NCCO8
8th Biennial National Conference

November 7--9, 2019, College Park, Maryland

Hosted by the University of Maryland

Schedule... at a glance

This overview schedule is provided for planning purposes only. The full conference schedule will be provided online in mid-October. Questions? Ask NCCO.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

• Evening
  • National Board Meeting and Reception

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Registration will be open from 8:30am--5:00pm at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Lobby, and will reopen in the same location at 7:00pm prior to the evening concert.

• Morning
  • President's Welcome and Concert Session (Dekelboum Concert Hall, UMD)
    • Georgia State University Singers (Deanna Joseph)
      • Caroline Shaw's To the Hands
    • University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale (Kent Hatteberg)
      • Music for Chorus & Winds (Brahms, Bruckner, Hindemith)
  • NCCO8 Featured Artist Session: María Guinand
• Afternoon
  • Interest Sessions:
    • Innovation with a Social Conscience in the Music of Melissa Dunphy (Katherine FitzGibbon & Melissa Dunphy)
    • Beyond Elijah Rock: The Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers (Marques L.A. Garrett)
    • Beating the odds: helping students from underserved backgrounds survive and thrive as collegiate music majors (Christi McLain & Jerron Jorgensen)
    • Peruvian Choral Music: A New and Diverse Repertoire (Richard Williamson)
    • Maestras of Masterworks (Jami Lercher)
    • Performing 'Māori' Music: Perspectives from a Pākehā (non-Māori) who grew up immersed in this music (Jono Palmer)
  • NCCO Choral Series Reading Session and Composer Fellow Workshop featuring guest composer Dale Trumbore and the Wingate University Singers (Kenney Potter) performing new music of Carol Barnett and Nick Strimple, plus an edition of Victoria's O Vos Omnes, edited by Thomas Dunn.
• Evening
  • Installation of New Honorary Life Members and Remarks
  • Concert Session (Dekelboum Concert Hall, UMD)
    • Duquense University Voices of Spirit (Caron Daley)
      • Canadian Mosaic (Music of Ruth Watson Henderson, Andrew Balfour, R. Murray Schafer, & Laura Hawley)
    • University of Maryland Chamber Singers (Edward Maclary) host choir
      • New commissioned work by Dale Trumbore (chorus, piano, percussion, and string quartet)
      • Stravinsky Les Noces
      • Brahms Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104
      • Schoenberg Friede auf Erden

Friday, November 8, 2019

Registration will open from 8:00--9:00am at the conference hotel concurrent with the Poster Session Presentations and Breakfast. After 9am, all on-site registration will be by individual contact with an NCCO Executive Board member only.

• Morning
  • All-Conference Run
  • The Choral Scholar Poster-Session Presentations and Complimentary Breakfast
  • Concert Session (Memorial Chapel, UMD)
    • Northwestern State University Chamber Choir (Nicholaus Cummins)
      • Ljud i Skandinavien sång (Music of Mäntyjärvi, Kverno, Alfvén, Nørgård, Norman, and Rathbone)
    • Arkansas Tech University Choral Artists (Christopher Harris)
      • The Music of Ēriks Ešenvalds
  • Panel: "Considering Culture in Programming and Performance" (Wendy Moy, moderator) with NCCO8 Featured Artists María Guinand and Damien Sneed.
• Lunch: Task Force Meeting: Ensembles in the Collegiate Curriculum -- Adele H Stamp Memorial Union -- Café Area. **If interested, email [email protected]. **
• Afternoon
  • Concert Session (Memorial Chapel, UMD)
    • University of Texas at Arlington A Cappella Choir (Karen Kenaston-French)
      • Shakespeare in Paris (Music of Matthias, Chilcott, Mäntyjärvi & Shearing)
    • The Aeolians of Oakwood University (Jason Max Ferdinand) invited choir
  • Interest Sessions
    • Rehearsing Democratically: Empowering Ensembles from Within (Matthew Olson)
    • Marcel Tyberg Masses: Music Lost in the Holocaust (Brian Schmidt)
  • Panel: "Building Your Program -- Strategies for Recruitment and Retention" (Nathan Leaf, moderator)
• Evening
  • Concert Session (Dekelboum Concert Hall, UMD)
    • The Abyssinian Mass by Wynton Marsalis
    • Damien Sneed, conductor and NCCO8 Featured Artist
  • All-Conference Party

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Registration will not be available on this day.

• Morning
  • Conducting Masterclass for the MCP Conductor Fellowship Program, with Featured Artist María Guinand
  • NCCO8 Featured Artist Session: Damien Sneed
• Mid-Day
  • Announcement of Location for NCCO9
  • Closing Concert Session (Dekelboum Concert Hall)
    • Temple University Concert Choir (Paul Rardin)
      • have/not (Music of Derrick Spiva, Ruthie Foster & Ted Hearne)
    • Kansas State University Concert Choir (Joshua Oppenheim)
      • The Music of Owain Park
    • Miami University Men's Glee Club (Jeremy D. Jones)
      • Music by Women for Men's Voices (Rosephanye Powell, Andrea Ramsey, Susan LaBarr, Hyo-Won Woo, Elaine Hagenberg, and Joan Szymko)

The conference will conclude by 1:30pm.