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CHORAL JOURNAL
From the EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor

EDITOR

AMANDA BUMGARNER
This November/December 2024 issue of Choral ACDA National Office
Journal is the final one for two editorial board mem- 405-232-8161 (ex. 205)
bers who have completed two terms serving ACDA in abumgarner@acda.org
this capacity. Editorial board members serve behind
the scenes, but the product of each month’s issue of MANAGING EDITOR
Choral Journal is a direct result of their work. First,
Amanda Bumgarner RON GRANGER
William Weinert is the chair of the conducting and ACDA National Office
ensembles department, professor of conducting, and director of choral ac- 405-232-8161
tivities at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. He rgranger@acda.org
conducts the Eastman Chorale and the Eastman-Rochester Chorus while
supervising the master’s and doctoral programs in choral conducting. Sec- EDITORIAL BOARD
ond, Giselle Wyers is the Donald E. Peterson Endowed Professor of Choral
Music at the University of Washington. Along with being an active guest SEAN MICHAEL BURTON
conductor, she is a composer with works published by Santa Barbara Music seanburtonmusic@gmail.com
Publishing Company, MusicSpoke, and earthsongs. Both Bill’s and Giselle’s MARQUES L. A. GARRETT
expertise covered a range of subjects, and they were passionate, thoughtful marques.garrett@unt.edu
reviewers as well as just being wonderful people. I want to publicly thank MICHAEL PORTER
them for their work on behalf of ACDA. Those interested in the music of cmporter1750@gmail.com
Anton Bruckner should not miss Bill’s update of his 1996 Choral Journal ar-
ticle on the Mass in F Minor, published in June/July 2024. WILLIAM SOUTHERLAND
The 2024 calendar year featured a variety of topics and several focus williamgsoutherland@gmail.com
issues. January previewed the 2024 Regional Conferences. June/July high- DEBRA SPURGEON
lighted the music of Anton Bruckner for the 200th anniversary year. Sep- dspurg@olemiss.edu
tember featured a focus on William Dawson for the 125th anniversary, a
topic that was suggested by Marques Garrett at one of our editorial board WILLIAM WEINERT
meetings. Finally, the National Standing Committee for Advocacy & Col- wweinert@esm.rochester.edu
laboration curated a focus issue in their committee area for the October GISELLE WYERS
issue. We also had a wealth of other articles and columns, thanks to authors wyersg@uw.edu
and column editors. As always, you can view the annotated Choral Journal
index online to search for topics and articles from this and previous years. I COLUMN EDITORS
am indebted to Scott Dorsey for continuing this work for ACDA. This com-
ing January 2025 issue will feature a full preview of the interest sessions and MICAH BLAND
mbland1613@gmail.com
performances available at the national conference in Dallas, and the Febru-
ary issue will serve as the conference program book. MATTHEW HOCH
Please consider how you may want to contribute to any of ACDA’s pub- mrh0032@auburn.edu
lications in the coming year. Submissions are open for Choral Journal, Chor-
Teach, and the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing. You can find BRYAN E. NICHOLS
bnichols@psu.edu
out more information at acda.org under the “Publications” dropdown. I
look forward to continuing to share resources that will help you grow in your GREGORY PYSH
profession. gregory.m.pysh@gmail.com

JENNIFER RODGERS
rodgersj@iastate.edu

LAURA WIEBE
lwiebe@marin.edu

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