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2022 ACDA Southern Region Conference

Special E v en ts
Special Events

Wednesday Night - President’s Concert University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Chamber Singers

Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo
Welborn E. Young, conductor

Welborn E. Young is director of choral ac-
tivities and professor of music at the Uni-
versity of North Carolina at Greensboro
School of Music, where he was the recip-
ient of the 2007 Outstanding Teacher of
the Year Award. Since 2005 he has directed Bel Canto
Company, an ensemble of professional singers profi led
on the National Public Radio program “Performance
Today.” He has been a featured festival conductor at the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands; at the York Chamber Singers at the UNC Greensboro School
Minster International Choral Festival in Great Britain; of Music is a highly select ensemble of approximately
and at Carnegie Hall. He has served as a guest conduc- 22-35 gifted and talented pre-professional singers, music
tor and clinician in seven states. Young holds a DMA educators, and very dedicated amateurs chosen from the
from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. UNCG student body. They are committed to perform-
ing works from the Western choral canon, works from
diverse musical cultures, and underappreciated compos-
ers in concerts throughout the semester including major
ACDA COVID-19 Conference Guidance works with orchestra.

ACDA is providing the following guidance for all in-person conference
activities coming this spring. Decisions regarding protocols will be based on
the following three-tiered approach, in this priority: Bel Canto Company

A) CDC guidance: All people, vaccinated and unvaccinated, should wear
masks while in group settings and practice social distancing where possible.
Conference attendees are advised that masks will be required in all public
conference spaces.
B) State and city mandates: ACDA will honor the COVID-19 mandates of
our host states and host cities. Conference attendees and performers are ad-
vised that there may be additional mandates in place in the localities where
conferences are being held. Attendees and performers will be required to
abide by these mandates.

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 venues. These mandates

could include required masking, proof of vaccination, and/or proof of nega- Bel Canto Company is a choral ensemble of profes-
tive COVID-19 tests prior to being admitted to the venue.
sional and advanced amateur singers dedicated to pre-
The full policy is on page 6. senting exceptional, innovative, and engaging choral
performances for all. Bel Canto Company presents an

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