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Chapter Newsletter
June 2022
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Maryland/DC American Choral Director's Association | |
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Happy Summer Sherry!
We are now in June! Can you believe it? We are so grateful and thankful that choral music is alive, strong, and is still RESONATING as we navigate this pandemic and other factors that affect what we do everyday. It has been a difficult year, but we congratulate all of our teachers on completing another academic school year.
Thank you to all that attended and supported our Collegiate Choral Conference back in April. We had a great time and are so happy that we were able to share with our upcoming teachers, new teachers, and veteran teachers.
We know that many of you are in concert season. We wish you all well and know you have programmed phenomenal concerts that create sound waves that travel further in different directions, fostering diversity and inclusivity in ways that RESONATE with more people.
We hope that you will join us August 4-6, 2022 for Voices United in Manassas Virginia. Headliners include: Jason Max Ferdinand, Janet Hostetter, and Troy Robertson. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
Happy Summer Everyone!
Sincerely,
Maryland/DC ACDA Executive Board
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Unbreakable: A Musical About Queer History
The east coast premiere of the epic choral work about the untold stories of our community, Unbreakable is a musical chronology of LGBTQ+ lives in America through the 20th century. GMCW's 2021-2022 season continues with this musical by composer Andrew Lippa (Broadway’s The Wild Party, The Addams Family, Big Fish). Joining us will be celebrated vocalist Nova Y. Payton (winner of a 2012 Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of Motormouth Mabel in Hairspray at Signature Theatre and star of Ford's Theatre's recent production of Grace) soprano Amy Broadbent (from the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters Chorus), soloists from GMCW, and a 12-piece orchestra. Using different music genres and told in multiple scenes, Unbreakable presents stories from American LGBTQ+ history including: Harvard’s “Secret Court” of 1920, the life of transgender activist Sylvia Rivera, The Lavender Scare, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, the AIDS crisis, and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Jane Addams, among others.
The concert will be ASL interpreted at the 3PM performance.
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Mixtape takes you on a musical tour through the decades, featuring member-curated hits from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Led by Artistic Director Allan Laiño, Congressional Chorus wows audiences with their signature blend of song and dance in the annual cabaret. The concert features the long-awaited premiere of their 2020 commission, Ever-Changing Land, by former Artistic Director Chris Urquiaga.
What: Mixtape, Congressional Chorus’ 16th Annual Cabaret Show
When: Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC
Tickets: https://tickets.chorusconnection.com/cc/events/434
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Collegiate Choral Conference | |
Thank you Towson University for hosting. Thank you Dr. Diana Saez for coordinating and planning this event. Thank you to our awesome presenters and panelists: Dr. Edryn J. Coleman, Antoinette Daniel, Lulu Mupfumbu, Dr. Barbara Baker, Margaret Nomura Clark, and Dr. Paul Heins. We are grateful for what you shared with our attendees and students. | |
Featured Local ACDA Member Choral Composers | |
We will be featuring three members of the Maryland/DC ACDA Chapter who compose choral music on each of our upcoming newsletters. For the first edition, we are pleased to feature the following three local choral composers. | | |
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Amy Nicole Broadbent
Amy Nicole Broadbent has garnered recognition as a dynamic and versatile musical force. Amy’s compositions and arrangements have been performed at the White House, Washington National Cathedral, and Basilica of the National Shrine, and broadcast nationally. She is the Assistant Conductor of the U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, the official chorus of the U.S. Navy; as assistant conductor for the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, her conducting was hailed as “stellar… a balletic piece of choreography” (Ruby Griffith Award). As a soprano, she is a sought-after interpreter of both early music and contemporary works, and is a founding member of vocal quartet The Polyphonists. She holds degrees from the University of Maryland.
Featured Composition:
Wartime Christmas (SATB)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AYg0DqU6gs
Copies can be purchased by contacting Amy through her website: amy-broadbent.com
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Stephen Caracciolo
Dr. Stephen Caracciolo is a choral conductor recognized for his passionate artistry, creative teaching, and as a nationally known composer and arranger. His publications with MorningStar Music, ECS Publishing, Kjos, and Roger Dean have been widely performed and recorded nationally by professional, cathedral, community, and university ensembles in the United States, and have aired on the syndicated radio program With Heart and Voice and Twin Cities Public Radio and Television. Dr. Caracciolo holds degrees from Capital University, Westminster Choir College, and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) as well as the Artistic Director of LancasterChorale, Central Ohio’s premier professional chamber choir.
Featured Composition:
Songs of Innocence (click each movement to access recordings)
I. Nurse's Song
II. The Lamb
III. The Echoing Green
IV. Cradle Song
Copies may be purchased from the publisher: https://lorenz.com/shop/church-choral/anthems/songs-of-innocence
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Michael Wu
Michael Wu is Artistic Director for Strathmore Children’s Chorus (SCC), to which he has added a Bloom by Strathmore Sing Out! Program to bring choral music to more children in Montgomery County in partnership with the county school system, and a touring ensemble for SCC that has collaborated locally and internationally. He is a full-time teacher at Landon School, Bethesda, and he also directs music at Faith United Methodist, Rockville.
Wu earned his doctorate in choral conducting from George Mason University, and he holds degrees from Northwestern University and Peabody Conservatory. He is Past President of the Maryland/DC ACDA.
Featured Composition:
Bethlehem Today (2-Part Treble)
Visit the publisher’s website for a demo recording, perusal score, and to purchase copies: https://www.halleonard.com/product/48020957/bethlehem-today
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ACDA VOICES UNITED!
Registration is now open!!!
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Do you have an upcoming concert or event? | | |
We know that there are great things going on in choral programs across our region. We want to highlight your choral programs! If you have any upcoming concerts, performances, or events, please email the flyer and event details to ocie.shaquan.banks@gmail.com so that we can post them on our website and social media platforms. | |
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