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

Robert M. Trotter, Chair of Music with tenor-bass voices of all ages.
University of Oregon
Presenters: Dustin Cates, Tim Seelig, and Turtle
Derrick Fox Creek Chorale Chamber Chorus (Sean Mikel Baugh,
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Research Artistic Director)
and Creative Endeavors and Professor of Choral
Conducting
Michigan State University
Deep Dive

Jeffrey Douma
Marshall Bartholomew Professor in the Practice of Friday 8:00 am - 8:50 am
Choral Music
Yale School of Music First United Methodist Church
Upper Room (3rd Floor)

Julie Yu
Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies
Oklahoma City University Tenor-Bass Deep Dive

Tenor-Bass Choirs Come take a “deeper dive” into selected titles featured
in the tenor-bass reading packet. Join Tenor-Bass
National R&R Chair, Dustin Cates (Temple University),
Forum Whitney Covalle (Montclair State University), Lorissa
Mason (Univeristy of Arkansas-Little Rock), and
Brandon Williams (Rutgers University) as we read
Wednesday 8:00 am - 8:50 am these pieces and explore practical rehearsal strategies

First United Methodist Church for working with tenor-bass voices at all levels.
Upper Room (3rd Floor)
Presenters: Dustin Cates, Whitney Covalle, Lorissa
Mason, and Brandon Williams

Programming Tenor-Bass Choirs with TLC:
Tears, Laughs, and Chill Bumps with Tim Seelig

Join conductor, teacher, singer, and author Dr. Tim
Seelig in an interactive session exploring repertoire
and rehearsal techniques specifically designed for
tenor-bass choirs. Seelig, Conductor Laureate of the
San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Conductor
Emeritus of the Turtle Creek Chorale, will be joined by
a chamber ensemble from the Turtle Creek Chorale.
Together they will demonstrate his signature “TLC”
(tears, laughs, chill bumps) philosophy, developed
throughout his successful trailblazing career working

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