ACDA Conference
2012 SUMMER CONFERENCE: SUNDAY, JULY 15–WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
All choral conductors are welcome to attend a portion of, or the enitre conference, which features a variety of sessions on a range of topics relevant to choral music directors and educators.
Evening sessions provide opportunities to observe master conducting classes with guest clinicians, culminating in an informal performance of a choral masterwork by all conference participants, faculty and staff in the Phillips Music Center Recital Hall.
Break-outs and scheduled receptions encourage a relaxed and positive atmosphere for networking and charing experiences. Participants will also receive an outstanding packet of music for all types of choirs and levels, some of which will be explored during conference reading sessions.
Detailed conference schedule coming soon...
REGISTRATION
| $230 | Conference Registration submitted by May 15; eligible for a maximum of 45 PDPs* |
| $250 | Conference Registration submitted after May 15; eligible for a maximum of 45 PDPs* |
| $600 | Conference Registration; eligible for two (2) Graduate Credits* |
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*Attendance documentation for 24 conference contact hours and summary paper required |
SPECIAL REGISTRATION RATES (NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE, PLEASE REGISTER ON SITE)
| $60 | Undergraduate Student rate** |
| $85 | Per diem rate** |
** Student and per diem participants are not guaranteed a music reading packet, they will be distributed first-come-first-served based on availability.
2012 ACDA CLINICIANS
Deborah A. Mello
Founder and Artistic Director of the Children’s Chorus of Sussex County
Founding and Artistic Director of the Children’s Chorus of Sussex County, Deborah Mello is the recipient of the Master Teacher Award from the New Jersey Music Educators Association, the New Jersey Governor’s Award for Arts in Education, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Master Teacher Collaborative Award, sponsored by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. A former National Chair of the American Choral Directors Association National Committee for Children’s Choirs, Debbie currently serves the American Choral Directors Association as Eastern Division Children’s and Youth Choir Chair for Repertoire and Standards. Deborah has conducted regional and honor choruses in several states including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Louisiana, Maine, Kentucky, Virginia, and New Mexico. She has taught numerous workshops on elementary music education and choral singing with children in the United States and as an Artist/Teacher for Doreen Rao’s Choral Music Education courses in England, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. In May 2007, Deborah and her husband, Joseph, each received the Inaugural Distinguished Music Educator Award from Yale University. Deborah, in conjunction with composer, Jill Gallina, has published 2 music collections, All-American Sing Along Songs, and Songs Boys Like To Sing that can be used in school, church and community programs. This past summer, she served as vocal coach for the girl choir camp at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York City. Recently retired as Director of Choral Activities at Randolph High School, Deborah is currently teaching at Montclair State University and is also the director of the Junior Choir at Christ Episcopal Church in Newton, New Jersey.
Daniel Bara joined the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music as Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music in fall of 2010, having served as Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina. While at ECU, his university choirs were invited to perform for state, regional, and national conventions of ACDA and MENC, and the ECU Chamber Singers completed two professional recordings for the Gothic Records label (Greater Love, 2007; Eternal Light, 2010). His conducting students have consistently advanced into the live rounds of the ACDA National Conducting Competition, and several of his former MM conducting students now hold collegiate conducting appointments at New England Conservatory, Miami University of Ohio, University of Idaho, and William Jewell College.
At ECU, Dr. Bara was the recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award and the Robert L. Jones Award for Outstanding Teaching. Prior accolades include the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize given at the Eastman School of Music, and the ACDA National Student Conducting Competition (Graduate Division) awarded at the National Convention in San Antonio, TX in 2001.
Dr. Bara is Past-President of NC-ACDA, has held the Artistic Directorship of the New York State Summer School of the Arts – School of Choral Studies (2007-2009), and has served as conductor of the World Youth Honor Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp (2004-2006). He is in increasing demand as a guest conductor and clinician, with recent or upcoming engagements with all-state, regional honor choirs, and conference appearances in Texas, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida.
Dr. Bara holds the DMA degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, organ and conducting degrees from the University of Michigan, and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. At UGA he will conduct the Concert Choir and Men's Glee Club, and will oversee the graduate choral conducting program.
ON CAMPUS HOUSING
The facility used for the Graduate Music Summer Term is an air-conditioned apartment style residence hall offering single and double guest rooms with a central living area and kitchenette. There is one bathroom for each suite. Rates are $46 for single occupancy, $36 for double occupancy.
Please complete the HOUSING AND MEALS RESERVATION FORM to submit a reservation online.
MEALS
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available for cash purchase on the main level of Lane Student Center. For convenience, students may also choose to purchase a meal plan in advance of their arrival on campus. To purchase a meal plan, please complete the HOUSING AND MEALS RESERVATION FORM.