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12:00 pm - 12:50 pm latest sacred music. The session will Nicky Manlove and Krystal Morin,
answer questions about how history presenters
informs current practice and how
Exhibitor’s Showcase resources like the Church Music In- Bradford Dumont, presider

OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS stitute libraries can help choral mu- Bridgewater State University
sicians effectively lead church music
Lorenz Corporation programs. Attendees will leave with
ideas for how to use the best sacred 3 Getting Comfortable Being
Meyerson Symphony Center choral music to challenge and inspire
Horchow Hall their choirs and congregations. Uncomfortable about Race in
Choral Music
Charlotte Y. Kroeker, presenter National Shrine Cathedral of

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm Carey Cannon, presider Our Lady of Guadalupe
Sanctuary
Highland Park United Methodist
Exhibitor’s Showcase Church, Dallas, TX Considering the current socio-

OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS political climate, we as choral con-
ductor-teachers are faced with some
Hal Leonard Corporation 2 Connect and Co-Create: uncomfortable truths about choral
Engaging Singer-Led Artistry music. We as artist citizens can, and
Meyerson Symphony Center with Young Singers must, leverage coalitions to dismantle
Horchow Hall systems of oppression. Utilizing
First United Methodist Church Intercultural Dialogue and White-
Crossroads ness as Property as frameworks, the
presenters will equip attendees with
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm This interactive repertoire ses- tools and language needed to become

sion responds to the challenge of comfortable engaging in uncomfort-
Interest Sessions co-creating artistry with elementary able conversations surrounding race
Choose from seven options singers while managing behaviors, and contemporary choral culture
accomplishing goals, and building This uncomfortability may be seen
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS community. The presenters will of- as growing pains for a choral commu-
fer a values-based framework that nity grappling with difficult and long
1 Choose Inspiring Sacred Choral harnesses the creativity of young overdue conversations about equity,
Music for the Liturgical Year singers and their artistic agency in “inclusion,” and access.
the rehearsal process. Through en-
First United Methodist Church gaging directly with repertoire, this Joshua Palkki and
Atrium interactive, responsive, and singer- Arreon A. Harley-Emerson,
led approach to rehearsal will be presenters
“Informed by the Past, Commit- modeled and explored collaborative-
ted to the Present, Preparing for the ly. Participants will leave this session Mari Esabel Valverde, presider
Future” describes a session presented with innovative strategies to access
by Church Music Institute that will and enliven creativity in young sing- Member, National Standing
journey through the history of sacred ers, supplemental lists of quality Committee for Diversity Initiatives
choral music to highlight significant treble repertoire, and resources for
events from early music through the rehearsal activities and games.

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