ChoralConnections
June 14-16, 2012
ACF is pleased to announce ChoralConnections, a national convening of choral composers in conjunction with Chorus America’s annual convention.
ChoralConnections will be held at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Minneapolis (also the host hotel for Chorus America’s convention) on June 14-16, 2012. The purpose of this convening is to provide professional advancement for choral composers and create meaningful opportunities for interaction with many of the country’s most prominent choral conductors.
Running concurrently with the Chorus America conference, ChoralConnections will feature sessions led by nationally-recognized professionals on such topics as music engraving and copying, copyright and contracts, self-publishing, engaging conductors, recording and distribution, and commissioning innovations.
Certainly a conference highlight will be a public reading session of juried choral works by a professional chorus conducted by acclaimed conductor Dale Warland. This ‘master class’ will create a fertile laboratory for artists—composers, conductors and singers—to interact and respond to exciting new choral music. Composers who register for ChoralConnections will be able to submit a piece to be considered for this session.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 14, 2012
3:00 pm Registration opens. Radisson Plaza Hotel | |
6:00 pm Dinner and Dialog with Libby Larsen. Central Lutheran Church | |
8:00 pm VocalEssence concert featuring Carol Barnett's The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, Dominick Argento's Walden Pond, and the world premiere of a new work by Minnesota composer Paul Rudoi. Central Lutheran Church |
Friday, June 15, 2012
7:30 am Registration continues. Radisson Plaza Hotel | |
8:30 am Composer/Conductor Speed-dating, Session #1 | |
9:00 am Morning Sing and joint Plenary Session with Chorus America | |
10:45 am Music Engraving and Copying: Bill Holab, owner, Bill Holab Music | |
12:45 pm Composer/Conductor Speed-dating, Session #2 | |
1:45 pm Copyrights & Contracts: Everything You Need to Know: James M. Kendrick, attorney and president of Schott Music Corp./European American Music Distributors LLC | |
5:00 pm Self-publishing Your Music: Will it Work for Me?: Jocelyn Hagen, composer and President of Graphite Publishing; Stephen Paulus, composer; Eric Pearson, General Manager and Editor of Paulus Publications | |
Evening Dine Arounds at area restaurants with host composers |
Saturday, June 16, 2012
8:15 am Composer/Conductor Speed-dating, Session #3 | |
9:00 am Engaging Conductors: the Dos and Dont's: Craig Hella-Johnson, Artistic Director of Conspirare; Libby Larsen, composer; Eugene Rogers, Associate Director of Choirs at the University of Michigan; Dale Warland, conductor | |
10:30 am Recording and Distribution in the Digital Age: Lea Maitlen, Senior Marketing Manager at Naxos USA; John Nuechterlein, President and CEO of the American Composers Forum | |
12:15 pm Commissioning Innovation: The Bluegrass Mass: Carol Barnett, composer; Art Blackburn, manager of Monroe Crossing; Philip Brunelle, Artistic Director of VocalEssence; Michael McCarthy, commissioner and Chorus America Board of Directors | |
2:00 pm Choral (ad)Ventures: New Music Reading Session: Dale Warland, conductor. Hoversten Chapel, Augsburg College |
*Panelists and presenters subject to change.
Register here.
Choral (ad)Ventures submission guidelines.
Convention hotel registration ($162 + tax per night) information.
Additional Minneapolis hotel information.
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