NCCO10 Conference Schedule
The NCCO10 Schedule-in-Brief is now available.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
10:30am Opening Concert Session
- Welcome and All-Conference Sing
- Queens University Royal Voices of Charlotte
- Auburn University Chamber Choir
12:00pm Featured Artist Session #1: Rosephanye Powell
Lunch
2:15pm Interest Session Choice #1
- Bach, Belt, & Beyonce: Awakening the Singer's Format as a Common Thread to Realize a Non-Genre-Based Pedagogical Path
- When "World Music" Hits Home: Choral Music in American Diasporic Communities
2:55pm Interest Session Choice #2
- Feldenkrais Method and Mental Wellbeing in the Choral Room
- Gender Issues and A Brief Introduction of Choral Literature by Eastern Asian Female Composers
3:35pm Interest Session Choice #3
- Preparing Students for Choral Leadership
- Singing for a Sustainable Future: How the Choral Arts Can Help Address the Climate Crisis
4:30pm NCCO Choral Series Reading Session
- Bruce Rogers, conductor
Dinner
7:30pm Evening Concert Session
- World premiere of the inaugural Marguerite L. Brooks Commission, Thy Silver Pinions by Stacy Garrop
- Members of the Atlanta University Center choirs
- David Morrow, conductor
- Panel: A Conversation with Choral Leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Spelman Glee Club
- Morehouse Glee Club
- Finale: Lift Every Voice and Sing by John Rosamund Johnson, arr. Roland Carter
- sung by the combined Spelman and Morehouse Glee Clubs and NCCO10 Conference Attendees
- Roland Carter, conductor
10:00pm President's Reception (small gathering, by invitation)
Friday, November 10, 2023
7:00am All-Conference Run
8:00am Poster Session Breakfast
9:30am Morning Concert Session
Coffee Break
11:00am Conducting Masterclass
- NCCO10 Conducting Fellows and Anton Armstrong, master teacher
- featuring selections from The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers, ed. Marques L.A. Garrett
- Columbus State University Schwob Singers, masterclass choir
Lunch
2:00pm Afternoon Concert Session
- University of South Carolina Concert Choir
- 2021 Honorary Life Members Recognition
- Georgia Southern University Southern Chorale
4:00pm Interest Session Choice #4
- Discovering the Basque Country: Composers and Repertoire from Northern Spain
- Leaders, Not Leftovers: Strategies for Building a Strong and Inclusive Treble Ensemble
4:45pm Panel: Considering Collegiate Choral Excellence
Dinner
8:00pm Evening Concert Session
- Missouri State University Women's Chorus
- Introduction of 2023 Honorary Life Members
- Florida State University Chamber Choir
10:00pm All-Conference Party
Saturday, November 11, 2023
7:30am National Board Meeting and Breakfast
9:15am Panel: Reframing Workloads and Professional Evaluation
Coffee Break
10:30am Featured Artist Session #2: Kathy Saltzman Romey
11:45am Closing Concert Session
- NCCO Announcements
- Princeton University Chamber Choir
- NOTUS: Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
1:00pm Conference Ends