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World Musics and Cultures and pieces of the German Renais- Will Kesling, presenter
R&R Deep Dive sance through middle Baroque eras,
from madrigals and motets to can- Connie Drosakis, presider
tatas by Johann Schein, Hans Leo Past President, Southern Region
Duke Energy Convention Center Hassler, the other Bachs, and many
Junior Ballroom B others. Explore expressive and ac-

Love, Lyricism, and Humor cessible pieces for any level or voicing 3 Paralysis to Catalyst:
of ensemble. Attendees will receive
in World Music a resource database of compositions Problematizing Repertoire and
and public domain scores. Teaching Towards Collective Action
If you have always wanted to in- Duke Energy CC 3rd Floor
clude Slavic or Asian music in your Angelica Dunsavage and Junior Ballroom D
concerts but never felt confident, this Jeff Vanderlee, presenters
hands-on session is for you! We will
sing and explore the universal theme Jeffery Ames, presider As we live through a time of ra-
of love, expressed with humor and President-Elect, Southern Region cial reckoning in the United States,
lyricism, through the lens of Bul- choral conductor/teachers have
garian, Macedonian, Russian, and grappled with meaningful responses
Korean languages and folk cultures. 2 Our December Dilemma: in our programming, in what our
You will grow in confidence in inter- The “Sacred” Controversy students experience in the choral
preting world music armed with tools classroom, and the impacts of public
to decipher the text meaning in the Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor performance. Teaching professionals
context of the cultures, the intrica- North Meeting Rooms 201-204 as well as singers in their ensembles
cies of the pronunciations, and the struggle to understand what music
authenticity of the choral sound. should be performed, leading in some
Within public educational institu- cases to paralysis over singing music
tions, facing scrutiny by administra- outside one’s lived experience.
Presenter: Madlen Batchvarova tors, outside voices, even parents This session is an honest ex-

regarding the performance of choral amination of what it means to be
works with sacred texts is inevitable. a catalyst in the sphere of choral
Interest Sessions Once regarded as our “December performance and music education.
Choose from five options dilemma,” the broadening secular- Using the theoretical frameworks
ization of society triggers increased of culturally relevant and culturally
pushback against sacred text works. sustaining pedagogies, we will frame
1 Forgotten Gems: Question: “Is singing sacred texts in a a process for difficult conversations
Exploring Works of the German public educational institution a viola- in choir and our communities at
Renaissance and Baroque tion of the Establishment Clause of large. Examples will be shared and
Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor the Constitution?” This session will demonstrated through musical works,
answer this question with the support including Andrea Ramsey’s Suffrage
South Meeting Rooms 263-264 of selected court cases, statements by Cantata, Zanaida Robles’s No Fairytale
U.S. presidents, and The Department Here, Melissa Dunphy’s Survival Plan
As historical research advances, of Education’s public policies. As of Sorts, and Mari Esabel Valverde’s
choral scholars are taking a greater a response, suggestions for obeying When Thunder Comes. We walk into the
interest in forgotten pieces of our the “sacred” law of the land will be messiness of our own fears of appro-
choral history. This presentation ex- postulated. priation and desire to honor other’s
plores the under-represented people stories and model talking points and

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