CHORAL RANGESPRING 2017 Vol. 38, No. 1THE KANSAS CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
Jo-Michael Scheibe Tesfa Wondemagegnehu Jonathan Palant Pam Elrod Huffman Robert Bode
17 READING SESSIONS l 14 CLINICS & INTEREST SESSIONSINSPIRING PERFORMANCES l WORLD-CLASS CLINICIANS
Editor’s Box ..................................2President’s Pen ............................3
KSDE Teacher of the Year ...........4Convention Schedule ..................5
In this issueConvention Headliners ...............6Convention Registration ...........15
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The Editor’s Box
Brad Vogel
The presented quote, penned by Ian Leoppky, has
lately become a favor-ite of mine, not only because it highlights the inclusiveness of music, but more im-portantly because it highlights that every-one involved in the music is important. There is not a voice in the choir that does not influence the choir . . . for good or bad! We do not use a bench to silence the voice that can’t help us “win,” and we don’t exchange singers late in the concert in order to bring home that final bravissimo! cadence: we use ‘em all and they all have to contribute.
I suppose that’s why I favor musical involvement as a means of personal growth. By this time in my career I’ve lost count of the number of students who have been personally and per-sonal-characterally (if I may borrow the German practice of making up new words) transformed by developing skill and be-coming an integral part of an ensemble. I’m fond of telling singers that if they want to learn what great power they have . . . sing a poor vowel or mushy consonant: they can, al-most singlehandedly, mess up an entire choir’s blend and intonation! Of course, with great power comes great responsibility. (I find
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it incredibly amusing that this statement is attributed to Voltaire, Churchill, Teddy Roos-evelt, or . . . Spiderman.)
I still believe that we too often undersell our-selves. Whether there’s safety in not really try-ing—in order to avoid d isappointment—or we’re simply lazy, the human condition is con-
ditioned to undersell itself. Stop that. I’m also still convinced that we run out of time before we run out of talent, so we should pursue the end of our talent more aggres-sively before that great final ca-dence takes us to where the music never dies.
And so . . . are you doing ev-erything you can do to reach your fullest potential so that you can help your singers reach their full-est potential? (If not not, please ask
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KMEA State Choral ChairPam [email protected](913) 780-7150
Children’s ChoirsPending
Ethnic/Multicultural Perspectives
Hilary [email protected](785) 550-8623
Junior High/Middle SchoolErin [email protected](913) 780-7280
Women’s ChoirsAmy [email protected](316) 393-6115
Women’s Choir AssistantLisa [email protected](316) 973-2745
Men’s ChoirsJan [email protected](913) 660-2277
Youth and Student Activities
Dr. Tom [email protected](316) 687-0121
Music and WorshipKevin [email protected](913) 660-8935
College and University Choirs
Dr. Mark [email protected](316) 295-5553
Senior High ChoirsJason [email protected](913) 424-6751
Two-Year College ChoirsPending
Community ChoirsCarolyn [email protected](785) 760-3809
Jazz and Show ChoirsJohn Stafford [email protected](913) 288-7137(217) 979-3094
Choral CompositionTimothy [email protected](913) 360-7597
NW District Representative
Dr. Terry [email protected](785) 639-3200
NC District Representative
Janie [email protected](785) 313-4704
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Pending
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KCDA BOARD MEMBERS 2015-2016
In large part, one of the reasons that many of us have chosen “cho-ral director” as our profession is a
result of an inspirational moment or figure in our lives—something that caused us to know for certain that we just couldn’t do anything else but make music with others.
I, like many of you, had an in-fluential high school choral direc-tor who “adopted me.” She dem-onstrated for me the powerful impact that music teaching can have. In college I got double-inspiration under the tutelage of Dr. Charles Robinson and Dr. Eph Ehly. As I became a teacher myself, friends and colleagues continued to influ-ence me along with the even more significant inspiration from the students I had the privilege of teaching each day.
Certainly there are difficult days—days when inspira-tion seems to be the last of our concerns. However, we owe it to ourselves, our loved ones, and those whom we lead to find way to renew our perspective and get back to the business of creating meaningful experiences for our sing-ers.
How does one recharge one’s inspirational battery? Well, I’m glad you asked: that’s where KCDA comes in! Your KCDA leadership team recently adopted a new vision statement: Renew. Connect. Inspire. Sing! Each of these words encompasses our aim when we create program-ming and events for the choir directors in our state. This year’s KCDA Summer Convention is packed full of oppor-tunities to renew your perspective, connect with colleagues and friends, be inspired and to sing!
In addition to reading sessions for all levels and rel-evant interest sessions, we have a slate of world-class headliners and inspiring performances. I’d like to make a special invitation to each of you to participate in this year’s KCDA Director’s Chorus. Under the direction of Dr. Robert Bode and accompanied by organist and composer, Kurt Knecht, the Director’s Chorus will perform Faure’s Requi-em for our Thursday evening concert.
I look forward to seeing each of you at this year’s KCDA Summer Convention. Let’s Sing to Inspire!
The President’s Pen
Dustin Cates
Newsletter DesignVogel Design, Hillsboro, [email protected](620) 877-7540
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The 2017 Kansas De-partment of Educa-tion Teacher of the
Year is a director of choirs and mentor of young peo-ple. In making the presen-tation, Kansas Commis-sioner of Education Randy Watson highlighted that Mr. Sickel “does a remark-able job teaching his stu-dents that performing arts and music are important. Jason shows students that he genuinely cares about them. He uses the arts as a vehicle to help his students grow—not only academically, but socially and emotionally, too. Jason also has demonstrated strong leader-ship skills at Blue Valley North High School. He is truly a remarkable teacher and very deserving of this honor.”
Currently in his fourth year at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Mr. Sickel be-gan his teaching career in 2004, teaching grades 6-12 at Osawato-mie. The follow-ing year he moved to Louisburg, where he began a seven year stint, followed by two years at Pio-neer Trail Middle School in Olathe before arriv-ing at his present position. Sickel has also been a mainstay on the KCDA board, serving in various positions during the past decade.
The Choral Range pinned him down for a brief interview to see what the award—as well as what teaching and his colleagues—means to him.
CR: What is your personal response to being a re-cipient of this award?JS: There are many innovative and truly life-changing educators who have been teaching far longer than I have. To have been chosen the “Kan-sas Teacher of the Year” is at first humbling and then becomes somewhat intimidating. I believe that anytime you put “of the year” after someone’s name, it can invite a myriad of feelings and emo-tions. I will be the first to tell you that I’m certainly not “the best” teacher in the state of Kansas. But, as someone who loves learning and teaching, I can also tell you that this title allows me the op-portunity to represent the very best that Kansas education has to offer. I am honored to simply be an ambassador for teachers who work diligently and tirelessly, without recognition, to create envi-ronments where students can be successful, life-long learners.
CR: Who/What have you found to be particularly helpful in your development as a [recognized] teacher?JS: My teaching really seems to be a synthesis of all the wonderful
music educators and professors who have taught me along the way. I am continually amazed at the giants in our profession who open their doors so that others can observe and witness how they cre-ate a positive and meaningful learning environ-ment. Every time I watch another choral director teach or witness a colleague teaching a lesson in my own building, my mantra is “what can I learn from this teacher and how can I effectively apply
I often have to remind my colleagues and students that performing arts teachers are unique because we are the ‘singletons’ in our buildings. It is so important that we have a vast network of colleagues and friends in a profession where we are the lone representative in our buildings!” -Jason Sickel
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Jason Sickel2017 KSDE Teacher of the Year
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Schedule-at-a-GlanceThursday, July 67:30 AM Registration
Sunflower Ballroom
8:00 AM Reading 1: MS/JH/Training ChoirsSunflower Ballroom
9:00 AM Clinic 1: Dr. Jo-Michael ScheibeSunflower Ballroom
Rehearsal: Director’s ChorusWheat Room
10:00 AM Reading 2a: Holiday Music - HS/CollegeSunflower Ballroom
Reading 2b: Holiday Music - MS/JHWheat Room
11:00 AM Clinic 2a: Dr. Jo-Michael ScheibeSunflower Ballroom
Clinic 2b: Working with Men’s VoicesWheat Room
NOON Lunch (on your own) New Director/Student Luncheon
River Room
1:45 PM Clinic 3a/Reading 3: Dr. Jo-Michael ScheibeSunflower Ballroom
Rehearsal: Director’s ChorusWheat Room
2:45-5:30 PM Exhibitor’s Hall Grand OpeningShawnee Ballroom
3:30 PM Reading 4a: New Music - Large HS/CollegeSunflower Ballroom
Reading 4b: New Music - Unison/Two-partWheat Room
4:30 PM Reading 5a: Tried & Proven - MS/JHSunflower Ballroom
Reading 5b: Tried & Proven - HS/CollegeWheat Room
5:30 PM Dinner (on your own)7:30 PM Organist Kurt Knecht & Director’s Chorus, In Concert!
Topeka First United Methodist
8:30-11 PM KCDA Soirée: Beer ChoirShawnee Ballroom
Friday, July 77:30 AM Registration
Sunflower Ballroom
8:00 AM Reading 6a: Men’s & Women’s Training ChoirsSunflower Ballroom
Reading 6b: Music for WorshipWheat Room
9:00 AM Visit the ExhibitsShawnee Ballroom
9:30 AM Clinic 5a: Tefsa WondemagegnehuSunflower Ballroom
Clinic 5b: Choral Team BuildingRiver Room
10:30 AM Break/Door Prize DrawingsSunflower Ballroom
10:45 AM Clinic 6a: Tefsa WondemagegnehuSunflower Ballroom
Clinic 6b: Adding Creative Elements in Performance & Worship
Wheat Room
11:45-1 PM Exhibitor’s Luncheon (included w/ reg.)Shawnee Ballroom
1:00 PM Reading 7a: Tefsa WondemagegnehuShawnee Ballroom
Reading 7b: New Music - MS/JHRiver Room
2:00 PM Exhibitor’s Last Call2:30-3:10 & 3:15-3:55 PM n YOU PICK TWO SESSIONS: Session 1: Tech Show & Tell
Wheat Room
Session 2: Convention PerformancesRiver Room
Session 3: Safe Spaces for LGBT SingersBison Room
Session 4: Spring Variety ShowsBison Room
4:00 PM Reading 8a: MusicSpokeSunflower Ballroom
Clinic 7: Morning Blend - Blended Worship PlanningRiver Room
Clinic 8/Reading 8b: Honor Choirs Rep & InfoWheat Room
5:00 PM Dinner (on your own)7:30 PM Cathedral Concert: All-State Men’s and
Women’s Choirs, HRW and Prelude Award PresentationsGrace Episcopal Cathedral
Saturday, July 97:30 AM Registration
Sunflower Ballroom
8:00 AM Reading 9: Pop/Show/Vocal JazzSunflower Ballroom
9:00 AM Clinic 9: Dr. Pam Elrod-HuffmanRiver Room
10:00 AM Clinic 10/Reading 10: Dr. Jonathan PalantRiver Room
11:00 AM Closing Comments: 2018 Convention Preview, Welcome President Bartel and President- Elect & Elvis!
Sunflower Ballroom
11:45 AM KCDA Board MeetingRiver Room
This schedule is up-to-date as of publication. The most current version will be posted on kansaschoral.com.
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Headliners
Jo-Michael Scheibe chairs the Thornton School of Music’s De-partment of Choral and Sacred
Music at the University of Southern California. Currently serving as Chair of the Past President’s Council of the American Choral Director’s Associa-tion, Scheibe has served as National President, National President Elect,
Western Division President, and National Repertoire and Standards Chairperson for Community Colleges. Under his leadership, the USC Thornton Chamber Singers received the 2015 American Prize in Choral Music, performed for the 2015 ACDA National Convention in Salt Lake City (his seventh ap-pearance at that event) and were one of twenty-five choirs selected to perform at the Tenth World Choral Symposium in Seoul, South Korea in 2014.
Prior to his appointment at USC, Scheibe served as Director of Choral Studies at the University of Miami’s Frost School of
n Jo-Michael ScheibeMusic, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Long Beach City College, Vin-tage High School in Napa, California, and Huntington Beach High School. He received his DMA from the Univer-sity of Southern California and his BA and MM degrees from California State University at Long Beach, where he was presented with the distinguished alumnus award.
Scheibe regularly commissions and performs new works of choral lit-erature. Music publishers Walton, Col-la Voce Music, Pavane, and Santa Bar-bara distribute the Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series internationally. He is in demand nationally and internation-ally as a clinician, conductor, and ad-judicator for choruses at all levels.
n Jo-Michael Scheibe’s interest sessions:
CONSONANTS: THE KEYS TO INTONATION! IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE VOWELS!Let’s have a look at intonation and the role of consonants. Vowels are commonly the only focus in a choral rehearsal. This presentation will explore the importance of consonants and their affective role in phona-tion and tuning within an ensemble.
THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN WARM-UPSWell-crafted warm-ups are a crucial tool in planning an effective and productive rehearsal. This presenta-tion will explore the purposes of various warm-ups as they relate to rehearsal elements, including physical and mental focus, breathing, vocalization, and tuning.
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Headliners
Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, Direc-tor of Choral Ministries at West-minster Presbyterian Church in
Minneapolis, previously served as the conductor of The Radio Choir from American Public Media and manager of APM’s Choral Works Initiative, in St. Paul, MN. As a high school teacher, he was named Orange County Public
School’s Teacher of the Year and received the Macy’s National Magic of Teaching Award. He led his choirs in performances at state conventions of the American Choral Directors Associa-tion and the Florida Music Educators’ Association, and most recently presented a clinic at the 2015 American Choral Direc-
tors Association National Conference.Wondemagegnehu is widely in
demand as a guest conductor and lec-turer. He has performed, presented workshops, and conducted honor choirs across the United States, Can-ada, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Costa Rica.
Tesfa holds a Master of Music de-gree in Choral Conducting and Vocal Performance from the Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Memphis.
n Tesfa Wondemagegnehu
n Pamela Elrod HuffmanPam Elrod-Huffman’s interest sessions:
THE REHEARSAL TECHNIQUES OF ROBERT SHAWIn terms of rehearsal disciplines, Robert Shaw believed that attempting to teach “everything at once” led to a confused and imprecise artistic product. In Shaw’s re-hearsals, skills were layered one element at a time—as each new element was add-ed, the previously taught elements were further reinforced. Using examples from the standard choral repertory, this session will demonstrate how Shaw progressed from note-learning stages to the final product, utilizing rehearsal techniques that were beautifully efficient and pedagogically sound.
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n Pamela Elrod Huffman2017 All-State Women’s Honor Choir Clinician
Pamela Elrod Huffman’s conduct-ing career spans all levels—from elementary and secondary
schools to university, symphonic, and church choirs—and has included po-sitions in Texas, New York, Illinois and Georgia. Since 2007, Dr. Huffman has served as the Director of Choral
Activities at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, where she oversees the M.M. Choral Conducting program and directs the University’s choral ensembles.
An accomplished vocalist, Huffman has appeared as a guest artist with numerous university, professional, commu-nity and church choirs throughout the country. From 1988 un-til 1999, she sang with the late Robert Shaw, performing and recording with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, the Robert Shaw Choral Institutes, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Cho-rus, and the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus. Since 2003 she has been a member of the Grammy Award-winning pro-fessional choral ensemble, Conspirare, under the direction of
Craig Hella Johnson.Huffman regularly serves as a
choral clinician and adjudicator in Texas and throughout the United States. In addition, she is a sought-after workshop clinician, particularly in the area of the choral techniques of Robert Shaw. Her article on Shaw’s warm-ups can be found on the Singer Network website, and an article on Shaw’s rehearsal techniques appears in the February 2013 issue of TMEA’s professional journal, Southwestern Musician.
Huffman holds the BM and MM from the University of Texas at Austin, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
n Jonathan Palant2017 All-State Men’s Honor Choir Clinician
Jonathan Palant teaches choral music at the University of Texas at Dallas and is founder and con-
ductor of Credo, a 115-member com-munity choir, and the Dallas Street Choir, a musical outlet for those expe-riencing homelessness and disadvan-tage. In addition, Dr. Palant is minis-
ter of music at Kessler Park United Methodist Church, adult choir director at Temple Shalom Dallas, and is employed by the Dallas Independent School District to mentor middle and high
school vocal music teachers. In 2016, Musical America named Palant one of their “Innovators of the Year” for es-tablishing the Dallas Street Choir.
From 2007 to 2011, Dr. Palant served as Artistic Director of Dallas’ Turtle Creek Chorale. Under his lead-ership, the Turtle Creek Chorale en-joyed milestone events, including the Texas premiere of Night Passage, a one-act opera by Robert Moran based
Headliners
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on the arrest of Oscar Wilde in London, and the premiere of the Turtle Creek Chorale commis-sioned work, Our Better Angels, composed by An-drea Clearfield, with text by Robert Espindola. An-other first was the Chorale’s performance with the United States Army Chorus and the Dallas Wind Symphony—marking the first GALA-affiliated chorus appearance with a United States military music ensemble.
Dr. Palant sits on the board of directors of the
Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses and has served on the state board of the Michigan chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and Youth First Texas where he was founder and conductor of Dallas PUMP!, a choir serving at-risk youth.
Both Palant’s book, Brothers, Sing On! Conduct-ing the Tenor-Bass Choir and Brothers, Sing On! The Jonathan Palant Choral Series are published by Hal Leonard Co.
n Dr. Robert Bode2017 KCDA Director’s Chorus Director
Dr. Robert Bode is the Raymond R. Neevel/Missouri Professor of Choral Music and Director of
Choral Activities at UMKC.Prior to his appointment at UMKC,
Dr. Robert Bode served on the faculty at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA,
where he was the Alma Meisnest Endowed Chair in the Hu-manities and Fine Arts and Director of Choral/Vocal Studies.
Robert Bode received his doctorate in Conducting from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, OH. Prior to attending the Cincinnati Conservatory, Dr. Bode won a conducting scholarship at the prestigious Aspen Music Fes-tival, where he studied opera conducting with Fiora Contino.
In 1982, Bode studied in Wales as a Conducting Fellow at the University-College of Music in Cardiff. He made his Carne-gie Hall conducting debut in 1990, conducting the Walla Walla Symphony Chorale in the New York premiere of John David Earnest’s The Waking. In addition to his distinguished teach-ing career, Dr. Bode has enjoyed a successful international conducting career as guest conductor of the Kammerorches-
ter Leipzig, Germany; Filharmonia Sudecka, Walbryzch, Poland; Vratca Philharmonic, Vratca, Bulgaria; and the Yunnan Provincial Chorus, Kun-ming, China; among many others.
Dr. Bode is noted for his dedica-tion to the commissioning and per-formance of music by American composers. At Whitman he initiated the Whitman Commissioning Project, which commissioned new works by David Conte, Richard Hundley, John David Earnest, Giselle Wyers, Gwyn-eth Walker, and others. Dr. Bode is also the Artistic Director of Choral Arts, a semi-professional chamber chorus in Seattle, WA. In spring 2010, the organization received the Marga-ret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, presented by Chorus America. Choral Arts’ CD, Mornings Like This, was re-leased by Gothic Records in 2010.
Headliners
Championing ChorTeach,ACDA’s Online Magazine
Session 1: MS/JH Training ChoirsSean Boller & Jodi Reese
Session 2A: HS/College Winter HolidayJenny Potochnik & Dr. Christopher Smith
Session 2B: MS/JH Winter HolidayMatt Nutter & Rebecca Schnackenberg
Session 3: Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe
Session 4A: New Music: Large HS/CollegeJason Sickel & Juli O’Mealey Simmons
Session 4B: New Music: Unison/2 partJanie Brokenicky & Margie Lawrence
Session 5A: Tried & Proven: MS/JHErin Stewart
Session 5B: Tried & Proven: HS/CollegeLaura VanLeeuwen & Dr. Tom Wine
Session 6A: Men’s & Women’s Training ChoirsPam Williamson & Gretchen Bixler
Session 6B: Music In WorshipDr. Brad Vogel
Session 7A: Tesfa Wondemagegnehu
Session 7B: New Music: MS/JHGretchen Harrison & Eli Jones
Session 8A: MusicSpoke
Session 8B: Honor Choir Repertoire
Session 9: Pop/Show/Vocal JazzJohn Stafford
Session 10A: Dr. Pam Elrod Huffman
Session 10B: Dr. Jonathan Palant
Reading Sessions
The spring issue of ChorTeach, ACDA's online journal, is available. Go toacda.org/publications, scroll down three items,and click on ChorTeach. This issue includes:
End of the Year Activities in the Music Classroom
Singing in a Chorus—Do’s and Don’ts for Church or Community Chorus Members
Changing the Expressionless Faces that Sing in your Choirs
Moving Toward More Progressive Choral Music Teacher Education Programs
Considering Choral Competition—Perspectives on Motivation
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SICKEL, continued from page 4
it to my own teaching?” I am grateful to so many of my music educator colleagues who still help me with strategies, techniques, and repertoire every time I ask! Finally, I want to pay tribute to my college choir director and mentor, Dr. Terry Barham, Emporia State Choral Director Emeritus. Dr. Barham was an incredible force in solidifying my choice to become a choral music educator. His compassion, his energy, his perspective on life—all of these have made a lasting impression on me.
CR: How has your involvement in ACDA/KCDA contributed to your work as a choral music edu-cator?JS: My wife, Heather, an elementary special edu-cation teacher, knows that when we get to that week after July 4th, her husband will be in To-peka for the KCDA convention. It is the highlight of my summer and I’m grateful (again!) to Terry Barham for encouraging me to be involved in this organization. I often have to remind my col-leagues and students that performing arts teach-ers are unique because we are the “singletons” in our buildings. It is so important that we have a vast network of colleagues and friends in a pro-fession where we are the lone representative in our buildings! ACDA & KCDA have connected me with resources, repertoire, and wonderful col-leagues that I will cherish for the rest of my ca-reer.
Sickel’s colleagues and administrators rein-force the positive affects educators—and especial-ly music educators—have on the lives of young people. Tyson Ostroski, assistant principal at Blue Valley North, affirmed “I can think of no other professional more deserving for this year’s Kansas Teacher of the Year Award than Jason Sickel. It is because of him that young people feel empowered to grow not only as students but as people. There is little doubt that there will be countless people many years from now who will always remember the lessons learned in Mr. Sickel’s choir class.”
But perhaps most telling is Jason’s own ex-perience with parents who were educators. “My childhood was essentially a comprehensive, con-structive and creative teaching methods class,” Sickel wrote in his application. “I loved growing up knowing that my parents were amazing teach-ers who were respected, valued and loved for their unwavering commitment to students and the community. By the time Mr. and Mrs. Sickel retired, both had taught a combination of 72 years and had touched the lives of thousands of stu-dents.”
Congratulations, Jason, from your family of the Kansas Choral Directors Association!
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the question Why not?!) To be fair, sometimes we don’t know what the next step should be, which is all the more reason to immerse ourselves in any and every opportunity to experience and learn. Do I have any suggestions? Well, I have plenty. (Of course I do.)
For starters: the Kansas Choral Directors Sum-mer Convention! This event is not just for those who have all the answers and have it all figured
out. (And what a small convention it would be if that were the case—how about an attendance of zero?) Please join us on the journey to the end of our potential; it truly is a road that never ends, but regardless, you’ll end your journey further down the road than where you began.
Isn’t that the point?
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KANSAS CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Award nominations submitted online at www.kansaschoral.com.Yearly nomination deadline: May 1.
The Harry Robert Wilson Award is awarded annually to one outstanding member of the Kan-sas Choral Directors Association. Awardees will demonstrate:
Excellence in choral music training, performance and scholarshipCommitment and contributions to choral music in the state of KansasPositive and supportive collegial interactionActive participation, leadership and service to KCDAMust have a minimum of 20 years in the Choral Music Profession
Selection ProcedureNominations will be solicited from the general membership of KCDANominees must be current members of KCDA (posthumous nominations accepted)Nominators must submit biographical information, a letter of nomination and may be asked to submit additional letters of support from KCDA members and/or colleagues, stu-dents and familyThe KCDA Executive Board will select the most qualified nominees which will be present-ed to the current full boardCurrent members of the KCDA Full board will vote to determine the HRW Award WinnerCurrent members of the KCDA Executive Board are ineligible for nominationNominations are carried forward for two subsequent years and thereafter may be resub-mitted
Formerly the Young Director Award, the Prelude Award will be given annually to one outstanding member of the Kansas Choral Directors Association with at least three and no more than five years of experience as a choral director in the State of Kansas. Awardees will demonstrate:
Successful teaching and performance in choral music in KansasProfessional demeanor in interactions with colleaguesPotential as an exemplary professional with an extended career in choral musicA spirit of service through active participation and involvement in KCDA and/or KMEA
Selection ProcedureNominations will be solicited from the general membership of KCDANominees must be current members of KCDA in their 3rd, 4th or 5th year of experience as a choral director in KansasNominations must include biographical information, a letter of nomination from a cur-rent member of KCDA and a letter of support from an administrator, supervisor or mentorThe KCDA Executive Board will serve as the selection committee for reviewing nomina-tions and voting to select a recipientCurrent members of the KCDA Executive Board are ineligible for nominationNominations may be resubmitted anytime during the eligibility period (3 to 5 years) but are not automatically carried forward for future consideration.
Harry Robert Wilson Award
Prelude Award
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Associate (Choral Singers, Administrators & non-directors) $45.00 $90.00 $135.00
Associate Minnesota (Administrators & non-directors who live in Minnesota) $60.00 $120.00 $180.00
Institution (Ensemble or School/Church Music Dept.) $110.00 $220.00 $330.00
Industry (Music-related businesses) $135.00 $270.00 $405.00
Paying Life** (Make a lifetime commitment) $2,000.00 Annual Installment of $200.00 or greater $__________
**(To qualify for life membership, you must have been an active member of ACDA for a minumum of 10 years)
Donation: ACDA Endowment $___________ Fund for Tomorrow $___________
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Areas of Interest: Elementary Middle Level High School Collegiate
Church Choir Community Jazz/Show Choir Women’s Choir Men’s Choir
Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2017) After June 1/On-Site Registration Active Members* $100.00 Retired Members* $70.00 New Members* (since Sept.) $55.00 Student Members* $20.00 Guests (reading packets not included) $25.00
Active Members* $125.00 Retired Members* $85.00 New Members* (since Sept.) $30.00 Student Members* $30.00 Guests (reading packets not included) $40.00
*Registration includes 10 reading packets (not including Honor Choir Literature). Select reading packets below. Additional reading packets may be purchased for $5.00 (per packet)
Special Offers KMEA Special - $85.00
One-Day Members – Pre-Registered: (circle one) Thursday Friday Saturday - $50.00 One-Day Guest/On-Site Registration - $65.00
Reading Session Packet Selection Members registered before June 1st will be guaranteed reading packets. KCDA cannot guarantee packet availability for registrations after June 1st.
Simultaneous Reading Sessions Single Reading Sessions ❑ Holiday – HS/Col ❑ Holiday – MS/JH ❑ New Music – HS/Col ❑ New Music – Unison/2-Part ❑ Tried & Proven – HS/Col ❑ Tried & Proven – MS/JH ❑ Men’s & Women’s Training ❑ Music for Worship ❑ Tefsa Wondemagegnehu ❑ New Music – MS/JH ❑ Music Spoke ❑ Honor Choir Literature ❑ Jonathan Palant ❑ Pam Elrod-Huffman
❑ MS/JH/Training Choirs ❑ Dr. Jo-Michael Schibe ❑ Pop/Show/Vocal Jazz
Purchase Orders Not Accepted. Online registration (with credit card) may be completed at: www.kansaschoral.com If your ACDA membership expires before July, please renew your membership before registering for the convention.
New/renewing members paying by check must write two checks: one payable to KCDA for registration and one to ACDA for membership dues. Visit acda.org for membership forms and fees.
Mail-In Registrations (with payment): Wendi Bogard, KCDA Secretary, 904 Cottonwood Dr. Lansing, KS 66043
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