The American Choral Directors Association

Virginia, Maryland/DC & Delaware and The Musical Source present:

The 16th Annual

A Special Note from the Musical Source:

The Musical Source is delighted to be able to help unite the ACDA forces from our
richly talented Mid-Atlantic area in producing this event that has become a summer
tradition. Our warm appreciation goes out to all the ACDA members who helped
coordinate the many facets of this unique event.

We pride ourselves in being more than just a business...we at The Musical Source
strive to be a vital part of our regions musical community and treat teachers and
performing artists with the respect they deserve for their dedication to, and their love
for, our wonderful art form. Working together we can all help preserve and pass
along to the coming generations this precious art form we all know as a way of life.

Jack Ay
President, The Musical Source
1-800-2-SOURCE
8555 16th Street Suite 801
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-587-7401 - Phone
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findit@musicalsource.com - email
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George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia
August 7-9, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Conference Schedule ................................................................ 3-5

Headliners ................................................................................ 6 & 7
CD Order Form ................................................................................ 7
Campus Map .................................................................................. 8
Presenters .................................................................................. 9-10

CONFERENCE SURVEY

Please complete and return to the registration desk before you leave. Or to complete a more comprehensive
evaluation online please visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DWD9CJR

ABOUT YOU
1. With what state ACDA chapter are you affiliated? MD/DC DE VA OTHER _________
2. How many times have you attended the Voices United Conference? ______________________________
3. What is your primary area of music teaching or conducting? _____________________________________
4. Did you participate in the Conductors Chorus this year? If so please take a moment to provide us with your
feedback on the experience.



Please rank the following Interest & Reading sessions as follows:
5=outstanding 4= above average 3= average 2= fair 1= below average

Masterclass Conductors .............................................................. 11

Accompanists ................................................................................ 12
Voices United 2015 ........................................................................ 13
Special Thanks ............................................................................... 14
Conference Survey........................................................................ 15
Message from The Musical Source ............................. Back Cover

INTEREST SESSIONS

RATING

Sing With Us! (Page)

Teaching Historic and Cultural Context Through Choral Music (Caldwell)
Composers Workshop (Caldwell)
A Rehearsal Checklist (Apfelstadt)
Unique Aspects of Conducting Womens Choruses (Apfelstadt)
Authentic Choral Assessments (Franklin)
Aural Literacy in the Choral Ensemble (Keene)
Creating Performances from Found Sources (Hayes)
Young People Old Music: Crossing the Divide (Kiver)
Taking the Pain Out of Sight-reading (Beresik)
Its Not Just Old Music: CPDL (Kelly)

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READING SESSIONS

RATING

Elementary School Reading Session (Freeman/Tynch)

High School Reading Session (Henderson/Hutchens)
Middle School Reading Session (Jennings/Markwood/Smith)
Music & Worship Reading Session (Horton/Patterson)
Nick Page and Paul Caldwell

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Thank you for providing us with your feedback! Please feel free to include additional comments in writing
where there is space!

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SPECIAL THANKS

2014 ACDA VOICES UNITED SCHEDULE

The Musical Source

Jack Ay, President

ACDA State Presidents



ACDA State Treasurers
Lisa Billingham, VA




Joe Eveler, VA
Isaac Borocz, MD/DC



Michael Turnblom, MD/DC
Duane Cottrell, DE




Marty Lassman, DE

ACDA State Presidents-Elect
Bill Podolski, VA
Ben Hutchens, MD/DC
David Lockhart, DE

GMU Hosts





Center for the Arts Staff
Dennis Layendecker, Chair, School of Music

Julie Thompson, Executive Director
Stanley Engebretson, Director of Choral Activities
Lesley Irminger, Scheduling and Events Coordinator
Lisa Billingham, Director of Choral Music Education
Jessica D'Angelo, Concert Hall Production Manager
Julie Womble, Business and Operations Manager
Dan Hobson, Arts Support Production Manager
Kevin McCarthy, Staff & Operations Director
Adrianna Daugherty Smith, Harris Theater Technical Director







Micah Stromberg, Tom Terlecki, Ian Schmidt, Billy Kessinger,







Joe Sheppard - Center for the Arts










Elizabeth Katz, Front of House Manager


Registration




Planning Committee Support
Philip Keirstead, VA



Emi Eiting, VA







Bill Podolski, VA

Interest Session Coordinator


Reading Session Coordinator
Cera Babb, DE




Marty Lassman, DE

Masterclass Coordinator



Networking Dinner Coordinator
Stephen Caracciolo, MD/DC



CJ Redden-Liotta, VA

Festival Choir Coordinator



Children's Honor Choir Coordinators
Mary-Hannah Klontz, VA



Michael Wu, MD/DC
Jane Thessin, MD (co-chair)



Linda Scott, VA

Cafe & Banquet




Program Design
Bill Podolski, VA




Joe Eveler, VA










ACDA Collegiate Chapter Student Workers
Ariauna Heck, coordinator (GMU)
Purev-Ochir Arslanbaatar (GMU), Ocie Shaquan Banks (GMU), Jacob Devol (VCU), Miranda Lansberry (GMU),
Madelyn Magnotti (LU), Sara Martin (GMU), Byron Smith (GMU), Sophie Smith (GMU), Chad Steffey (GMU), Aaron
Todd (JMU)
GMU George Mason University; JMU James Madison University
LU Longwood University; VCU Virginia Commonwealth University

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Time

Conference Schedule
Harris Theatre

8:00-9:30

Registration
Continental Breakfast in the lobby of Harris
Theatre

9:45-10:00

Welcome/Warm-up/Conference Sing
Lisa Billingham (VA), Isaac Borocz (MD/DC),
Duane Cottrell (DE)

10:00-11:00

Reading Sessions:
High School - Harris Theater
Clinicians: Melodie Henderson (VA), Ben Hutchens
(MD/DC)
Presider: Bill Podolski (VA)

Elementary - PAB rm. 327
Clinicians: Ann Freeman (DE), Bonny Tynch (VA)
Presider: Marty Lassman (DE)

11:00-11:15
11:15-12:15

BREAK
Interest Session:
Sing With Us!
Clinician: Nick Page
Presider: Michael Wu (MD/DC)

12:15-12:30

BREAK

12:30-1:30

Interest Session:
Teaching Historic and Cultural Context Through
Choral Music
Clinician: Paul Caldwell
Presider: Mary-Hannah Klontz (VA)
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Interest Session:
Composers Workshop
Clinician: Paul Caldwell
Presider: Joe Eveler (VA)

1:30-2:30
2:30-3:30

3:30-3:45
3:45-4:45



4:45-5:00

BREAK
Interest Session:
A Rehearsal Checklist: If Then
Clinician: Hilary Apfelstadt
Presider: Lisa Billingham (VA)
BREAK

5:00-7:00

Conductors Chorus Rehearsal

Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor
Presider: Bill Podolski

7:00

Networking Reception
Brions Grill at University Mall
10621 Braddock Rd., Fairfax VA 22032

Thursday, August 7

Festival Chorus
Room 323

Childrens Chorus
DeLaski Hall

6:00-7:00
Registration

5:30-6:30
Registration

7:00-9:00
Rehearsal with Paul Caldwell

6:30-9:00
Rehearsal with Nick Page

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2014 ACDA VOICES UNITED SCHEDULE

Time

Conference Schedule
Harris Theatre

8:00

Registration Open, The Musical Source Open

9:00-10:00

Reading Sessions:
Middle School - Harris Theater
Clinicians: Mary Jennings (MD/DC), Jordan Markwood
(VA), Gary Smith (DE)
Presider: Duane Cottrell (DE)

Music in Worship - PAB rm. 327
Clinicians: Tyler Horton (MD/DC), Mark Patterson (VA)
Presider: Isaac Borocz (MD/DC)

Festival Chorus
Room 323

BREAK

11:15-11:30

BREAK

LUNCH (12:00-1:00)

11:30-12:30

Interest Session:
Authentic Choral Assessments in the 21st Century Harris
Theater
Clinician: Brigitte Franklin
Presider: Cera Babb (DE)

Aural Literacy in the Choral Ensemble: Music as a Language
PAB 327
Clinician: Christopher Keene
Presider: Duane Cottrell (DE)
STATE LUNCH MEETINGS
DE MTB 1023
MD/DC MTB 2018
VA The Bistro, lowest level of the Johnson Center

1:00-3:00
Rehearsal with Paul Caldwell

2:00-3:00

Master Class
Clinician: Hilary Apfelstadt
Presider: Stephen Caracciolo (MD/DC)

BREAK (3:15-4:15)

3:00-3:15
3:15-4:15

BREAK

4:15-4:30
4:30-5:30

BREAK

5:30-5:45

BREAK

6:00-8:30

Annual Dinner Banquet

GMU Center for the Arts, Main Lobby
- Cocktail Half-Hour
- Networking Game
- Panel Discussion
- Buffet Dinner

Interest Session:
Unique Apsects of Conducting Womens Choruses
Clinician: Hilary Apfelstadt
Presider: Bill Podolski (VA)

Conductors Chorus Rehearsal

Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor
Presider: Bill Podolski (VA)

Interest Session:
Beyond the Octoavo: Creating Performance Pieces from
Found Sources Harris Theater
Clinician: Bryce Hayes
Presider: Philip Keirstead (VA)

Young People Old Music: Crossing the Divide PAB 327
Clinician: Christopher Kiver
Presider: Melodie Henderson(VA)

VOICES UNITED 2015

Childrens Chorus
DeLaski Hall

9:00-12:00
9:00-12:00
Rehearsal with Paul Caldwell Rehearsal with Nick Page

10:00-10:15
10:15-11:15

12:30-2:00

Friday, August 8

LUNCH (12:00-1:30)

Plan now to attend the

17th Annual
ACDA Voices United Conference
August 6-8, 2015
at

George Mason University

with
1:30-3:00
Rehearsal with Nick Page in
Concert Hall

BREAK (3:15-4:15)

3:15-4:15
Festival Chorus Open Rehearsal
Paul Caldwell, conductor
Performing Arts Building
BREAK (4:15-4:30)
4:30-5:30
Rehearsal in Concert Hall

3:00-4:15
Children's Chorus Open Rehearsal
Nick Page, conductor
Rehearsal in Concert Hall
BREAK (4:15-4:30)
4:30-5:30
Rehearsal in Concert Hall

Amazing Headliners
Awesome Interest Sessions
Tons of Music
Festival Chorus
Childrens Honors Chorus
Conductors Chorus

and much, much more!

Visit the Voices United website for more details:

www.acdavoicesunited.org

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ACCOMPANISTS

2014 ACDA VOICES UNITED SCHEDULE

Melvin Goodwyn has over 25 years experience as a choral director in Prince William County, Virginia and is the
Coordinator of the Performing Arts School at Woodbridge Sr. High School. Choirs under Mr. Goodwyns direction
have consistently received superior ratings and gold medal awards at the district, state, and national festivals. With
degrees from Westminster Choir College and Catholic University, Mr. Goodwyn has served as president of both the
Virginia Choral Directors Association of VMEA and the Virginia Chapter of ACDA.



Donald Cotton has been on the staff of the Childrens Chorus of Washington for 17 years and conducts their Young
Mens Ensemble and Treble Chorus. He also serves as the principal accompanist for their Concert Chorus and
Chamber Ensemble. This is Mr. Cottons 23rd year teaching music in the Diocese of Arlington in Northern Virginia.
He is currently at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School in Clifton, Virginia. Prior to teaching at St. Andrews, Mr.
Cotton taught for 22 years at Queen of Apostles Catholic School in Alexandria, Virginia where he established an
exemplary music education program. The schools choir under Mr. Cottons direction had become known throughout
the Arlington Diocese for its extraordinary performances. At the invitation of the Archdiocese of Washington, Mr.
Cotton has prepared the schools choir for tapings of the televised Christmas Day Mass at the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception. In 2005 they were invited to sing for Mass at the Arlington Dioceses Pilgrimage to the Shrine.
The choir has performed at the White House and on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center. The choir was also
invited to participate in An American Cantata: 2000 Voices with the National Symphony Orchestra. Repeatedly, the choir
was invited to perform on live television for the annual Worldwide School Childrens Holy Hour at the Basilica of the
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Mr. Cotton has also served as accompanist for childrens choral festivals
throughout Europe, South America, and the United States. Mr. Cotton received his Bachelor of Music in Piano
Accompanying from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Virginia.



Jane Moore Kaye performs in the greater D.C. area as an active collaborative pianist and recitalist. She shares her love
of choral music as accompanist for the ACDA Voices United Conference (held annually on the campus of George
Mason University) and other area district and state choral festivals where she has accompanied for Weston Noble,
Eleanor Daley, Dale Warland, Anton Armstrong, John Rutter, David Brunner and Joe Miller. As organist at Providence
Presbyterian Church, she helped oversee the installation of a Lively-Fulcher tracker pipe organ in 2007. In the
community, Jane is the Artist Liaison for the chamber music series Music & Arts at Providence. She is vocal coach
and accompanist for the University Chorale at George Mason University and accompanist for the Fairfax Choral Society
Childrens Choruses. Most recently, Jane was one of two accompanists for the United Choirs of Proms Choral Festival
in Prague, Czech Republic under the batons of Andre Thomas and Anton Armstrong. Other highlights of her career
have included performances at the White House, the National Cathedral, The Kennedy Center and high-level Pentagon
events to include the National Prayer Breakfast and the prayer service following 9/11. Jane earned a BM in Piano
Performance at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas and an MM in Piano Performance at Sam Houston
University in Huntsville, Texas. Her teachers, past and present have included Bradford Gowen, Gary Graffman, John
Paul, Theodore Guerrant, and William Neil.

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Time
9:00-10:00

10:00-10:15
10:15-11:15

11:15-11:30
11:30-12:30

12:30-1:30

1:30

Conference Schedule
Harris Theatre

Reading Session:
Nick Page and Paul Caldwell
Clinicians: Nick Page and Paul Caldwell
Presider: Lisa Billingham (VA)

BREAK

Interest Session:
Taking the Pain Out of Sight-reading Harris
Theater
Clinician: Amy Beresik
Presider: Bill Podolski (DE)





Its Not Just Old Music: Finding Engaging
and Quality Repertoire on CPDL PAB 327
Clinicians: Ryan Kelly
Presider: Cera Babb (DE)

BREAK

Conductor's Chorus Rehearsal
Rehearsal on Stage in Center for the Arts
Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor

LUNCH & settle up with
The Musical Source

16th Annual
ACDA VOICES UNITED CONCERT
GMU Center for the Arts,
Concert Hall

Saturday, August 9

Festival Chorus
Room 323

Childrens Chorus
DeLaski Hall

10:00-12:30
Rehearsal with Paul Caldwell in
Concert Hall

10:00-12:30
Rehearse with Nick Page in
DeLaski Hall

LUNCH

LUNCH

16th Annual
ACDA VOICES UNITED
CONCERT
GMU Center for the Arts,
Concert Hall

16th Annual
ACDA VOICES UNITED
CONCERT
GMU Center for the Arts,
Concert Hall

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GUEST PRESENTERS, CLINICIANS & CONDUCTORS

Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt is the Director of Choral Programs at the University of Toronto.
Canadian by birth, she began her music education in Nova Scotia at the age of five. Her
degrees, all in vocal music education, are from the University of Toronto, the
University of Illinois, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also has a diploma
in piano performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. From 1993
2010, she was Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the Ohio State University
in Columbus where she also served as Associate Director for the School of Music from
2008 2010.
Choirs under her direction have performed at regional and national conventions of the
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and at state and regional conferences
of the National Association of Music Education (MENC). She has conducted many
honor choirs and all-state choruses throughout the United States and has guest
conducted in Canada, Cuba, and England. In February 2009, she conducted the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir in a public broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word. She
has led choral festivals in Switzerland and Austria, and conducted at St. Peters Basilica
in Rome in 2011.
She is a frequent lecturer and clinician at professional conferences and universities, and
is a mentor to many young conductors and choral educators. Dr. Apfelstadts research areas include leadership
styles among conductors, and choral repertoire, particularly by Canadian composers. She has published over
seventy articles on choral music in various refereed journals, and wrote two chapters in Wisdom, Wit and Will:
Women Conductors on their Art, (GIA, 2009). She serves on the editorial boards of The Choral Scholar, the official
publication of the National Collegiate Conductors Organization (NCCO), and the ACDA Choral Journal, and is
also the choral column editor for the Canadian Music Educator. She is an advisory board member for AIRS
(Advanced Disciplinary Research in Singing), a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada.
A past national president of ACDA, Dr. Apfelstadt sang with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers for several years
and recorded two CDs for Telarc with the Singers in France.

MASTERCLASS CONDUCTORS

Native to Richmond, VA, Jacob Devol is a junior at Virginia Commonwealth University, pursuing a degree in
Music Education with a concentration in Vocal-Choral music with a minor in Religious Studies. In addition to
his studies, he is employed as a vocalist at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, VA and as a pianist at St.
Michaels Catholic Church in Glen Allen, VA. Starting in the Fall of 2014, he will also be teaching voice lessons at
Powhatan Music and Sound, in Powhatan, VA. Choral music has been an intriguing passion of his for some time
now; he loves how the choral performance can create an immersive, transcendent experience among singers. He
enjoys the collaborative nature of the art, in which the director and the musicians must maintain excellent
communication in order to have a successful and fulfilling performance. He hopes most to work in secondary
music education, while possibly directing a church music ministry.

Lucas Link hails from Baltimore, Maryland and is a student at the University of Maryland Baltimore County
(UMBC) where he studies composition with Dr. Linda Dusman, conducting and choral performance with Dr.
Stephen Caracciolo, and voice with Joseph Regan. In addition to his studies, Lucas will begin serving as a tenor
choral professional at Baltimore's Old St Paul's Episcopal under the direction of John Smedstad in the Fall. He
has been fortunate to work as a workshop composer with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and the Princeton
Singers, and as a studying conductor he recently had the great privilege to conduct the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra in a workshop given by New York Philharmonic Associate Conductor, Case Scaglione. After
graduating with a degree in Composition from UMBC, he plans to study conducting in graduate school.

NOTES

Paul Caldwell has been Artistic Director of the Youth Choral Theater since 2001. Under
his leadership, the organization has achieved a new level of recognition and more than
doubled in size and scope. His focus on contemporary repertoire, multi-media and
interdisciplinary performance projects, and music from diverse world cultures garnered
national recognition when he was awarded the Chorus America/ASCAP prize for
Adventurous Programming in 2006. Paul recently accepted a permanent summer post as
resident conductor for the Sing A Mile High Childrens Choral Festival in Denver,
appearing in alternate years with Rollo Dilloworth. The 2012 season also marks this third
engagement as a conductor for the Vocalizze Choral Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Other
upcoming appearances include conducting an honor choir for the American Choral
Directors Association and a return to the Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans.
Paul composes and arranges music collaboratively with Sean Ivory. Their work is a staple
in the repertoire of ensembles worldwide and has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Avery
Fisher Hall, the Chicago Symphony Center, the Sydney Opera House, and throughout
Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the past three years, the National Endowment for the Arts
has funded three different commissioning projects which enabled them to create new
works for American choruses.

Paul is a member of Chorus Americas Board of Directors (Executive Committee) and chairs the organizations
Programs and Education Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the New Orleans Childrens Chorus.
In 2008, he was recognized for his contribution to the choral community nationwide at the National Performing Arts
Conference when he was selected as the recipient of Chorus Americas Michael J. Korn Founders Award for
Philanthropic Contribution to the Arts.

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PRESENTERS

GUEST PRESENTERS, CLINICIANS & CONDUCTORS

Christopher G. Keene is a conductor, songleader, private coach, and speaker working in the Boston area. He
recently presented at Maine and Massachusetts Music Educators Conferences and has conducted the Maine
District III Honors Elementary Choral Festival for the last 2 years. Keene firmly believes everyone can sing, and
proves it in Community Sings with amateur audiences ranging from dozens to hundreds. Keene is a level III
certified Kodly educator through the New England Conservatorys Kodly Music Institute. He leads music
programs at the Dover Church while maintaining an active private studio and working for a boutique
professional-development consulting firm, helping people from all walks of life improve and grow. For more
information, videos of events, and contact info, please visit www.christophergkeene.com.



Dr. Ryan Kelly is assistant professor of music and associate director of choral activities at West Chester
University of Pennsylvania. He directs Mastersingers, Cantari Donne, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble and teaches
courses in conducting, choral music, and voice. He is a nationally active adjudicator, clinician, and conductor; his
2013-2014 conference appearances include the Southwest Division American Choral Directors Association
(ACDA) Conference and the state conferences for Pennsylvania ACDA, South Carolina ACDA, Florida Music
Educators Association, and Georgia Music Educators Association. In October, he will present an interest session
for the National Association for Music Education at their National In-Service Conference in Tennessee. He is also
Pennsylvania ACDA R&S Chair for Student Activities. Dr. Kelly earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
choral conducting from Michigan State University where he was awarded their Research Enhancement Award.
He also has degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Houston Baptist University. In Michigan, he was
artistic director for the Holland Chorale and in Texas, director of choral activities at Kilgore College and chorus
master for Opera East Texas. His research is regularly published in professional journals and his critical
performance edition of Carl Faschs Missa voci a 16 will be published by Carus-Verlag in 2014. He is an active
composer with works published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. Dr. Kelly is also an experienced church
musician and organist, serving as organist at Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.



Dr. Christopher Kiver is director of choral activities at Pennsylvania State University where he directs the
Concert Choir and Mens Glee Club, oversees the graduate choral conducting program and teaches classes in
choral conducting and choral literature. He is founder and director of The Orpheus Singers and serves as
Director of Music at the University Baptist and Brethren Church in State College. Kiver is a graduate of the
University of London, Florida State University and the University of Michigan where he received the D.M.A. in
choral conducting. Choirs under Kivers direction have performed at state and regional conventions of the
American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education. He has taught at the
Westminster Choir College Summer and Saturday Seminar programs, and appeared as guest conductor, clinician
and adjudicator in the United States, Australia, China and New Zealand. Kiver is immediate past-president of
the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and serves as Repertoire and
Standards Chair for Mens Choirs for ACDA National and the Eastern Division. A native of England, he has
received numerous prizes and scholarships including a Fulbright Award, and the 2002 Sydney World Choral
Symposium Foundation Scholarship.

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Nick Page is a Boston based composer, conductor and author who is best
known for his song leading. Nick has led sings at throughout North America
and Europe. He has been commissioned to compose choral piece for both
childrens and adult choirs. His COMIC BOOK OPERA was premiered at
Lincoln Center in June, 2011. In 2007, Nick conducted his Nursery Rhyme
Cantata at Carnegie Hall and he has conducted at countless honor choir
festivals in North America and abroad.

Nick was a conductor with the Chicago Childrens Choir in the 1980s and
since 1990 has conducted Bostons MYSTIC CHORALE whose concerts always
feature audience sing-along. He has over eighty published choral pieces from
Hal Leonard, Boosey & Hawkes, Transcontinental, earthsongs, Colla Voce,
Roger Dean and Alliance including his SING WITH US songbook and choral
series from Hal Leonard. He is also the author of SING AND SHINE ON, a book on song
leading (World Music Press) and MUSIC AS A WAY OF KNOWING (Stenhouse).

The three conference performances are being recorded in-house and will be available on CD. Each copy will
include program information and all performers names. CDs are $10.00. If you would like copies please fill
out the portion below and mail, fax or email it to Soundwaves the address below. CDs can also be ordered at
www.soundwaves.org. Just search for ACDA United. Your order will be mailed to you along with an
invoice.

Soundwaves Recording 4708 Surfside Dr. Huron, OH 44839
Mail@Soundwaves.org Office: 419-433-4918 Fax: 567-623-6024

NAME: _____________________________ ADDRESS: _________________________________________
CITY: _______________________________ STATE: __________ ZIP: ___________
EMAIL: ______________________ PHONE _____________________ CD QUANTITY:_________

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CAMPUS MAP

PRESENTERS
Amy J. Beresik is the choral director at Dorseyville Middle School in the Fox Chapel Area School District where
she has three grade-level ensembles and two award-winning Honor Choirs. Under her direction, the DMS Girls
Chamber Chorus has received exclusively Superior ratings in competition and was invited to sing for the
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Annual Conference in 2013. The choirs have been featured in annual
competitions as well as many local and regional events. Amy has worked with vocal and instrumental students
of all ages, both privately and in the classroom. She has prepared youth choruses for performances with the
Duquesne University Pappert Womens Chorale, the Fox Chapel Area School Districts 2005 & 2012
performances of Carmina Burana, the Pittsburgh Concert Chorales 2007 performance of John Rutters Mass of the
Children as well as Jr. versions of several Broadway shows. Mrs. Beresik will also be featured as the guest
conductor for the PMEA District 5 Elementary Songfest in March 2014. She studied Music Learning Theory with
Dr. Richard Grunow (Eastman School of Music) and Dr. Chris Azzara (Hartt School of Music/Eastman School of
Music) and has used the principles to develop practical curricula for general music, choral, and theory classes.
Most recently, Mrs. Beresik has served as a clinician for music education methods classes at Grove City College
as well as PMEA and ACDA professional development sessions. Session topics have included directing the MS
choral program, the boys changing voice, repertoire selection, conducting, and teaching literacy using the
principles of Music Learning Theory.

Brigitte Franklin is a choral music educator, accompanist, and life-long lover and performer of music. Brigitte
received her Bachelors Degree in Choral Music Education (Magna Cum Laude) from the Florida State University
in 2006. She began her teaching career at University High School in Orlando, Florida where she taught choral
music and piano to over 300 students. She then moved to Maryland in 2009 and taught general music and chorus
in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) at Columbia Heights Education Campus. It was there that she
discovered a need in the public schools for more progressive music education practices - the use of small
ensembles, reflective teaching, musical relevance, and appropriate assessment strategies to reach a wider and
more varied student population. She received her Masters Degree in Music Education from Boston University in
2011. Brigitte currently teaches choir and guitar at Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Dr. W. Bryce Hayes maintains an active career as a conductor, teacher, church musician, pianist, accompanist
and singer. As a choral conductor Bryce is currently assistant professor of Choral Music Education at James
Madison University where he works with the Treble Chamber Choir, a select chorus of 28 women, The
University Men's Chorus, a non auditioned men's ensemble of 40 university-wide students, Kor, a select men's
ensemble of 12, and the combined University Chorus, an ensemble of 100+ singers from across the campus. In
addition to his choral conducting responsibilities at JMU, Bryce teaches graduate choral literature,
undergraduate conducting, and various music education classes. A New Jersey native, Dr. Hayes hails most
recently from Minneapolis, Minnesota where he completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting
from The University of Minnesota. Bryce studied choral conducting with Kathy Romey and Matthew Mehaffey,
and instrumental conducting with Craig Kirchhoff and Mark Russell Smith. While a resident of the Twin Cities
Dr. Hayes led the acclaimed ensemble One Voice Mixed Chorus as a Guest Conductor for the fall 2010 season,
served as the Choral Director at Woodbury United Methodist Church, and was the founder and Instructor of the
ensemble, Campus Singers at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his time in Minnesota Dr. Hayes received a
Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Temple University in Philadelphia where he was honored
with the Elaine Brown Leadership Award for commitment to improving the community through the choral art.
During his time in Philadelphia Dr. Hayes also served as an intern conductor with the Mendelssohn Singers.
Bryce's career began with a Bachelor of Music degree in music education summa cum laude from Westminster
Choir College following which he served as the Director of Upper School Choral Music at Princeton Day School
in Princeton, New Jersey and the Director of the Cantores ensemble from The Princeton Girlchoir.

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