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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Thursday, March 20 Detailed Schedule

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

9:00 am - 9:50 am Maxwell Trombley and Kyra Stahr, 3 Developing Embodied Sound:
presenters Enhancing Rehearsal and
Performance through Movement
Exhibitor’s Showcase Amanda Quist, presider
Past Coordinator, National R&R First United Methodist Church
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
for Collegiate Choirs Upper Room (3rd Floor)
KI Concerts
Incorporating movement into the
Meyerson Symphony Center 2 Collaborative Arranging choral rehearsal and performance
Horchow Hall for Contemporary Choirs can feel daunting and uninspired.
This session will focus on how to
First United Methodist Church organically incorporate movement
Interest Sessions Crossroads into rehearsals and performances
to enhance, expedite, and ignite
Choose from seven options Choral singers have long been musical ownership in your singers.

trained to read written music ac- Movement will be divided into three
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
curately and carefully. What hap- categories—free form, guided, and
pens when we flip this modality choreographed—to provide various
1 Championing Inclusive Choral over and create full and complete points of entry for each director and

Futures: Navigating Disability choral arrangements aurally? The ensemble. Participants will be active
Perspectives collaborative arranging model helps in the session as we develop a vocabu-
to empower singers from diverse lary of gestures and teaching strate-
National Shrine Cathedral of backgrounds with strong aural gies. These movement techniques will
Our Lady of Guadalupe traditions, and encourages groups support an embodied choral sound
Sanctuary of all ages to have honest conversa- and engaging choral experience that
tions around identity, brand, and translates from rehearsal to perfor-
Do you read IEPs of your stu- messaging, leading to strong buy-in, mance.
dents and feel lost on how to support attendance, and tradition and rela-
them? We have collaborated with tionship building. This session will McKenna Stenson and
our Office of Disability Resources break down the pros and cons of Bryan Hiroto Stenson, presenters
to identify practical approaches to collaborative arranging, and then
an inclusive choral ensemble expe- detail the process of how to build Jessica Nápoles, presider
rience. Join us as we offer solutions, a piece from start to finish with Chair, National Standing Commit-
resources, and insight on how to lead examples from award-winning col- tee for Research & Publications, and
every student. This session identifies laborative arrangements. Attendees Conference Co-Chair
pragmatic ways to champion the will also build a short collaborative
needs of your students and edu- arrangement together.
cate yourself while advocating for 4 Integrating Aural Theory
your program that is inclusive and Erin Hauger Hackel, presenter in the Choral Rehearsal
equitable for all. Walk away from
this session with a renewed sense of Coreen Duffy, presider First United Methodist Church
empowerment for making your choir University of Colorado, Boulder Atrium
a successful, educational, and mean-
ingful experience for all students. This session is designed to support

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