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2006 Mass ACDA Summer Conference Schedule

Phillips Recital Hall, Gordon College

July 16–19, 2006

 

Meals will be served in Lane Student Center.

Schedule is subject to change.

    Sessions marked with * count toward contact hours for PDPs and graduate credit (15 hours required)
Sunday, July 16     
     
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.   Welcome and registration: Phillips Music Center
5:00 – 6:00   BBQ: Phillips Music Center Courtyard (all are welcome)
6:15 – 8:00 * Robert Russell—Vocal Training in Chorus
8:00 – 8:30 * Performance: Boston Arts Academy Jazz Choir
8:30   Reception: Meet the performers and clinicians, refreshments served
     
Monday, July 17    
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.   Breakfast (all meals served in Lane Student Center)
8:00 – 8:45   Late registration: Phillips Music Center
9:00 – 10:20 * Anthony Leach—African-American Traditional Gospel for Mixed and Treble Choirs
10:20 – 10:40   Break
10:40 – 12:00 p.m. * Robert Russell—Efficient and Effective Rehearsals
12:00 – 1:15   Lunch
1:15 – 3:00 * Anthony Leach—Sacred and Secular SATB Music by African-American Composers
3:00 – 3:20   Break
3:20 – 4:20 * Luellen Best—WORKSHOP
4:20 – 5:15 * Allyssa Jones—Jazz Choir
5:15 – 7:00   Dinner
7:00 – 7:40   Social time by interest area (coffee and dessert served; locations TBA)
7:45 – 8:45 * Bob Schunemann—E. C. Schirmer Reading Session
     
Tuesday, July 18    
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.   Breakfast 
9:00 – 10:20 * Sandra Doneski—They Can’t Sit Still . . .For a Reason: Using Movement and Storytelling to Build Technique and Artistry in the Elementary Choral Rehearsal
10:20 – 10:40   Break
10:40 – 12:00 p.m. * Anthony Leach—The Leach One-Page Guide to Performing Spirituals and Gospel
12:00 – 1:15   Lunch
1:15 – 2:00 * Choraltech—A Revolution in Teaching Sightsinging
2:00 – 2:15   Break
2:00 – 3:20 * Robert Russell—Beyond Notes to Phrases: The Idea of Choral Artistry
3:20 – 3:40   Break
3:45 – 4:45 * Mike Driscoll—Teaching Sight Reading
5:00 – 6:45   Dinner
7:00 – 8:30 * Kenneth Phillips—The Adolescent Singer
8:30   Reception (refreshments served)
     
Wednesday, July 19    
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.   Breakfast 
9:00 – 10:00 * Robert Russell—These Things I Believe
10:00 – 11:00 * Anthony Leach—WORKSHOP
11:15 – 12:00 p.m. * Wrap-up: Q&A
12:00   Lunch

 

Last revised 03/24/09