Academic Year Workshops

Looking to enhance your choral conducting technique in a collaborative, supportive environment? Join us for a workshop on the art of choral conducting, where we will explore the vital relationship between gesture and sound to optimize choral artistry. Through a variety of diverse repertoire, the workshop will build a foundation for effective score study, review essential conducting fundamentals, and refine expressive conducting gestures.

Participants will work both in groups and individually to strengthen analytical skills and conducting technique. The goal is to develop greater confidence – both in score interpretation and on the podium – so that youth choirs of all ages may achieve the highest musical potential.

A reading packet will be provided with scores appropriate for elementary, middle and high school choirs.

Tuition

For credit: $170 (1 credit)

Participation only: $95 (No graduate credit or academic transcript record)

Lunch is included with the cost of registration.

This workshop is being made financially accessible by a discount for any current, future or retired music educator at any grade level, in private or public school setting.

Workshop Clinician

Dr. Mary Ellen Junda

Dr. Mary Ellen Junda, Professor Emerita of Music at the University of Connecticut, is recognized as an innovative music educator, conductor, scholar, and recording artist. Recipient of the Howard Foundation Fellowship in Music Performance for her choral artistry, Dr. Junda is noted for her Treblemakers recordings for children, her creative programming with two university ensembles—Earthtones and UConntabile—and her work as guest conductor for the 2022 OAKE National Youth Choir, the 2017 MMEA Elementary All-State Choir, and the 2017 CMEA Elementary Honors Choir. Dr. Junda is a faculty member for the Gordon College Music Education Graduate Summer Program.