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2024 ACDA Southern Region Conference February 21-24, 2024 Louisville, Kentucky

Forgotten Gems: something that should not be overlooked, as she incor-
Little-Known Works in the Public Domain porated the methods of Laban, Orff, and Kodaly in
schools before it was “hip” to do so. Insights from Nash
continue to spark the presenter’s lifelong interest in mu-
As historical research advances, choruses are taking sic education and the young singer.
a greater interest in forgotten pieces of our choral his-
tory. This presentation explores the under-represented Thomas Blue conducts the Young Choral
people and pieces of the Renaissance through Classi- Artists of Michigan (YCAM) and teaches
cal eras. Attendees will receive a resource database of at Oakland Christian School following
compositions and public domain scores for various lev- retirement. His 7/8 Choir was selected to
els and voicings. A balance of sacred vs secular and ac- sing at the 2014 ACDA-MI Conference.
companied vs unaccompanied works will be presented. Choir collaborations include Detroit Opera, Detroit
This session provides the opportunity to engage with Chamber Winds, and Rochester (MI) Symphony. He
historical literature in a new way, and shares resources serves ACDA-MI as president-elect and as MS/JH rep-
to program a variety of repertoire that adheres to state resentative. He is published in Choral Journal and Chor-
and national standards while championing under-per- Teach, with presentations at ACDA Midwest Regional
formed works. and ACDA-MI conferences. He is an MSVMA adju-
dicator/clinician with degrees from Roberts Wesleyan
Angelica Dunsavage serves as assistant University, Michigan State University and (ABD) in
professor and director of choral activi- Mus. Ed. (choral cognate) from MSU.
ties at Tennessee State University, where
she conducts two ensembles and teaches
courses in conducting She received her
DMA in choral conducting and music education from Let Your Numbers Soar!
University of Arizona, her MM in choral conducting Recruitment Strategies for Choral Ensembles
from Bowling Green State University, and her BME
from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dunsavage
serves as chief editor of publications for NCCO. She As choral directors, we are always exploring ways to
has presented posters and interest sessions for NCCO, recruit singers into our programs. Focusing on identify-
ACDA, NAfME, and College Music Society conferenc- ing and developing recruitment efforts that appeal to
es, and regularly serves as a clinician for area schools. the broader school community and at all musical levels,
this session will include strategies to make meaningful
connections to build and grow a choral program. In
addition to sharing recruitment strategies, the clinician
Grace Nash: Today With Music will share ways to establish a culture of singing and
Using Music, Speech, and Movement help new singers to discover their voice.
for Children’s Minds and Voices Jennifer Sengin is the visiting assistant

professor of choral studies at UMKC,
This session stems from the presenter’s own case where she leads the graduate choral con-
study research into and use of Grace Nash’s approach- ducting program and conducts the flag-
es to musical understandings and the singing voices of ship ensemble, Conservatory Singers
young children. The session will focus on lessons used and Choral Union. Sengin most recently served as the
in her book Today with Music and their implications and associate director of choral activities at Georgia State
use in the choral setting. Grace Nash’s frameworks are University. Under her direction, the Treble Choir won

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