This session will present rehearsal management in a positive light by focusing on understanding the inherent problems and finding a solution that does not complicate a busy rehearsal so that choral music directors can devote their energy to the music. The topic will be presented in four main parts: (1) Understanding why rehearsal management is […]
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Sacred Songs for Sacred Time: A Survey of Church Music by the Late Glenn Edward Burleigh
The primary goal of this session is to expose church musicians and other conference attendees to the choral music of the late Glenn Edward Burleigh. Most widely known for his internationally acclaimed composition titled Order My Steps, this session is intended to introduce the significant sacred/gospel music Burleigh composed for worship. A survey of Burleigh’s […]
Rehearsal Technique According to the Twelve Commandments
This session will explore rehearsal techniques for the choral conductor, drawing from William Dehning’s “12 Commandments” as the primary basis of the session; (excerpted from Dehning’s Chorus Confidential: Decoding the Secret of the Choral Art (2003: Pavane). The session will also explore less familiar techniques such as “thesis-antithesis-synthesis”; “macro-micro-macro”; and “stimulus variation.” All of the […]
Real Men Sing! A Session for Techniques, Repertoire, and Recruitment for Male Voices.
Real Men Sing! Is an interest session that will focus on various aspects of male singing such as recruitment techniques and methods, effective pedagogical techniques, varied, appropriate repertoire and director approach. How do we motivate them to sing, and encourage them to sing “like men” in a healthy way? How do we find appropriate repertoire […]
Preparing Female Student Choral Conductors for Success in the New Millenium
This session will be a panel discussion of college and university teachers of conducting that will address the preparation of student conductors, with particular attention to the special challenges facing female choral conductors, and how best to mentor and prepare them for successful careers. Panelists include: Hilary Apfelstadt, director of choral activities, faculty of music, […]
A Practical Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral/Orchestral Performance Practice
Today’s performers imagine that modern ideas about how to perform Romantic music correspond with what the composers themselves would have heard. But in recent years, restoration of many early recordings and research into various written sources have revealed a very different picture. A lost tradition of nineteenth-century interpretation is currently being re-discovered by a number […]
