Providence Schedule at a Glance

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Middle School and High School Honor Choir Registration
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM: Conference Registration
7:00 PM – 8:40 PM: Opening Concert: Rhode Island Children’s Chorus – Boston Children’s Chorus – Coro Allegro

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM: Registration
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Elementary School Honor Choir Registration

8:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Exhibits Open

8:10 AM – 9:00 AM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Bridging the Gap: From Concert Choir to Contemporary A Cappella – Marc Silverberg
• Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: A Cappella Beyond ‘Doo-Wop’ – Accessible A Cappella Arrangements – Rebecca Saltzman
• Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: World Musics and Cultures En Español, Por Favor – Peppie Calvar
• Community Connections: Telling American Stories – Constance Chase, Curran Schenck, and members of the West Point Glee Club and The Soldiers’ Chorus of The US Army Field Band
• Building the Ensemble Through Collaborative Circle Activities Across Ages – Jameelah Taylor

8:35 AM – 10:05 AM:

• Undergraduate Conducting Masterclass (Gesture) – Jeffrey Douma

9:20 AM – 10:10 AM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Growth Mindset: Striving For Improvement In Yourself And Your Ensemble – Trevor Tran
• The Values Audit: Aligning Your Program’s Priorities and Actions – Margaret Winchell
• Approaching Contemporary Korean Choral Repertoire and Pedagogical Considerations – Minji Kim
• Choral Teaching Strategies and Repertoire Ideas for Young/Beginning Singers – Lauren Torres Lambert

10:25 AM – 12:10 PM: Concert Session 1

• Select Singers – Central Bucks East High School – Christopher Villante, director
• Melodies – Roxbury High School Krista Sweer, director
• Pro Musica – Washington Adventist University – Anwar Ottley, director

12:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Exhibits Open

1:10 PM – 2:00 PM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Composers Forum – Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, moderator
• Divisive Concept or Student Lifeline? – Kristina Westover, Daniel Jackson, Arreon Harley-Emerson, Keith Roeckle
• Recruiting, Engaging and Maintaining Tenors and Basses – Christine Bass
• Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: Collegiate Music from the Ring of Fire – Rachel Carlson
• Insight Choir: Creating in the Aural Tradition Boston City Singers Tour Choir – Jane Money, Kimani Lumsden

2:20 PMM – 4:20 PM: Concert Session 2

• Pyle Voices – Thomas W Pyle Middle School – Zach Tilkens, director
• Young New Yorkers’ Chorus Mixed Ensemble Young New Yorkers’ Chorus – Alex Canovas, director
• Concert Choir – Lebanon Valley College – Kyle Zeuch, director
• Voorhees Choir – Rutgers University – Brandon Williams, director

4:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Exhibits Open

4:35 PM – 5:25 PM: Immersion Choir Rehearsals

• Immersion Choir: Black Spirituals and Gospel Music Donald Dumpson
• Immersion Choir: Latin American Music Diana Sáez
• Immersion Choir: Vocal Jazz Ned Rosenblatt
• Immersion Choir: Renaissance and Baroque Choral Music Edward Maclary

4:35 PM – 6:05 PM: Undergraduate Conducting Masterclass (Rehearsal Techniques) Arianne Abela

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Composer Fair

7:50 PM – 9:30PM: Headliner Concert: VOCES8

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM: After-Hours A Cappella and Vocal Jazz Showcase: RamJams – Ramsey High School Matt Wolf – Berklee Advanced Jazz Ensemble – Berklee College of Music – Ned Rosenblatt

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM: Registration

8:05 AM – 8:55 AM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Voices in Transition: Gender Inclusive Choral Voicings – Roger Emerson
• Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: Children’s and Community Youth Choirs Leave the Score at the Door – Kendra Balmer and Diana Sáez
• Sama: Listening and Engaging with Musics of the Muslim World – André de Quadros, Krystal Morin, Bradford Dumont, and VOICES 21C

8:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Exhibits Open

8:35 AM – 10:05 AM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Teaching, Singing, and “Being” in the Aural-Oral Tradition Whitney Covalle
• Undergraduate Conducting Masterclass (Gesture) – Jason Max Ferdinand

9:15 AM – 10:05 AM: Simultaneous Sessions

• (re)sounding Joy: Paradigm Shifts for DEI Work in Choral Spaces – Alyssa Cossey
• Doing the Dishes: Beyond Tolerance of Gender-Diverse Students in Music – Evan Montemayor
• ChoralWorks – Rehearsal Tracks on Smartphones for Free – Robert Natter

10:25 AM – 12:35 PM: Concert Session 3

• University Singers – Western Connecticut University – Jeremy Wiggins, director
• Nazareth Area High School Nightingales – Kelly Rocchi, director
• Voices of Concinnity – Consonare Choral Community – Sarah Kaufold, director
• The Spirituals of Boston Arts Academy – Michael Bradley, director

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM: College Fair

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Exhibits Open

1:25 PM – 2:15 PM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Commercial Music Opportunities Roundtable – Cheryl Engelhardt
• Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: High School Students at the Front: High School Reading Session and Strategies for Student Led Rehearsals – William Gunn
• Lessons from the Tacoma Refugee Choir – Erin Guinup
• Programming Effectively Around Social Issues: A Panel Discussion – Alisa Pearson, Arianne Abela, Anthony Trecek-King, Emily Isaacson, Geoffrey Hudson, and Chris Shepard
• The Filipino Choral Tradition: Your Starter Pack – Reagan Paras
• Insight Choir: Healing a Community: The Gertrude Banks Intergenerational Gospel Choir – Rebecca Saltzman, director

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Headliner Concert: West Point Glee Club – Constance Chase, director – The Soldiers’ Chorus of The US Army Field Band – Captain Curran Schenck, bandmaster – United States Military Academy Band – Daniel Toven, director

4:20 PM – 5:10 PM: Immersion Choir Rehearsals

• Immersion Choir: Black Spirituals and Gospel Music Donald Dumpson
• Immersion Choir: Latin American Music Diana Sáez
• Immersion Choir: Vocal Jazz Ned Rosenblatt
• Immersion Choir: Renaissance and Baroque Choral Music Edward Maclary

4:35 PM – 6:05 PM: Graduate Conducting Masterclass (Rehearsal Techniques) Caron Daley

5:30 PM – 6:20 PM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Dimensions of Justice in Choral Works by Black Women Composers – Khyle Wooten
• Singing social change: An investigation of two U.S. children’s choruses – Cara Bernard and Kelly Bylica
• Entering Uncharted Territory: Re-Mapping Our Understanding of the Female Voice – Victoria Sigafoes
• DEI in Action: Auditing Your Choral Library – Emma Forest and Sandra Howard

7:50 PM – 9:30PM: Headliner Concert: Morgan State University Choir – Eric Conway, director

7:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Registration

8:10 AM – 9:00 AM: Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: Middle School/Jr. High Choirs Building Music Literacy Skills Using Repertoire – Karla McClain

8:40 AM – 10:10 AM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Teaching the Voice Through Empathy: Laban Movement Analysis – Timothy Little Trần
• Flexible Fach: Gender-Affirming Vocal Pedagogy through Science-Informed Practices – Stevie J. Hirner
• Why Words Matter – Judith Clurman
• Conducting Context and Loving Gestures: Journey from Motion to Emotion – Arreon Harley-Emerson
• Choral Singing in America: Telling American Stories – Emily Ellsworth

9:20 AM – 10:10 AM: Deep Dive Repertoire Reading Session: S/A Choirs Music For Today’s Treble Choirs – Hana Cai

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Concert Session 4

• Central Dauphin Singers – Central Dauphin High School John – Harchak-Madas, director
• University Singers – University of Delaware – Duane Cottrell, director
• Lyrics – Longmeadow High School – Kayla Werlin, director
• Lux – Robby Napoli, director

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Honor Choir Concerts

• Elementary Honor Choir – Sophia Papoulis, director
• Middle School/Jr. High Honors Choir – Liana Salinas, director

1:40 PM – 2:30 PM: Simultaneous Sessions

• Place for All: Diverse Perspectives in J. S. Bach’s Cantatas – C. Michael Porter
• Freedom Trail: Lessons from Retracing Harriet Tubman’s Journey Through Music – Joy Hirokawa. Margaret Namura Clark, Arreon Harley-Emerson, and Brittney Stanton
• “Real Talk” in Rehearsal: Cultivating a Sense of Belonging – Jonathan Harvey
• Full Circle – The Grace and Power of Rounds – Marina Belica, Julie Flanders, and Emil Adler
• The Impact of Communal Singing on Those Affected by Homelessness – Jonathan Palant
• Insight Choir: The Unearthing and Illumination of Stories: Music of Melissa Dunphy PhilHarmonia – Mitos Andaya Hart, director

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Honor Choir Concerts

• High School SATB Honor Choir – Felicia Barber, director
• High School SSAA Honor Choir – A. Jan Taylor, director