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NY-ACDA COLLEGIATES, REGISTER FOR THE OCTOBER CONGERENCE (10/21 & 10/22)


Join us for the first ever NY-ACDA Collegiate Conference!

Each session, workshop, and masterclass has been specially curated for collegiate students looking to enter the choral field (directing, teaching, conducting, etc.). This professional development opportunity will help prepare participants for job applications, graduate school applications, the first year of teaching, and much more. Along with this, there will be a featured collegiate roundtable with current NY-ACDA President, Doreen Fryling. More information regarding registration and conference schedule is coming soon and we hope to see you there!

Additionally, there are three unique masterclasses for collegiate members including one that focuses on conducting gesture, one that centers around the rehearsal process, and one that focuses on how to introduce a new piece to a choir. Any collegiate ACDA member is welcome to apply regardless of experience level! Please complete the student application and have an advisor/faculty who is familiar with your work complete the recommendation form.

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/7Tuo8Gif3zUru5j2A

Submit your registration payment by clicking the Paypal button below. Registration is $20 + $1 service fee.





Masterclass Application (Student): https://forms.gle/UZTHWesFKximxtEL9

Masterclass Recommendation Form (Faculty – please print or make a copy for your files): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KpyPZ8SGHd68lzZL6EOtG5R3yfzVDp4dJEigXIncm14/edit?usp=sharing

2017 Fall Conference

October 20-21, 2017

Join us at 1pm on Friday, October 20.
The conference ends on Saturday, October 21 at 5pm.

Vassar College
Skinner Hall of Music
124 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY  12604

Click here for the Conference Schedule

Register on or before October 1st!

ACDA adult members pay $50 and ACDA students are free! (But you must register on or before October 1st.) Students are invited to a free dinner on Friday hosted by the Student ACDA Chapter at Vassar College. Breakfast and lunch are provided for all participants on Saturday.

Energize~Empower~Elevate

Join us on the beautiful campus of Vassar College with guest clinicians Heather Buchanan and Doreen Fryling, and interest sessions by Victor Bobetsky, Louise O’Hanlon, and Adam Potter. Five packets of scores will be available with a range of music from elementary to collegiate level.

Vassar College

STUDENT HOUSING

Student members, if you would like to be hosted overnight by a Vassar student, please contact Vassar Student ACDA Chapter President, Nick Ruggeri ~ niruggeri@vassar.edu. We have limited space, so please email right away if you are interested in joining us.

HOTEL

We have a small block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Express at a reduced rate of $229/night.
 
 
We also encourage you to use online travel sites for local hotels for comparable or better rates! Please don’t wait until the last minute, as hotels will fill up with “leaf-peepers” who come to enjoy the fabulous autumn colors.

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Fall 2016 NYACDA Conference Schedule

Friday, November 4

9-10 AM—Registration/Coffee-Library-Mercer School of Theology, Garden City, NY

10-11:00 AM-Just let me sing! –Sandra Snow, Michigan State University (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

Engaged minds, a spirit of play, and rehearsal strategies that encourage musical decision making will be explored. Demonstration Choir: Herricks HS Chamber Choir, Louise O’Hanlon, conductor

11:15 AM– 12:15 PM – Critical Listening in Choirs: What Do they hear? -Cindy Bell, Hofstra University, Doreen Fryling, Rockville Centre High School (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

This session will utilize the select choir from Rockville Centre High School, to demonstrate critical listening in action and how it is incorporated in a choral rehearsal.

12:15-1:30 PM-Lunch (off-site, on own)

1:30 – 2:30 PM-Diamonds taking shape-Sandra Snow, Michigan State University (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

Beauty of sound can be a goal of any stage during the rehearsal process.  We will address building vocalism in early rehearsals and, particularly, how to continually re-set vocal goals for music that is well-learned and performed over a period of time. Demonstration Choir: Herricks HS Chamber Choir, Louise O’Hanlon, conductor 

2:45-3:45 PM – How to Improvise With Your Choir in Ten Easy Steps-Marc Silverberg-Five Towns College (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

Learn how to develop loop songs, a cappella arrangements, and harmonic progressions easily in a safe, comfortable setting. Using techniques developed by Bobby McFerrin, Rhiannon, Roger Treece, and other skilled improvisers, your choir will be singing within minutes.

4:00-5:00 PM To schwa, or not to schwa- that is the question! Stephen Pagano, Five Towns College (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

This interest session will demonstrate various proven methods to improve choral diction and dynamics. The vowel sound in a word will be identified, written, modeled, and isolated to help create unity, blend and improved intonation. The Five Towns College Chamber Singers will act as the demonstration ensemble.

5:15-7:30 PM Dinner (off site, on own)

7:30 PM – Featured Choir Concert – eVoco, Voice Collective, David Fryling, Conductor (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)                                            (continued, next page)

Saturday, November 5

8:30 AM- Coffee/Registration-Library, Mercer School of Theology

9:00-10:00 AM- Conversation and Composition: Session I, Mixed Voicing –Sandra Snow, Michigan State University (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

 A reading session of music in a modified format, allowing for a deeper understanding of the repertoire through story, teaching tips, and discussion. Complimentary music packets provided.

10:15-11:15 AM – A Positive Approach to Classroom Management in Choir Rehearsals-James Ludwig, Herricks Middle School (Library-Mercer School of Theology)

This interest session explores ways in which conductors can take ownership over their rehearsals and classroom environments in a positive way. Participants learn to examine issues that contribute to student distraction in rehearsal and determine the root causes of off-task behavior.

10:15-11:15 AM – They’re Too Pooped to Phonate, but You Need to Rehearse-Judith Nicosia, Rutgers University (Chapel, Mercer School of Theology)

This session will provide exercises and demonstrations that will release laryngeal tension, relax the vocal folds, improve breath flow, assist phonation, give singers a new way to experience resonance on their own, and help rebuild healthy vocal habits.

11:30 AM- Concert Hour 1

  • Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Nassau Treble Choir, Craig B. Knapp, Conductor
  • East End Women’s Choir, Kamilla Ozman, Conductor

12:30 PM-Lunch (off-site, on own)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM- Conversation and Composition: Session II, Treble and Bass Voicing-Sandra Snow, Michigan State University (Sanctuary, Cathedral of Incarnation)

A reading session of music in a modified format, allowing for a deeper understanding of the repertoire through story, teaching tips, and discussion. Complimentary music packets provided.

2:45-3:45 PM – Music Literacy in the Elementary Choral Rehearsal-Craig B. Knapp, MYO Nassau Treble Choir, Rocky Point School District (Library-Mercer School of Theology)

One of the challenges that elementary choral directors often face is building in quality time for music literacy during rehearsals. Rehearsal time is limited and we often find ourselves focusing on the preparation and demands of upcoming performances and concerts. This workshop will guide participants through a sequential series of activities, warm-ups, techniques, visuals and strategies, all implementing Conversational Solfege. Choral packets provided for attendees.

2:45-3:45 PM – Teaching literacy Through Choral Repertoire-Kathleen Bassett, Buffalo Girlchoir (Chapel-Mercer School of Theology)

The results-oriented demands of a school performing choir can present challenges in advancing students’ musical literacy. Situations where students have varying degrees of previous musical instruction can be especially difficult. This session will describe and provide examples of how the clinician adapted the literacy based Kodàly approach for use with high school choral ensembles.

4:00 PM – Concert Hour 2 (Sanctuary, Cathedral of the Incarnation)

  •  Five Towns College “Quintet”, Marc Silverberg, Conductor
  • Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble, James John, Conductor

5:00 PM  Conference ends