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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Thursday, March 20 Detailed Schedule

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

Coach Cierra Lee (A.R.I.S.E. with
Music in Worship Senior High School Choirs Cierra) as we take you through a voice
R&R Forum R&R Forum lesson geared toward contemporary
and pop singing. Use the tools with
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
your show choirs, contemporary a
National Shrine Cathedral of National Shrine Cathedral of cappella groups, and more as you help
Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe guide your singers toward accessing
their best contemporary sound
Grand Salon Sanctuary

Relevance and Refuge in Enhancing Your Pedagogical Presenters: Kelsey Burkett and
Music and Worship Toolbox Cierra Lee

Changing social patterns have Are your rehearsal methods
made it challenging for houses starting to feel stale for you? For your Soprano-Alto Choirs
of worship, and music directors singers? This session will explore R&R Forum
are seeing significant changes specific rehearsal challenges and
in the social, emotional, and offer a variety of kinesthetic, aural, OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
spiritual needs of participants and and visual instructional strategies
parishioners. Join panelists Jennaya that can be utilized in rehearsals First United Methodist Church
Robison, Kyle Pederson, Zanaida quickly and easily. Many strategies Sanctuary
Robles, and Tom Trenney (all of will be demonstrated and practiced
whom currently serve in music in during the session, with time to Looking for Treble in Old and New
worship positions), where we will briefly address and dialogue any Places: Historical Repertoire for
focus on the ways music can bring questions. This session is meant to Treble Voices
about positive change and provide be useful for teachers of all ages and
refuge for those who participate experience levels! Do you struggle to find engaging
and serve centers of worship. historical literature for your treble
The panel will explore innovative, Presenter: Philip Brown ensemble? This forum will provide
collaborative approaches to music multiple resources for programming
across generations while finding high-quality, diverse historical
ways to provide meaningful Show Choir repertoire for treble voices of all
discourse and a sense of belonging R&R Forum ages. The presenter will provide
in our worship spaces. Additionally, an annotated list of suggested
the panel will address how church OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS repertoire, and attendees will have
musicians are challenged to think First United Methodist Church the opportunity to sing selected
creatively in a rapidly changing works throughout the session. Works
church landscape. Upper Room (3rd Floor) presented will range in ability level

Presenters: Kyle Pederson, Jennaya Contemporary Voice Lessons: from middle and high school to
more complex music appropriate for
Robison, Zanaida Robles, and Empowering Your Singers to collegiate or professional ensembles.
Tom Trenney ARISE in Your Ensembles
Presenter: Erin Plisco
Join Show Choir Chair Kelsey
Burkett and Contemporary Vocal

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