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The Carolina Caroler

Newsletter of the Spring 2003
North Carolina Chapter of ACDA Vol. 4, No. 2

Inside this issue:

Presidents Message 3-5

Hoggard Award Recipient 5

Departments

NC-ACDA Budget Report 7

Lara Hoggard Nomination 8

Form

NC-ACDA Womens Honor 9

Choir Clinician Bio

NC ACDA Fall Conference 9

2003 Clinician Bio

Womens Chorus R&S 10-11

Choral Events Calendar 13

Membership Form 14

The Carolina Caroler is the

official newsletter of the North
Carolina chapter of the Ameri-
can Choral Directors Associa-
tion. It is published three times
per year (Fall, Spring and Sum-
mer issues). Deadlines for sub-
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tisements are:

Issue Deadline Publication NC-ACDA NC-ACDA

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March 8, 2003 April 5, 2003
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edit any application for appear- Elon Community Church
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proposed for distribution.
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North Carolina ACDA Officers, 1999-2001

President President-Elect Secretary
Ann Pratt McMichael High School Janna Brendell East Carolina University Gwen Hall SW Randolph HS
1948 Price Road 6845 Highway 135 2816F Mulberry Lane School of Music 833 Rockcliff Terrace 1641 Hopewell
Eden, NC 27288 Mayodan, NC 27027 Greenville, NC 27858 Greenville, NC 27858 Asheboro, NC 27205 Friends Road
336.627.0594 336.427.5165x1308 252.321.3909 252.328.1252 336.626.7303 Asheboro, NC 27205
fax: 336.427.5776 brendellj@mail.ecu.edu fax: 252.328.6258 336.381.7747
apratt03@earthlink.net bhall@asheboro.com fax: 336.381.7743
Membership Co-Chair
Becky Bumgardner Sr. High School Membership Co-Chair
Past President 332 Goforth Road 5545 Union Road Ken Brooks Crest Sr. High School
Maribeth Yoder-White Appalachian State Univ. Kings Mtn., NC 28086 Kings Mtn., NC 28056 2357 Sherriff Allen Rd. 800 Old Boiling
459 Alton Palmer Rd. School of Music 704.739.6639 704.861.2625 Shelby, NC 28152 Springs Road
Elk Park, NC 28622 Boone, NC 28608 fax: 704.853.3323 704.487.0773 Shelby, NC 28152
828.733.6590 828.262.6441 Gbumgardner@carolina.rr.com 704.482.5354
myoderwhite@aol.com fax: 828. mkbrooks@shelby.net fax: 704.482.1187
Treasurer
Newsletter Editor Ginger Wyrick Queens College
Stephen A. Futrell Elon University 6200 Maple Cove Lane 1900 Selwyn Avenue
2738 Gilliam Road Campus Box 2800 Charlotte, NC 28269 Charlotte, NC 28269
Elon, NC 27244 Elon, NC 27244 704.948.4363 704.337.2269
336.584.6840 336.278.5681 ggw@hwaci.com Fax: 704.948.4565

NC ACDA Repertoire and Standards Chairs

Boychoirs Ethnic/Multicultural Perspectives Music and Worship
Thomas Sibley Raleigh Boychoir Frank Williams NC Central University Billy Summers First Baptist Church
411 Holly Circle 1329 Ridge Road 3001 Deerchase Wynd 1801 Fayetteville St. 5315 Winterset Dr. 409 S. Main St.
Cary, NC 27511 Raleigh, NC 27607 Durham, NC 27712 Durham, NC 27707 Greensboro, NC 27406 Reidsville, NC 27320
919.467.9425 919.881.9259 919.309.9394 919.530.7211 336.697.2358 336.342.4227
rbc@ipass.net fax: 919.881.0971 fwilliam@wpo.nccu.edu fax: 919.530.7979 billys5764@aol.com fax: 336.342.4280

Childrens Choirs Jazz and Show Choirs Senior High School Choirs
Sandy R. Holland Charlotte Childrens Stephen A. Futrell Kenney Potter East Gaston High School
3305 Magnolia Hill Dr. Choir (see Newsletter Editor listing) P.O. Box 981 1744 Lane Road
Apt. 1911P. O. Box 30724 Mt. Holly, NC 28120 Mt. Holly, NC 28120
Charlotte, NC 28205 Charlotte, NC 28230 Junior High/Middle School Choirs 704.827.2484 704.827.7251
704.535.5758 704.451.4914 Tom Shelton Kernersville MS fax: 704.827.5974
fax: 704.374.1896 3002 Amidon Drive 110 Brown Road potterk@gcs.gaston.k12.nc.us
srholland@mindspring.com Greensboro, NC 27410 Kernersville, NC 27284
336.852.0477 336.996.5566 Womens Choirs
College and University Choirs ttshelton@aol.com fax: 336.852.0477 Scott Hill
Durham School
Bob Holquist Western Carolina Univ. 117 Landsbury Drive of the Arts
P.O. Box 1006 Department of Music Male Choirs Durham, NC 27707 400 N. Duke St.
Cullowhee, NC 28723 Cullowhee, NC 28723 William Carroll UNCG School of Music 919.489.1451 Durham, NC 27701
828.293.3270 828.227.3259 801 W. McGee St., #16 Greensboro, NC 27402 919.560.3926x233
rholquist@wpoff.wcu fax: 828.227.7266 Greensboro, NC 27401 336.334.5493 fax: 919.560.2217
336.370.1936 fax: 336.334.5497 durhamhills@mindspring.com
bcarrol@hinshawmusic.com
Community Choirs Youth and Student Activities
Bill Young UNCG School of Music Two-Year College Patricia Warren St. Timothys-Hale
5417 Bradburn Dr. P. O. Box 26167 Terri Sinclair Sandhills Comm. College 8808 Walking Stick Trail School
McLeansville, NC 27301 Greensboro, NC 27402 360 Sandhill Circle 3395 Airport Road Raleigh, NC 27615 3400 White Oak Rd.
336.698.9643 336.334.5428 Pinehurst, NC 28374 Pinehurst, NC 28374 919.845.0865 Raleigh, NC 27609
weyoung@uncg.edu fax: 336.334.5497 910.235.3834 910.695.3826 pwarren@together.net 919.782.3331
terris@ac.net fax: 910. fax: 919.782.3689

NC ACDA Specially Appointed Officers

Lara Hoggard Award Chair SSA All-State Coordinator Technology Chair
Linda Torres Dsire Davis East Chapel Hill H. S. Bert Fox Rogers Herr MS
61 Montview Dr. 910 Constitution Dr., 500 Weaver Dairy Rd. 106 Walmsley Court 911 W. Cornwallis Rd.
Asheville, NC 28801 Apt. 606 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Apex, NC 27502 Durham, NC 27707
800.232.2900 Durham, NC 27705 919.969.2482x392 919.387.9926 919.880.7499
torresfsc@cs.com 919.309.7284 fax: 919.969.2492 foxsterb@cs.com
ddavis@chccs.k12.nc.us
Conference Exhibits Chair Ace Mentoring/Auditions
Michael Murphy EB Aycock MS Conference Site Host Sam Doyle Weaver Tech. Center
209 Hines Street 1325 Red Banks Road Mary Anne Bolick UNCG School of Music 1702 Westridge Rd. 300 S. Spring St.
Snow Hill, NC 28580 Greenville, NC 27858 4330-D Edith Lane P. O. Box 26167 Greensboro, NC 27410 Greensboro, NC 27401
252.747.7880 252.756.4181 Greensboro, NC 27409 Greensboro, NC 27402 336.282.0549 336.282.0549
fax: 252.756.2408 336.854.5169 336.256.0148 sam2ann@bellsouth.net fax: 336.370.8287
choraldirector527@hotmail.com mabolick@triad.rr.com fax: 336.334.5497
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President's
Message
Ann Pratt
President, NC ACDA
Outstanding, Excellent, Inspira-
tional those were the words I
heard following our NC-
ACDA Fall Conference in No-
vember! Conference coordina-
tor Janna Brendell and site co-
ordinator Bill Young did an
awesome job in scheduling,
coordinating and arranging the
conference when you see
them, please thank them for
giving so unselfishly of their
time and organizational abili-
ties!
Jefferson Johnson of the Univer-
sity of Kentucky was an out-
standing presenter of rehearsal
techniques and group conduct-
ing gestures, encouraging eve-
ryone to get into the true spirit
of the music. Janette Fishell of
East Carolina University and
her presentation of music for
amateur choirs, music for uni-
son, 2 and 3 part choirs, and
repertoire that enriches the
connection between choir and
congregation, offered an excit-
ing twist on a familiar theme.
Some of the most exciting and
musical performances at any
state ACDA conference were
presented at NC-ACDA! They
included: the Meredith Col-
lege Chorale, directed by Lisa
Fredenburgh; the Piedmont
High School Womens En-
semble, under the direction of
Deborah Carnes Lutz; the East
Carolina University Chamber
Singers with Dan Bara con-
T H E C A RO L I N A C A R OL E R
ducting; the Vocal Arts Ensem-
ble of Durham, under the direc-
tion of Rodney Wynkoop; the
Charlotte Childrens Choir,
with Sandy Holland directing;
CANTATE Chamber Choir of
St. Patrick Church, conducted
by Darren Dailey; the Lexing-
ton Choral Society, with Jo
Ann Poston & Randy Price
conducting; and Belshazzars
Feast, presented by the com-
bined choirs and orchestra of
UNCG, conducted by Bill Car-
roll, Robert Gutter, Randy
Price, Richard Waters and Bill
Young. Congratulations to all
involved!
For those of you able to attend the
National ACDA Conference
Feb. 12-16 in New York City,
may it be a time of refreshment
and rejuvenation during the
winter months that can typi-
cally weigh us down with de-
spair. What an exciting time to
be in The Big Apple! May we
always be grateful for our free-
dom and for our blessings,
which are poignantly obvious
in the face of the September 11
tragedy in New York. There
will be numerous superior qual-
ity concerts, interest sessions
that offer solutions to our cho-
ral directing problems, and
many opportunities for personal
and professional growth. As
you take advantage of each one
of these, remember to congratu-
late the North Carolina choir
selected to perform at this Na-
tional ACDA Conference: Cary
Academy Middle School
Mixed Chorus, under the direc-
tion on Jacquelyn Holcombe!
A special thanks to Maribeth
Yoder-White and Janna
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Brendell for their help while I
was sick, during the NCMEA
convention and ACDA lunch-
eon. It has been such a pleasure
working with these two very
capable and highly intelligent
women! Thanks also to the
Concert Choir of Appalachian
State University and director,
Steve Hopkins, for enriching
our ACDA luncheon with the
strains of glorious music. It was
a pleasure to hear that Rodney
Wynkoop of Durham had been
selected to receive the Lara
Hoggard award for musical ex-
cellence! This award was also
presented at the NC-ACDA
luncheon in November.
Finally, many of you have ex-
pressed your concerns over my
well-being during the NC-
ACDA Fall Conference and the
days that followed. I appreciate
your prayers and words of en-
couragement more than I can
say. Most of you have experi-
enced trials and depression over
the difficult situations in your
lives, and your empathy and
caring were a great support sys-
tem for me.
For the past several years my
brother and I cared for our
dads brother and sister in their
respective state of declining
health. They had always been a
special part of our family as we
were growing up. Since neither
my aunt nor my uncle had chil-
dren, my four brothers and I be-
came their children of choice.
For all the years I knew him,
Uncle John was a gentle soul,
healthy enough to do whatever
he wanted to do and humble
enough to want to spend his life
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At the NC-ACDA Fall Confer-

President's Message ence I was absent more than
present, due to the unexpected
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turn of events with my aunts
ACDA Advocacy
health. Having suffered from Resolution
serving others. Then the demen-
tia took over slowly, squeezing cancer for several years, her
the quality of life out of him. Fi- frail body had finally reached
the point where she had no Whereas the human spirit is
nally, Uncle John lay in the bed,
more strength to fight. When I elevated to a broader understand-
scarcely able to squeeze your
told her of her brothers death, ing of itself through study and per-
hand or make a sound. On Sep-
she was silent, then said, You formance in the aesthetic arts; and
tember 22nd my uncle lay dying
while I held his hand and sang to know, Ann, were not promised
tomorrow. Therefore, if theres Whereas serious cutbacks in
him the old songs of the faith.
any good we can do today, we funding and support have steadily
When I reached the verse of
need to do it before its too eroded arts institutions and their
Amazing Grace that states
late. That was Aunt Polly for programs throughout our country,
When weve been there ten
thousand years, bright shining as you, ever mindful of the needs
of others; always reaching out Be it resolved that all citizens
the sun, Uncle John squeezed
to the less fortunate, and hum- of the United States actively voice
my hand back. He turned his
bly serving others. Her last their affirmative and collective
face toward Heaven and opened
days were spent writhing in support for necessary funding at
wide his eyes, as if he were
pain, only calming somewhat the local, state, and national levels
searching the room. There on his
when the medicine entered her of education and government, to
face shone a light of peace and
system, and when the music we ensure the survival of arts pro-
hope, a look of expectancy that
played for her transported her grams for this and future gen-
had not crossed his face in sev-
to another time and realm. erations.
eral years. I asked, What do
you see, Uncle John? Do you Again, it was the old songs of
see the angels? Theyre here in her childhood, the melodies
this room, you know. He that had woven themselves into
her subconscious and the lyrics that I had spent the past sev-
squeezed my hand again, ur-
that strengthened her when all eral years caring for and be-
gently this time, as if to say Get
hope seemed gone, that she ing responsible for, but it did
back to what you were doing!.
wanted to hear. bring a measure of peace.
So I did I sang the next phrase:
After the opening concert of NC- This peace came in the
Weve no less days to sing
ACDA, I did something quite knowledge that Aunt Polly
Gods praise, than when weve
unusual (at least for me, at a had lived her life in an unas-
first begun. A look of calmness
public choral event). I asked suming fashion, secure in the
came over his face, as if the cer-
those in attendance to stand and knowledge and faith she pos-
tainty of the lyrics and the mel-
sing the hymntune by Philip sessed. She was sad to leave
ody of the song were somehow a
Bliss, with the words It Is us, of that I was sure, but con-
balm to his weary soul, mind
Well With My Soul. As the fident in a life that had been
and body. Then he squeezed my
lyrics began to seep into my well spent and a future that
hand again and took his last
weary mind and my burdened was secure. As I gave her the
breath. No one could ever con-
heart, their powerful promise last sponge bath she would
vince me that music didnt play
and the soaring harmonies took have and helped to dress her,
a vital part in Uncle Johns en-
over and brought about a trans- combing her hair, even put-
tire life, and ultimately, in eas-
formation in my thoughts. No, ting on some lipstick so shed
ing the passage from his earthly
it did not make it any easier to feel a bit more cheerful, she
life to eternity in Heaven.
give up one that I loved, one (Continued on page 5)
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North Carolina American Choral Directors Association
Awards Dr. Rodney Wynkoop the Lara Hoggard Award
Rodney Wynkoop is Director of
University Choral Music and
Director of Chapel Music. He
conducts the Duke University
Chorale and its 24-voice Cham-
ber Choir as well as the Duke
Chapel Choir and its smaller
Sch0ola Cantorum. Having
been at Duke since 1984, Dr.
Wynkoop teaches choral con-
ducting in the music Depart-
ment, and holds the title of Pro-
fessor of the Practice of Music.
In addition to his choirs at Duke,
Dr. Wynkoop is conductor of
the 150-voice Choral Society of
Durham and its 32-voice Cham-
ber Choir. He is also the foun-
der and director of the Vocal
Arts Ensemble of Durham, a
highly acclaimed select choir
which most recently sang at the
NC Fall Conference of ACDA
in Greensboro. Both the Choral
Society of Durham and the Vo-
cal Arts Ensemble have per-
formed at Southern Conven-
tions of ACDA. Dr. Wynkoop
has led choral conducting work-
shops in several parts of the U.
President's Message
(Continued from page 4)
looked at me and whispered,
Sing something for me. She
sang along in a beautiful, if
weakened alto, as the words
Come home, come home,
its Suppertime; were going
home at last drifted softly
towards the ceiling. She died
a month and a day after her
brother, and yes, music
T H E C A RO L I N A C A R OL E R
S., and has served as resident
guest conductor of a profes-
sional civic chorus in Belo
Horizonte, Brazil.
He has led choir tours to South
Africa, Namibia, Russia,
mainland China, England, Italy,
Poland, the Czech Republic,
Austria, Hungary and locations
throughout the U.S. Choirs un-
der his direction have released
numerous CD recordings, in-
cluding two recordings of Han-
dles Messiah by the Duke
Chapel Choir, Carl Orffs Car-
mina Burana, and the Rachman-
inoff Vespers. The Duke Chapel
Choir and the Vocal Arts En-
semble both have CD re-
cordings that will soon be re-
leased on the Arsis label. Dr.
Wynkoops work with choruses
in the Durham area has earned
him high praise for artistic ex-
cellence and innovative pro-
gramming. He has bee honored
for his artistic contributions by
the Raleigh News & Observer
and several other area newspa-
pers. He has conducted the
played an integral part in the
service of remembrance and
celebration of her life.
Again, its not an accident that
music and lyrics are woven
not only into the fabric of our
lives, but also into the very
fiber of our being. Music has
served as a tool of reconcilia-
tion and hope, and is a com-
mon bond to all mankind. Let
us never underestimate the
impact that music, and there-
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world premiers of many choral
works, including music be
Mendelssohn, Ives, Gawthrop,
Boquiren and numerous works
by Chapel Organist David Ar-
cus. He prepared the Choral
Society of Durham for the
world premier of Rutters Can-
tus, conducted by the com-
poser.
Dr. Wynkoop earned his doctoral
degree in choral conducting at
the Yale School of Music. A
student of Robert Fountain, he
received a masters degree
from the University of Wiscon-
sin and a bachelors degree in
music from Yale University.
Before coming to Duke, he
held conducting positions at
the University of Chicago,
Yale School of music/Institute
of Sacred Music and Mount
Holyoke College.
fore we as choral directors,
have upon the human emo-
tions and upon the daily lives
of those whom we encounter.
For 2003, I wish for you a
year of inspiration in your
music-making. May you util-
ize your talents and abilities
to reach out to others and
make a difference in this
world!
Ann (Dunn) Pratt
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NC ACDA Budget Report
Ginger Wyrick
Treasurer, NC ACDA
Income Statement through Dec 18, 2002
Income:
(4102) Interest Income 226.79
(4130) Registration 4420.00
(4135.2) Conference Underwriters 400.00
(4148) Allotment from Southern Division 1667.25
TOTAL INCOME 6714.04
Expenses:
(4221) Bank charges 17.45
(4223.1) Newsletter Printing 419.04
(4223.2) Newsletter Postage 103.04
(4225) Board Meetings 66.11
(4232.4) Conference Meals 87.00
(4233.2) Convention Clinicians 1693.79
(4233.3) Food/Travel for conference clinician 539.38
(4233.4) Conference Clinician Housing 210.28
(4235.3) fall conf. supplies 106.33
(4236.1) Pre-registration brochure 127.50
(4236.2) Fall Conference Program Printing 150.00
(4236.3) fall conference printing/duplication 60.13
(4236.5) fall conference printing 82.67
(4237.5) Conference Music 723.32
(4285) Postage 179.08
(4298) Awards 37.97
(4299.2) NCMEA Convention Booth 160.00
(5235.1) SSA Badges/Ribbons 100.00
TOTAL EXPENSES 4863.09
OPERATING PROFIT 1850.95
NC ACDA
expresses deep appreciation
What is acda?
Purpose. Founded in 1959, the American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-
education organization whose central purpose is to pro-
mote excellence in choral music through performance,
composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addi-
tion, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate cho-
ral music's position in American society.
Membership. ACDA membership consists of
approximately 18,000 choral directors who represent
more than one million singers across the United States.
ACDA members teach choral music in public and private
schools - kindergarten through senior high school - and at
the college and university levels. They conduct a variety
of choral groups, including boychoirs, children's choirs,
men's and women's choruses, junior and senior high
school choirs, college and university choruses, ethnic
choirs, vocal-jazz ensembles, and symphony choruses.
They also conduct choirs in their communities and in
their places of worship.
Structure. ACDA is divided into seven geo-
graphic regions as well as fifty state chapters, each with
its own conventions, newsletters, festivals, clinics, and
workshops. Whether at the national, division, or state
level, ACDA is structured so that its members can easily
involve themselves in the organization's activities.
Conventions. ACDA offers conventions at the
state, division, and national levels. National conventions
are offered in March of odd-numbered years; the seven
division conventions take place in February and March of
even-numbered years. Through concert performances by
accomplished choirs, educational clinics by leading ex-
perts, and exhibits by music-industry representatives,
ACDA offers its members a diverse and practical forum
in which to develop their skills and professional knowl-
edge.
The Choral Journal. The official publica-
tion of the American Choral Directors Association is the
Choral Journal. This national publication, issued
monthly except for June and July, contains articles and
columns of a scholarly and practical nature in addition to
reviews of newly released CD recordings, books, and
printed music. The Choral Journal is a benefit of mem-
bership in the American Choral Directors Association.
Subscriptions are available to libraries.

to each of the advertisers Committees. ACDA has numerous national

committees engaged in advancing the choral profession
in this issue in its many facets. The committees work in several areas
of the choral profession, whether through establishing
for their generous support of high performance standards, recommending quality cho-
ral literature, encouraging research in choral studies, or
the NC ACDA Fall Conference advocating the importance of choral music in our society.
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NC-ACDA All-State
Womens Choral Festival
February 28th & March 1st
Dsire Davis, Coordinator
The NC-ACDA sponsored All-State Womens
Choral Festival will be held on Friday and Satur-
day, February 28th and March 1st, 2003 in the
Greensboro Coliseum Complex with the NCMEA
sponsored Mixed All-State Choirs. This years
conductor is Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, former Presi-
dent of NC-CDA and Founder of the All-State
Womens Choir!
Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt is Professor and Director of
Choral Activities at the Ohio State University
where she conducts the Chorale and the Womens
Glee Club, supervises Mastersingers, teaches con-
ducting and choral repetoire classes, and coordi-
nates the graduate conducting program. From
1983-1993, she taught at the University of North
Carolina in Greensboro, where the Womens
Choir, under her direction, performed at one na-
tional and two regional ACDA conventions and a
regional MENC conference. During her tenure as
President of NC-ACDA, she oversaw the found-
ing of the All-State Womens Choir and served as
coordinator for several years.
Active as a clinician and guest conductor, she has
conducted all-state choirs and festivals in Canada,
the U.S. and Cuba.More than 70 articles by her
have appeared in various choral and music educa-
tion journals.
A former president of Central Division ACDA, she
Guest Clinician~NC ACDA
Fall Conference 2003
Dr. JUDY BOWERS, Associate Professor of Choral
Music Education at the Florida State University holds
music degrees from Louisiana State University (Ph.
D.) and Texas Tech University (B.M.E.). Professor
Bowers came to FSU with teaching experience at all
levels in Texas and Alaska public schools. She is an
active clinician and member of the American Choral
Directors Association, serving as Southern Division
Youth and Students Chair, and the Music Educators
National Conference, currently serving on the editorial
board of Update. In addition to choral performances
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is a member of the editorial board for the Choral
Journal and serves on various other professional
committees as well. In addition to her position at
the Ohio State University, she is Director of Music
at Linworth United Methodist Church in Colum-
bus, Ohio.
Her two children, Christopher and Katherine, who
attended elementary school in Greensboro, are
now university students, majoring in pre-business
and in fashion merchandising, respectively.
The repertoire for this year is as follows:
Part I - Songs of Celebration:
Sound the trumpet,
Henry Purcell
Come, ye makers of song,
Ruth Watson Henderson
Part II - The Poets Speak:
What sweeter music,
Eleanor Daley
How sweet the moonlight,Robert Young
The snow, Edward Elgar
Part III - Songs of the people:
MiKmaq Honour Song,
Lydia Adams
On this song, the women need to learn ONLY the
chant part, which is syllabically spelled out for
them in notation. Dr. A. will teach the rest!
Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser, arr. Donald Pa-
triquin
Thanks, Desiree Davis!
(919) 309-7284
and teacher workshops, her research interests include
learning partnerships, the adolescent voice change,
and at-risk music students. She has published in na-
tional journals and regularly makes presentations at
national and regional conferences. At FSU, Dr. Bow-
ers teaches choral methods, conducting laboratory, in-
troduction to music teaching, graduate research in
choral music, and supervision of choral and elemen-
tary student teachers. Ensembles she conducts include
the FSU Women's Glee Club and the summer Univer-
sity Chorale. In addition, Bowers directs two commu-
nity service programs: Capital Children's Choir and
the Adopt-A-Choir program with the public schools
and senior citizens choir.
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Isolated? In the Doldrums? Try a DIY Festival!
Mary LycanDMA
Womens Chorus R&S Chair, NCACDA
Womens choirs are performing
so strongly nowadays
anyone who heard the
womens choir performances
at our national convention in
San Antonio in 2001, our di-
visional convention in Char-
lotte in 2002, or our state
convention in Greensboro
this past October can attest to
that!
Yet sometimes, at the local level,
our womens choirs have less
chance to shine. In schools
and colleges, they are often
the runner-up ensembles,
with less interesting reper-
toire, less experienced con-
ductors, and fewer off-site
performing opportunities
than the top mixed choir en-
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sembles. Church and commu-
nity womens ensembles often
work in isolation, with no idea
of what similar choirs are per-
forming.
I was lucky enough to attend the
A me r i f e s t i n t e r n a t i o n a l
womens choral festival in Se-
attle in July of 2001, a week-
long immersion in concerts,
workshops, and massed re-
hearsals under several splen-
did guest conductors. Partici-
pating choirs ranged from the
superb to those of very modest
skill.
The performances were memora-
ble and exciting, but my most
lasting memory is of how the
choirs learned from one an-
other and supported one an-
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other, laughed and made
friends.
I wanted that experience for my
own choir, Womens Voices
Chorus, whose busy adult
members find it hard to travel.
If I couldnt take them to a
festival, I could bring a festi-
val to them. It would be a
half-day mini-event of choirs
singing for one another, with
no invited audience, just to see
whether that atmosphere of
fun and sisterly support could
flourish under mini-festival
conditions.
So on six weeks notice, I organ-
ized a stealth festival for six
choirs at my home (free)
parish church in Chapel Hill.
Organizationally, it was defi-
nitely a bare-bones event: no
audience, no publicity, no reg-
istration fee, no massed choral
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pieces to buy and learn. Our
five guest choirs were the
Capital City Girls Choir
Cantabile (Raleigh), the Car-
dinal Singers (Raleigh),
Carolina Harmony (Raleigh),
Fearrington Village Voices
(Pittsboro), and Women in a
Round (Hillsborough).
Each choir sang for twelve min-
utes. Their styles ranged from
world folk music through
Gershwin through classical to
barbershop. Their ages
ranged from 13 to 75. They
wore long maroon dresses, or
red blazers, or all-black-all-
different, or blue sequins and
dangly earrings. The energy
was electric. The audience
was both the most critical and
the most supportive my choir
has ever had. The singing
was very, very good.
We guzzled gallons of punch and
hundreds of brownies and
cookies at the post-concert
reception. My adult choir ad-
mired the fine job the high
school girls in Cantabile did
on Hoj, hura hoj, a Czech
folk song we had worked
hard on the previous year.
Other choirs wanted to know
where to get our last piece, J.
David Moores arrangement
of Music in My Mothers
House. All of us admired
Carolina Harmonys choreog-
raphy and show-stopping
style. And the next day the
emails came in: When can we
do it again?
My chorus loved the event so
much they became willing to
sponsor the next festival and
organize it. Thanks to their
support, next time will be big-
ger and even better. We will
have seven guest choirs, in-
cluding the Washington (D.C.)
Womens Chorus. We will
have a festival T-shirt. We
will have massed choral
pieces, including a canon in
procession, the unison version
of Ethel Smyths The March
of the Women (in its biggest
massed performance since its
premiere at a womens suf-
frage rally in 1911), and a
closing audience singalong
(tenors and basses too!) of
American the Beautiful with
a new descant. We will have
even more punch and cookies
and brownies.
If your womens choir could use
some inspiration and fun, I
hope you will bring them as
audience. (We are keeping
ticket prices very low, and of-
fering group discounts, to en-
courage attendance.) If you
cant bring your choir, I hope
you will bring yourself. You
may be inspired to create a
Do-It-Yourself festival in your
own town. Or to participate
in ours in 2004!
What: North Carolina Womens
Choral Festival 2003
When: Saturday, February 22,
2003. Concert at 2:00 p.m.,
Reception at 4:00 p.m.
Tickets are $5, with group dis-
counts of up to 20%.
Where: University United Meth-
odist Church, 150 E. Franklin
Street, Chapel Hill.
Who: Sponsored by Womens
Voices Chorus, Chapel Hill.
For more information, or for
tickets:
email mlycanclef@aol.com
phone 919.932.5455

Vienna Boys Choir to Perform

On Thursday, February 13, 2003 the Vienna Choir Boys will perform a benefit concert at Saint Patrick Church. The
performance is the final concert of the 2002/2003 Music for Charity Series at Saint Patrick's. The church is located
at 2840 Village Drive. Tickets are NOT available through the church. Tickets are $18 and will be available on
January 6 through McFadyen Music Company, 508 N. McPherson Church Rd. (Across from Chuck E.
Cheese). The concert will benefit CONTACT of Fayetteville, a crisis hotline.
The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the oldest boys' choirs existing in the world. For nearly five hundred years they have
been a symbol of Austria. A number of famous musicians have emerged from its ranks. Its first-class training has
produced numerous highly qualified vocalists, violinists and pianists. Joseph Haydn, who actually belonged to the
Cathedral Choir of St Stephan, sang together with the Vienna Choir Boys. Franz Schubert's first compositions were
written when he was with the Vienna Choir Boys.
Since those days the Vienna Boys' Choir have given concerts under nearly all the great conductors of this century:
Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Herbert von Karajan, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel,
Riccardo Muti and Sir George Solti. And, as ever, every Sunday the Vienna Boys' Choir sing solemn Mass in Vi-
enna's Hofburg chapel, continuing a tradition unbroken since 1498.
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Choral Events Calendar

August 15 through December 31, 2002
Each issue of The Carolina Caroler includes a calendar of choral events. The Fall issue will include events from August 15 to December
31, 2001. Please send information about major choral events at your school, church or community to the editor. Include date, time, place,
choir (including sponsoring institution if appropriate), conductor, major works or other special information, admission cost if any, and a
contact person and phone number. And plan to hear choral music happening near you!
Date, Time, Place Performing Ensemble(s) Director(s) Concert Infomation
Jan. 23, 7:00PM Luther College Nordic Weston Noble For ticket info:
Chapel Hill Bible Church Choir www.epworth-umc.org
Sage & Erwin Roads 919.489.6557
Jan. 27, 7:00PM North Carolina Baptist Neal Eller, Jr.
University Baptist Church Singers: Sacred songs Dan Ridley
Gastonia, NC hymns & spirituals Mary Alice Seals
Feb. 21, 8:00PM Combined Choirs of Camp- Harry Davidson Brahms Requiem
Campbell University bell, Duke, Elon, Meredith,
NC State, Peace & Shaw
Feb. 23, 8:00PM Combined Choirs of Camp- Harry Davidson Brahms Requiem
Duke Chapel bell, Duke, Elon, Meredith, Tix: $10/adults; $5/stdt & Sr. Cit.
NC State, Peace & Shaw 919.684.4444
March 3, 7:00PM North Carolina Baptist Neal Eller, Jr.
Brevard First Baptist Church Singers: Sacred songs Dan Ridley
Brevard, NC hymns & spirituals Mary Alice Seals
March 15, 7:30PM lan~elon university vocal Stephen A. Futrell Classic, jazz standards. Free.
McCrary Theatre with guest artis Kate Reid www.elon.edu/choral
Elon University
April 28, 7:00PM North Carolina Baptist Neal Eller, Jr.
Penelope Baptist Church Singers: Sacred songs Dan Ridley
Hickory, NC hymns & spirituals Mary Alice Seals
May 2, 7:30PM Spring Choral Showcase Stephen A. Futrell Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Mu-
McCrary Theatre with Camerata and Chorale sic ; Hanson, Song of Democracy;
Elon University and others. Free.
www.elon.edu/choral
Dec. 14, 8:30PM Greenville Choral Society Dan Bara Candlelight Concert Series
Bruton Parish Episcopal Greenville Youth Chorale Michael Murphy
Williamsburg, VA Greenville Childrens Chorus John Paul Flowers
Dec. 20, 7:30PM Raleigh Boy Choir Thomas Sibley Betty Tysinger, Managing Director
Edenton Street UMC Catols of Christmas
Raleigh, NC
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