Sessions

Kurtis Heinrich
Pattonville Heights Middle School

Working with singers during the voice change is one of the most daunting challenges of teaching adolescent-aged ensembles. The most important foundations of successfully guiding singers through this time lie in two categories which will be explored in this session: common vocal challenges and their physiological roots, and voicing and grouping ensembles for healthy pedagogical […]

Melody Gamblin-Bullock
Dallas College-Brookhaven

Jammieca D. Mott
Prairie View A&M University

Demetrius Robinson
Prairie View A&M University

There are comparable performance practices that exists in the singing of choral and solo art song spirituals that stylistically contextualize these timeless American songs of resistance. Approaches to performance pedagogy will be considered within the categories of the spiritual and discussions about: (1) text-dialect coupled with International Phonetic Alphabet; (2) ornamentation and embellishments; and (3) […]

Chantae Pittman
Campbell High School

“At Any Level” is designed for directors across all settings within the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in mind. This initiative is rooted in the belief that enhancing music literacy is fundamental to the success of any chorus or choir program. The session is crafted to arm directors with an arsenal of practical tools and […]

Mariana Romero Serra
Michigan State University

Recent efforts toward the expansion of the choral canon have led to an increase in the programming of musics outside of the Western European classical tradition. Despite their vocal nature, some of these musics did not emerge as choral forms, but have had modern choral adaptations throughout their historical transformations. As strides are made in […]

Stephen Rew
Raymore-Peculiar High School

Active – Engaging – Celebrating the Joy of Music Making This session will explore the benefits of being “brain-smart” in rehearsals and how we can use activity and novelty to bring out the very best in our rehearsals, our singers and ourselves. Directors will walk away with an INCREDIBLE resource including a toolbox of activities […]