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"WE THE PEOPLE"
EASTERN DIVISION CONFERENCE
Philadelphia, February 2010

Interest Session Titles & Presenters
(Alphabetical by Title)
and
Research Session Titles & Presenters
(Alphabetical by Title)

19th-Century Performance Practice: What Did Brahms Hear?
William Weinert & Deanna Joseph, Eastman School of Music
Assisted by the University of Toronto MacMillan Singers; Doreen Rao, conductor

Accomplishing Your Programmatic Goals: Fundraising in the 21st Century
Gary Ulrich, AIG Fundraising

Breathe with Ease! Teaching Effective Breath Management Through Body Mapping
Heather J. Buchanan, Montclair State University

Building a Vocal Community
Ysaye M. Barnwell, Sweet Honey in the Rock

Choral Repertoire: The Gateway to Sightsinging
Matthew Swope & Sherlee Glomb, Winter Park High School

Commissioning Sven-David Sandström's Messiah
Helmuth Rilling, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart

Conducting Recitative: A Guide for Conductors
Ann Howard Jones & Scott Allen Jarrett, Boston University

"Conspirare" in open rehearsal and demonstration
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

Demystifying the Adolescent Choral Student
Bridget Sweet, Bucknell University

Diversity in Children's Choirs - Choral Goals We Share
Helen Kemp

Do You Hear What I Hear?
Facilitator: Thomas Lloyd, Eastern Division Community Choir R&S Chair
Panel: Eastern Division R&S chairs Susan Conkling, Ronald Johnson, Deborah Mello, Sheryl Monkelien & Scott Tucker

Earthquake, Wind, Fire . . . and a Still Small Voice-Finding a Word in Today's Many Voices
Tim Sharp, ACDA Executive Director

Effective Advocacy for the Secondary Choral Music Program: Building Support for Your Vision
Kenneth Elpus, Northwestern University

Empowering Access for Individuals with Special Needs in the Choral Rehearsal
Jennifer S. Haywood, Ithaca College

Estill Voice Training for Choirs: A Fresh Path to Vocal Health, Flexibility, and Color
Kimberly Steinhauer, Vocal Innovations LLC

The Expressive Power of Intervals:  A Catalyst for Teaching Inspired Performance
Jameson Marvin, Harvard University

From the First Musical Line to a Unique Concert Program: Sharing What We Have Learned in the Conspirare Youth Choirs
Nina Revering & Rick Gabrillo, Conspirare Youth Choirs

From Warm-up to Cool Down: Keeping Singers Engaged in Rehearsal
Sharon Paul, University of Oregon

The Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP): Choral Music in the Philadelphia Public Schools
Presenters: Diane Dannenfelser, William Z. Morrow, Kathleen Flaherty, Christina Bates
Program Founder: Dr. Jack Carr
Assisted by the GAMP Concert Choir

Gospel, Praise & Worship and Inspirational Choral Music: How to Sing It? Where to Share It?
J. Donald Dumpson, Bright Hope Baptist Church & Westminster Choir College of Rider University

How to Keep Choral Music Alive in a Changing World!
Judy Hanson & Josephine Lee, Chicago Children's Choir

Jazz Rehearsal Techniques, Stylistic Approaches, and Programmatic Thoughts
Vijay Singh, Central Washington University

The Jazz Singer: And We Ain't Talkin' Al Jolson
Peter Eldridge, New York Voices

Let's Talk: Question/Answer Session with Helmuth Rilling
Moderators: David Fryling, Eastern Division Youth & Student Activities R&S Chair & Robert Duff , Director of the Philadelphia Bach Institute

"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" - Reaching ALL Children Through Choral Music Education
Judy Hanson & Josephine Lee, Chicago Children's Choir

Making your Case: Data on How Children, Adults and Communities Benefit from Choruses
Ann Meier Baker, President & CEO of Chorus America & Catherine Davies, Director of Membership Services of Chorus America

Meet Helen Kemp: A Lifetime of Teaching Children How to Sing
Deborah Mello, Moderator

Neighbours to the North: Choral Gems from French Canada
Patricia Abbott, Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities

The Non-Reading Reading Session
Nick Page, Boston's Mystic Chorale

Preparing the Parts: Effective & Efficient Marking for Choral-Instrumental Works
Daniel Abraham, American University

R.I.S.E. Up! New Directions for Middle School Choirs
Marc Kaplan, Medgar Evers College Preparatory School

The Score is the Door
Marian Dolan, Artistic Director of "The Choir Project"

Singing in the African American Tradition: The Power of Sing
Ysaye M. Barnwell, Sweet Honey in the Rock

Singing in Hebrew: Yes We Can!
Joshua R. Jacobson, Northeastern University & Ethan Nash, Glastonbury High School

Strategies for Working with Middle School Voices
Victor V. Bobetsky, Hunter College of the City University of New York

Teach a Child to Read: The Recipe for a Lifelong Relationship with Music
Elaine Quilichini, Calgary Girls Choir

That Sound!!!!!!
Jerry Blackstone, University of Michigan; assisted by the Eastern Division High School Men's Honor Choir

Toward A Uniquely American Musical Experience -- A Cross-Cultural Companion to Bach Cantata BWV 110
Doreen Rao, University of Toronto; assisted by the University of Toronto MacMillan Singers
Special Guest: Imant Raminsh

Training Young Voices: School, Church & Community Choirs
Facilitator: Deborah Mello, Eastern Division Children's Choir R&S Chair
Panel: Elaine Goldsmith, Kenneth Hess, Amanda Page Smith

Undergraduate Choral Conducting Master Class
Facilitator: David Fryling, Eastern Division Youth & Student Activities R&S Chair
Clinician: Joe Miller, Westminster Choir College of Rider University
Choir: Mansfield Concert Choir; Peggy Dettwiler, conductor

Wedding in Shiraz: Middle Eastern Songs for the Western Choir
Joan Isaacs Litman, United Nations International School

What the World Needs Now: Finding the Clarity, Courage and Conviction to be a Choral Artist
Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare

 
Research Session Titles & Presenters
 

Just a Click Away: Public Domain Choral Music at the Library of Congress
Melinda O'Neal, ACDA Research & Publications Committee

Research Forum: What Makes Research Valuable?
Facilitator: James John, Eastern Division Research & Scholarship Project Chair
Panelists: Ann Clements, Past Chair of MENC's Special Research Interest Group on the Social Sciences; David DeVenney, Editor of The Choral Research Memorandum Series; Carroll Gonzo, Editor of The Choral Journal; Dennis Shrock, Editor of The Choral Scholar; and William Weinert, Editor of The American Choral Review

Source Studies in Music of the Baroque Era

Topics in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Choral Music

Writing in the Choral Journal
presented by Carroll Gonzo, Stephen Town and the Choral Journal Editorial Board

Research Gallery Participants

Beneath the Notes: Extra-Musical Cues from the Printed Page
Timothy Newton, State University of New York at Oneonta

Bringing Ignacio de Jerusalem's Manuscripts to Performance in the Twenty-first Century
Sherrill Blodget, Castleton State College

The Effect of Selected Nonmusical Factors on Adjudicators' Ratings of High School Solo Vocal Performances
Sandra A. Howard, Keene State College

Effective Programming: An Examination of Contemporary American Women Composers
Jennifer Kelly, Lafayette College (assisted by student researcher Caitlin Flood)

The Influence of Gender in Middle School Choral Students' Self-perceptions of their Vocal Performances
Bridget Sweet, Bucknell University

Ocean Grove (NJ) Auditorium Choir: One Hundred Forty Years of Singing
Cindy L. Bell, Hofstra University

Preferred Rehearsal Styles and Performance Quality in an Adult Community Chorus
Susan Avery, Ithaca College

Sacred Choral Music in the Soviet Regime
Andrea Goodman, Cantilena Chamber Choir

Voices and Visions from an Oasis of Choir Culture
Andrew Puntel, Fordham University

Last revised July 14, 2011