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

Multigenerational Choral Excellence: Nosotres Existimos:

Lead, Empower, Achieve Mexican Choral Repertoire and Resources

Thursday 9:00 am - 9:50 am Wednesday 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe First United Methodist Church
Grand Salon Crossroads

Our volunteer singers provide a unique enthusiasm The goal of Nosotres Existimos is inclusion and be-
to succeed beyond what they believe they are capable longing for the choral conductor’s students and com-
of. Examine how a combination of intentional lead- munity through programming. This session’s informa-
ership skills and proactive choral pedagogies will em- tion on Mexican repertoire and resources, through
power your singers to improve what they bring to your handouts and websites, will connect our growing
ensemble rather than simply absorbing what you tell Chicano/a/e student population to this large body of
them to do. You can provide engagement for younger music. By the end, attendees will have more insight
singers while simultaneously renewing aging voices. on Mexican choral music history, know where to find
Learn how a mostly volunteer community chorus Mexican and indigenous repertoire, and have access to
achieved Grammy Award-winning excellence. resources to lead culturally responsive performances.
Using this session’s offerings, participants can generate
Adam Luebke was appointed music direc- deeper belonging amongst their students and commu-
tor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus nity, share unheard voices, and continue to build com-
in 2015. He is the winner of the 2020 munity through music.
Grammy for Best Choral Performance,
and critics have described his choruses as Raul Dominguez is the associate director
“splendid” (Gramophone), “excellent” (Musical America), of choral studies at Pacific Lutheran Uni-
and “articulate, unified and vividly expressive” (Chau- versity, where he leads two ensembles, the
tauqua Daily). He has conducted at Carnegie Hall, Lin- conducting sequence, and teaches sec-
coln Center, the Chautauqua Institution, and the Met- ondary methods. He previously served as
ropolitan Museum of Art. He has worked with Wynton the director of choral activities at Regis University. He
Marsalis, JoAnn Falletta, Gil Rose, Richard Daniel- holds a DMA from CU Boulder, an MM from Ithaca
pour, Paul Moravec, Angela Brown, and Liz Calloway. College, and BM degrees from Oklahoma City Univer-
Luebke received his musical training at the American sity. His ensembles have sung with the Houston Sym-
Boychoir School, St. Olaf College, Westminster Choir phony, Houston Chamber Choir, at Carnegie Hall, on
College, and The Florida State University. the Colorado State Capitol balcony for the inaugura-
tion of Governor Jared Polis, and alongside RuPaul’s
Drag Race season 11 winner, Yvie Oddly.

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