2006 MassACDA Summer Conference
July 16–19, 2006
Gordon College
Wenham, Massachusetts
MassACDA welcomes all choral conductors to its summer conference.
Clinicians
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Anthony Leach |
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Anthony Leach, associate professor of music and music education at Penn State, teaches courses in choral music education and choral conducting for undergraduate and graduate students. He conducts Essence of Joy, the University Choir and Essence 2. His choirs have performed at state, regional and national conventions sponsored by MENC and ACDA. Additionally he serves as minister of music and organist at New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. Dr. Leach has served as national chair for the ACDA Repertoire and Standards Committee on Ethnic and Multicultural Perspectives and currently is chair for the ACDA Eastern Division Ethnic and Multicultural Perspectives Committee. Recently he has lectured in Sweden, Venezuela and the Philippines and served as guest conductor for the World Youth Choir sponsored by the International Federation of Choral Musicians. |
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Robert Russell |
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Robert Russell is professor of music at the University of Southern Maine, where he conducts the University Chorale and Chamber Singers and teaches choral conducting and music history. He earned the D.M.A. degree in the literature and performance of choral music from the University of Colorado, studying choral music with Lynn Whitten and vocal pedagogy with Barbara Doscher. Other teachers have included Robert Shaw, Alice Parker, Helmuth Rilling and Elmer Iseler. Dr. Russell was appointed music director of The Choral Art Society in 1979. He conducts the Choral Art Singers in a concert series each year and prepares the Choral Art Masterworks Chorus for annual performances with the Portland Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his campus and regional performances, Dr. Russell has led numerous choral workshops and clinics and has been a guest conductor of festivals throughout New England, New York and at the University of Leicester, England. He has conducted Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont All-State Choruses and the All-New England Chorus. He has twice served Maine ACDA as president, and in 1993 received its Distinguished Choral Director Award. Dr. Russell is currently the ACDA Eastern Division chair for Youth and Student Activities. |
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Sessions
Anthony Leach
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African-American Traditional Gospel for Mixed and Treble Choirs |
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Sacred and Secular SATB Music by African-American Composers |
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The Leach One-Page Guide to Performing Spirituals and Gospel |
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WORKSHOP |
Robert Russell
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Vocal Training in Chorus |
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Efficient and Effective Rehearsals |
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Beyond Notes to Phrases: The Idea of Choral Artistry |
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These Things I Believe |
Graduate Credit
Gordon College offers Mass ACDA Summer Conference participants one graduate credit from its Master of Music Education program. Registration deadline for credit is July 17 by 9 a.m.; a late fee of $25 will be added to all registrations for credit received after July 1. In order to receive credit, participants must attend 15 hours of sessions and submit a summary paper after the conference.
Housing
Rooms are air-conditioned and apartment-style with shared kitchen, bathroom and living room. Linens provided. Requests for on-campus housing must be received by July 1.
ACDA CONFERENCE FEES
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No housing or meals included |
Lunches included |
Double room and meals included |
Single room and meals included |
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Noncredit, registration received by May 31 |
$230 |
$285 |
$380 |
$410 |
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Noncredit, registration received by June 15 |
$250 |
$305 |
$400 |
$430 |
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Noncredit, registration after June 15 |
$270 | $325 | $420 | $450 |
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Credit, registration received by July 1 |
$420 | $475 | $570 | $600 |
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Student rate (valid student ID card req'd) |
$60 | $80 | ||
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Per diem * |
$100 | $110 |
* Any portion of a day incurs the full per diem rate; no credit available.
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For more information, call Dawn Oulton, Conference Coordinator,
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978-867-4429,
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Last revised October 08, 2006 .
