SOUTHERN INVITATIONAL CHORAL CONFERENCE

17SEPTEMBER 25-26,2017

SOUTHERN MISS STUDENT ACDA CHAPTER

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We invite you to the 14th annual Southern Invitational Choral Conference at Southern Miss to be held September 25 and 26, 2017. This year’s conference will feature clinicians John Flanery, Bruce Rogers, and Christopher Kiver.

Students will take part in intense rehearsals and high-quality performances, meeting fellow musicians from all over the Southeast. Also, at SICC, students have an opportunity to audition for choral scholarships at Southern Miss. Teachers can earn continuing education units (CEUs) by attending the various sessions. We are enthusiastic about meeting and working with you and your students. Please contact us with any questions.

Sincerely, Gregory Fuller, PhD, Director of Choral Activities The University of Southern Mississippi 601.266.4092 | Gregory.Fuller@usm.edu

• fun souvenirs, performance T-shirt provided• new friends and interaction with colleagues• Monday night mixer with food and music• great choral music• continuing education units for teachers• no auditions required and music provided• single meal card provided for each student and teacher to use either for a meal on campus or snacks at break• reading sessions and master classes for teachers (music provided)• final concert on Tuesday afternoon by all singers

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John Flanery is the Director of Choral Activities at New Mexico State University. At NMSU, he supervises the masters in choral conducting program, teaches choral literature and conducting, and oversees the University Singers, Women’s Chorale, The Statesmen and the Masterworks Chorus. Since his arrival at NMSU in 2015, the choirs have performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City as well as perform in Vienna and Salzburg including giving the Viennese premiere of James Mulholland’s Missa Romantica with Viennese orchestra. The choir numbers have dramatically increased and the choral program is on the rise. The choirs have begun a relationship with the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez in neighboring Juárez, Mexico. The choirs have collaborated on concerts and projects five times in the last year and a half, encouraging an international friendship with universities separated by less than 60 miles. John has served ACDA in various positions including recently been elected as President-elect for New Mexico ACDA. He served as the Mississippi president from 2011-2014. For national ACDA, John has been on the poster selection committee for both the conferences in Dallas (2013) and Salt Lake City (2015). As a founder of new events, John began an ACDA summer conference in Mississippi in 2013. He began a summer camp at Southern Miss that he oversaw for seven years and had over 1,000 students and teachers attend. John began the Festival of Choirs on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2007 to encouraging choral singing in an area hit hard by hurricane Katrina. Additionally at Southern Miss he began the Spirit of Southern men’s a cappella group which became a recruiting tool and ambassadors for the choral department. The ensemble was selected to perform at the Mississippi ACDA/MMEA conference in 2011 and 2015. CLIN

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Professor Bruce Rogers is the Director of Choral Activities at Mt. San Antonio College, in Walnut, California. In this role, he oversees the department’s various vocal and choral programs, which span the entire spectrum of music – from classical to jazz. He personally directs Mt. San Antonio College’s award-winning Chamber Singers and the elite vocal jazz ensemble, Singcopation. Choirs under his direction have achieved top ranking in national and international competitions throughout the world, including performances in Concert Halls throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, China, Scotland, Wales, England, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and China. Mr. Rogers’ choirs have had the honor of performing at eight California State Conventions, eleven American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Regional and National Conventions as well as performing at three International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) National Conventions and a 2017 performance at the Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference. In the year 2001, Mr. Rogers became the first choral director in United States history to have two different choirs perform at both the IAJE National Convention and the ACDA National Convention, and in 2005, he achieved this special honor once again. In 2017 he will once again have two different choirs perform at both the JEN National Conference in New Orleans and the ACDA National Convention in Minneapolis. For his many achievements, Mt. SAC presented Professor Rogers with its prestigious “Faculty Member of the Year” award, the Upland Community Foundation honored him as a recipient of their 2010 “Spotlight Award” for Outstanding Educator, in 2013 he was awarded the “CMEA Pearson-Silver Burdett Choral Educator Award” honoring excellence in choral education and performance, and in 2014 he received the California Music Educators Association’s “Outstanding Music Educator’s Award”. He has also signed with Gentry Music to publish the “Bruce Rogers Choral Series”, which strives to discover challenging new choral works from throughout the world. C

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Christopher Kiver is director of choral activities at Pennsylvania State University where he directs the Concert Choir and Men’s Glee Club, oversees the graduate choral conducting program and teaches classes in choral conducting and choral literature. He is founder and director of The Orpheus Singers, guest conductor for The Pennsylvania Center Orchestra and Director of Music at the University Baptist and Brethren Church in State College. Kiver is a graduate of the University of London, Florida State University and the University of Michigan where he received the D.M.A. in choral conducting. Choirs under Kiver’s direction have performed at state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and National Association for Music Education. In March 2017, Kiver led a performance of Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields with the Penn State University Concert Choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars. He has taught at the Westminster Choir College Summer and Saturday Seminar programs, and appeared as guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the United States, Australia, China and New Zealand. Kiver is national chair for the Repertoire and Standards Committee on Male Choirs for the American Choral Directors Association, and is a past-president of the Pennsylvania chapter of ACDA. A native of England, he has received numerous prizes and scholarships including a Fulbright Award, and the 2002 Sydney World Choral Symposium Foundation Scholarship. In February 2006, he was a double Grammy Award winner (“Best Choral Performance” and “Best Classical Album”) as a chorus master for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Kiver was the recipient of the University’s President’s Award for Engagement with Students in 2017.

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10 a.m.– Registration begins on the second and third floors of the Thad Cochran Center.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE MONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals4:30 p.m. – Supper break6 p.m. – Rehearsal 7 p.m. – Dismiss7:15 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8:30 - 10 p.m. – Reception

TUESDAY 9 a.m. – Rehearsal11:30 a.m. – Lunch break 1 p.m. – Rehearsal at *Main Street Baptist Church 2:30 p.m. – Rehearsal in choir room3:30 p.m. – SICC Concert at Main Street Baptist Church

HIGH SCHOOLMONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals4:30 p.m. – Supper break6 p.m. – Rehearsal 7 p.m. – Dismiss7:15 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8:30 - 10 p.m. – Reception

TUESDAY 9 a.m. – Rehearsal12:30 p.m. – Lunch break 2 p.m. – Rehearsal at *Main Street Baptist Church 3:30 p.m. – SICC Concert at Main Street Baptist Church

TEACHERS MONDAY12:15 p.m. – Session 11:10 p.m. – Beethoven/Session 22 p.m. – Break2:45 p.m. – Session 33:30 p.m. – Session 4 4:25 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Session 5 7 p.m. – Dismiss7:15 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert/ Session 6 in Bennett Auditorium8:30 -10 p.m. – Reception

TUESDAY9 a.m. – Session 79:45 a.m. – Session 810:30 a.m. – Session 911:30 a.m. – Lunch1 p.m. – Lunch/visit rehearsal at Main Street Baptist Church2:15 p.m. – Visit rehearsal/Session 10 at Main Street Baptist Church3:30 p.m. – SICC Concert/Session 11 at Main Street Baptist Church

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONSChoral scholarship auditions for The University of Southern Mississippi will be held during the conference.S

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Rehearsals and breaks are at the discretion of the clinicians.

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STUDENT SELECTION PROCESS Each high school is invited to bring two or three balanced SATB quartets to participate in the honor choir. Community colleges are invited to bring three or four balanced SATB quartets for the community college honor choir. Students must be excellent sight-readers, have good vocal technique, and display exemplary rehearsal behavior. If possible, priority should be given to students who will continue to sing in college. Please limit selection to those students who read music well and work hard in rehearsal.

If you have a need to bring a group that is not balanced with voice parts, permission must be sought from Dr. Fuller (gregory.fuller@usm.edu).

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION At SICC, students have the opportunity to earn choral scholarships to The University of Southern Mississippi for the 2017-18 academic year. Auditions are open to all high school seniors and community college students who attend SICC. Students planning to be music majors should prepare two songs—one of a fine art (or “classical”) nature and one from any style. Those planning on being music minors or who plan on not majoring in music at all should prepare one piece of a fine art (or “classical”) nature. An accompanist will be provided.

FAQ STUDENT ATTIRE School-appropriate clothing should be worn for all rehearsals, and the SICC T-shirt and jeans or khakis should be worn for the concert (no shorts for performance).

REHEARSALS To help us make SICC a successful conference, we ask that any deviation from the schedule be cleared with Dr. Fuller. It is important that all conference attendees help our productivity by being present and keeping distractions at a minimum. Please consult with us before allowing any student to arrive late or depart early from any rehearsal or event. PARKING PASSES Parking passes will be available prior to SICC on the Web at www.usm.edu/choirs.

CEUs CEUs are not included in the teacher registration fee but are available at an additional cost. Teachers must attend all CEU sessions in order to receive their credits.

STUDENTS BEST SUITED TO THE SICC EXPERIENCE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALITIES IN THIS ORDER:strong work ethic, musicianship skills (sight-reading), choral singing experience.

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When making your reservations, please use the conference code to receive special rates. Remember that most of the rooms have two double beds and can house four students, which brings the total cost of lodging to around $18-$22 per student, per night. Make sure to specify if you want double/double rooms or kings. Monday night is the only required night; however, some schools may want to arrive Sunday evening.

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Early Payment Option $58 per student/teacher paid in full postmarked by Monday, September 11, 2017Number of students __________ at $58 = __________ TotalNumber of teachers __________ at $58 = __________ Total

Payment Option $66 per student/teacher paid in full postmarked after Monday, September 11, 2017Number of students __________ at $66 = __________ TotalNumber of teachers __________ at $66 = __________ Total

Please make check or money order payable to Southern Miss Choral Activities

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The University of Southern Mississippi 118 College Drive #5081

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Don’t forget to fill out T-shirt informationon the back of this form.

Imprinted items such as T-shirts cannot be guaranteed for registration occurring after September 11, 2017.

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE ONLY

High schools may bring between 8 - 12 students.

(Three balanced SATB quartets)

Community colleges may bring up to 16 students.

(Four balanced SATB quartets)

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Student Requirements• At least 14 years of age• Musicianship skills • Choral singing experience • Strong work ethic

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CHAPERONE/TEACHER REGISTRATION

$58 if postmarked by Friday, September 11, 2017

$66 if postmarked AFTER Friday, September 11, 2017

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Southern Miss does not take responsibility for students when they are not attending an SICC event. The remainder of the conference, including travel, downtime, dining breaks and overnight lodging is monitored by teacher, chaperone or other responsible adult named on the SICC registration form

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