In this issue: Voices 21C, Elementary and Junior High honor choir
applications extended, and the Allen Lannom Award.
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Peggy Dettwiler,
ACDA Eastern Region President
2018-2020
pdettwiler@acdaeast.org
THREE THINGS
YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW
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VOICES 21C
TO APPEAR
IN ROCHESTER!
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The ACDA Eastern Region planning committee is proud to announce that VOICES 21C, a Boston-based chamber choir, will appear in concert next March. VOICES 21C, led by artistic director André de Quadros, is a chamber choir and artists’ collective, dedicated to a mission of global understanding through music, beautifully fitting with our theme, “Open Ears, Open Hearts.”
VOICES 21C aligns itself with the great American voices of compassion, love, and non-violence. The chamber choir seeks to combine technical proficiency with creativity and compassion. VOICES 21C creates personal meaning in performance by connecting its musical messages to social justice issues in the USA and abroad, representing the voices of the silenced, the forgotten, and the marginalized. VOICES 21C is a welcoming space for LGBTQ, committed to contemporary composers, and improvisational, interdisciplinary modes of performance through a co-creating, egalitarian consensus model. Tours have taken the choir to France, Israel and Palestine, and Mexico. In August 2019, the choir performed a program on women’s issues for an audience of over 7,000 people in the south of France.
Their programs have received considerable acclaim across the US and abroad. Recent appearances and concert themes include:
- “Pain and Promise” at the CHORALP Festival in Briançon, France
- “Here I Am” in Israel and Palestine
- “Somehow This Madness Must Cease” in Cuernavaca and Mexico City
- “Half the Sky” (Voices, Struggles, Resilience, and Power of the Feminine Spirit) in Vaison-la-Romaine, France
Visit their website for more information and some musical examples!
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HONOR CHOIRS
IN PROGRESS
Members of the ACDA Board are currently listening to hundreds of applications for the honor choirs: High School, Musical Theater, Junior High, and Elementary. We have decided to
re-open
the applications for the Junior High (tenors and basses only) and Elementary choirs.
Applications are available now from August 1 through midnight, September 18.
We are committed to providing thrilling experiences for young singers on which to build a life-long love for the choral art.
Please visit the ACDA East website for application information and encourage your singers to apply!
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YOUNG CONDUCTORS
TAKE NOTE!
Please read the information about the Lannom Award below. You can apply for funds to study with your favorite mentor in the conducting field.
Don't miss this annual opportunity!
Happy end of summer!
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PLEASE REMEMBER THE KEGERREIS SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
Donations of any size are welcome!
Go online to:
OR
Make checks payable to:
ACDA East
and mail to:
Peggy Dettwiler
452 N. Main St., Mansfield, PA 16933
All donations are tax-deductible and you will receive a letter to that effect.
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ALLEN C. LANNOM STUDY AWARD
Allen C. Lannom was a leader in choral music for over fifty years, a distinguished career during which he conducted public school, church, community, and college and university choirs. In addition, he taught choral conducting and courses in choral literature and techniques at Boston University and the Boston Conservatory. He was recognized nationally for his commitment to excellence in the choral art and was a Past President of the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association.
Several former students and colleagues of his, wishing to honor him for his outstanding leadership in choral music, decided to establish a fund in Allen’s name that would be used to provide choral conductors with the types of experiences and opportunities that would increase their ability to achieve excellence in choral conducting. The purpose of the Allen Lannom Study Award is to provide funding for young conductors to receive mentoring from an esteemed conductor that would enhance their musical understanding and artistry in conducting.
The Lannom Study Award information and application have been relocated to the Eastern Region website. Applications for the current award cycle are due by October 1, 2019, with the amount awarded varying from $500 - $600. Applicants must possess an undergraduate degree and be no older than 29. Don't wait to apply - these are funds specifically allocated for the improvement of young conductors!
For further information, please visit:
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Summer/Autumn Events in the Eastern Region
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CONNECTICUT
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Summer Conference
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Riding the Wave of Possibility,
August 17, 2019 - Westbrook High School, Westbrook. CT.
Fall Conference
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October 19, 2019 - Guilford High School, Guilford, CT
www.ctacda.net
DELAWARE
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Festival for Treble Voices,
November 8, 2019 - University of Delaware.
NEW HAMPSHIRE -
8th Annual New England Area Collegiate Conference,
September 28, 2019 - Keene State College, Keene, NH
www.nhacda.weebly.com
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.
Mucho Macho Music XVI
, November 8, 2019 - South Fayette HIgh School, McDon
ald, PA
Sweet Harmony Festival, November 2019 - Avonworth Middle/High School, Pittsburgh, PA
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