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2025 ACDA National Conference March 18-22, 2025 Dallas, Texas

works collaboratively with Opera Theater Rutgers
Celebrating Accessible Artistry: and New Brunswick Schools. From 2011 to 2023 she

Repertoire and Practices for taught with the Yale Music in Schools Initiative, where
Open-Enrollment Collegiate Choirs she founded a free choir for New Haven students and
received the Distinguished Teaching Artist Award. Tu-
biolo holds a BA from Yale College and an MM from
the Yale School of Music.
Friday 9:00 am - 9:50 am
First United Methodist Church
Atrium
Championing Inclusive Choral Futures:
Navigating Disability Perspectives
Programming concerts for beginning mixed-voice
collegiate choirs can be a daunting task, especially with
small ensembles, uneven voice part distributions, and
a varied spectrum of familiarity with choral musician- Thursday 9:00 am - 9:50 am
ship. How do we create an artistically meaningful and National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
intellectually fulfilling experience for our young adult Sanctuary
singers while also building foundational skills and vo-
cal technique? This interactive session explores meth-
ods for nurturing artistic integrity in the beginning Do you read IEPs of your students and feel lost on
collegiate experience through creative programming how to support them? We have collaborated with our
practices and the inclusion of extra-choral artistry. Par- Office of Disability Resources to identify practical ap-
ticipants will receive a useful database of flexible rep- proaches to an inclusive choral ensemble experience.
ertoire for their ensembles in SAB, SSAB, SA(T)B, and Join us as we offer solutions, resources, and insight on
SATB voicings. how to lead every student. This session identifies prag-
matic ways to champion the needs of your students and
Aaron Peisner is the director of cho- educate yourself while advocating for your program
ral activities at the University of North that is inclusive and equitable for all. Walk away from
Carolina Wilmington, where he conducts this session with a renewed sense of empowerment for
the Chamber Singers and University making your choir a successful, educational, and mean-
Chorale and teaches courses in choral ingful experience for all students.
methods, aural skills, conducting, and voice. He is the
artistic director of Cape Fear Chorale and serves as Maxwell Trombley is an MM student in
chorus master for Opera Wilmington. Peisner received choral conducting at Western Michigan
his BA from Wesleyan University, his MM from the University. He directed secondary vocal
Yale School of Music, and DMA from the University music in Michigan and currently serves
of Maryland. on the summer voice faculty at Interlo-
chen Center for the Arts. An active singer, Trombley
Stephanie Tubiolo teaches at Rutgers serves as a Seraphic Fire Scholar in the ensemble’s Ear-
University, where she won the Irene Alm ly Artist Program and has sung in the chorus with many
Prize for Excellence in Performance and of the country’s premier orchestras. He maintains a ro-
Scholarly Research upon completion of bust career in sacred music, directing and singing in
her DMA. She directs the University various congregations throughout Miami. He holds a
Choir and Voorhees Choir, teaches conducting, and BME from Eastern Michigan University.

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