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2022 ACDA Northwestern Region Conference


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                                          Performing Choirsorming Choirs



                   Northwest Nazarene University                        Pacific Lutheran University

                          Northwesterners                                    Choir of the West
























           The NNU Northwesterners is a 16-voice vocal jazz   Choir of the West was founded in 1926 and compris-
        ensemble with an all-student rhythm section. North-  es undergraduate students from a variety of academic
        westerners were featured at the 2019 NAfME Northwest  disciplines at Pacifi c Lutheran University. Choir of the
        Conference in Portland, OR, and have performed for  West has performed at several Northwestern region con-
        the Idaho ACDA fall mini-conference (2021, 2019, and  ferences, and national conferences sponsored by ACDA
        2016), and the Utah ACDA fall conference (2018).  The  and NCCO. The choir regularly participates in world
        vocal jazz ensemble performs a variety of jazz styles, and  and continental premieres of important new works.
        members develop an understanding and implementa-    The Choir of the West will perform the 2022 Raymond
        tion of vocal improvisation and solo styling.       Brock Commission “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
                                                            Evening” by Ēriks Ešenvalds.
                    A. Quinn Van Paepeghem is enjoying his
                    41st year as a music educator.  He currently        Richard Nance is director of choral ac-
                    directs the Northwesterners vocal jazz en-          tivities and conductor of the Choir of
                    semble at Northwest Nazarene University,            the West, University Singers, and Cho-

                    is director of jazz studies, assists in the mu-     ral Union at Pacific Lutheran University.
        sic education program, teaches choral methods and jazz          Nance’s choirs have regularly performed at
        guitar. He holds music education degrees from the Uni-  region and national ACDA, NAfME, and NCCO con-
        versity of Oregon and Boise State University.  He serves  ferences. Nance was named the 2002 Raymond Brock
        as the Vocal Jazz R&R chair for Idaho ACDA and is past  composer for ACDA. He has served ACDA in state and

        president of Idaho ACDA.                            division offices, and received leadership awards in 2010

                                                            and 2013.











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