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Voices Unleashed: Empowering Students in Contemporary A Cappella

Christina Aloisio
Backtrack Vocals

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Christina Aloisio

Backtrack Vocals

Christina is the Music Director of professional a cappella group, Backtrack Vocals, Her musical journey spans musical theatre, choral ensembles, and contemporary a cappella. She holds a B.M. in Music Education from the University of Delaware, where she served as Assistant Music Director for Vocal Point, earning third place in the nation's largest a cappella competition, ICCA. Christina has also directed productions at Gateway to the Arts, including "The Most Epic Birthday Party" and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," served as Vocal Captain for Busch Gardens' a cappella show, The Gift of Harmony, and directed the semi-professoinal group, Downbeat.

Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to equip choral directors with the skills and knowledge to guide students in expressing themselves through contemporary a cappella. Using members of a five-person professional a cappella group to demonstrate, participants will gain the tools necessary to teach students how to independently handle every aspect of a cappella performance, from selecting repertoire to arranging, beatboxing, and creating choreography. This session will draw on traditional choral foundations and pedagogy, honoring bel canto singing, while embracing innovative methods and styles of contemporary a cappella and providing tools to excel in contemporary commercial music (CCM). The Presenter will teach the fundamentals of crafting a contemporary a cappella arrangement, as well as the basic sounds of beatboxing and elements for successful choreography. The professional a cappella group will provide demonstrations, and participants will work in small groups. By the end of the workshop, choral directors will walk away with innovative teaching methods, enhanced skills in arranging, beatboxing, and choreography, and the tools needed to empower their students to take charge of their a cappella performances. Join us to transform your choral program and unleash your students’ voices like never before!

Interactive Clinic
Contemporary A Cappella, Jr. High/Middle School, Sr. High School

This content was published on: August 21, 2024

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