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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Saturday, March 22 Detailed Schedule

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

4 Shelter Me: Sharing Stories of 5 Switching It Up: String Teachers Association, Rising
Our Unhoused Neighbors through Thoughtful Creativity in Music Tide Music Press, and ArrangeMe,
the New Canon Project champions
Music Ministry emerging Black and Latinx compos-

Moody Performance Hall First United Methodist Church ers and will result in twenty-four new
Auditorium Atrium works in two years. Session partici-
pants will hear Cohort 1 & 2 choral
This session will feature singers This interest session explores works and learn from cohort compos-
from the Dallas Street Choir, the Uni- frameworks for fostering intentional ers about this experience. Learn how
versity of Texas at Dallas, the Credo creativity in music ministry that collaboration between composers and
Community Choir, conductor-teach- both speaks to and expands the con- mentors, disciplines, and associations
er Jonathan Palant, and composer- gregation’s sense of their collective fosters community and amplifies new
lyricist Jacob Ryan Smith. Together, musical identity. While many music voices. This work is provided with
we will explore the transformative professionals rely on choral repertoire generous support from The Sphinx
power of communal singing and choice as the primary vehicle for cre- Venture Fund.
how every choral rehearsal serves as ativity, this session highlights other
a beacon of connection for those too avenues for creativity, including the Allyssa Jones and Robyn Hilger,
often isolated. Hear selections from use of ensembles and soloists, hym- presenters
Shelter Me: An Original Rock Oratorio, nody, summer scholarship programs
commissioned by the Dallas Street that engage youth, and ideas for de- Robyn Hilger, presider
Choir, which chronicles one man’s signing a concert series. This session Executive Director, ACDA National
sudden journey through homeless- addresses a wide range of ideas for
ness. His steadfast companion is an all budgetary levels and also speaks
older man who is well versed in the to the role of the organist/pianist in 10:00 am - 10:50 am
trials of homelessness. Shelter Me is facilitating worship.
based on the real-life experiences of
Dallas Street Choir members and Elizabeth Bemis-Gatter, presenter Interest Sessions
offers hope and resilience in the face Choose from seven options
of adversity. Stacy Daniels, presider
President-Elect, Alabama ACDA OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS

Jonathan Palant, presenter
1 Beyond the Score: Exploring
Dallas Street Choir, the Universiity 6 The New Canon Project: Colombian Cumbia in Choral Spaces
of Texas at Dallas, and Credo When Partnerships Bring New
Community Choir, Works from New Voices to First United Methodist Church
Insight Choirs Developing Vocal Ensembles Upper Room (3rd Floor)

Amanda Hanzlik, presider First United Methodist Church Through experiential learning
President, Eastern Region Upper Room (3rd Floor) and discussions around cultural
understanding, this session aims to
The New Canon Project is a model examine the significance of Co-
for stepping out of silos and joining lombian cumbia and proposes an
forces. Through a unique partner- exciting approach to music education
ship between ACDA, the American that expands on Western European

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