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Seattle in 2012 - NW ACDA Conference Information - March 15-18

Program
Subject to change
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For photos and information on choirs, conductors, time of performances, and reading session information click here.

The program below is still in draft form and subject to change.

Thursday, March 15

1:00 p.m. - Registration - Sheraton, 2nd Floor Lobby

3:30 p.m. - Town Hall - Concert Session I
3:30 p.m. - Nelsen Middle School
4:00 p.m. - Capitol High School Jubilettes
4:30 p.m. - Willamette Chamber Choir

5:15 p.m. - Sheraton Willow Room - Jazz Round Table with Kirk Marcy, our National R&S Chair, Frank DeMiero our NW Jazz Choir Chair and our state R&S Jazz Choir leaders

5:15 p.m. - Sheraton Aspen Room - Reading Session, Music for Women's Voices

8:00 p.m. - Town Hall - Concert Session II
8:00 p.m. - Pacific Youth Choir
8:30 p.m. - Women's Schola
9:00 p.m. - Choir of the West (including a performance of the Brock commission, "Distance Can't Keep Us Two Apart," by Chen Yi)

 
Friday, March 16

7:00 a.m. and throughout the day - Registration - Sheraton, 2nd Floor Lobby

8:00 a.m. - Sheraton Willow Room - Reading Session - Music for High School Choirs
8:00 a.m. - Cirrus Room -Brian Tate, Presenter - Choral Roots and Rhythms: From Africa to Gospel
8:00 a.m. - Aspen Room - Emilie Amrein, Presenter - Making the Text Move: Exploring Various Kinesthetic Diction Tools for the Choral Rehearsal and Voice Studio

9:00 a.m. - Exhibits open
9:00 a.m. - Sheraton Willow Room - Cameron LaBarr, Presenter - Expanding the Repertoire: A Fresh Look at Programming and Literature for Male Chorus
9:15 a.m. - Aspen Room - Reading Session - Music in Worship
9:15 a.m. - Cirrus Room - Reading Session - Boychoir Music/Community Youth Choirs

10:30 a.m. - Town Hall -Concert Session III
10:30 a.m. - Eagle High School Choir
11:00 a.m. - University of Puget Sound Dorians
11:30 a.m. - Pacific Lutheran University Chorale

12:45 p.m. - Willow Room - Kirk Aamot, Moderator - New Teacher Roundtable
12:45 p.m. - Cirrus Room - Jeff Horenstein, Presenter - Putting It All Together - Getting the Most Out Of Your Singers and Rhythm Section
12:45 p.m. - First Presbyterian Church Chapel - Reg Unterseher, Presenter - E-Publishing Roundtable

2:00 p.m. - Willow Room - Kurt McKee, Presenter - Recruiting and Retaining Singers: Making a Plan That Maintains or Grows Your Program—Even in Tough Economic Times
2:00 p.m. - Aspen Room - Nicolet Anderson, Jeshua Franklin, Presenters - Surveying the Wondrous Cross: Christ’s Atonement Through the Eyes of Hymnody and Historical Choral Music
2:00 p.m. - Cirrus Room - Jazz Reading Session
2:00 p.m. - Grand Ballroom B - Andrea Ramsey, Presenter - Choir is_______. The Meanings of the Choral Experience, grades 7-12

3:30 p.m. - Town Hall - Concert Session IV
3:30 p.m. - Heritage High School Choir
4:00 p.m. - University of Wyoming Statesmen
4:30 p.m. - Esoterics

6:00 p.m. - First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue.  It is 7 blocks directly up the hill from Town Hall.
Music in Worship featuring the choirs of Plymouth Church and Seattle First Baptist

7:00 p.m. - Willow Room - Quiz Bowl

8:00 p.m. - Town Hall Special Concert Admission to this concert is not included in registration. To purchase a ticket for this event, contact Town Hall directly or click on the following link.
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Lo cor de la plana

9:30 p.m. - Town Hall
Jazz Night
9:30 p.m. - Impressions
10:00 p.m. - Genesis
11:00 p.m. - Seattle Jazz Singers

Saturday, March 17

8:00 a.m. - Willow Room - Allan McClung, Presenter - Teaching Sight-Singing Successfully
8:00 a.m. - Cirrus Room - Stan Harris, Presenter - Creating music in Alaska, Developing a choral program in a remote area of the world! 
8:15 a.m. - Aspen Room - Reading Session, Community Choirs


9:00 a.m. - Exhibits Open
9:15 a.m. - Aspen Room - John Baker, Presenter - Should I Take My Choir on a Retreat?
9:15 a.m. - Willow Room- Paul Schultz, Presenter - Interpretation: From Score Marking to Performance
9:15 a.m. - Cirrus Room - Brian and Kristi Galante - Strength, Balance, Core: The Benefit of Pilates for the Choral Conductor

10:30 a.m. - Town Hall - Concert Session V
10:30 a.m. Kokopelli (Canada)
11:00 a.m. - St. Mary's International School (Japan)
11:30 a.m. - Opus 7

1:00 p.m. - Grand A Room - Tim Sharp, ACDA Executive Director, "Collaboration in the Ensemble Arts: Working and Playing Well with Others"

2:00 p.m. - Grand D - Terry Annalora and Lindsay Wilkerson, Presenters - It’s Not Magic: Simple, Effective Strategies for Building Full, Energized Tone in Middle and High School Choirs
2:00 p.m. - Cirrus Room - Natalie Wilson, Presenter - Elementary Vocal Jazz Concepts
2:15 p.m. - Aspen Room - Reading Session, College, University Choirs

3:30 p.m. - Town Hall, Concert Session VI
3:30 p.m. - Union High School
4:00 p.m. - Mirinesse
4:30 p.m. - Male Ensemble Northwest

7:00 p.m. - First Presbyterian Church - International Concert I
Greetings from Executive Director, Tim Sharp
Introduction of national officers and presentation of NW ACDA Leadership and Service Award
7:00 p.m. - Vancouver Cantata Singers (Canada)
8:00 p.m. - Stuttgart Kammerchor and Frieder Bernius (Germany)
Sunday, March 18

8:00 a.m. - Aspen Room - Graeme Langager, Presenter - Chasing Phrases! --- Moving Away from the Note-Chasing Paradigm in your Choral Rehearsal
8:00 a.m. - Willow Room - Frieder Bernius - Performance Practices for Bach's Music - w/ Stuttgart Kammerchor as demo group
8:15 a.m. - Cirrus Room - Reading Session, Middle School/Junior High School Music

9:15 a.m. - Aspen Room - Lori Wiest, Julie Wieck, Presenters - Building Voices Through Collaboration: Insights from a Studio Voice Teacher and Choral Conductor
9:15 a.m. - Cirrus Room - Lauren Whitham, Presenter - Creative Classroom Management: Stop Disciplining and Start Teaching!
9:15 a.m. - Willow Room - Reading Session - Music for Men's Voices

10:30 a.m. - Town Hall - International Concert II
10:30 a.m. - Ansan City Choir (Korea)

12:15 p.m. - First Presbyterian Church
12:15 p.m. - Children's Honor Choir
1:00 p.m. - Youth Honor Choir

2:30 p.m. - First Presbyterian Church
2:30 p.m. - High School Men's Honor Choir
3:15 p.m. - High School Women's Honor Choir
This is a draft of the complete program for the 2012 Conference. Subject to change.
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