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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Friday, March 21 Detailed Schedule
March 18-22 Dallas, TX
Every Child Has Known God 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Ivo Antognini
Edition ICOT
Exhibitor’s Showcase Interest Session
He Is OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
Carlos Simon OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
Mark Foster Music Alliance Music Publications Divisive Concepts and Choral Spaces:
I Have Never Loved Someone Meyerson Symphony Center Strategies for Navigating Challenging
Shara Nova Horchow Hall Landscapes
arr. Nate Thatcher
shara-nova.com
National Shrine Cathedral of
Take On Me Exhibitor’s Showcase Our Lady of Guadalupe
a-ha, arr. Ryan Murphy Grand Salon
Manuscript (Premiere) OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS
ArrangeMe In this session, the ACDA Diversity
Initiatives Committee will examine
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm First United Methodist Church how divisive concept laws are impact-
Crossroads ing choral spaces across the country.
Exhibitor’s Showcase As these laws attempt to restrict
conversations around race, gender,
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS and social justice, music educators,
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm conductors, and leaders in choral
MusicSpoke communities can find themselves in
Meyerson Symphony Center Expo - Composer Fair precarious positions. In this session,
Horchow Hall the presenters will provide insights
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS into where divisive concepts are cur-
rently under scrutiny, share strategies
Sheraton Dallas Hotel for navigating these policies, and
Exhibitor’s Showcase Grand Hall foster a space for open dialogue and
peer support.
OPEN TO BOTH TRACKS A list of composers is on page 129.
Sing Democracy 250 Three Members of the National
Standing Committee for Diversity
First United Methodist Church Initiatives, presenters;
Crossroads Arreon Harley-Emerson, moderator
Arreon Harley-Emerson, presider
Chair, National Standing Committee
for Diversity Initiatives
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