NORTH CAROLINA ALL STATE CHOIR

Information from Beverly Alt, All - State Coordinator

7037 Bronco Lane Summerfield, NC 27358 336-314-2326 beverlyalt@gmail.com

Dates: February 21-22, 2014-please note new timeline

Site: Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum Complex, Greensboro, NC ALL-STATE CHORAL FESTIVAL

Deadline for Applications: September 10, 2013-REGISTRATION IS ONLINE AT www.ncmeachoral.org. Please go to www.ncmeachoral.org and click on the Allstate link in order to register for the 2014 Allstate Festival. Clinicians: 9th-10th Grade Mixed Chorus: Dr. Jos Rivera, Pembroke University 11th -12th Grade Mixed Chorus: Dr. Rodney Wynkoop, Duke University

Purpose: To give our most outstanding students a chance to participate with other students of like ability in a highly select group and to give these students an opportunity to work with outstanding choral directors. Quota: There will be one chorus of 11th-12th grade mixed voices and one chorus of 9th-10th grade mixed voices each drawn from students in grades 9-12. The All-State coordinator will determine the quota for each school based on enrollment. Eligibility: a. The Choral Director of each student participating in Senior High Choral Section activities must be a current member, in good standing, of the North Carolina Music Educators Association and the school must have participated in an NCMEA HS Choral MPA event at least once in two years prior to the All-State event with the exception of a new director or a new school. b. The choral member must be enrolled in a scheduled choral class which receives one unit of credit in the current school year. c. Students, accompanied by their director or principals designee, must attend a district rehearsal to participate in the NC All-State Choral Festival *Please read this carefully! Allotment is based on the number of 9th-12th grade students currently enrolled in the choral program with no student being counted twice if registered for more than one class during the regular school day. Some guidelines:
1. Students you teach all yearcount ONE time. Do NOT count these students twice. 2. Students you teach ONE semester count ONE time..so you may count first semester students once, and second semester students once, but only if you do not teach these students year long. 3. If you teach students multiple class periods they count ONE time. Only students enrolled in Chorus classes for credit count. Before and after school classes not receiving credit do not count as numbers for (and are not eligible for) this event. Neither do students in Music Theory, Drama, Musical Theatre, Private or Class Voice, Piano, or Instrumental Classes you may teach.

Fees: $20.00 per student participant (Send to All-State Coordinator after receiving quota). Registration fees are not refundable. This policy applies even in case of a weather cancellation. If Allstate Chorus is cancelled due to bad weather, or any other reason, it WILL NOT be rescheduled and fees are not refundable. Zone Rehearsal: Dates for the zone rehearsals are in this article. You must list your zone rehearsal site on the website registration. Each student who participates in Allstate is required to attend a zone rehearsal. Directors (or a principals designee) must also attend the rehearsal. Students who are unsupervised by their director (or principals designee) will not be allowed to remain in rehearsals.

9-10 Choir Dr. Jos Rivera is an assistant professor of choral music education and director of the University Chorale at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke where he teaches rehearsal, vocal techniques and conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior appointments include Assistant Professor of choral music education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and choral director at Richards High School and Chiles High School in Florida. Dr. Rivera is an active choral conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the country and has presented research and choral workshops conferences in Wisconsin, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and at ACDA's state, divisional, and national conferences. Dr. Rivera's research interests include rehearsal techniques, teacher preparation, and analysis of twentieth-century Latin American choral music. His research on Latin American music has been published at NCMEA and ACDA Journals. This last summer he attended the US/Cuba Conductors Exchange Program Symposium in Havana, Cuba where he was invited to work with choral conducting students at the Institute of Superior Arts (ISA). Jose Rivera holds the Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Choral Music Education and a Master of Choral Music Education degree from Florida State University. Dr. Rivera currently serves as the National Chair for ACDA Multicultural and Ethnic Perspectives.
9-10 Allstate Choir Repertoire:

Gloria in Excelsis Deo (from Gloria)-Vivaldi-edited by Mason Martens- Walton Music HL08500628 Sanctus-Randall Johnson, Santa Barbara SBMP 1052, SATB Piano and Timpani Ka Hia Manu-Stephen Hatfield-Boosey and Hawkes (Hal Leonard)-48004817 El Bodeguero arr. Conrado Monier-publication information TBA Your Heart Goes with Me-Francisco Nunez-Boosey and Hawkes (Hal Leonard)-48020981 Take Me to the Water-Rollo Dilworth-Hal Leonard 08745366 11-12 Choir RODNEY WYNKOOP is the Director of University Choral Music at Duke University, where he serves as Director of Chapel Music and conducts the Duke University Chorale and Chamber Choir as well as the Duke Chapel Choir and Schola Cantorum. He is also Conductor of the 150-voice Choral Society of Durham and its Chamber Choir and is the founder and director of the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, He teaches choral conducting in the Music Department at Duke, and holds the title of Professor of the Practice of Music. Duke University presented him with a Meritorious Service Award for Executive Leadership in 2009. Dr. Wynkoop has been invited numerous times to conduct performances at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), including one national convention and several Southern Division ones. He has conducted all-state choruses and led choral conducting workshops in various parts of the U.S., and served as resident guest conductor of a professional civic chorus in Brazil for one summer. He has gained critical acclaim for artistic excellence and innovative programming, and is a past winner of the Lara Hoggard Award for Distinguished Service in Choral Music by the North Carolina ACDA. Dr. Wynkoop has led choir tours to Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Russia, mainland China, and many European countries, as well as locations throughout the U.S. He conducted singers from all of his choirs in a 2006 Carnegie Hall performance of Vaughan Williamss Dona nobis pacem and again in a 2009 performance in Vienna as part of the International Haydn Festival. He earned a doctoral degree in choral conducting at the Yale School of Music, a masters degree from the University of Wisconsin (with Robert Fountain), and a bachelors degree from Yale. Before coming to Duke in 1984, he held conducting positions at the University of Chicago, Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, and Mount Holy
11-12 Allstate Choir Repertoire:

Sing we and chant it-Thomas Morley-public domain http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Sing_we_and_chant_it_(Thomas_Morley)

Ruhethal-Felix Mendelssohn-public domain http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Ruhetal,_Op._59,_No._5_(Felix_Mendelssohn) Loch Lomond-arr. Jonathan Quick -Cypress/Musical Resources-CP 1045 She walks in beauty-Eric William Barnum-Hinshaw Music HMC2045 Jabula Jesu-arr. Stephen Hatfield-Boosey & Hawkes (Hal Leonard)- 48004481 Even when God is Silent-Michael Horvit-Transcontinental Music-991348 Jabberwocky-Sam Pottle-Heritage Music Press-15/2088H

NC WOMENS ALL-STATE CHOIR

Information from Jeremy Truhel NC-ACDA Womens All-State Choir Coordinator jeremytruhel@fcds.org
In order to participate in the 2014 NC Womens All State Choir, directors must be a member of the NC-ACDA (North Carolina American Choral Directors Association). Please note your membership information on the application form. Need membership information? Go to: http://www.acda.org/. The Women's All-State Choir is sponsored by the NC American Choral Directors Association and will be held in conjunction with the NC All-State Choral Festival on February 21-22, 2014 at the Greensboro War Memorial Coliseum Complex. Sigrid Johnson of St. Olaf College will be the clinician. Deadline for application is September 10, 2013. Singers in the NC Womens All-State Choir must also attend the All-State District Rehearsal. REGISTRATION FOR THE 2014 SSA ALLSTATE FESTIVAL IS ONLINE. Please go to www.ncmeachoral.org and click on Allstate and follow the instructions. Schools who participate in the SSA choir follow all of the guidelines, deadlines, and regulations that schools who participate in the 9-10 and 11-12 choirs follow. Students who participate in the SSA choir are required to attend a zone rehearsal. Sigrid Johnson has been a member of the voice and choral faculty at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN since 1983. During her 24-year tenure as conductor of Manitou Singers (the 100-voice chorus for first-year women at St. Olaf) Johnson has inspired more than 2,000 young women. As a guest clinician at choral workshops and all-state music festivals in 30 states, she has enriched and deepened the musical experience of countless singers of all ages across the country. Johnson is known for her skill at blending voices, perfecting tone and assisting with vocal production -- both psychologically and physiologically. Johnson earned her Bachelors of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from St. Cloud State University and a Master's of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Michigan. She has taught voice at the University of Minnesota and Gustavus Adolphus College, was a member and associate conductor of the Dale Warland Singers, and music director of the Dale Warland Symphonic Chorus. She was a presenter at the World Choral Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2008 and in Puerto Madryn, Argentina in 2011. Johnson has prepared symphonic choruses for internationally known conductors such as Neemi Jarvi, Sir Neville Mariner, David Zinman, Stanislaw Skrowaczewsky, Gerard Swartz, Edo de Waart and Leonard Slatkin. In 2006 Johnson received the F. Melius Christiansen Award from the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN). The lifetime achievement award (the highest honor from the association) is presented annually to a Minnesota conductor whose career has provided outstanding contributions and distinguished service to choral music in Minnesota. Currently, Johnson is associate conductor and director of special events for Philip Brunelle's Vocal Essence and is active as a clinician specializing in women's choral literature.

SSA Choir Repertoire O frondens virga (Hildegard Von Bingen/ Drew Collins) SAA Walton-WW-1334 Children Blessed of The Lord (Mendelssohn/arr. Grundahl) SSA Shawnee-HL35003359-Mark Foster YS0505 The Peace of Wild Things (Joan Szymko) SSAA Santa Barbara Music-SBMP-561 Cantate Domino (Ruth Watson Henderson) SSAA Roger Dean Publishing-15/1465R Barter (Rene Clausen) SSA Santa Barbara Music-SBMP-527 Joshua (Caldwell and Ivory) SSAA earthsongs-ES.S-308

ALL-STATE DISTRICT/ZONE REHEARSALS

The following policy was approved by the NCMEA Choral Section on Jan. 28, 2005 E. All State Choral Festival Eligibility 3. Students must attend a district rehearsal to participate in the NC All State Choral Festival. PURPOSE: The district rehearsals are designed to enhance the overall All-State Chorus experience by helping students thoroughly prepare the music for the All State Choral Festival. District rehearsals have had a tremendous positive impact on the All State Choral Festival. The clinicians have been very pleased with the level of preparation and musicianship of each choir. Directors comments indicated the district rehearsals actually saved rehearsal time. Directors also enjoyed the opportunity to work with other directors in their district. Students appreciated the opportunity to rehearse the music in a full choir setting. They were also glad to meet fellow musicians in their district before the All-State Festival. The schedule for All-State District Rehearsals is found in this article. Directors may attend rehearsals out of their district if necessary. Please check for revisions to the District Rehearsal Schedule at the In-Service Conference. HOW IT WORKS: Each singer and choral director must attend a zone rehearsal to be eligible for the All-State Chorus. There are at least 8 districts or regions as listed in the Choral Section Constitution. The district rehearsal date is set by the district rehearsal host. District rehearsals are held between December 1st and at least one week before the All State Choral Festival. District rehearsals last 3 hours, usually 5:00 8:00. Participants rehearse with the other musicians from their district. Directors from each district take turns conducting and accompanying the rehearsals. Attendance is checked at each rehearsal site and a list of those in attendance is sent to the All- State Coordinator. In the event a students name is not on the rehearsal list, the director will be informed that the student may not participate in the festival. Directors must attend the rehearsal with their students, remain for the duration of the rehearsal, and assist in the rehearsal. In case of emergency students may be escorted by a principals designee. Students who arrive at re hearsals without their director will not be allowed to participate in that rehearsal. The following addendum was approved by the NCMEA Choral Section on June 16, 2011: Addendum to District/Zone Rehearsal Policy: In the event that weather make up dates are snowed out IN ADDITION to regular rehearsal dates: 1. 2. 3. The entire rehearsal is to be rescheduled. Schools may attend rehearsals in other districts if they are still available. If an entire district cannot find a common date to reschedule, it may be possible to divide the district into smaller groups in order to do the rehearsals. The leaders of these rehearsals would submit proper documentation of student attendance to the Allstate Coordinators. These rehearsals would require prior approval by the NCMEA and ACDA Allstate Coordinators before taking place. If both the original rehearsal date and the weather makeup date have been cancelled, and all other avenues of making up the rehearsal are exhausted, teachers at these schools may document three hours of rehearsal time PER STUDENT, PER CHOIR and submit this documentation to the Allstate Coordinators. This rehearsal time must take place after the assigned time of the original district rehearsal. This would require prior approval by the NCMEA Allstate Coordinator, the ACDA Allstate Coordinator, and the NCMEA High School Section Chair. These students would be screened separately upon arrival at the Allstate Festival.

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