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2024 ACDA Eastern Region Conference

Headliners/Special Events
H eadliners/S pecial E v en ts

we will cover how to approach/rehearse various styles, Jeffrey Douma is the Marshall Bar-
how to rehearse complicated dissonance and work to- tholomew Professor in the Practice of
ward producing the typical vocal jazz sound through Choral Music at the Yale School of Mu-
straight tone and “jazz vowel” usage. The addition of sic, where he heads the graduate pro-
a rhythm section, use of microphones, reference re- gram in choral conducting and conducts
cordings, and where to find well-written arrangements the Yale Glee Club, hailed under his direction by the
will also be discussed. New York Times as “one of the best collegiate singing
ensembles, and one of the most adventurous.” He is

Ned J. Rosenblatt is the conductor of this choir. His also founding director of the Yale Choral Artists, a
photo and bio are on page 135. professional, project-based ensemble. He has appeared
as guest conductor with choruses and orchestras on six
continents and makes frequent domestic and interna-
tional appearances as clinician and master teacher. He
has prepared choruses for such conductors as William
Student Conducting Masterclasses Christie, Sir David Willcocks, Helmuth Rilling, and
Marin Alsop and has premiered many new works by
Four public masterclasses for outstanding under- leading and emerging composers.
graduate and graduate students will focus on both ges-
ture and rehearsal strategies. Students will conduct an
intact choir. Jason Max Ferdinand currently serves
as the director of choral activities at the
Arianne Abela will be a masterclass teacher. Her photo University of Maryland in College Park.
and bio are on page 35. He is the founding artistic director of
The Jason Max Ferdinand Singers: An
Ensemble of Exceptional Talents, and was the director
Caron Daley is director of choral ac- of choral activities, chair of the music department, and
tivities, associate professor of music, a full professor at Oakwood University, where he con-
and area coordinator of ensembles at ducted the Aeolians of Oakwood University. He is a
the Mary Pappert School of Music at published author and composer with GIA Publications,
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. featuring the book, Teaching with Heart: Tools for Addressing
Under her direction, the Duquesne Voices of Spirit Societal Challenges Through Music, and The Jason Max Fer-
have performed across the Northeast and in Canada, dinand Choral Series (Walton & Gentry). He maintains an
including invited performances at the 2019 NCCO active schedule as a guest conductor and lecturer, both
Conference and 2023 NAfME Eastern Region Con- domestic and international.
ference. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Daley has
held past conducting appointments with the National
Youth Choir of Canada, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir,
University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Choir School, and
Salem Academy. Her research investigates the applica-
tions of Dalcroze Eurhythmics to conducting and inju-
ry prevention in conductors. She serves ACDA as Na-
tional R&R Chair for College and University Choirs.

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