Sessions

Erin Hauger Hackel
University of Colorado, Denver

Choral singers have long been trained to read written music accurately and carefully. What happens when we flip this modality over and create full and complete choral arrangements aurally? This class will show how to successfully use a collaborative model to select music, guide an arrangement process and ultimately tailor a musical piece to fit […]

Nicky Manlove
Tucson Girls Chorus

Krystal Morin
Boston Children's Chorus

This interactive repertoire session responds to the challenge of co-creating artistry with elementary singers while managing behaviors, accomplishing goals, and building community. The presenters of this session will offer a values-based framework that harnesses the creativity of young singers and their artistic agency in the rehearsal process. Through engaging directly with repertoire, this interactive, responsive, […]

Reagan Paras
Berklee College of Music

Despite a robust culture of choral music, Filipino musical perspectives are nearly invisible in U.S. curricula. Much of this invisibility is rooted in our oppressive colonial history which has led to pervasive self-denigration and perceived inferiority (Brown, 2008; Halagoa, 2010). Despite being the third-largest Asian subcategory (Budiman & Ruiz, 2021), the Filipino identity and their […]

McKenna Stenson
Florida State University

Bryan Stenson
Florida State University

Incorporating movement into the choral rehearsal and performance can feel daunting and uninspired. This session will focus on how to organically incorporate movement into rehearsals and performances to enhance, expedite, and ignite musical ownership in your singers. The session will open with an interactive choral warm up that integrates movement to develop and cultivate a […]