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2007 Mass ACDA Summer Conference Schedule

Phillips Recital Hall, Gordon College

July 15–18, 2007

 

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). Schedule is subject to change. 

 

Sunday, July 15

4:00 - 6:00 PM

Welcome and Registration

5:00 - 6:00 PM

BBQ Dinner (All participants welcome!)

6:15 - 8:00 PM

**

Michelle Graveline, Assumption College

8:00 - 8:30 PM

**

Performance: 

Chrysalis, led by Sam Martinborough

8:30 PM

Reception: 

Meet the performers and clinicians

 

Monday, July 16

7:00 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Late registration

9:00 - 10:20 AM

**

David Rayl

Singing with Style I:   The Study, Rehearsal, and Performance of Music of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods

10:40 AM-noon

 

**

Carol Krueger

 

Developing Independent Musicians in the Choral Rehearsal

Part 1:  How we learn music; teaching rhythm literacy

12:00 - 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 - 3:00 PM

**

David Rayl

Fundamentals of the Conducting Gesture: What Matters, and Why

3:20 - 5:05 PM

 

**

Carol Krueger

 

Developing Independent Musicians in the Choral Rehearsal

Part 2:  Tonal Literacy. Sessions 1-3 include teaching strategies for developing audiation, elementary composition, musical memory, dictation and aural skills.

5:15 - 7:00 PM

Dinner

6:00 - 7:40 PM

Sheet Music Swap

7:15 - 8:45 PM

 

Michele Holt, President, ACDA

Providence College

Reading Session

8:45 PM

Dessert and coffee

 

Tuesday, July 17

7:00 - 8:30 AM

 

Breakfast and

Roundtable Discussions

 

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Late registration

9:00 - 10:20 AM

**

David Rayl

Singing with Style II:  The Study, Rehearsal, and Performance of Music of the Classical and Romantic Periods

10:40 AM-noon

**

Carol Krueger

Developing Independent Musicians

Part 3:  Practical ideas and techniques for cultivating melodic reading

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 PM

**

Carol Krueger

Developing Independent Musicians

Part 4:  Applying reading skills to choral literature

2:45 - 4:15 PM

**

David Rayl

Words Matter:  The Choral Conductor Confronts Text

4:20 - 5:00 PM

**

Sam Martinborough

The Theatre of Sound, Creating Cultural Authenticity

5:00 - 6:45 PM

Dinner

7:30 - 9:00 PM

**

Performance

Conductors:  Lannom Trust Recipients / David Rayl

9:00 PM

Reception

 

Wednesday, July 18

7:00 - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 AM

**

Carol Krueger

Selecting Repertoire to Benefit Your Singers AND Please Your Audience

10:00 - 11:00 AM

**

David Rayl

In a Mirror, Darkly: Reflections on Turning Fifty

A reflection on my development as a choral conductor with an examination of what is truly important in the making of choral music

11:15 AM-noon

**

Wrap-up: Q&A

 

 

Last revised 05/16/07