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Music of the Muslim World: Breaking the Barrier

This session is a repertoire session, getting participants to understand the great diaspora of music of the Muslim world by singing a selection of five pieces from different social, cultural, and linguistic contexts. A distinction is made between Islamic music and music that is more culturally situated in Muslim culture. Choral directors attending the session […]

Providence, RI
André de Quadros



Best Kept Secrets: Commission Gems from GALA Choruses

This repertoire session and clinic will briefly describe the how-to steps for commissioning new music and the benefits choirs can experience in working with a living, breathing composer to bring new music to life! The majority of the workshop will be conducted as a repertoire session introducing workshop participants to new commissions that are available […]

Providence, RI
John Quillin



The Music of Stephen Paulus

Composer Stephen Paulus, whose oratorio To Be Certain of the Dawn will be performed during the conference, will lead a reading session of his music and discuss his compositional process, the way he marries text to music, and how he thinks about musical structure in writing choral music.

Madison, WI
Stephen Paulus