Summer 2018

Choral Edition WV ACDA Newsletter

President’s Message

I sincerely hope that everyone has had a chance to take a little time off over the summer break to recharge the batteries and prepare for the year ahead. The summer is a great time to reflect on the past year and also to plan the year ahead, but it can also be a time to remember why we do what we do. I love the first few weeks of classes when we meet our new students and start to build relationships with our ensembles. Every year is different and comes with its own challenges. But building a team that comes together to create something that no one can create on their own is truly magical, and I wouldn’t swap jobs with anyone. Whether you are working with young children, teens, college students, or community members, we are all in a position to change lives. Some days it might not seem like we make a difference but we do.

ACDA is an organization I believe very strongly in. We have made some changes within the organization and the structure of our state conference and honor choirs. All changes were made with our members in mind, and the executive board has worked hard on ensur-ing that our honor choirs and our state conference are of a very high standard while encouraging growth in membership and involve-ment. I encourage you all to take a look at our updated website for more details and to encourage choral musicians in your area to join our organization and take part in our conference.

I highly value my choral colleagues and love the opportunity to speak with you and find out what is happening within our state. I hope to see you all at our conference in January.

Kym Scott - WVACDA President

Summer Issue

Conference info………………………………..…...…..2

Jr. High/Middle Honor Choir….…………..…...….3

High School Honor Choirs…………………...….….4

Collegiate Honor Choir…………………………….…6

WV State Choral Festival……………..……..….....7

WV Children's Choruses ..…………………...…..…8

Collegiate Honor Choirs…………………..…..…..11

Honoring Outstanding Careers………………….12

WV ACDA Board….…………………………………….13

Attention After some board discussion, legal consultation, and confirmation from the ACDA National Office, it has been decided that medical for middle school for students participating in our state honor choirs no longer need to be notarized. Please note that medical forms still need to be completed and signed by parents/guardians. The medical forms for both middle and high school can be found on our website: www.acdawv.org.

http://www.acdawv.org/

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2019 WV ACDA Conference

Pre-registration

Be sure to register early and take advantage of discounted pricing opportunities.

Early Bird Conference Registration ends at 11:55pm on January 10, 2019.

Teachers will need to be registered before they can register students.

Visit our website to register.

Conference Cost:

$65 for current active members and retired active members (onsite)

$175 for non-members (this price gives you ACDA membership)

$150 for retired non-members (includes ACDA membership)

$50 for student members not participating in an honor choir

$55 for student non-members (includes student ACDA membership)

Conference perks:

Students can participate in: Jr. High/Middle school Honor Choir, High School Honor Choirs, Collegiate Honor Choir

Attend conference interest sessions and if your county allows, use them for continuing education credits

Sit in on honor choir rehearsals and see master conductors working with students

Network with other choral professionals from WV and abroad

Hotels:

Holiday Inn (up to 4 per room) - $114.00 per night Rate includes hot breakfast buffet, ground-level parking, and high speed internet. For reservations, please call: 855-729-5133 or go to www.holidayinnexpresscharlestonwv.com Group code: ACD Reservations must be made by December 17, 2018 Marriott Town Center (up to 4 per room) - $123.00 per night Rate includes complimentary breakfast buffet for up to four, wi-fi, and self-parking for one car per room. For reservations, please call 1 800-228-9290 or 304-345-6500 Reference Number: M-BG0DOMZ Reservations must be made by January 1, 2019

Embassy Suites - (2 room suite) - $149.00 per night Rate includes hot breakfast buffet, ground-level parking, and high speed internet. For reservations, please call: 304-347-8700 or go to www.embassysuitescharlestonwv.com Reference: WV American Choral Directors Association Reservations must be received by December 24, 2018

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Jr. High/Middle School Honor Choir

Registration:

Registration for the conference is now open! Register early as a teacher to receive discounts. Teacher registration must be completed before a teacher can register his or her students for the conference. This choir is for students in grades 7 - 9.

Schedule:

September 14th is the school registration deadline. Please register your school by visiting our website www.acdawv.org and clicking on the Jr. High/Middle School Honor Choir tab under Events and Annual Conference.

December 14 is the student registration deadline. Print one Student Medical Form per student singing in the Jr. High/Middle School Honor Choir.

Repertoire:

1. “Cantate Domino” (SATB with piano and brass quintet), David L. Brunner, Boosey & Hakwes #48005030

2. “Sililiza” (SATB with agogo bell, djembe, and shaker), Jim Papoulis, Boosey and Hawkes # 48021225

3. “I Dream a World” (SATB with piano), David L. Brunner, Boosey & Hawkes #48023334

4. “Galop” — from the Solfege Suite (SATB with piano), Ken Berg, Pavane Publishing #P1536

5. “Why We Sing” (SATB with piano), Greg Gilpin, Shawnee Press #A2239

6. “Take Me To The Water” (SATB with piano), Rollo Dillworth, Hal Leonard #08745366

The above repertoire can be purchased at Kerr’s Music World or J.W. Pepper.

Conductor:

David Brunner—University of Central Florida

David L. Brunner is acclaimed as one of today's most active and versatile conductors and composers. His wide and varied expertise embraces all ages in professional, university, public school, community, church and children’s choruses. Dr. Brunner is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida, where he conducts the University Chorus and Chamber Singers, teaches courses in conducting, and coaches composition students. In both 1995 and 2000 he received a College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and in 1995 the University Excellence in Teaching Award, UCF’s highest teaching honor. He is also the recipient of three major research awards: the College of Arts and Humanities Excellence in Research Award (2018 and 2013) and the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Researcher Award (2005); three Research Incentive Awards (2016, 2009, 2002); and four Teaching Incentive Awards (2013, 2005, 1996 and 1993). In 1996 he received a National Award for College Teaching from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. His choirs have appeared at state and divisional conventions of both the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. In 2011 he was the recipient of Florida ACDA's prestigious R. Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award for "dedicated service, leadership and consistent examples of excellence in choral music in Florida". Well known for his compelling and dynamic work with singers of all ages, David has conducted women's, mixed, and men's All-State and regional honor choirs throughout the United States at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. An inspired teacher, he is also a popular clinician at choral festivals and educational workshops.

David Brunner's music resonates with imagination, lyricism, and vitality. His compositions have been performed worldwide by children's choirs, middle and high school singers, college, community and professional choirs. The New York Times has referred to him as a notable figure in choral music, a "prolific choral writer whose name figures prominently on national repertory lists." (24 April 2003).

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High School Honor Choirs

Registration:

Registration for the conference is now open! Register early as a teacher to receive early discounts. Teacher registration must be completed before a teacher can register his or her students for the conference. This choirs is for students grades 10 - 12.

Changes:

The High School Honor Choir will include up to 100 singers in total. Final numbers will be decided depending on the number of students auditioning and the overall standard of auditions throughout all voice parts. The combined choir will perform 5 works, 3 of which will be prepared for the audition. The top 32 auditionees, in addition to being members of the combined High School Honor Choir, will also be a part of a smaller chamber choir and will perform 2 additional works on their own. These works will not be a part of the audition but will be prepared by the students involved before the event. During the time that the conductor will be working with the smaller chamber ensemble, the remaining singers may be participating in conference interest sessions and/or observing the chamber choir rehearsal.

Schedule:

September 14 is the registration deadline for auditions. Please register your students for the auditions on our webpage www.acdawv.org. The audition fee is $35 per school regardless of how many students audition. Any cancellations should be emailed to Dan Hughes as soon as possible. His email is hughes_r@wvwc.edu.

November 3 are the auditions at WV Wesleyan College, 59 College Avenue Buckhannon, WV 26201-2998

November 5 teachers will be advised via e-mail of the students who have been accepted into the chorus. Scoresheets will be mailed after this time and selected student registration will open.

December 14 the selected student registrations are due. One school form required per school and one student medical form per student. The form can be printed. Each student registration is $55.

Repertoire:

1. “Heilig”, Felix Mendelssohn (CPDL copy can be downloaded for free on our page)

2. “Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye”, Alice Parker and Rober Shaw, Alfred Publishing #1405034

3. “Hard Times, Come Again No More”, Craig Hella Johnson, Alliance Music Publications #AMP0598

4. “Twa Tanbou”, Sydney Guillaume, Walton Music #WJMS1101

5. A composition by guest conductor, Troy D. Robertson (will be available at a later date)

Chamber only Repertoire:

6. “Sing Joyfully” William Byrd (CPDL copy can be downloaded for free on our page)

7. “Even When He is Silent” Kim Andrè Arnesen, Walton Music #WW1579

*Pieces in bold are to be prepared in full for the audition

The above repertoire can be purchased at Kerr’s Music World or J.W. Pepper

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High School Honor Choir Con.

Audition Requirements: In addition to preparing the 3 set pieces from the repertoire, the students will be asked to sight read one example, prepare minor scales, and clap two given rhythms, one in simple meter, and one in compound meter.

Sight-reading: Sight-reading examples will be generated using Sight-Reading Factory. The sight-reading example for each voice part will be the same for each student. The student will be given the starting pitch and the major triad.

Minor Scales: The student is to prepare all forms of the minor scale – natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor. They may use whatever system they are familiar with.

Rhythm: The student will be given two examples. One in simple meter and one in compound meter . The rhythm is to be clapped at a given tempo. Students may count out loud as they clap the rhythm using whatever system of counting they are familiar with. Each example will be 4 – 5 measures long.

Conductor:

Dr. Troy D. Robertson is the Director of Choirs at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, where he conducts University Singers, Select Women’s Ensemble, Texan Gentlemen, Chamber Choir, and Texan Troubadours. Tarleton choirs are renowned for excellence: Tarleton’s Chamber Choir recently performed in the Xi’an, China International Choral Festival, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and toured parts of Japan. Robertson is also the conductor of the Cross Timbers Civic Chorale, a community ensemble whose season includes collaboration with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Performances under Dr. Robertson’s baton have included G.F. Handel’s Messiah, Johannes Brahms’s Requiem, Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio, W.A. Mozart’s Requiem, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, John Rutter’s Gloria and Magnificat, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, and Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria. Dr. Robertson is an avid composer. Recent compositions include “In Meeting We Are Blessed” for SATB chorus and percussion, one of J.W. Pepper’s Editor’s Choice selections, and “Love’s Fool” for TTBB chorus and piano. The Florida State University Singers premiered his composition, "This Mystery," under the direction of Kevin Fenton at the national convention of the American Choral Directors Association. Ensembles across the country have performed his works, which are published with Music Spoke, Santa Barbara Music, Hinshaw Music, and Colla Voce Music. Robertson studied composition with Mark Kilstofte and André Thomas. An active clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Robertson has served in festivals across the United States. The 2018-2019 school year will take him to Florida, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Dr. Robertson was named a fellow of the Carnegie Hall Choral Institute’s Transient Glory Symposium, an honor that included study with Francisco Nuñez, conductor of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Grant Gershon, conductor of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and John Corigliano, Grammy, Pulitzer, and Academy Award-winning composer. As part of the symposium Dr. Robertson conducted the Young People’s Chorus in performance in Carnegie Hall. Before coming to Tarleton, Dr. Robertson was Assistant Professor of Music Education at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. He served for several years as choral director at East Gaston High School in Mount Holly, North Carolina. While at East Gaston, his choruses performed in festivals in North Carolina, earning a reputation for excellence and consistent superior ratings. Under his direction the chorus-es traveled to Florida, Virginia, and New York's Carnegie Hall. Dr. Robertson taught alongside Trip McGill as co-conductor of the Gaston County Choral Ensemble. He also served as associate conductor of the Charlotte Oratorio Singers and Charlotte Chamber Singers under Scott Allen Jarrett, choral ensembles affiliated with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. In that ca-pacity he assisted in the preparation of large and small-scale choral-orchestral works for conductors Christof Perick and Alan Yamamoto. Dr. Robertson holds degrees from Florida State University (Ph.D.), the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (M.M.), and Furman University (B.M.Ed.). He is a lifetime member of ACDA and an active member of NCCO, TMEA, and TCDA. He is married to Dr. Stephanie Robertson, and the two of them make their home in Stephenville, Texas, with their son, Winton.

NOTE—There will be an audition prep-day at Fairmont State University on September 22nd get more info by contacting Dr. Sam Spears at sspears1@fairmontstate.edu.

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WV Collegiate Honor Choir

Registration:

Registration for the conference is now open! Register early as a teacher to receive discounts. Teacher registration must be completed before a teacher can register his or her students for the conference.

Rehearsals:

Rehearsal begins on Thursday, January 24th at 2pm.

This year, rehearsals for the Collegiate Honor Choir will begin on Thursday, January 24th at 2pm. We are aware that moving up the start time will require the collegiate singers to arrive a day earlier. However, it will allow us to create some open time in the schedule to enable our collegiate members to attend more interest sessions.

Repertoire:

1. Zion’s Walls (Copland, arr. Koponen) – SATB with piano. Boosey OCTB 6070. 2. O schöne Nacht (Brahms) – SATB with piano. FREE on CPDL (#00683). http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d5/Ws-brah-921.pdf 3. The Music of Living (Dan Forrest) – SATB with piano. Hinshaw HMC2321. 4. Write On My Heart (David Childs) – SATB with piano. https://soundcloud.com/user-868209424 davidchilds.com/main/shop/?filters=order-popularity 5. Great God Almighty (Stacey Gibbs) – SATB with divisi, a cappella. Gentry Publications, JG 2448.

The above repertoire can be purchased at Kerr’s Music World or J.W. Pepper.

Conductor:

Dr. Jefferson Johnson is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kentucky where he conducts the University Chorale and Men's Chorus. He also teaches advanced choral conducting, choral methods and literature, and directs the graduate program (MM and DMA degrees) in choral music. Dr. Johnson has conducted honor choruses and been a clinician in 35 states and 10 countries. In 2018 he conducted the SATB Honor Choir at the combined ACDA Central/North Central Convention, and in 2019 he will conduct the TTBB Honor Choir at the ACDA National Convention. His DMA student, Cameron Weatherford, won first place in the National Conducting Competition at the ACDA National Convention in 2017. Also in 2017 Johnson was named the third recipient of the “Distinguished Choral Alumnus Award” from the University of Colorado. University of Kentucky choirs under Johnson’s direction have toured internationally and have performed at 30 conventions of choral music educators. The UK Men’s Chorus was featured at the 2018 ACDA Southern Division Convention, the ACDA National Conventions in 2015 (Salt Lake City) and 2011 (Chicago), and at the ACDA Southern Division Conventions in 2012, and 2008. In December of 2013 the acoUstiKats, a select ensemble from the UK Men’s Chorus, were chosen as finalists on NBC’s a cappella competition “The Sing Off.” Johnson has an editorial series with National Music Publishers and resides in Lexington, KY with his wife Karina and sons Kyler and Evan.

http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d5/Ws-brah-921.pdfhttps://davidchilds.com/main/shop/?filters=order-popularityhttps://davidchilds.com/main/shop/?filters=order-popularity

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WV Choral Festival

2019 WV State Choral Festival (sponsored by WVACDA)

Saturday, April 6, 2019

West Virginia Wesleyan College

59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV 26201

The 4th Annual Choral Festival will be held Saturday, April 6 on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Dan Hughes (WVWC Choral Director) is our host and Ed Harkless (Cabell Midland HS) is the event chair.

The event is open to all Middle School, Junior High and High School choirs. The State Choral Festival is for concert

groups. 2019 registration will be available soon via the acdawv.org website.

The format for the festival is: each choir is asked to perform 12-14 minutes of repertoire which will then be

followed by an onstage clinic with one of the adjudicators for a total of 30 minutes on stage. Immediately after

the choir's performance, the ensemble will be escorted to the sight reading room. Sight reading consists of

clapping and counting rhythms and sight singing. The sight singing is based on the voicing of the choir's repertoire.

Info can be found soon on http://www.acdawv.org/wv-state-choral-festival.html.

Festival 2018 adjudicators were Meredith Bowen from Radford, Paul Mayhew and Bradley Naylor from Ohio

University. 2018 participating schools were: Buckhannon-Upshur High School (Jeremiah Smallridge), Elkins Middle

School (Natalie Dennis), Lewis County High School (Martina Norman) and Cabell Midland High School (Ed Harkless

& Phillip Bailey). Eight choirs in all participated. Each choir was very successful in both the repertoire and sight

reading categories and received written comments as well as recorded comments from each adjudicator.

Please join us in April for the 2019 Festival!

Ed Harkless, Festival Chair

harkless@wvacda.org

Cabell Midland High School

304-743-7400 x7420

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Chanticleer Children’s Chorus of WV

Chanticleer’s first rehearsal is Tuesday, September 4th at Horizon’s Church in Lost Creek. Please contact Dr. Dan at CCCofWV@gmail.com or (304) 473-8700 if you know of a child who would like to audition.

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Appalachian Children’s Chorus

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The Morgantown Youth Choir (MYC)

The MORGANTOWN YOUTH CHOIR (MYC) began as the Morgantown Children's Choir (MCC) in 2011. The goal of the Morgantown Youth Choir is to bring music, culture, arts and pleasure to the region’s chil-dren and families, thus creating strength, character, and opportunity for its members. Through a wide range of choral music, our youth will experience other lands and languages all while learning about vocal technique, performing arts, and goal achievement through individual accomplishments and teamwork. Not to mention a huge amount of fun and a range of experiences. We invite you to join us. We are open to all young people in the Morgantown area, from about age 10 into the teen years. Feel free to contact us with your questions. The Morgantown Youth Choir welcomes young singers who wish to share and develop their artistic tal-ents while enjoying music-making in a friendly fun setting. For potential new members, an informal trial sit-in is recommended, followed by a chat between the director and parent, to determine the child's suitabil-ity, because repertoire is carefully chosen to accommodate the ensembles' needs for music with a wide range of styles and difficulty. Acceptance will be based on age, musicianship, and suitability to the pro-gram. We have the right to refuse membership based on the above criteria. For younger choralists, be sure to check out our 'stepping stone' classes (details can be found on these webpages under Group Classes and Large Ensembles):

Minisingers (ages 4-7) - class meets Mondays 4:30-5:00pm

Morgantown Children's Chorus (ages 7-10) class meets Mondays 5:10-5:40pm For more info visit: https://www.music.wvu.edu/cmp/mcc

West Virginia University Honor Choir October 27th

Director—Kym Scott

Guest Artist—Jake Runestad

More info at:

https://www.music.wvu.edu/high-school-choral-festival

Fairmont State University Honor Choir October 12th and 13th

Director—Sam Spears

Get more info by contacting:

Sspears1@fairmontstate.edu

Marshall University School of Music Choral Festival October 26th and 27th

Director—Dr. David Castleberry

More info at:

https://www.marshall.edu/music/ensembles-of-marshall-university/chamber-choir/choral-festival/

North Central West Virginia Honor Choirs November 9th and 10th

Middle School Ensemble Director—Sarah Carr-Parsons

High School Ensemble Director—Dr. Dan Hughes

Get more info by contacting:

Lindsey_l@wvwc.edu

(for the counties surrounding Wesleyan who do not have an all-county choir opportunity)

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Fall Collegiate Honor Choir Opportunities

West Liberty University Tri-State Honor Festival November 11th and 12th

Director—Ryan Keeling

Get more info by contacting:

Ryan.keeling@westliberty.edu

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Honoring Outstanding Careers

The below directors had long and outstanding careers as choral educators in our state. They fostered and maintained high quality programs and inspired, not only their students, but other music educators as well. Thank you for your service ladies!

Pamela McClain Kathleen Corbett Joyce Good-Pitchford Parkersburg High School Capital High School Ravenswood High School

The WV choral arts community mourns the loss of one of our brightest stars. Mr. Douglas “Doug” Bunner passed away at him home on Monday Sept. 3rd. Doug began his teaching career at Rivesville High School as a choral and band director. After briefly teaching mid-dle school music in Wood County, he returned to teach in Marion County in 1981. In 1985, Doug founded the Madrigal Chamber Singers at Fairmont Senior High School, where he taught until his retirement in 2006. After retiring, he founded the Vocal Tapestry community choir. Throughout his life, Doug served the church community in various capacities. Most recently, he served as the director of music at Gateway United Methodist Church. Donations are requested to be made to the Doug Bunner Memorial Fund at: www.gofundme.com/honoring-doug-bunner.

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WV ACDA Board

President Kym Scott West Virginia University kuscott@mail.wvu.edu President Elect/Collegiate Honor Choir Chair Lauren Tosh Morgantown High School Lauren.brandon@k12.wv.us Vice President Dirk Johnson West Virginia State University Charleston Civic Chorus djohnson17@wvstateu.edu Secretary Annie Hancock Ripley High School ahancock@boe.jack.k12.wv.us Treasurer Ryan Keeling West Liberty University ryan.a.keeling@gmail.com Membership Sam Spears Fairmont State University sam.spears@fairmontstate.edu Conference Registrar T. Edwin Harkless Cabell Midland High School harkless@wvacda.org Student Representative Abigail Rexroad West Virginia University alr0025@mix.wvu.edu Newsletter Editor/ Youth & Student Activities Jeremiah Smallridge Buckhannon-Upshur High School jsmallridge@k12.wv.us Website and Social Media Kole Butler West Virginia University akb0023@mix.wvu.edu

Junior High/Middle School Honor Choir Chair Bryce Negie Tyler Consolidated High School

bnegiewvacda@gmail.com

High School Honor Choir Open Community Choirs Barbara Lutz Greenbrier Valley Chorale Greenbrier East High School barbarawlutz@gmail.com Children’s Choirs Selina Midkiff Appalachian Children’s Chorus Selina@wvacc.org Collegiate R&S Chair R. Daniel Hughes West Virginia Wesleyan College Hughes_r@wvwc.edu Music and Worship Carrie Honaker Lewisburg United Methodist Church/ Lewisburg Elementary cehonaker@k12.wv.us Jr. High/Middle School R&S Martina Norman Warwood Middle School mdnorman@k12.wv.us High School R&S Seth Stemple Lewis County High School seth.stemple@k12.wv.us Women’s Choirs Katie Schramm Martinsburg High School

k.m.smith@k12.wv.us Ethnic and Multicultural Natalie Shaffer Avery United Methodist Church & Voices of Hope nshaffe3@mix.wvu.edu

Open Board Position:

If you are interested contact Dr. Kym Scott at

Kuscott@mail.wvu.edu .

mailto:kuscott@mail.wvu.edumailto:djohnson17@wvstateu.edu%0bmailto:ahancock@boe.jack.k12.wv.usmailto:harkless@wvacda.orgmailto:jsmallridge@k12.wv.usmailto:barbarawlutz@gmail.commailto:brenda@wvacda.org