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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Thursday, March 20 Detailed Schedule

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

6 Multigenerational Choral linking quotes from leading African 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Excellence: Lead, Empower, American poets and Negro Spirituals
amidst the tapestry of Moore’s own
Achieve text and music, this piece deserves Concert Session C (Four Choirs)
its rightful space in the choral canon. PURPLE TRACK
National Shrine Cathedral of In this session, attendees will be pre-
Our Lady of Guadalupe sented with the background of the Meyerson Symphony Center
Grand Salon piece and composer, examination of Jeffery Ames, presider
the text, musical analysis, as well as a
Our volunteer singers provide a performance of the piece, complete President, Southern Region
unique enthusiasm to succeed. Ex- with string quartet, oboe, and piano.
amine how a combination of inten- 10:15 am - 10:45 am
tional leadership skills and proactive Marques L. A. Garrett, Susan Kelly,
choral pedagogies will empower your and Brian Russell, presenters 1 Montgomery High School
singers to improve what they bring Madrigals
to your ensemble rather than simply Stewarts Creek High School
absorbing what you tell them to do. Athena Treble Choir, Heather Orr, conductor
You can provide engagement for
younger singers while simultaneously Demonstration Choir Kyrie Eleison
renewing aging voices. Learn how a Edryn J. Coleman, presider Rosephanye Powell
mostly volunteer community chorus 2025 Raymond W. Brock
achieved Grammy Award-winning Membership Chair, Eastern Region Memorial Commission
excellence. Kruhay

Adam Luebke, presenter 10:00 am - 10:50 am Benny F. Castillon
Manuscript

Anton Armstrong, presider Exhibitor’s Showcase Morte! Che voi?
St. Olaf College OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS Maddalena Casulana
Public Domain
Michael Bussewitz-Quarm - MB Arts I Denna Ljuva Sommartid
7 Voices from the Light: Meyerson Symphony Center (In This Sweet Summertime)

Reviving a Masterwork for Horchow Hall Clark William Lawlor
Treble Voices Endeavor Music Publishing
Ain’t Got Time to Die
First United Methodist Church Hall Johnson
Sanctuary Exhibitor’s Showcase G. Schirmer, Inc.
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
In 1997, the Girls Choir of Har- Normal
lem premiered Voices from the Light, Walton Music Carlos Cordero
composed by African American com- Graphite Publishing
poser Dorothy Rudd Moore. As was First United Methodist Church
unfortunately common with pieces by Crossroads Bright Morning Stars
persons of color, it remained largely Spiritual; arr. Alice Parker
unknown for many years. Masterfully Walton Music

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