Join us as international scholars and practitioners from 8 countries (Norway, Argentina, Israel, DR Congo, Denmark, Indonesia, USA, and Canada) share their latest research and practice. In addition to papers and lecture-demonstrations, the EXchange! will feature an international IFCM panel exploring current and future global initiatives related to choral singing.
OPENING EXCHANGE
Looking in on choral singing: Variations on a theme of singing together
PANEL: EMILY KUO (China), BURAK ONUR ERDEM (Turkey), VICTORIA LIEDBERGIUS (Norway), YVELINE DAMAS (Gabon), TIM SHARP (USA)
MODERATOR:
NIELS GRAESHOLM
(Denmark)
Working with young male singers in collegiate choir contexts: Challenges, approaches, and rewards
ADAM ADLER
, Nipissing University, Canada, and
BRUCE KOTOWICH
, University of Windsor, Canada
The Learning Choir: A method for building the choir from inside and out[
THOMAS CAPLIN
, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Choral improvisation: A reflection of society
CHRISTOPHER CLARK
, Southern Berkshire Regional School District (USA)
Misa para el Tercer Mundo: A forbidden Mass rescued from oblivion
OSCAR ESCALADA
, University of La Plata, Argentina
Music in the soul brings happiness to all: From excellence in music to excellence in citizenship
NAOMI FARAN
, Moran Choir, Israel
Sounding spaces: Personal geographies of music-making spaces in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
KIERA GALWAY
, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Canadian, eh? Treble choir repertoire
CATHERINE GLASER-CLIMIE
, Cantaré Children’s Choir, Canada
Creation and co-creation in choral life
NIELS GRAESHOLM
, University of Cophenhagen, Denmark
African connections: From southern Africa to southern Alberta
SCOTT LEITHEAD, Kokopelli Choirs, Canada
Choirs as agencies of social justice and transformation
MARTA MCCARTHY
, University of Guelph, Canada
The influence of sean-nós on the nationalistic choral music of Ireland
STACIE ROSSOW
, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Rampai Aceh: What’s behind the movements in Indonesian songs
AIDA SWENSON
, Indonesian Children and Youth Choir – Cordana
Mimin’si Aktonic Systeme: A new choral notation system
AMBROISE KUA-NZAMBI TOKO, Académie Africaine de Musique Chorale, DR Congo
Creativity and the African American spiritual: A historical exploration of how the spiritual has been used in various musical art forms as well as in liturgical, social, political, and contemporary settings
MAREDIA D.L. WARREN
, New Jersey City University (USA) and
BEVERLY J. VAUGHN
, Stockton University (USA)
CLOSING EXCHANGE
To the future…
SONJA GREINER (Germany)