Sessions

Westin Sorrel

Intergenerational choirs unite singers of all ages and require intentional pedagogical approaches. This session offers practical strategies for addressing developmental differences from children through older adults, including vocal production, range, and stamina. Participants will explore adaptable warm-ups, rehearsal techniques, and repertoire considerations that promote healthy singing and ensemble cohesion. Attendees will leave with effective, immediately […]

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 […]

Jocelyn Hagen

Heather Buchanan

Michael Costello

Robert Istad

In a time when questions of representation, authenticity, and appropriation are front and center, choral organizations may be unsure of the best way to sing and present the stories of people different from themselves. This session will highlight the complexities in showcasing women’s stories from the perspective of a mixed choir, offering a thoughtful, nuanced […]

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) […]