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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Interest Sessions loved one or patient to explore and
Choose from five options process emotion. This practice is
Registration Open both deeply challenging and intensely
Duke Energy CC 3rd Floor 1 Bridging the Gap: rewarding. It is guided by the concept
Grand Ballroom Pre-Function Lobby From Concert Choir to of “holding sacred space,” various
Contemporary A Cappella breathing and mindfulness practices,
and unique repertoire selected to
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM and Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor facilitate emotional openness and

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM South Meeting Rooms 230-233 personal connection. This participa-
tory session engages participants in
Exhibits Open The authors of GIA’s newest each of these practices and provides
Duke Energy Convention Center entry in the Teaching Music Through accessible free sheet music, rehearsal
Grand Ballrooms A & B Performance series aim to answer three strategies, and group exercises to en-
questions with this session: First, courage the creation of this space in
why should choral conductors who any choral ensemble.
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM have immersed their entire lives in

Exhibitor’s Showcase standard choral literature care about Nathan Reiff, presenter
contemporary a cappella? Second,
Appcompanist how can a fundamental understand- Lisa Graham, presider
ing of contemporary a cappella help State President-Elect, Massachusetts
Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor improve your choir’s understanding
Meeting Rooms 260-262 of more traditional literature? Third,
how can choral conductors who are 3
Using Appcompanist for Choirs. unfamiliar with the culture of con- How Contemporary Female
App Demonstration with/Q&A temporary a cappella dip their toe in Canadian Composers Address
time. the proverbial water? Belonging in SSA Repertoire
Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor
Marc Silverberg, presenter North Meeting Room 206
Music in Worship
R&R Deep Dive Rebecca Saltzman, presider Contemporary female Canadian
Chair, Eastern Region R&R for
Duke Energy CC 3rd Floor Vocal Jazz/A Cappella composers bring innovative musical
Junior Ballroom B elements and meaningful texts to all
levels of SSA repertoire to discuss
Composers B. E. Boykin and Wen- what it means to belong—to a choir,
dell Glick will offer insights into their 2 Hospice Choirs: Creating Space a community, our Earth, and the
compositional process and musical for Vulnerability, Connection, and women’s empowerment movement.
traditions. Comfort This session aims to introduce educa-
tors to an array of relevant works that
Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor
Presenters: B. E. Boykin will resonate with children’s, middle
and Wendell Glick North Meeting Rooms 201-204 school, community, and university
treble choirs. In addition to a succinct
Bryan Black, presider The hospice choir JourneySongs overview of the composer activity
Chair, National R&R for shares choral music to create an in Canada and where to access Ca-
Music and Worship open, unintrusive setting for all of nadian choral music, educators will
those involved in the death of a receive all the text/lyrics and a small

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