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2026 ACDA Northwestern Region Conference March 4-7, 2026 Tacoma, Washington

Helmuth Rilling; for performances at Carnegie Hall presenter will introduce a checklist for selecting choral
and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; and arrangements of world music pieces and a brainstorm-
international performing tours of Costa Rica, Spain, ing worksheet for how to teach and rehearse world
Germany, France, Peru, Argentina, and Czechia. music for choirs based on research and practitioner
articles. Participants will use the checklist to evaluate
sample octavos for cultural validity, cultural bias, and
practicality. Participants will then discuss how to intro-
Appropriation or Collaboration? duce and rehearse sample pieces with their ensembles
Programming World Music in ways that engage cultural collaboration and avoid
cultural appropriation.
Are you interested in programming world music
repertoire but unsure of how to select and teach pieces Austin Norrid will be the clinician for this session. His
while avoiding cultural appropriation? In this session, photo and bio are on page 58.
we will discuss concepts of authenticity, cultural va-
lidity, appropriation, and collaboration as they relate
to world music repertoire in the choral ensemble. The

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