Conference Agenda
Wednesday, April 27
4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Registration
- Location: Lobby
7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Keynote | "Changing the landscape: How to cultivate an environment that inspires Black and Brown students to pursue a career in music education, k-12 and beyond."
Dr. Felicia Barber, presenter
CONCERT: Westminster Choir College Jubilee Singers
Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., conductor
- Location: Sanctuary
Thursday, April 28
8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Registration
- Location: Lobby
9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Interest Session I: "A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals"
Dr. Felicia Barber, presenter
- Location: Fellowship Hall
10:15 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.
Conducting Masterclass: Dr. Eugene Rogers, clinician
- Location: Fellowship Hall
1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Immersion Gospel Choir Rehearsal I: Brandon Waddles, clinician
- Location: Upper Room
2:15 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.
Interest Session II: "All About the Benjamins"
Schultz & Williams, Delaware Community Foundation, and the United Way of Delaware, panelists
- Location: Fellowship Hall
3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Interest Session III: “The Gospel Experience in the Choral Classroom!”
Maria Ellis, presenter
- Location: Fellowship Hall
4:45 P.M. - 5:45 P.M.
Immersion Gospel Choir Rehearsal II: Brandon Waddles, clinician
- Location: Upper Room
7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Keynote | Alysia Lee, presenter
CONCERT: EXIGENCE
Dr. Eugene Rogers, conductor
- Location: Sanctuary
Friday, April 29
8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Registration
- Location: Lobby
8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
Interest Session IV: "Grappling with the Spiritual"
Eileen Guenther, Everett McCorvey, and Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, panelists
- Location: Fellowship Hall
9:45 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Immersion Gospel Choir Rehearsal III: Brandon Waddles, clinician
- Location: Fellowship Hall
12:15 P.M. - 1:15 P.M.
Immersion Gospel Choir - Community Sing
Brandon Waddles, clinician
- Location: Sanctuary
1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Interest Session V: "Somebody's Knockin' At Your Door: Unlocking the Spiritual and the Underground Railroad"
American Spiritual Ensemble, Everett McCorvey, and Eileen Guenther
- Location: Sanctuary
2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.
Interest Session Vl: "She Speaks His Name: Stories About Men through a Womanist Lens"
Vinroy D. Brown, Jr., presenter
Location: Fellowship Hall
4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Reading Session I: "Black Excellence Thru Song", Sponsored by J.W. Pepper
- Location: Fellowship Hall
7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Keynote | Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, presenter
CONCERT: Choir School of Delaware
Jason Max Ferdinand, guest conductor
- Location: Sanctuary
Saturday, April 30
8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Registration
- Location: Lobby
8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
Interest Session VII: "Where Do We Go from Here?"
Robyn Hilger (ACDA) and Catherine DeHoney (Chorus America), panelists
Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, moderator
- Location: Fellowship Hall
9:45 A.M. - 10:45 A.M.
Reading Session II: Sponsored by Sheet Music Plus
- Location: Fellowship Hall
11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
ST. THOMAS GOSPEL CHOIR
Minister Waltier Blocker, conductor
- Location: Sanctuary
1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
DEMO/LECTURE
"The Incomparable Nathaniel Dett"
Marques L. A. Garrett, conductor
Performance by The Choir School of Delaware Choral Scholars
- Location: Sanctuary
2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.
Interest Session VIII: "Empowering Song - A Liberatory Choral Approach for Race, Prisons, and Beyond"
André de Quadros, presenter
- Location: Fellowship Hall
4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.
CONCERT: Honor Choir led by Alysia Lee and Maria Ellis
- Location: Sanctuary
7:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Keynote | Marques L.A. Garrett, presenter
CONCERT: American Spiritual Ensemble
Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor
Eileen Guenther, presenter
- Location: Sanctuary