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March 18-22 Dallas, TX

7:00 am - 7:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:50 am Community Choirs
R&R Forum
Registration Open

Sheraton Dallas Hotel Children & Community Youth Choirs OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
R&R Forum
Grand Hall National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
of Guadalupe
8:00 am - 3:00 pm and First United Methodist Church Grand Salon
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Crossroads
Community Choir Best Practices
Exhibits Open Relationships and Repair: Discussion

Meyerson Symphony Center Building Robust Choral Communities This forum discussion will be a
Street Level, Second Level, and across Socioeconomic Diversity time to ask and answer questions
Lower Level This forum will discuss research, about issues that impact all of us,
practice, and practical aspects of including: singer recruitment and
Winspear Opera House working with individual students retention, marketing and promotion,
living in low SEC households and audience building, grant writing,
8:00 am - 8:50 am more broadly engaging with low fundraising, and general operational
SEC communities. Presenters will practices. Come share your expertise
share teaching strategies aimed at and learn from others in the field to
Exhibitor’s Showcase addressing the cognitive impact improve the work we all do with our

OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS and social and emotional challenges community choirs.
associated with living in poverty. The
MakeMusic, Inc. goal is to establish a supportive, Presenter: Matt Hill
learner-focused environment that
Meyerson Symphony Center fosters a holistic music education for
Horchow Hall all. Presenters will also outline the Four-Year College & University Choirs
Tucson Girls Chorus’ Community R&R Forum
Engagement Program, which aims
to expand choral access in Title I OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
schools. This example will consider
unexpected challenges, lessons First United Methodist Church
learned, and relationship-driven Sanctuary
successes as a potential model for
public school teachers, community Musician Health and Wellness
organizations, and teacher in the Collegiate Choral Setting
preparation programs.
This interactive forum will
Presenters: Joy Hirokawa, Katy Green, explore applications of performing
and Nicky Manlove arts medicine to the collegiate

choral setting. The four areas of

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