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2008 MassACDA Summer Conference
July 13–16, 2008
Gordon College
Wenham,
Massachusetts
MassACDA
welcomes all choral conductors to its summer conference.

Clinicians
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Sandra
Snow |
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Sandra Snow is associate professor of music education and
choral conducting at the Michigan State University College of Music.
Prior to joining the MSU faculty, she served on the
faculties of the University of Michigan and Northern Illinois University,
and as music director of the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus. She is a
nationally known choral clinician, conductor, and music educator. Snow also
edits several Boosey & Hawkes choral publication series, including "In High
Voice," and recently co-authored a chapter in the revised edition of the
textbook, "Dimensions of Musical Learning and Teaching." She is frequently
engaged as principal conductor and keynoter for state and national music
educator association conferences and festivals, including American Choral
Director Association National Conferences. |
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Jonathan Reed |
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Jonathan Reed is associate professor of music and associate
director of choral programs at the Michigan State University College of
Music.
He also conducts the State Singers, the Men's Glee Club,
and teaches Ensemble Conducting and Secondary Choral Methods. During the
summer, Reed teaches graduate courses in Choral Conducting and Choral
Methods. In addition, he supervises the directed teaching experiences of
undergraduate choral education majors. In 1999, the Associated Students of
MSU presented him with the “Outstanding Faculty Award.”
Reed enjoys an active professional status as an
adjudicator and clinician, conducting festivals and all-state choruses
throughout the United States. In the coming year, he will conduct All-State
and Honor Choruses in Texas, Indiana, Missouri and for the Northwest
Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). As the
National ACDA Repertoire and Standards Chair for Male Chorus and a board
member of the Intercollegiate Male Choruses Inc., Reed is recognized across
America for his leadership in men’s choral music. Under his direction, the
MSU Men's Glee Club has completed three European tours, and been an invited
participant in the Midwest Music Conference in Ann Arbor, the 1998 Central
Division Convention of ACDA in Detroit, and ACDA National Conventions in
Chicago (1999) and San Antonio (2001). Most recently, the Men’s Glee Club
was invited to participate in America Cantat IV, one of only two American
choirs invited to participate in America Cantat IV in Mexico City. |
Sessions
Sandra Snow
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Sound Tapestries: Developing a color spectrum in women's
voices |
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Conductor-friendly approaches to score analysis |
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"Frozen Dinners to Good Eats:" Becoming a master teacher |
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"In High Voice" reading session sponsored by Boosey and
Hawkes |
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Jonathan Reed
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Sound Tapestries: Developing Color in Men's voices |
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Form as Feeling: Keys to Interpretive Skill |
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Wicked Good Warm-ups |
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"In Low Voice; Developing Voices" reading session
sponsored by Boosey and Hawkes
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The conference will have additional sessions led
by MA ACDA clinicians, including a reading session on Choral Gems from the
Jewish Tradition presented by Past MA ACDA President Kayla Werlin. As
usual, a large packet of music will be included for registrants of the
conference.
Summer is a wonderful time to renew your
creativity and the Summer Conference of MA ACDA provides a beautiful setting in
which you can get new ideas, reinforce things you know, and connect with
colleagues facing similar challenges and opportunities. The facilities for the
conference are air-conditioned. We look forward to seeing you this summer!!
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 1 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.
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For more
information, call the
Conference
Coordinator,
at
978-867-4429
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Last revised
May 06, 2008 .
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