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2024 ACDA Midwestern Region Conference February 7-10, 2024 Omaha, Nebraska

changing meter, how to mark difficult scores, and more. and Auburn University with an educational specialist
Session participants will be conducting for the majority degree in vocal music education. His unique soprano
of the session. There will be a generous resource packet voice has afforded him the ability to shape a career as
with diagrams, excerpts, and links to resources. a solo artist. Shaw has presented his research in vocal
pedagogy at conferences through MTNA, ACDA, and
Frank F. Eychaner is an internationally NAfME. In 2022 he was awarded a Teacher Enrich-
celebrated conductor, teacher, author, ment Grant by the Music Teachers National Associa-
and clinician. He is professor, director tion Foundation Fund. Currently, Tamarceo is working
of choral activities, music department on his PhD in vocal music education at Auburn Uni-
chair, and endowed professor in the Humanities at versity.
the University of Texas Permian Basin. He has con-
ducted honor choirs across the US, in Cuba, Korea,
and Mexico. Eychaner is the author of Foundations of
Conducting Technique published with GIA and has pre-
sented 140 sessions around the world. He has directed
choirs at nine professional conferences. Most recently,
the UTPB choir performed as insight choir at the 2023
National ACDA Conference, featuring commissioned
works from composers from diverse backgrounds.

Vocal Pedagogy
for Choral Students

This session will focus on key elements for develop-
ing the voices of choral students. The human voice
is a powerful tool. Singers use their voices to express
meaning and emotion in vocal literature. However, this
cannot be effectively achieved without a basic under-
standing of how the vocal mechanism functions. Many
students will enter the choral classroom with a love of
singing but knowing little about healthy vocal produc-
tion. Choral students who have a strong foundation in
vocal pedagogy will also foster good vocal habits, pre-
vent vocal injuries, and contribute to a balanced choral
sound. Participants in this session will gain knowledge
and tools to assist choral students in achieving their full
vocal potential.

Tamarceo Shaw is a male soprano and
voice teacher from Florence, Mississippi.
He graduated from Simpson College with
a BM (Voice), Austin Peay State Univer-
sity with an MM in vocal performance,

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