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Repertoire Spotlight Sessions
Reper t oir e Spotligh t S essions

Using Repertoire for Sandra Babb and Maya Adams, students. However, after a few re-
presenters hearsals you’re met with, “We don’t
Curricular Assessment
like this piece,” “This is boring,”
or simply silent eye rolls from your
This session will focus on utiliz- choir. Sound familiar? This reading
ing repertoire of varying voicings We Don’t Like This Piece: session will review several quality
and levels to create student learning Building Buy-In works along with methods to help
outcomes and assessments. We will turn, “We don’t like this piece,” to
explore strategies relating to the Na- You’ve spent your entire summer “We LOVE this piece!”
tional Core Arts Standards in Music, pouring over mountains of choral
applications to the edTPA, and stu- repertoire and selected works that C. Michael Porter, presenter
dent teaching evaluation. will challenge and enlighten your

2022 ACDA Northwestern Region Conference

Honor Choir C onduc t
Honor Choir Conductorsors

9th - 10th Grade SATB 11th - 12th Grade SA

Lynnel Joy Jenkins is artistic director of We- John Byun received his BM in Vocal Per-
strick Music Academy and choral teacher formance from the University of Califor-
at Timberlane Middle School of Hopewell nia, Irvine, and his master’s in choral con-
Valley Regional School District in New Jer- ducting from California State University,
sey. At Westrick Music Academy, she con- Long Beach. He is the director of choral
ducts advanced groups, Princeton Girlchoir Ensemble, and vocal activities at Riverside City College, where he
and Concert Choir. Jenkins is a choral music educator of directs the Chamber Singers and Vocal Jazz Ensemble.
international stature. She has conducted honor choruses He has been guest conductor for several district honor
for one national, four regional, and several state confer- choirs, SCVA Men’s Honor Choir, Central California
ences for ACDA, numerous all-state choruses and choral Women’s Honor Choir, Texas Honor Choir Region 9,
festivals. She earned degrees from Westminster Choir Clark County NV Honor Choir, North Carolina All-
College (BM), Temple University (MM), and University State Honor Choir, Southern Invitational Choral Con-

of Arizona (DMA), and at the first two institutions was ference, Tennessee All-State Honor Choir, New Mexico
awarded the Elaine Brown Conducting Award. All-State Honor Choir, and NWACDA SA Honor Choir.

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