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Craig Hella Johnson is the founding artis- No Experience Necessary:
tic director and conductor of Conspirare An Elementary School Chorus Intensive
and music director of Cincinnati’s Vocal
Arts Ensemble. Johnson joined the faculty A special set of Saturday morning sessions led by So-
at Texas State as Artist in Residence in fall phia Papoulis for ACDA conference attendees and area
2016. His accomplishments have been recognized with teachers.
numerous awards and honors. Notably among them, he
and Conspirare won a 2014 Grammy for Best Choral Sophia Papoulis is the associate conductor
Performance, Chorus America awarded him the Mi- of the award-winning Young People’s Cho-
chael Korn Founders Award for Development of the rus of New York City. At YPC, an organi-
Professional Choral Art in 2015, and the Texas State zation renowned for its diversity and artis-
Legislature named him Texas State Musician for 2013. tic excellence, she directs children ranging
in age from 8 to 18 in rehearsals, performances, and
tours in the U.S. and abroad. Each year 2,000 children
Brandon Boyd, conductor benefit musically, academically, and socially through

their participation in YPC’s after-school and in-school
This SATB ORANGE TRACK choir will begin re- programs. Papoulis is a graduate of the Ithaca College
hearsals Thursday morning and perform Saturday late School of Music.
afternoon.

Program to include the ACDA Eastern commissioned ACDA COVID-19 Conference Guidance
work by Stephen Murphy and works by Brandon A.
Boyd, Jason Clayborn, José Garcia, Hans Heruth, Faith
ACDA is providing the following guidance for all in-person confer-
Morgan, and Mari Esable Valverde. ence activities coming this spring. Decisions regarding protocols will be
based on the following three-tiered approach, in this priority:
Brandon A. Boyd is the assistant director
of choral activities and assistant professor A) CDC guidance: All people, vaccinated and unvaccinated, should
of choral music education at the University wear masks while in group settings and practice social distancing
of Missouri–Columbia. Boyd is an active where possible. Conference attendees are advised that masks will be
required in all public conference spaces.
composer/arranger, clinician, conductor,
pianist, and teacher. His choral works are published B) State and city mandates: ACDA will honor the COVID-19 mandates
with Hinshaw Music, Neil Kjos and GIA Publications. of our host states and host cities. Conference attendees and performers
He holds two degrees from the Florida State University are advised that there may be additional mandates in place in the local-
(PhD in choral music education and MM in choral con- ities where conferences are being held. Attendees and performers will
be required to abide by these mandates.
ducting) and earned a BME (emphasis in piano) from
Tennessee State University. C) Venue mandates: ACDA will honor the COVID-19 policies of our
host venues. Conference attendees and performers are advised that

there may be additional mandates in place for specific conference ven-
ues. These mandates could include required masking, proof of vaccina-
tion, and/or proof of negative COVID-19 tests prior to being admitted
to the venue.

The full policy is on page 6.

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