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Thursday, February 23 Detailed Schedule

Interest Sessions John Martin Petzet, presenter 4 Langston Hughes' Literary Voice
Choose from four options Bryan Black, presider in Black Women Composers'

Chair, National R&R for Choral Works
1 The Evolution of Brazilian Choral Music in Worship Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor
Music from Baroque to Present North Meeting Rooms 201-204

Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor 3 From Appropriation The significance of Langston
North Meeting Room 206 to Reconciliation: Hughes’s body of work in the twen-

How We Heal; Where to Turn tieth-century literary canon has been
The Evolution of Brazilian Choral well-reviewed in academic circles.
Music will be explored in this session Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor What has not been exhaustively re-
through recordings and scores from South Meeting Rooms 263-264 viewed is Hughes’s criticality to clas-
the Baroque period to the present day. sical and popular genres of American
Participants will learn various new Appropriation in choral music music. African American music, its
Brazilian music from different periods fuels disrespect and encourages beauty, cultural implications, and
and genres and find where to access erasure. In this session, composers/ depictions of African American
that music for performance (website culture-bearers Sydney Guillaume people was unequivocally essential
for the score—public domain or pub- and Coreen Duffy will illustrate how to Hughes’s writings. The purpose
lisher). A discussion will take place we heal from historic harm: 1) under- of this presentation is to provide thor-
about the performance practices of stand how it manifested; 2) realize the ough textual and musical analyses of
each piece and period. damage; 3) program repertoire that a specific set of repertoire composed
respects originating cultures; 4) repair by African American women. The
Matheus Cruz Paes de Almeida, errors or discontinue performance of selected choral works share two com-
presenter offending examples; 5) collaborate mon traits: (1) they are all scored for
with culture bearers/scholars. Pre- mixed chorus and (2) they are all tex-
Jim Henry, presider senters will bust myths about Jewish tually based in the writings of Langs-
University of Missouri, St. Louis music and Haitian Vodou before ton Hughes. All participants will leave
delving into the richness these musics with informed tools for optimal study
offer. Mini-reading sessions will offer and performance of these specific
2 Fifteen+ Pieces for ethically sourced repertoire, and pre- works along with general resources
Small Church Choirs senters will discuss access to culture for performing music by African
bearers, quality repertoire, and how American women composers.
Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor to program respectfully while com-
South Meeting Rooms 230-233 bating and addressing appropriation. Khyle Wooten and Albert R. Lee,
presenters
Sydney Guillaume and
Does your church choir struggle
with basic rhythms, divisi among Coreen Duffy, presenters Tucker Biddlecombe, presider
the vocal parts, and a cappella sing- State President, Tennessee
ing? During this session, John M. Danielle Warner, presider
Petzet will introduce you to over State President-Elect, Oregon

forty church anthems that are simple
enough for small church choirs to
learn quickly, sing well, and maximize
tone quality.

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