dale (M.M. Piano Performance, Ithaca College; B.A., Connecticut
College; Jaques-Dalcroze License) is nationally known as a proponent of
Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics and founder of MusiKinesis, a contemporary
American approach to the traditional European method. Her professional dance
background brings a unique dimension to her work in music. She has published
six books and numerous articles, and has presented workshops and courses for
schools and organizations nationwide. Monica is on the faculty of the Lucy
School and the Levine School of Music in Washington D.C., where she teaches
children's Dalcroze/ MusiKinesis classes during the school year and courses
for teachers during the summers.
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Building a Choir from Scratch
Francisco Nuñez
and Elizabeth Nuñez
Learn fundamental techniques for first time singers to get them reading and
singing from Day One. Experience the music of diverse cultures through the
developing voice. Yes, you CAN get all children to love classical music just
as much as hip hop music, and enjoy Mozart as much as Usher, and to think
musically, intelligently and globally. Francisco Nuñez
and Elizabeth Nuñez will share their insights on
working with children and how they motivate, inspire and lead thousands of
kids into a lifetime of music appreciation and understanding.
Born in New York City of Dominican descent, Francisco J. Nuñez
is a composer, conductor, a leading figure in music education, and a
visionary, whose strongly held ideas have resulted in the critical and
popular success of the Young People's Chorus of New York City (YPC), a
chorus of 250 young people from 8 through 18 of all ethnic, economic, and
religious backgrounds. Mr. Nuñez is also a
composer whose award-winning works and arrangements for choirs, orchestras,
and solo instruments are inspired by a wide range of Latin cultures and
musical idioms. As a conductor, Mr. Nuñez also
leads the University Glee Club of New York City, the New York University
Singers and NYU Women's Chorus, is active as a guest conductor and master
teacher for choral workshops, demonstrations, and festivals nationwide.
Elizabeth Nuñez , Assistant Conductor for the
Young People's Chorus of New York City, directs the Intermezzo Division and
serves as vocal coach. Since joining the YPC Staff in 2004, Mrs. Nuñez
has conducted at the 92nd Street Y, live on television for the lighting of
the 5th Avenue Snowflake, and prepared the choir to appear on "Regis and
Kelly" and most recently "The Martha Stewart Show" with Simon Cowell's "Il
Divo." She also serves as Director of the YPC Partner and Satellite School
Programs, working with New York City public schools to bring a choral
experience to over 400 children throughout New York City. Mrs. Nuñez
received a Bachelor of Music Education at Lee University and her Master of
Music Education from the University of Oklahoma, where she also completed
her Kodaly education certification.
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Working With the Adolescent Voice
Carl Nygard
Nobody's bag of tricks can be full enough. This session will be a cornucopia
of techniques for working with middle school and high school voices.
Carl Nygard is a free lance composer, adjudicator, and conductor, retired
after 34 years as choral director of the Fleetwood Area School District.
Recipient of more than 60 commissions, 200 of his published choral works
appear in the catalogs of fifteen music publishers, and his works have been
performed on six continents. His conducting career has taken him to twelve
states, where he has led music festivals from local to all-state, as well as
music Repertoire Forums.
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The Singer, the Voice, the Music
Carl Nygard
Presentation of new music and some outstanding literature of recent years,
with practical suggestions for rehearsal and performance.
Carl Nygard is a free lance composer, adjudicator, and conductor, retired
after 34 years as choral director of the Fleetwood Area School District.
Recipient of more than 60 commissions, 200 of his published choral works
appear in the catalogs of fifteen music publishers, and his works have been
performed on six continents. His conducting career has taken him to twelve
states, where he has led music festivals from local to all-state, as well as
music Repertoire Forums.
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Swimming Upstream: The Search for Quality Music
Randal Swiggum
What makes a good piece? Where do I go looking for it, in a publishing
culture of mediocrity? Come explore quality literature for all levels. Music
provided by J.W. Pepper.
Randal Swiggum is currently Education Conductor of the Elgin Symphony
Orchestra (IL) and conductor with the Madison Boychoir, where he directs its
top two ensembles, Britten and Holst. From 1996-2000, he served as Artistic
Director of the Madison Children's Choir, acclaimed for its innovative and
diverse programming and integrated arts and writing programs. Randy has
taught at the University of Wisconsin, Lawrence Conservatory, and Whitefish
Bay High School, and guest conducts choirs and orchestras around the globe.
He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at UW-Madison, and a leader
in the Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) initiative.
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Conducting the Music AND the Musician
Randal Swiggum
Using a classic for young voices, Bernstein's "There is a Garden," this
session will address both the technical and expressive dimensions of
bringing a piece to life, through gesture and language.
Randal Swiggum is currently Education Conductor of the Elgin Symphony
Orchestra (IL) and conductor with the Madison Boychoir, where he directs its
top two ensembles, Britten and Holst. From 1996-2000, he served as Artistic
Director of the Madison Children's Choir, acclaimed for its innovative and
diverse programming and integrated arts and writing programs. Randy has
taught at the University of Wisconsin, Lawrence Conservatory, and Whitefish
Bay High School, and guest conducts choirs and orchestras around the globe.
He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at UW-Madison, and a leader
in the Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance (CMP) initiative.
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The First Rehearsal: Introducing New Repertoire
John Scott - The Saint Thomas Choir
Mr. Scott will demonstrate techniques for introducing new repertoire with
efficiency and accuracy by presenting the choristers with a new piece for a
rehearsal. Time will be provided for questions and further demonstration.
John Scott began his training as a Cathedral chorister in Wakefield,
Yorkshire, and continued as Organ Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge.
While still a student, he made his Royal Albert Hall debut. Upon leaving
Cambridge, he was appointed Assistant Organist at London's Anglican
Cathedrals, St. Paul's and Southwark, and subsequently became Sub-Organist
of St. Paul's, and served as Director of Music there for 14 years. In 1998,
he was nominated International Performer of the Year by the New York Chapter
of the American Guild of Organists, and is a frequent jury member of the
world's most prestigious organ competitions.
The Saint Thomas Choir is considered the leading ensemble in the Anglican
choral tradition in the U.S., singing five choral services each week; a
schedule which requires the preparation of approximately four hundred sacred
choral works each year. The choir has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe,
and appears in their own concert series. The choristers, grades three
through eight, attend the Saint Thomas Choir School; the only
church-affiliated boarding choir school in the U.S. They currently represent
12 states and the District of Columbia.
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Small Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques for Choirs
of All Sizes
Simon Carrington - Yale Schola Cantorum
Simon Carrington will demonstrate rehearsal techniques with this choir based
on his work as a professional orchestral player in London, his 25 years with
The King's Singers and his career as a choral director in the US.
Simon Carrington is director of the Yale Schola Cantorum and professor of
choral conducting at Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of
Music. He previously served as director of choral activities at the New
England Conservatory and at the University of Kansas. Earlier, Professor
Carrington was a creative force for twenty-five years with the
internationally acclaimed British vocal ensemble The King's Singers, which
he co-founded, and with which he gave 3,000 performances at many of the
world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls, made more than seventy
recordings, and appeared on countless television and radio programs. He
maintains an active schedule as a freelance conductor and choral clinician,
leading workshops and master classes all over the world.
Yale Schola Cantorum, founded in 2003, is a 24-voice chamber choir
specializing in music from before 1750 and from the last hundred years.
Simon Carrington is the group's founder and conductor. It is supported by
the Yale Institute of Sacred Music with the School of Music, and is open by
audition to all Yale students. In addition to performing regularly in New
Haven, New York and Boston, Schola Cantorum records and tours nationally and
internationally, and has released two CDs to international acclaim. In 2008,
the ensemble will record early works of Mendelssohn. Also in 2008, British
conductor Stephen Layton will guest conduct a program of English music, and
will round out the year with performances of the 1610 Vespers by Monteverdi.
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Worship in the Balance: Priorities in Choral
Ministry
Carl Stam
With extensive experience in the academy and the local church, Stam presents
a case for the integration of biblical faith and artistic expression through
a balanced and focused choral ministry.
Carl Stam teaches worship and choral music at The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the director of the
Institute for Christian Worship and conducts the Oratorio Chorus. As
Director of Choral Music at the University of Notre Dame (1981-91) his Notre
Dame Glee Club performed at regional and national conferences of ACDA. Stam
studied choral conducting under Dr. Lara Hoggard and has served as the
National R&S Chair for both Men's Choruses and Music and Worship. He
lectures and writes widely on the integration of biblical faith and artistic
expression.
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One to a Part: The Art of Ensemble Singing
Ensemble Amarcord
The five members will discuss the history and inner workings of the
ensemble.
Comprised of former choristers of the famous St. Thomas Boys Choir in
Leipzig, Ensemble Amarcord has won top prizes in choral competitions
throughout the world. At home in Leipzig, they recently performed their
tenth anniversary concert in the famous Gewandhaus and, two months later,
performed with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Ensemble Amarcord's programming
versatility is suggested by the range of the ensemble's first three compact
discs: "Insalata a cappella" featuring secular music through the ages; "In
adventu Domini" featuring music for Advent and Christmas from Gregorian
chant to Gospel; and "Hear the Voice" featuring spiritual works from
different centuries. Among many other CD releases is, "And So It Goes..." an
album of popular and show tunes. The ensemble performed its 100th U.S.
concert during the group's 13th American tour in February 2006. In 2007,
Amarcord made its London debut at Wigmore Hall and recorded live
performances for the BBC.
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Vocal Jazz Workshop and Master Class
Vocalogy
The ensemble will sing and then open the floor for questions from the
audience regarding jazz ensemble singing, resources and repertoire, vocal
technique, sound reinforcement, rehearsal techniques, microphone technique,
rhythm section, vocal styling, performance techniques, scat singing, etc.
Vocalogy is a vocal jazz quintet which brings an exciting and distinctive
sound to the world of vocal music. The ensemble has delighted audiences
across the country in festivals, concerts, clinics and clubs since the
group's formation in 1998. Vocalogy arose from an artist-in-residency
program under Grammy-Award nominee Phil Mattson. The group is now based in
Los Angeles, California, and performs a collection of their own innovative
arrangements.
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The Virtual Orchestra as a Rehearsal Tool
John F. Delorey
Following an introduction, conductors are offered the opportunity to
rehearse the Virtual Orchestra and choir in excerpts from Orff's Carmina
Burana and Verdi's Requiem.
John Delorey specializes in early European music and American colonial
music, and is currently researching materials for a new edition of Thomas
Tallis's monumental motet Spem in Alium. When not cavorting through the
Renaissance, he is developing new methods toward the creation of a paperless
choral environment. He is currently the Director of Choral Music and Adjunct
Instructor of Music at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he conducts
four choruses, teaches music theory and is the Center Director for the
London Humanities and Arts Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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Plenary Session - Recruiting and Engaging the Chorus of Tomorrow
Panel: Jane E. Money, moderator; David C. Howse, Tom Morris, Anthony
Trecek-King
Discussion and exploration of strategies developed by two highly successful
youth choirs in Boston: recruiting, developing and maintaining membership in
diverse neighborhoods to encourage a lifetime of choral singing.
Jane E. Money, Artistic Director and Managing Director of Boston City
Singers, holds masters degrees in music from Auckland University, New
Zealand and in engineering (MS) from Boston University. In 1995, she
co-founded an urban outreach program in Dorchester, MA, under the umbrella
of "Youth pro Musica." After several years of substantial growth, the
Dorchester division became the independent non-profit "Boston City Singers."
Jane is also the Youth Choir Director at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in
Wellesley, MA, an instructor for the Metropolitan Opera's Urban Voices
program in Boston, and a consultant to "Children's Voices of Ireland." She
lives in Dorchester, with her husband and four children, all of whom sing.
Tom Morris, Director of Training Chorus Programs of Boston City Singers, has
seventeen years of teaching experience at the elementary and middle school
levels. Originally from West Virginia, he earned his Bachelor of Music
Education degree at Evangel College, in Springfield, Missouri. He holds a
Master of School Leadership from Wheelock College, Boston, and a Master of
Kodaly from Holy Names College, Oakland, California. Mr. Morris has taught
in Maryland, California and Newton Massachusetts. He also launched and
serves as Director of the BCS Jamaica Plain training programs, where he also
lives.
David C. Howse, Director of Operations and Programs, Boston Children's
Chorus, joined the chorus in March 2004. As part of the senior management
team, David helps develop and implement the overall vision for the
organization. He plays an integral role in the development of strategies,
policies and programmatic priorities and oversees the day to day operations
of the organization to ensure that the planning, execution and
administration of all BCC programs and systems are aligned. Originally from
Murfreesboro, TN, David is a multifaceted artist skilled as a solo
performer, innovative teacher and arts administrator. He holds degrees from
Bradley University and New England Conservatory of Music and is a 2005
graduate of UMass Boston's Emerging Leader's Program.
Anthony Trecek-King, Artistic Director, joined the Boston Children's Chorus
in the fall of 2006. Previously from Nebraska, he held the position of
Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where
he directed the 90-member University Chorus and taught conducting and vocal
music education. In addition, Mr. Trecek-King served as the Artistic
Director of the Nebraska Choral Arts Society, the largest choral
organization in Nebraska, where he worked with singers of all ages and
guided the choirs, and the organization as a whole, through artistic
advancement. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Cello Performance
from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and his Master of Music degree in
conducting from Florida State University, where he studied orchestral
conducting with Phillip Spurgeon and choral conducting with Rodney
Eichenberger and André Thomas.
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Melodies that Sing I: The Anatomy of Melody
Alice Parker
Alice Parker will demonstrate teaching by rote, using memorable folk
melodies. Understanding the nature of the tune leads to lively and
expressive singing. Sound is more important than notation!
Composer-conductor Alice Parker has been active on the choral scene for six
decades. Her organization, Melodious Accord, sponsors her travels around the
country, teaching her unique insights into music-making at every level. Her
published works include four operas, many cantatas and hundreds of shorter
works, both sacred and secular. Books include Creative Hymn Singing,
Folksong Transformations, and The Anatomy of Melody. She is noted for her
"Sings," which often lead to choral improvisations of amazing beauty.
Melodies that Sing II: "We Love to Sing this
Song"
Alice Parker - Joyful Noise; Allison Fromm, conductor
Making music with singers with developmental disabilities offers significant
challenges and great rewards. Alice Parker and Joyful Noise will demonstrate
how a well-chosen melody brings these singers' expressive gifts alive.
Allison Fromm has directed choral ensembles at Yale University, Dutchess
Community College, Boston University, and the University of Illinois. As
founding Director of Joyful Noise, a New Jersey chorus for adults with
neurological challenges, she was named Philadelphia Eagles 2002 Community
Quarterback runner-up. In Champaign, Illinois she initiated the Exodus and
Whirlwind interfaith arts organizations and established the Whirlwind
Interfaith Choir and Shabbat Singers. A graduate of Yale and Boston
Universities and a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois, she is
currently writing her dissertation: Aaron Copland's "In the Beginning":
Context and Creative Process.
Joyful Noise is a chorus of adults with physical and neurological challenges
who live in southern New Jersey. The chorus, hosted by Bancroft NeuroHealth,
currently has thirty members, ages 20-64. Formed in 2000, Joyful Noise has
given more than fifty
performances in New Jersey and Philadelphia and has shared concerts with the
Kardon Chorale, Harmonium Outreach Chorus, The Western Wind Ensemble, and
Alice Parker. With Allison's Philadelphia Eagles Community Quarterback
award, Joyful Noise is
commissioning seven new works by composers Chester Alwes, James Bassi,
Gerald Cohen, Elliot Levine, Alice Parker, Steven Sametz, and Jon Washburn.
Last revised
June 26, 2010