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choral perspectives. We will explore 2 Lessons from Renaissance in addition to Renaissance repertoire
the Black and Indigenous rhythmic Polyphony for Our Contemporary itself. Using examples from both the
components of cumbia through Choral Toolkit periods, participants will experience
movement and vocal percussion, rehearsal, vocalization, and conduct-
experience call-and-response sing- Moody Performance Hall ing techniques that demonstrate the
ing, and learn a representative song. Auditorium vital connections between the litera-
Following this practical exploration, ture of today and the wellspring of
we will discuss the origins and trans- The skills of successful Renais- our shared choral art.
formations of cumbia and look at a sance music performance and the
classroom application through a per- application of those skills to the Edward Maclary, presenter
sonal case study. Session participants performance of contemporary
will receive all pedagogical materials choral music will be explored di- Jason Max Ferdinand, presider
and a list of repertoire by representa- rectly in this session. Participants University of Maryland
tive composers and arrangers. will discover that the music of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Mariana Romero Serra, presenter provides choral musicians with the
tools, both individual and ensemble,
Sandra Snow, presider needed to perform the repertoire of
Michigan State University the past seventy-five years artistically,

Continuing Afterword by Anton Armstrong
Foreword by André Thomas

the Quest: Editors & Interviewers:
Carole June Glenn
Michael Austin Miller

Interviews with Outstanding Choral Conductors

Charlene Archibeque
William Hatcher Sharon J. Paul Available on Amazon.com
Geoffrey Boers
Charles C. Hirt
Doreen Rao
Jo-Michael Scheibe
Elaine Brown
Arthur E. Huff
Ginger Covert Colla
Joseph Huszti
Magen Solomon
Walter Collins J. Edmund Hughes Robert Shaw Kindle $9.99
Joan Catoni Conlon Ann Howard Jones Richard Sparks Convention Price: $5.99*
William Dehning Lawrence Kaptein Howard Swan

Eph Ehly Jameson Marvin Karen Thomas
Rodney Eichenberger Jerry McCoy Gary Unruh Paperback $34.95
Robert Fountain Byron McGilvray Randi Von Ellefson
Vance George Michael Austin Miller David Wilson Convention Price: $28.95*
Jester Hairston Richard Nance Larry Wyatt
Jane Skinner Hardester John Nelson Janet Yamron *Discounted until March 31
Robert A. Harris Jerold Ottley

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