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2026 ACDA Eastern Region Conference February 25-28, 2026 Providence, Rhode Island

S tuden t C onduc ting Mast er classes
Student Conducting Masterclasses

Undergraduate and Graduate Anthony Trecek-King, a highly acclaimed
choral conductor, scholar, pedagogue,
and media personality, has a career span-
Clinicians ning over twenty years. He’s an active
guest conductor, resident conductor with
the Handel and Haydn Society, artistic director of the
Kimberly Dunn Adams is the director of Berkshire Choral International, and creative advisor
choral activities and professor of music at for the VOCES8 US Foundation. Ensembles under his
West Chester University’s Wells School of direction have won a Pulitzer Prize, received a Gram-
Music, where she teaches graduate and my, and earned a National Arts and Humanities Youth
undergraduate courses. Her choirs have Program Award. He has worked with artists like Leslie
received top prizes in competition, conference perfor- Odom Jr., Melinda Doolittle, and Yo-Yo Ma, and has
mance invitations, and recognition for their recordings. led performances in venues such as Boston Symphony
She has presented and guest conducted throughout the Hall, the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Syd-
United States and internationally. Adams was previ- ney Opera House. He hosted the classical radio show
ously the director of choral activities at Western Mich- The Silent Canon and appeared on the Emmy-nominated
igan University and at Mount Holyoke College. She WGBH television series Sing That Thing and two TEDx
holds degrees from Oberlin College & Conservatory, Boston talks.
the Yale School of Music, and the University of Wis-
consin-Madison. Adams is highly praised for her ener-
getic, positive, and insightful work as an honor choir Demonstration Choirs
conductor and is a frequent guest conductor, clinician,
and adjudicator.
Chorus of Westerly
Edward Maclary is professor emeritus at Chamber Ensemble
the University of Maryland School of
Music. Under his two decades of leader-
ship, the UMD choral program achieved
global recognition. The UMD Chamber
Singers won top prizes in numerous international com-
petitions, and the UMD Concert Choir became the
symphonic choir of choice for both the National Sym-
phony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Or-
chestra. He has served as chorus master for esteemed
conductors. From 2014 to 2017, Maclary was the di-
rector of the masterclass in conducting at the Oregon
Bach Festival. Maclary holds graduate degrees from
Boston University and Indiana University. He was a
frequent collaborator with Robert Shaw and also stud- The Chamber Ensemble is a relatively new venture
ied with Margaret Hillis and Helmuth Rilling. of the Chorus of Westerly, created in the 2022–2023
season as a smaller, flexible group of singers who can
Sandra Snow will be a clinician for this masterclass. more readily participate in outreach activities beyond
Her photo and bio are on page 11. their regular symphonic concert season. All of the sing-
ers are also members of the full Symphonic Chorus

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