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Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 00:00


2012 SWACDA CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 3

Time to complete your registration and finalize your travel plans!

Here are a few links that you might find helpful.

 

REGISTER ONLINE - proceed to www.acda.org/conferences
You must login to the site in order to register for conference


REGISTER BY MAIL / FAX - complete this form and mail

 

PLAN YOUR CONFERENCE - using this conference program

 

 

AUDITIONED CHOIRS

 

Allegro Children’s Choir - Allegro Con Brio

Christy Elsner - Olathe, KS

 

Arlington Master Chorale

Randy Jordan - Arlington, TX

 

Beckendorff JH School - Varsity Girls’ Choir

Janet Menzie - Katy, TX

 

Central JH School - Varsity Treble Choir

Lorelai Cole - Euless, TX

 

Cherry Creek High School - Meistersingers

Sarah Harrison - Greenwood Village, CO

 

Clear Creek High School - Symphonic Chorale

Kyle Pullen - League City, TX

 

Duncanville High School - A Cappella Men

Ty Shaw - Lancaster, TX

 

Free State High School - Chamber Choir

Hilary Morton - Lawrence, KS

 

Homer Hanna High School - Varsity Women’s Choir

Gene Holkup - Brownsville, TX

 

Kansas State University - Concert Choir

Joshua Oppenheim and Julie Yu - Manhattan, KS

 

Lake Jackson Intermediate School - Men’s Choir

David Hill - Lake Jackson, TX

 

Mansfield High School - A Cappella Women’s Choir

Reginal Wright - Fort Worth, TX

 

North Crowley High School - Men’s Varsity Choir

Robyn Hollimon - Burleson, TX

 

Northwest Missouri State University - Madralliers

Brian Lanier - Maryville, MO

 

Orchestra of New Spain

Grover Wilkins - Dallas, TX

 

Southern Nazarene University - University Singers

Jim Graves - Bethany, OK

 

Stephen F. Austin State Univ. - A Cappella Choir

Tim King - Nacogdoches, TX

 

Texas Tech University - Women’s Chorale

Carolyn Cruse - Lubbock, TX

 

Texas Woman’s University - Concert Choir

Joni Jensen - Denton,TX

 

 

University of Central Arkansas - Concert Choir

John Erwin - Little Rock, AR

 

INVITED CHOIRS

 

Crystal Children’s Choir

Karl Chang - Cupertino, CA

 

Orpheus Chamber Singers

Don Krehbiel - Dallas, TX

 

Vocal Majority

Jim Clancy - Dallas, TX

 

Street Corner Symphony

Runners Up of Season 2 of NBC’s “The Sing-off”

Nashville, TN

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 January 2012 02:55
 
Promotional Video PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 00:00

 

We are pleased to announce the release of a new promotional video that has been created by ACDA.  We encourage you to spread this video throughout your choral community.  

Promotional Video

Please invite your colleagues to join us at this year's conference!

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 02:46
 
President's Welcome PDF Print E-mail
Written by Marjorie Camp   
Friday, 05 August 2011 00:00

As you are making plans for your new season of musical activities, make sure that our SWACDA 2012 conference in Dallas is on your schedule! We have so many wonderful experiences planned for this year’s conference that an extra day to the month of February was added to make it all fit!

Join me in the Dallas Arts District Wednesday, February 29 through Saturday, March 3, 2012 for SWACDA Conference – A Community of Choral Musicians!

We welcome the Middle School/Junior High Conference co-hosted by ACDA and Cambiata Institute of America as a pre-conference event. Special focus will be placed on best practices that deal with the very difficult middle years of music education and performance. The conference features Junior High/Middle School Classroom Choirs, presentations by leaders in the area including Kari Gilbertson, Rollo Dilworth, Patrick Freer, Mary Jane Phillips, Judy Bowers, Rebecca Reames and Alan McClung. A Research Poster Presentation and Cambiata Composition Initiative and Contest. $10 will allow you to add the Middle School/Junior High Conference to your regular SWACDA conference registration.

The first concert session of SWACDA Conference features some of the best of the best in very diverse genres. I am excited to announce that the Crystal Children’s Choir, Orpheus Chamber Singers, Vocal Majority and Street Corner Symphony will join us on Wednesday, February 29 to perform in the lovely and nostalgic Majestic Theater. 

You will be awed and inspired with performances by the 21 choirs who were selected from the 97 choirs who sent in audition recordings. These choirs will perform for us in the Majestic Theater, Guadelupe Cathedral and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. Please see the list of these choirs and their directors on our website.

Evensong is hosted by Dana Efler and the First United Methodist Church on Thursday early evening. In addition to this special worship service, there will be several sessions geared toward the church musician.

Please take advantage of our six Honor Choir opportunities. The deadline for submitting on-line applications for the four graded honor choirs is October 3, 2011. We are using the same on-line process as was used for the National Honor Choirs. Please go to: http://acdasw.opusevent.com/ to register your singers for a graded honor choir. Application forms for the Collegiate and the Church/Community Honor Choirs can be found on our website. The deadline for Collegiate Honor Choir applications is September 15. The deadline for the Church/Community Honor Choir is November 15.

The Sheraton Dallas serves as our headquarter hotel and will host Honor Choir rehearsals, Interest Sessions, Reading Sessions and Round Table Sessions as well as the Exhibits. It is not too early to make your hotel reservations with the Sheraton Dallas to ensure that you will be right in the middle of all the activities. Single to Quad - $159 plus tax (15%). All reservations should be made directly with the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. 1-888-627-8191 or online at: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1106216835&key=A7E2B. Indicate that you are part of the SWACDA and list everyone who will be staying in the room.

The only thing that would make this conference even better is for us to have record attendance as we bring our community of choral musicians together for inspiration, education and comradeship.

See you in Dallas!

Margie Camp

SWACDA President

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 November 2011 22:42