2004 Summer Conf.

2004 MassACDA Summer Conference

MassACDA welcomes all choral conductors to its summer conference.

Clinicians

Dr. John Dickson, University of Texas
		John H. Dickson is director of choral studies and chair of the Conducting Division at Texas Tech University, where he serves as conductor of the University Choir, Madrigal Singers and the Lubbock Chorale, and supervises the D.M.A., Ph.D., and M.M. programs in choral conducting. Most recently the Texas Tech University Choir sang for the 2002 ACDA Southwest Regional Convention and later represented the United States as the only American choir selected to perform for the Association of British Choral Directors National Convention in York, England. Invitational performances for the 2004 Texas Music Educators Association and the ACDA Southwest Convention in Little Rock are forthcoming. Formerly at Southern Seminary’s School of Church Music in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Dickson’s Seminary Choir and professional chamber choir, Coro Favoriti, sang for several national and regional ACDA conventions. Dr. Dickson has served as conductor and clinician for numerous ACDA conventions, all-state choruses, and choral festivals around the world. Internationally known as a conducting pedagogue through his writings and workshops, he has presented masterclasses before the ABCD, the State Music Conservatories of St. Petersburg and Moscow as well as workshops throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, France and Canada. His articles on a holistic approach to conducting have been published by The Choral Journal and the ABCD journal, The Mastersinger. Appointed as a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, in 1992, Dr. Dickson sang with Sir David Willcocks and the Bach Choir in London. A second postdoctoral fellowship allowed him to serve as principal rehearsal conductor for the Bach Choir in Musical Director David Hill’s absence as well as to conduct a series of choral workshops for conductors and their community or university choruses throughout England and Scotland. His work as chorusmaster with the Bach Choir in preparation for a concert and recording of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato with John Nelson and his Ensemble Orchestral de Paris was well received by Parisian audiences and critics. The recording, released on Virgin Classics, received outstanding reviews from Le Monde de la Musique and Diapason. Dr. Dickson has prepared choirs for other world-class conductors including Sir David Willcocks, Michael Tilson Thomas, Lawrence Leighton Smith, Max Bragado-Darman and David Hill. Dr. Dickson holds the D.M.A. degree in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, the M.M. degree in music history and literature from Baylor University, and has done postdoctoral study at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.

Dr. Janet Galván, Ithaca College
Dr. Janet Galván, professor of music at Ithaca College, conducts the Ithaca College Women’s Chorale and the Ithaca College Chorus, and is artistic director for the Ithaca Children’s Choir. Dr. Galván has prepared choruses for many conductors including Lukas Foss, Carl St. Clair, Eji Oue, Gisele Bendor, Richard Westenberg, Doreen Rao and Grant Llewellyn. Dr. Galván’s contribution to choral music was recognized by her New York colleagues in 1995 when she received the New York Outstanding Choral Director Award. In great demand as a guest conductor, Dr. Galván has conducted all-state and larger regional honor choral festivals throughout the United States. She conducted the ﬁrst college/ university Women’s Honors Choir at the Eastern Division ACDA Conference in Washington, D.C., in February of 1994, the ﬁrst Western Division Children’s Honors Choir in 1996, and the third ACDA National Children’s Honors Choir in March of 1995. She was the sixth national honors choir conductor in the over 40-year history of ACDA. Dr. Galván is also the conductor of the North American Children’s Chorale, which performs annually in Carnegie Hall. Her own choral groups have been chosen to perform at national, regional and state professional music conferences as well as many invitational choral festivals. The Ithaca College Women’s Chorale has performed at Carnegie Hall, New York’s Lincoln Center, and regional and national music conferences. They were the artists-in-residence at the ﬁrst International Women In Song Festival in Toronto. Dr. Galván has presented workshops at national and regional conventions of ACDA and the Music Educators National Conference (MENC). She has also been a featured clinician in summer workshops at many colleges and universities in the United States and beyond—throughout Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada and in Brazil. This summer she will teach at an international choral workshop in Wales. Her expertise in treble repertoire led to an association with Roger Dean Publishing Company in the origin of the Janet Galván Women’s Choir Series and Roots and Wings, a series for young voices. She is the series advisor to Latin Accents, a series with Boosey & Hawkes. Dr. Galván was a member of the Grammy Award-winning Robert Shaw Festival Chorus during Mr. Shaw’s final years.

Sessions

John Dickson

	Tonal Vibrancy through a Kinesthetic Approach
	Eurythmics in Rehearsal
	Tonal Color through Sectional Voicing
	Tonal Integrity through a Textual Approach

Janet Galvan

	Musical Rehearsals which Teach Musical Understanding, Musical Literacy, and Musical Context
	Preparing the Voice with a Future
	Alternative and Imaginative Techniques in the Choral Rehearsal
	Bringing the Music and the Program to Life

Graduate Credit

Gordon College offers MassACDA Summer Conference participants one graduate credit from its Master of Music Education program for a fee of $330, regardless of registration date. Please make check payable to Gordon College. In order to receive credit, participants must complete a short application for credit at conference registration and submit a summary paper to the director of graduate studies in music education after the conference.

On-Campus Housing

Conference housing is provided on the campus of Gordon College in the form of suites with four or five bedrooms (singles or doubles) that share a kitchen, bathroom, and living room. Registration for on-campus housing includes Sunday dinner through Wednesday lunch.

Off-Site Lodging

By special arrangement with Comfort Inn in Danvers, Massachusetts, a discounted rate is available to conference participants. To make reservations, call 978.777.1700 and mention Gordon College. Other off-site lodging is available at hotels and motels in the vicinity of Gordon College, should you wish to make your own arrangements. You can see a listing of nearby facilities by clicking here.

Meals

The price of meals from Sunday dinner through Wednesday lunch is included in the on-campus registration fee. If you are arranging off-campus lodging, meals may be purchased as indicated on the registration form here.

Air Conditioning

All conference facilities, including campus housing, are air conditioned.

For more information, call

Dawn Oulton, Conference Coordinator,

at 978-867-4429,
or email her at workshops@gordon.edu

Last revised October 08, 2006 .