In order to keep everyone safe, we have decided to CANCEL the 2020 summer conference, August 4-6 at Messiah University.
The ACDA-PA board has been busily discussing alternate forms of professional development for members, and we would like to invite you to the following events:
In addition, each month we will be sharing several video and print resources with you, including repertoire lists from each R&R area!
These resources will be open to members only and accessible via the website portal.
We look forward to an IN-PERSON conference in 2021. Save the date for August 1-3, 2021 at Messiah University!
The ACDA-PA board has been busily discussing alternate forms of professional development for members, and we would like to invite you to the following events:
- Sunday, June 7, 7-8:30pm “Teaching Choir Online” online panel followed by “Virtual Happy Hour”
- Sunday, July 5, 7-8:30pm “Justice & Equity in Your Choral Spaces" online panel followed by “Virtual Happy Hour”
- Sunday, July 26, 7-8:30pm "Repertoire & Resources Virtual Roundtable Discussions"
- Sunday, August 2, 7-8:30pm “Organizing, Rehearsing, and Programming for Socially Distant Choirs" online panel followed by "Virtual Happy Hour"
In addition, each month we will be sharing several video and print resources with you, including repertoire lists from each R&R area!
These resources will be open to members only and accessible via the website portal.
We look forward to an IN-PERSON conference in 2021. Save the date for August 1-3, 2021 at Messiah University!
New! R&R Virtual Roundtable Discussions: July 26
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In response to member requests in our survey, we have organized a set of virtual roundtable discussions focused on specific Repertoire & Resource areas. On Sunday, July 26, select one of the following roundtables to join for a discussion on how to move forward in this unprecedented time for choral musicians:
Children's & Middle School Choirs moderated by Shawn Funk & Jordan Shomper High School Choirs moderated by Liz Colpo & Kelly Rocchi Collegiate Choirs moderated by Chris Jackson & Andrew Withington Community & Worship Choirs moderated by Mark Boyle & Joe Stuligross |
Webinar #3 -
Organizing, Rehearsing, & Programming for Socially Distant Choirs: August 2
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A panel of conductors representing elementary through adult choirs will share their ideas and resources for how they plan to creatively and enthusiastically approach social-distancing in the choral rehearsal in Fall 2020.
Panelists include (click name for biographical information):
Panelists include (click name for biographical information):
Webinar #1 -
Teaching Choir Online: June 7
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Happy summer, and welcome to the first installment of the ACDA-PA “Summer Online 2020”! We are very happy to be hosting a range of choral content online for you this summer. It is our hope that these activities and materials will be helpful as you recover/recharge and look ahead to the coming season of choral music.
First, join us on Sunday, June 7 for a webinar on teaching choral music in new virtual paradigms. Our four panelists will share HOW they navigated teaching online, reflections on CONNECTING with their choral communities, and IDEAS for the future.
This Webinar DOES require pre-registration (a correction to the May 20 email), and is open to ACDA-PA members, ACDA members from other states, and choral colleagues who are not a part of ACDA (be sure to share how great ACDA membership can be!).
There is a limit of 500 participants, so please register early. Once you register, an email will be sent to you with the webinar link!
Register here:
https://duq.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hFgTn6KpTMGt46uPlelVPA
After the webinar, join us for a VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR! Hosted by Susan Medley, ACDA-PA’s Vice-President, this session promises to be a great opportunity to socialize and connect (see below). The Happy Hour link will be shared during the webinar!
See you June 7 at 7pm!
Caron Daley
First, join us on Sunday, June 7 for a webinar on teaching choral music in new virtual paradigms. Our four panelists will share HOW they navigated teaching online, reflections on CONNECTING with their choral communities, and IDEAS for the future.
- Janet Galvan, Professor and Director of Choral Activities, Ithaca College
- Jordan Shomper, Choral Director, Cocalico Middle School, ACDA-PA Middle School Repertoire and Resources Chair
- Lee Saville-Iksic, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Youth Chorus
- Matthew Klenk, Choral Director, North Penn High School, ACDA-PA High School Repertoire and Resources Chair
This Webinar DOES require pre-registration (a correction to the May 20 email), and is open to ACDA-PA members, ACDA members from other states, and choral colleagues who are not a part of ACDA (be sure to share how great ACDA membership can be!).
There is a limit of 500 participants, so please register early. Once you register, an email will be sent to you with the webinar link!
Register here:
https://duq.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hFgTn6KpTMGt46uPlelVPA
After the webinar, join us for a VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR! Hosted by Susan Medley, ACDA-PA’s Vice-President, this session promises to be a great opportunity to socialize and connect (see below). The Happy Hour link will be shared during the webinar!
See you June 7 at 7pm!
Caron Daley
ACDA-PA Virtual Happy Hour
After the Webinar, stick around for some virtual fun with your choral colleagues from across the state! Grab your favorite beverage or try one of the “drink suggestions” on the attached list.
What a glorious collection of Brady Bunch squares we will look like as we Zoom through Happy Hour! Enjoy drinking, chatting, and a little “Choral Conductor BINGO.”
A techy note (and if you know me, you know how hilarious that statement is): For the BINGO game, you’ll need a separate device to bring up a virtual BINGO card. In other words, Zoom on a computer, play BINGO on your phone. If you don’t have two devices, please email me at [email protected] and I will send you a PDF of a BINGO card that you can print. Each PDF I send will be randomly generated, so everyone’s card will be different.
I hope to “see” all of you there! This will be fun!
Susan Medley
ACDA-PA Vice President and Queen of Social Events
Happy Hour Drink Suggestions
Titles in green are alcoholic
Titles in blue are non-alcoholic
Title in purple can go either way
Dark and Sturm und Drang
(Ok, really it’s a Dark ‘n Stormy, but this title was more musical.)
Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Add 2 oz. dark rum.
Pour in 3 oz. ginger beer.
Add ½ oz. lime juice (optional)
Garnish with a lime wedge if desired.
Peach Bellini
(because…Bellini)
Recipe makes 2 Bellinis
In a blender, combine 2 cups frozen peaches, 1 ½ cup Prosecco,
and a bit of orange juice. Blend until mixture is slushy.
Divide between champagne flutes.
Garnish with fresh peach slices.
Aperol Spritz
(Not a musical title, but a really good Italian summer cocktail)
Put 2 or 3 ice cubes in a wine glass.
Add 3 oz. prosecco, 2 oz. Aperol,
and 1 oz. soda water
Garnish with an orange slice if desired.
Magic Flute
(There are a number of different cocktails with the name “Magic Flute.”
This one isn’t any of them, but it’s the easiest.)
In a champagne flute, pour your favorite beverage. Magic!
Choral Conductor Cantaloupe Cooler
(How’s that for alliteration?)
Recipe makes 4 Coolers.
Slice one ripe cantaloupe in half. Remove the seeds and discard.
Scoop the cantaloupe flesh from the skin.
Add the cantaloupe, ½ cup fresh orange juice, ¼ cup fresh lime juice,
¼ cup of fresh mint leaves, and 2 cups of ice to a blender.
Blend until smooth. Pour into four glasses.
Garnish with fresh mint and lime rounds if you're feeling fancy.
*For a frostier cooler, freeze the cantaloupe flesh the night before making the cocktails.
Raspberry Risers Don’t Lock Your Bees Knees
(It’s really called “Raspberry Bees Knees, but just go with me here.)
Shake 1 oz. filtered water, ½ oz. lemon, and ½ oz. honey with ice.
Strain into glass with two raspberries.
Top with soda water. Garnish with one raspberry.
Maestro’s Mojito Mocktail
(Again with the alliteration…)
Muddle the 1 tbsp. sugar with a small bunch of mint leaves
using a pestle and mortar
(or use a small bowl and the end of a rolling pin).
Put a handful of crushed ice into 2 tall glasses.
Divide the juice from 3 limes between the glasses with the mint mix. Add a straw and top up with soda water.
Feel free to invent your own music-themed drink and share it with us at Happy Hour!
After the Webinar, stick around for some virtual fun with your choral colleagues from across the state! Grab your favorite beverage or try one of the “drink suggestions” on the attached list.
What a glorious collection of Brady Bunch squares we will look like as we Zoom through Happy Hour! Enjoy drinking, chatting, and a little “Choral Conductor BINGO.”
A techy note (and if you know me, you know how hilarious that statement is): For the BINGO game, you’ll need a separate device to bring up a virtual BINGO card. In other words, Zoom on a computer, play BINGO on your phone. If you don’t have two devices, please email me at [email protected] and I will send you a PDF of a BINGO card that you can print. Each PDF I send will be randomly generated, so everyone’s card will be different.
I hope to “see” all of you there! This will be fun!
Susan Medley
ACDA-PA Vice President and Queen of Social Events
Happy Hour Drink Suggestions
Titles in green are alcoholic
Titles in blue are non-alcoholic
Title in purple can go either way
Dark and Sturm und Drang
(Ok, really it’s a Dark ‘n Stormy, but this title was more musical.)
Fill a tall glass with ice cubes. Add 2 oz. dark rum.
Pour in 3 oz. ginger beer.
Add ½ oz. lime juice (optional)
Garnish with a lime wedge if desired.
Peach Bellini
(because…Bellini)
Recipe makes 2 Bellinis
In a blender, combine 2 cups frozen peaches, 1 ½ cup Prosecco,
and a bit of orange juice. Blend until mixture is slushy.
Divide between champagne flutes.
Garnish with fresh peach slices.
Aperol Spritz
(Not a musical title, but a really good Italian summer cocktail)
Put 2 or 3 ice cubes in a wine glass.
Add 3 oz. prosecco, 2 oz. Aperol,
and 1 oz. soda water
Garnish with an orange slice if desired.
Magic Flute
(There are a number of different cocktails with the name “Magic Flute.”
This one isn’t any of them, but it’s the easiest.)
In a champagne flute, pour your favorite beverage. Magic!
Choral Conductor Cantaloupe Cooler
(How’s that for alliteration?)
Recipe makes 4 Coolers.
Slice one ripe cantaloupe in half. Remove the seeds and discard.
Scoop the cantaloupe flesh from the skin.
Add the cantaloupe, ½ cup fresh orange juice, ¼ cup fresh lime juice,
¼ cup of fresh mint leaves, and 2 cups of ice to a blender.
Blend until smooth. Pour into four glasses.
Garnish with fresh mint and lime rounds if you're feeling fancy.
*For a frostier cooler, freeze the cantaloupe flesh the night before making the cocktails.
Raspberry Risers Don’t Lock Your Bees Knees
(It’s really called “Raspberry Bees Knees, but just go with me here.)
Shake 1 oz. filtered water, ½ oz. lemon, and ½ oz. honey with ice.
Strain into glass with two raspberries.
Top with soda water. Garnish with one raspberry.
Maestro’s Mojito Mocktail
(Again with the alliteration…)
Muddle the 1 tbsp. sugar with a small bunch of mint leaves
using a pestle and mortar
(or use a small bowl and the end of a rolling pin).
Put a handful of crushed ice into 2 tall glasses.
Divide the juice from 3 limes between the glasses with the mint mix. Add a straw and top up with soda water.
Feel free to invent your own music-themed drink and share it with us at Happy Hour!
Webinar #2 -
Justice & Equity in Your Choral Spaces: July 5
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Join Moderator Dr. Dustin Cates as he and his panel discuss Justice and Equity Issues in Your Choral Spaces. As we prepare for the fall, taking the opportunity to explore how current events, particularly as they relate to inclusion, diversity, and representation may manifest themselves in your rehearsals. Rep resources will be discussed, as well as how COVID-19 disproportionately impacted communities of color.
Dr. Dustin Cates, moderator
Dr. Dustin S. Cates is a teacher, conductor, singer, researcher and proud native of Kansas City, Missouri. He is passionate about music making and its ability to have a positive impact on the human condition. As a result of his experience as a leader and educator, he is in demand as a choral adjudicator, clinician, and conductor throughout the United States.
He conducts the University Chorale at Temple, supervises graduate students and teaches courses in choral/vocal pedagogy, choral methods, and music education. His research explores issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in choral music. Prior to coming to Temple, Cates served as Artistic Director and Conductor of Heartland Men’s Chorus, taught high school choral music in the Kansas City metropolitan area and served as Associate Director of Worship Arts at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.
He is an active member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). He serves as National ACDA Repertoire and Resources Chair for Tenor/Bass Choral Ensembles and is Past President of the Kansas Choral Directors Association.
Mari Esabel Valverde
Composer and singer Mari Esabel Valverde (b. 1987) has been commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), GALA Choruses, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and others. Her music has been featured at conventions and festivals such as Chorus America, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Association of British Choral Directors, and TMEA.
In 2016, she will be a featured composer at GALA Choruses’ quadrennial festival, where her Our Phoenix will be performed by a cluster of ten ensembles from the US, Canada, and Europe. Her works are published by earthsongs, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and Walton Music and self-published.
A translator, she is fluent in French and Spanish and progressing in Brazilian Portuguese and Swedish. She has translated Messiaen’s cantata La Mort du Nombre and Ravel’s opera L’Enfant et les Sortilèges among other vocal works and documents from French to English.
An educator, she taught voice at the high school level for four years in Texas, where she sang with the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the Dallas Chamber Choir, and Vox Humana. Her students, many of whom have participated in All-State Choirs and State Solo Competition, are represented in a dozen collegiate music programs in-state and beyond.
Ms. Valverde holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the European American Musical Alliance in Paris, France, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include Tim Mahr, Justin Merritt, Philip Lasser, Narcis Bonet, David Conte, and David Garner. She is a member of ASCAP, ACDA, and the American Composers Forum.
Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett
A Virginia native, Marques L. A. Garrett is an Assistant Professor of Music in Choral Activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Glenn Korff School of Music. Before earning his PhD in Music Education (Choral Conducting) at Florida State University, he was the Director of Choral Activities at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he holds an MM from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BA from Hampton University.
An active conductor, Dr. Garrett serves as a guest conductor or clinician with school, church, community, and festival/honor choirs throughout the country. In addition to his conducting classes at UNL, he leads conducting workshops at other universities and conferences. His formal conducting studies were with Dr. André J. Thomas, Dr. Carole J. Ott, Dr. Carl G. Harris, Jr., and Mr. Royzell Dillard.
A versatile voice that performs both as a baritone and countertenor, Dr. Garrett has sung with several community, church, and university groups as both a chorister and soloist. He was the baritone soloist for the Germantown Concert Chorus’s performance of Haydn’s Missa in Augustiis. His premiere as a countertenor in Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo served as the work’s European premiere in Limerick, Ireland. Additionally, he performed the role of Lil Lud in Bernstein’s White House Cantata with the Tallahassee Community Chorus. Currently, he sings with First-Plymouth Congregational Church (NE) and Festival Singers of Florida.
Dr. Garrett is an avid composer of choral and solo-vocal music whose compositions have been performed to acclaim by high school all-state, collegiate, and professional choirs including Seraphic Fire and the Oakwood University Aeolians. GIA Publications, Walton Music, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Hinshaw Music, G. Schirmer, Beckenhorst Press, and Carus-Verlag have published several of his compositions.
As a researcher, his most advantageous topic is the non-idiomatic choral music of black composers. His lectures at state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and at other local and national venues afford him the opportunity to showcase this underrepresented area of music.
Dr. Garrett holds membership in the American Choral Directors Association; American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; National Collegiate Choral Organization; and Pi Kappa Lambda. With the National Association of Negro Musicians, he currently serves as the national scholarship chair.
Dr. Allegra Martin
Dr. Allegra Martin is the Director of College Choirs at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where she directs the College Choir and the Chamber Singers and teaches Fundamentals of Music Theory. Previously, she was the choral director at Lasell College in Newton, MA. She has held a variety of conducting and teaching positions throughout the greater Boston area, including Artistic Director of Cantilena in Arlington, MA; Director of Music at First Parish in Cohasset, MA; and Choral Artist with Urban Voices through the Metropolitan Opera Guild, a program that partners with schools lacking music programs to provide choral training.
Dr. Martin earned her DMA in Choral Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her dissertation focused on the cantatas of Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes. At the University of Illinois, she founded and conducted the University Mixed Chorus. She earned her Masters in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College, and her BA in Physics and Music from Williams College. Past teachers have included Andrew Megill, Sun Min Lee, Andrea Solya, and Joseph Flummerfelt.
Dr. Martin's primary area of research is African-American choral music. She has presented at multiple conferences on the works of Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes. Other areas of interest include Renaissance choral music, 20th-century American music, women's chorus repertoire, and new music.
She is also an active professional singer, and currently sings with Schola Cantorum of Boston and Diamonds from the Dust in Worcester. She was one of the founders of Anthology, a women's vocal quartet that performed in the greater Boston area for six years and commissioned 22 works of new music in that time. She has also sung with such ensembles as Cappella Clausura and the Video Game Orchestra. While at the University of Illinois, she performed Julia Wolfe's award-winning Anthracite Fields with Bang on a Can and Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans with the Venice Baroque Orchestra. While at Westminster, she sang with the New York Philharmonic, the Dresden Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as in opera productions at the U.S. Spoleto Festival. In the summer of 2016 she performed Britten's War Requiem with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony.
Dr. Joseph Orht
Joseph Ohrt is Director of Choral Activities at Central Bucks High School-West in Doylestown, Pennsylvania where he has collaborated with and presented over 500 world premieres written by composers from around the world. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Westminster Choir College and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of South Carolina. He is on the National Board of Directors of the American Composers Forum and served on the ACDA-Pennsylvania Board for twenty years. He is and author of several text book articles and contributing composer for the Broadway musical Amazing Grace. The Joseph Ohrt Choral Series is published with Santa Barbara Music Publishing and the Joseph Ohrt ICON Series is with MusicSpoke.
Dr. Dustin Cates, moderator
Dr. Dustin S. Cates is a teacher, conductor, singer, researcher and proud native of Kansas City, Missouri. He is passionate about music making and its ability to have a positive impact on the human condition. As a result of his experience as a leader and educator, he is in demand as a choral adjudicator, clinician, and conductor throughout the United States.
He conducts the University Chorale at Temple, supervises graduate students and teaches courses in choral/vocal pedagogy, choral methods, and music education. His research explores issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice in choral music. Prior to coming to Temple, Cates served as Artistic Director and Conductor of Heartland Men’s Chorus, taught high school choral music in the Kansas City metropolitan area and served as Associate Director of Worship Arts at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection.
He is an active member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). He serves as National ACDA Repertoire and Resources Chair for Tenor/Bass Choral Ensembles and is Past President of the Kansas Choral Directors Association.
Mari Esabel Valverde
Composer and singer Mari Esabel Valverde (b. 1987) has been commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), GALA Choruses, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and others. Her music has been featured at conventions and festivals such as Chorus America, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Association of British Choral Directors, and TMEA.
In 2016, she will be a featured composer at GALA Choruses’ quadrennial festival, where her Our Phoenix will be performed by a cluster of ten ensembles from the US, Canada, and Europe. Her works are published by earthsongs, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and Walton Music and self-published.
A translator, she is fluent in French and Spanish and progressing in Brazilian Portuguese and Swedish. She has translated Messiaen’s cantata La Mort du Nombre and Ravel’s opera L’Enfant et les Sortilèges among other vocal works and documents from French to English.
An educator, she taught voice at the high school level for four years in Texas, where she sang with the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the Dallas Chamber Choir, and Vox Humana. Her students, many of whom have participated in All-State Choirs and State Solo Competition, are represented in a dozen collegiate music programs in-state and beyond.
Ms. Valverde holds degrees from St. Olaf College, the European American Musical Alliance in Paris, France, and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her teachers include Tim Mahr, Justin Merritt, Philip Lasser, Narcis Bonet, David Conte, and David Garner. She is a member of ASCAP, ACDA, and the American Composers Forum.
Dr. Marques L. A. Garrett
A Virginia native, Marques L. A. Garrett is an Assistant Professor of Music in Choral Activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Glenn Korff School of Music. Before earning his PhD in Music Education (Choral Conducting) at Florida State University, he was the Director of Choral Activities at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he holds an MM from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a BA from Hampton University.
An active conductor, Dr. Garrett serves as a guest conductor or clinician with school, church, community, and festival/honor choirs throughout the country. In addition to his conducting classes at UNL, he leads conducting workshops at other universities and conferences. His formal conducting studies were with Dr. André J. Thomas, Dr. Carole J. Ott, Dr. Carl G. Harris, Jr., and Mr. Royzell Dillard.
A versatile voice that performs both as a baritone and countertenor, Dr. Garrett has sung with several community, church, and university groups as both a chorister and soloist. He was the baritone soloist for the Germantown Concert Chorus’s performance of Haydn’s Missa in Augustiis. His premiere as a countertenor in Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo served as the work’s European premiere in Limerick, Ireland. Additionally, he performed the role of Lil Lud in Bernstein’s White House Cantata with the Tallahassee Community Chorus. Currently, he sings with First-Plymouth Congregational Church (NE) and Festival Singers of Florida.
Dr. Garrett is an avid composer of choral and solo-vocal music whose compositions have been performed to acclaim by high school all-state, collegiate, and professional choirs including Seraphic Fire and the Oakwood University Aeolians. GIA Publications, Walton Music, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Hinshaw Music, G. Schirmer, Beckenhorst Press, and Carus-Verlag have published several of his compositions.
As a researcher, his most advantageous topic is the non-idiomatic choral music of black composers. His lectures at state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association and at other local and national venues afford him the opportunity to showcase this underrepresented area of music.
Dr. Garrett holds membership in the American Choral Directors Association; American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; National Collegiate Choral Organization; and Pi Kappa Lambda. With the National Association of Negro Musicians, he currently serves as the national scholarship chair.
Dr. Allegra Martin
Dr. Allegra Martin is the Director of College Choirs at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, where she directs the College Choir and the Chamber Singers and teaches Fundamentals of Music Theory. Previously, she was the choral director at Lasell College in Newton, MA. She has held a variety of conducting and teaching positions throughout the greater Boston area, including Artistic Director of Cantilena in Arlington, MA; Director of Music at First Parish in Cohasset, MA; and Choral Artist with Urban Voices through the Metropolitan Opera Guild, a program that partners with schools lacking music programs to provide choral training.
Dr. Martin earned her DMA in Choral Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her dissertation focused on the cantatas of Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes. At the University of Illinois, she founded and conducted the University Mixed Chorus. She earned her Masters in Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College, and her BA in Physics and Music from Williams College. Past teachers have included Andrew Megill, Sun Min Lee, Andrea Solya, and Joseph Flummerfelt.
Dr. Martin's primary area of research is African-American choral music. She has presented at multiple conferences on the works of Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes. Other areas of interest include Renaissance choral music, 20th-century American music, women's chorus repertoire, and new music.
She is also an active professional singer, and currently sings with Schola Cantorum of Boston and Diamonds from the Dust in Worcester. She was one of the founders of Anthology, a women's vocal quartet that performed in the greater Boston area for six years and commissioned 22 works of new music in that time. She has also sung with such ensembles as Cappella Clausura and the Video Game Orchestra. While at the University of Illinois, she performed Julia Wolfe's award-winning Anthracite Fields with Bang on a Can and Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans with the Venice Baroque Orchestra. While at Westminster, she sang with the New York Philharmonic, the Dresden Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as in opera productions at the U.S. Spoleto Festival. In the summer of 2016 she performed Britten's War Requiem with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony.
Dr. Joseph Orht
Joseph Ohrt is Director of Choral Activities at Central Bucks High School-West in Doylestown, Pennsylvania where he has collaborated with and presented over 500 world premieres written by composers from around the world. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Westminster Choir College and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of South Carolina. He is on the National Board of Directors of the American Composers Forum and served on the ACDA-Pennsylvania Board for twenty years. He is and author of several text book articles and contributing composer for the Broadway musical Amazing Grace. The Joseph Ohrt Choral Series is published with Santa Barbara Music Publishing and the Joseph Ohrt ICON Series is with MusicSpoke.
Repertoire & Resources Online
Greetings, ACDA-PA!
This summer, the R&R team has done an especially great job compiling a wealth of repertoire suggestions for you, in spite of our distanced conference format!
Our R&R Chairs have obtained score samples from composers and publishers, as well as including some public domain treasures. Since we won’t be together to experience their wonderful selections in person, each R&R chair has included solid reference recordings and made brief notes about what inspired them to share each piece, and the level of ensemble for which they might program it.
I hope this will engage you and guide your discovery of the rep being shared, despite the written format.
To access the lists, log in to the member area of acdapa.org. Note: all lists compiled for the summer will be available in a special edition of our former state newsletter publication, Polyphony, in July.
Best wishes!
Liz
Elizabeth M. Colpo, President-Elect
Greetings, ACDA-PA!
This summer, the R&R team has done an especially great job compiling a wealth of repertoire suggestions for you, in spite of our distanced conference format!
Our R&R Chairs have obtained score samples from composers and publishers, as well as including some public domain treasures. Since we won’t be together to experience their wonderful selections in person, each R&R chair has included solid reference recordings and made brief notes about what inspired them to share each piece, and the level of ensemble for which they might program it.
I hope this will engage you and guide your discovery of the rep being shared, despite the written format.
To access the lists, log in to the member area of acdapa.org. Note: all lists compiled for the summer will be available in a special edition of our former state newsletter publication, Polyphony, in July.
Best wishes!
Liz
Elizabeth M. Colpo, President-Elect