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ment. He holds an MM from California State Universi-
In Her Voice: ty-Los Angeles, an M.Ed. from Portland State Univer-
Spotlighting Female Choral Composers sity, and a BMA from Pacific Lutheran University. He
has taught in public high schools in Oregon, Colorado,
and California, and directed church and community
Saturday 9:00 am - 9:50 am ensembles. His research interests include choral into-
nation, vocal pedagogy, Renaissance and Baroque per-
National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe formance practices, and choral repertoire by women
Sanctuary composers.

This session focuses on the work of female choral Lynne Gackle is professor emerita at Bay-
composers who represent a span of several centuries, lor University, where she served as the
multiple countries, and various genres of music. In a director of choral activities and ensemble
new book, over forty authors wrote about more than division chair. An active choral clinician/
200 composers, giving information about their lives conductor nationally, she has held several
and music. Each entry includes the titles of several positions within ACDA, including national president,
compositions with details about voicing, instrumen- Southern Region president, Florida ACDA president,
tation, duration, publishers, and a bibliography. The and TCDA VP-College/Community Choirs. Interna-
project raises awareness of women choral composers tionally recognized for her research on the female ado-
and their output for various voicings. A panel of four lescent voice, Gackle is the author of Finding Ophelia’s
people involved in the book’s creation will describe the Voice, Opening Ophelia’s Heart. She is a contributing author
context of the project and share video recordings from for other books published by GIA, Oxford, and Hal
additional contributors. Leonard/McGraw-Hill. Gackle serves on the editorial
board of Walton Music and is editor for the Lynne Gackle
Hilary Apfelstadt is professor emerita of Choral Series (Colla Voce).
choral studies at the University of Toron-
to. She remains active as a guest conduc- Mari Esabel Valverde is an award-win-
tor, clinician, masterclass presenter, and ning transgender Mexican composer
author. She has served ACDA as interim who has been commissioned by ACDA,
executive director, national president, Central Region Boston Choral Ensemble, Cantus, the
president, NC-ACDA president, and has received lead- Gay and Lesbian Association of Cho-
ership awards from both ACDA and Choirs Ontario. ruses, Los Angeles Master Chorale, One Voice Mixed
She has taught public school, community, and church Chorus, Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, Seattle Men’s
choirs and was a faculty member at the University of and Women’s Choruses, TMEA, and the University of
North Carolina-Greensboro and the Ohio State Uni- Michigan’s Glee Club. She has also built a reputation as
versity. Her ensembles have performed at conferences a singer, educator, adjudicator, and translator. Following
of ACDA and Choral Canada. She curates a choral six years as a high school classical voice instructor, she
series by Canadian composers for Hinshaw Music. spent two years specializing in transgender voice train-
ing. Proficient in Spanish, French, and Brazilian Por-
Alan Davis is a conductor, music educa- tuguese, she has translated numerous vocal works and
tor, tenor, and voice teacher. He has com- documents. She holds degrees from St. Olaf College
pleted the coursework for the DMA at the and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is
currently working on his doctoral docu-

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