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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Friday, March 21 Detailed Schedule

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

they engage ensembles with varying actually help our students, nor is
Tenor-Bass Choirs experience levels. At the same time, it something jazz musicians do. In
R&R Deep Dive they offer opportunities for musi- this session, we will use examples

OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS cal growth, making them ideal for from jazz literature to explore
established choirs ready for a chal- scat singing concepts used by
First United Methodist Church lenge. This session will include a live professional jazz singers, including
Upper Room (3rd Floor) read-through, allowing participants variation on the melody, tools for
to experience the balance between building harmonic vocabulary, use
Tenor-Bass Deep Dive approachability and complexity of blues concepts, the importance
firsthand. Whether you’re looking to of listening and transcription, and
Come take a “deeper dive” into strengthen your choir’s core skills or how rhythm and groove make even
selected titles featured in the tenor- seeking repertoire that pushes your the most harmonically simple solos
bass reading packet. Join Tenor-Bass ensemble to new musical heights, become more stylistically authentic.
National R&R Chair, Dustin Cates these selections offer something for
(Temple University), Whitney Covalle everyone. Presenter: Justin Binek
(Montclair State University), Lorissa
Mason (Univeristy of Arkansas- Presenter: Matthew Hazzard
Little Rock), and Brandon Williams 9:00 am - 9:50 am
(Rutgers University) as we read these
pieces and explore practical rehearsal Vocal Jazz Exhibitor’s Showcase
strategies for working with tenor-bass R&R Deep Dive
voices at all levels. OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
Presenters: Dustin Cates, Whitney Moody Performance Hall Hal Leonard Corporation
Covalle, Lorissa Mason, and Auditorium Meyerson Symphony Center
Brandon Williams Horchow Hall

If I Don't Scat Sing, How Can I Teach
It? Strategies to Help Choir Directors
Two-Year College Choirs Who are New to the Jazz Idiom Interest Sessions
R&R Deep Dive Demystify Vocal Improvisation Choose from seven options

OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
First United Methodist Church For many choir directors, the art
Atrium of wordless vocal improvisation, 1 Adolescent Voice Pedagogy:
better known as scat singing, is one
of the scariest parts of teaching Guiding Singers through
Two-Year Colleges: SATB Music for jazz. This is compounded by the the Voice Change
Established and Building Choirs fact that very few music education
programs prepare choral educators First United Methodist Church
Explore five recent SATB works in the area of jazz pedagogy, Upper Room (3rd Floor)
perfect for directors aiming to build which includes improvisation. Our
and develop their two-year college default instruction to students is Working with singers during the
choirs. These pieces are carefully se- often, “Well… just make something voice change is one of the most
lected for their accessibility, ensuring up.” Unfortunately, this doesn’t daunting challenges of teaching ad-

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