Peggy Dettwiler
ACDA Eastern Region President
2018-2020
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ANNOUNCING THE COMMISSIONED WORKS!
One of the unique offerings of the Eastern Region Conference
Honor Choirs is the opportunity to premiere a new work and learn directly from the composer! ACDA East announces the composers of the commissions for three of the four honor choirs.
Jim Papoulis
has been invited to compose a new work for the
Elementary Honor Choir under the direction of Henry Leck. This treble choir welcomes singers who will be in grades 4, 5, or 6 next March.
Jim Papoulis composes, orchestrates, and conducts music from many genres and is known for work that combines contemporary, classical, and world sounds with contemporary rhythms, voices, technology, and children’s voices. As a composer with Boosey & Hawkes, he has received honors from publications nationwide such as JW Pepper’s Editor’s Choice Award (Can You Hear, Give Us Hope, Oye). Papoulis’ album
CAN YOU HEAR has sold thousands of copies, and features artists such as Martha Wash, the Tokyo String Quartet, Geoffrey Holder, and Odetta.
Recent commissions include: Score for TunaHAKI documentary;
Untitled for Brooklyn Ballet Company;
Kolenna Sawa in Arabic for the ACDA closing concert in Miami ’07; NYU Jazz Vocal Ensemble Spring concert piece ’07; two choral pieces featured at the Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations in Boston ’06/’07;
Sing for Peace for the opening of Lincoln Center’s holiday season; ballet for Alvin Ailey featuring children’s choir, orchestra, and world percussion; a re-creation of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s signature
Prodigal Son with Tony Award Winner Geoffrey Holder; and a competition piece for The Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
Marques L. A. Garrett
has been invited to compose a new work for the
Junior High Honor Choir under the direction of Lynnel Joy Jenkins. This SATB choir welcomes singers who will be in grades 7, 8, or 9 next March.
Marques L. A. Garrett is the Assistant Professor of Music in Choral Activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Glenn Korff School of Music. Before completing the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education (Choral Conducting) at Florida State University, he was the Director of Choral Activities at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he holds the MM degree in Choral Conducting from the University of North Carolina - Greensboro and a BA degree in Music from Hampton University.
As a composer, Garrett began composing and arranging while at Hampton University. His compositions have been performed by collegiate and professional choirs nationwide, such as the Brigham Young University Men’s Chorus, Biola University Chorale, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Combined Choirs, and I. Sherman Greene Chorale. The National Lutheran Choir, Winston-Salem State University Choir, and Missouri State University Concert Chorale have preserved some of his music on recordings. His compositions are published with Mark Foster Music, GIA Publications, Walton Music, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Hinshaw Music, G. Schirmer, and Beckenhorst Press.
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Colin Britt
has been invited to compose a new work for the
High School Honor Choir under the direction of Edith Copley. This SSAATTBB choir welcomes singers who will be in grades 10, 11, or 12 next March.
Colin Britt, originally from Maine, holds a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the Hartt School, a master’s degree in choral conducting from the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and a doctorate in choral conducting from Rutgers University. His conducting teachers have included Patrick Gardner, Marguerite Brooks, Jeffrey Douma, Simon Carrington, Edward Bolkovac, and Masaaki Suzuki. He has studied composition with David Macbride, Larry Alan Smith, Ken Steen, and Stephen Gryc, organ with Ezequiel Menendez, piano with Margreet Francis and Brian Franck, and voice with Wayne Rivera, Cherie Caluda, and Judith Malafronte. He has sung with Yale Choral Artists, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Greater Middletown Chorale, Con Brio, and Concora.
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His compositions have been performed by ensembles at Rutgers, Westminster Choir College, Hartt, Yale, and throughout the country, including Seraphic Fire, the Yale Schola Cantorum, the Yale Alumni Chorus, C4 (The Choral Composer-Conductor Collective), VOCE, and the Riverside Choral Society. His works have been performed in several states and by ensembles touring China, Austria, Hungary, Georgia, Armenia, and the Czech Republic. Colin was a finalist in the 2013 Young New Yorkers’ Chorus Competition for Young Composers. His choral compositions are published with Alliance Music Publications, Edition Peters, and GIA Publications.
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While there is no commission for the
Musical Theatre Honor Choir, given the nature of the repertoire, note the other opportunities it offers to singers! This SSAATTBB choir welcomes high school singers, who will be in grades 10, 11, or 12 as well as collegiate singers enrolled in universities next March.
The
Musical Theatre Honor Choir will be conducted by renowned Broadway musical director and pianist
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Rob Fisher
(
Chicago, Anything Goes, American in Paris, Hair Revival, among others).
This is a wonderful opportunity to sing under a 40-year veteran of the Musical Theatre stage! Rob Fisher has earned a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy for his work in this genre. And he has collaborated with many of the top Broadway actors including Kristin Chenoweth, Kelli O’Hara, Idina Menzel, and Renée Fleming.
Note the wide variety of choruses in the chosen program below. Four of the works include opportunities for student soloists, who will audition during the conference in true Broadway style! Rob will lead a session on “Auditioning for Broadway” and coach the singers who are chosen. His accompanist,
Ian Axness
, is also an experienced music director and collaborative pianist.
Musical Theatre Honor Choir Program:
Ascot Gavotte
(
My Fair Lady, Lerner & Loewe)
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
(
Hair, Ragni, Rado & MacDermot)
with solos
Oklahoma
(
Oklahoma, Rodgers & Hammerstein)
with solos
Ease On Down The Road
(The Wiz, Smalls, arr. Huff)
You Will Be Found
(
Dear Evan Hansen, Pasek, Paul, Levenson, arr. Huff)
with solos
Sunday
(
Sunday in the Park with George, Sondheim)
Make Them Hear You
(
Ragtime, Ahrens & Flaherty,
arr. Hayes)
with solos
You’ll Never Walk Alone
(
Carousel, Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Click on link below for all of the information to apply for any of the honor choirs.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of these wonderful choral experiences!
Applications close June 30th!
Peggy Dettwiler,
ACDA East President
J
ared Berry, Honor Choir Chair
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PLEASE REMEMBER THE KEGERREIS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Donations of any size welcome and will be matched up to
$500.00.
Every dollar helps our students.
Make checks payable to
ACDA East
and mail to:
Peggy Dettwiler
452 N. Main St.
Mansfield, PA 16933
All donations are tax-deductible.
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Summer Events in the Eastern Region
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CONNECTICUT
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Summer Conference
, August 17, 2020 - Westbrook High School, Westbrook. CT.
DELAWARE
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Summer Choral Conference at the Beach
, June 20-21, 2019 - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Lewes, DE
Headliner:
Composer/Arranger Roger Emerson
Voices United Conference,
August 1-3, 2019 - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Featured Clinicians:
Thea Kano, Amanda Quist and Tom Shelton.
MARYLAND/DC
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Voices United Conference,
August 1-3, 2019. - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Featured Clinicians:
Thea Kano, Amanda Quist and Tom Shelton.
MASSACHUSETTS
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Summer Conference,
July 14-17, 2019 - Smith College, Northampton, MA Featured Clinicians:
Andrea Ramsey and Rosephanye Dunn Powell.
Early Reg. ends June 1.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Gather at the River Conference,
June 28-29, 2019 - Harwood Union High School, Duxbury, VT. Headliner:
David Fryling Contact:
Stefanie Weigand
NEW JERSEY
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Summer Conference,
August 5-6, 2019 - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Headliner:
Composer Abbie Betinis
will present her music which ranges from treble, to church to university and community, and from easy to complex, and she will discuss her work with
justicechoir.org.
http://njacda.com/2019-summer-conference/
NEW YORK
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Junior High Honor Choir,
August 10-11, 2019 - The Hilton Albany, Albany, NY. Application deadline: April 1, 2019.
Contact:
Cyndi Feinman, Kristy Koonz
Elementary Children's Honor Choir,
August 12-13, 2019 - The Hilton Albany, Albany, NY.
PENNSYLVANIA
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Summer Conference,
Bring Your Song -
August 4-6, 2019 - Shadyside Presbyterian Church, PIttsburgh, PA Headliner:
Lynda Hasseler
VERMONT
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Gather at the River Conference,
June 28-29, 2019 - Harwood Union High School, Duxbury, VT. Headliner:
David Fryling Contact:
Stefanie Weigand
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