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March 18-22 Dallas, TX Interest Sessions (Open to Both Tracks) )
clinician. She is a core member of the contemporary Elizabeth Bemis-Gatter serves as the or-
music ensemble Bent Frequency, and has served on ganist/choirmaster at Christ Church Ca-
musical staff at The Atlanta Opera and American In- thedral in Mobile, AL. She has a diverse
stitute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. background as a vocalist, music educator,
and church musician in a variety of de-
B.E. (Brittney Elizabeth) Boykin first pur- nominations. She has previously presented at a number
sued her interest in music during her time of conferences, including The Voice Foundation. She
at Spelman College, attending classes holds an MM from Shenandoah Conservatory and is
that inspired and challenged her musi- pursuing a DMA from the University of Mobile. While
cal imagination and peaked her interest her formal education is in voice, she enjoys the com-
in composition. Boykin has been commissioned by plexity of playing the pipe organ and working as a col-
and collaborated with several organizations, including laborative pianist.
a number of ACDA regions, the Minnesota Opera,
and the Kennedy Center. She obtained her PhD from
Georgia State University with an emphasis in music ed-
ucation and is currently an assistant professor of music The Future of Choral Music:
at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Performance, Literacy, and Pedagogy

Switching It Up: Saturday 10:00 am - 10:50 am
Thoughtful Creativity in Music Ministry National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Sanctuary

Saturday 9:00 am - 9:50 am Developmental Teaching in choral music is an ap-
First United Methodist Church proach that supports successful rehearsal and perfor-

Atrium mance by choirs diverse in talent, training, singing
experience, motivation—all the challenges we can au-
dition out if there are many available singers. For those
This interest session explores frameworks for foster- teachers without unlimited skilled singers, rehearsal
ing intentional creativity in music ministry that both and performance becomes a different and challenging
speaks to and expands the congregation’s sense of their task. In this session, participants will sing and experi-
collective musical identity. While many music profes- ence several developmental teaching strategies: Group
sionals rely on choral repertoire choice as the primary Voice Placement, Repertoire Hierarchy, Revoicing Tre-
vehicle for creativity, this session highlights other av- ble Music (for SATB unbalanced choirs), and the Rules
enues for creativity, including the use of ensembles and for Expressive Singing. Upon completion of analysis
soloists, hymnody, summer scholarship programs that and singing practice, articipants can easily implement
engage youth, and ideas for designing a concert series. these methods in their choirs.
This session addresses a wide range of ideas for all bud-
getary levels and also speaks to the role of the organist/ Judy Bowers was named professor emeri-
pianist in facilitating worship. ta in the College of Music at The Florida
State University upon retirement, and
subsequently completed four years as Bie-

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