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53rd National Conference Schedule
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
7-8 am - Early Morning Session-Pilates (Provincetown Room - 4th floor)
Penny Crochiere
Publisher Showcase
8-8:45 am - Raise Your Body IQ: It Takes Your Whole Body to Support Your Whole Voice (Salon A-D - 4th floor)
Presenter: Ruth Williams Hennessy, director, Hennessy Whole Body VoiceTM and
creator of the instructional DVD, Voice at the CenterTM
8:30 am-3:30 pm - Registration Open (Foyer - 4th floor)
9 am-12 pm - Exhibit Hall Open (Back Bay Exhibit Hall - 3rd floor)
Breakout Sessions (9-10 am)
- What Mental Skills Do Performers Need and How Do They Get Them? (Back Bay Meeting Rooms - 3rd floor)
Diana Allan
Introduced by Mark McQuade - Singing Our History: A Representation of American History in American Art Song (Salon H-K - 4th floor)
Judith E. Carman, Rita Resch, Abra Bush, Quinn Patrick Ankrum, Andrew Blosser, David Grogan, & Stella Roden
Introduced by Melanie Williams - A Lifetime of Singing: Choral/Vocal Techniques and Expectations for Healthy Singing at Every Age (Salon A-D - 4th floor)
Karen Brunssen & Julia Davids
Introduced by Craig Tompkins - CCM Voice Pedagogy and the Singing Voice Teacher (Salon F - 4th floor)
Matthew Edwards, David Meyer, & Kathryn Green
Introduced by Robert Wells - Special Needs Panel (Arlington - 3rd floor)
Kathryn Proctor Duax, Lisa Thorson, & Leslie Hunter
Introduced by Chris Arneson
10-10:30 am - Refreshment Break (Back Bay Foyer - 3rd floor)
Sponsored by American Academy of Teachers of Singing
Plenary Session
10:30 am-12 pm - Master Class with Thomas Hampson (Salon EF - 4th floor)
Thomas Hampson
Introduced by Kathryn Proctor Duax
12-2 pm - Poster Papers Session 3 (Back Bay Meeting Rooms - 3rd floor)
Introduced by John Nix
12-2 pm - SNATS Gathering - by invitation only (Boylston - 1st floor)
Presided over by Mitra Sadeghpour, VP for Discretionary Funds and Field Activities
12-3 pm - Exhibit Hall Breakdown (Back Bay Exhibit Hall - 3rd floor)
Publisher Showcase
12:10-12:55 pm - Resonance: A Comprehensive Voice Series - An Inside Look (Salon EF - 4th floor)
Presented by The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program
Speaker: Robert Loewen
Publisher Showcase
1:10-1:55 pm - Discover Music Together Family Classes (Salon A-D - 4th floor)
Presented by Music Together LLC
Presenter: Lisa Griffith
Plenary Session
2-3:30 pm - Thomas Hampson Lecture/Q&A (Salon EF - 4th floor)
Introduced by Allen Henderson
3:30-4:30 pm - JOS Editorial Board Q&A (Provincetown - 4th floor)
Richard Sjoerdsma, Journal of Singing Editor
Breakout Sessions (4-5 pm)
- The ‘Screen Invasion’: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (Salon H-K - 4th floor)
Lynn Helding
Introduced by Tod Fitzpatrick - The Dynamic Classroom: Creating an Engaging Learning Environment for Voice Related Studies (Back Bay Meeting Rooms - 3rd floor)
Cheri Montgomery
Introduced by Carole Blankenship - American Academy of Teachers of Singing: In Support of Fact-Based Voice Pedagogy and Terminology (Salon G - 4th floor)
Martha Randall, Robert Edwin, Brian Horne, Karen Brunssen, & Margaret Cusack
Introduced by Norman Spivey - Authenticity in the Performance of Spirituals and Songs of Hall Johnson (Salon A-D - 4th floor)
Donnie Ray Albert
Introduced by Allen Henderson - From Boys to Men: Keeping Boys Singing into Adulthood - A Panel Discussion (Arlington - 3rd floor)
Rollo Dilworth, Murray Kidd, Patrick Freer, Aaron Humble, Lynn Shane, & Joseph Stillitano
Introduced by Mitra Sadeghpour
Publishers Showcase
5-5:45 pm - Sing With The Best (Salon A-D - 4th floor)
Presenter: Adam Kirkpatrick
Official Event
7:30-11 pm - 70th Anniversary Gala Banquet featuring the nationally recognized high-energy White Heat Swing Orchestra (Salon EF - 4th floor)
Dinner Buffet & Dancing
Special Guest and Honoree: George Shirley
