Spring 2006 page 1

Carolina Caroler

An official publication of the North Carolina Chapter

of the American Choral Directors Association

Inside
Presidents 2-3
Message

Reflections of Fall 3-6

Conference 2005

2005 Hoggard 5
Award Recipient

2005 NC ACDA 7
Luncheon NCMEA

Fall Conference 8
2006

Choral Perform- 9-10

ance Application

Treasurers Report 11

Sigrid Johnson Bio 12

Good Friday Ser- 13

vice Programming

Childrens/Middle 14
School Choirs Lit

Community 15
College Choirs

2006 Sr. High 16

Womens All State

Directories
NC ACDA Officers 2

North Carolina Participants

NC ACDA Specially 3
Performing Choir Interest Session Presenters Appointed Officers
The East Carolina University Chamber Successful Strategies for Working with Boys
Singers~Daniel J. Bara, conductor in the Middle School Choral Setting NC ACDA R&S 4-5
~Tom T. Shelton, Jr. Chairs
Demonstration Choir
Volume 7, Issue 2
Kernersville Middle School Young Mens The Choral Conductor and the Orchestra
Ensemble~Tom T. Shelton, Jr., conductor ~Alfred E. Sturgis Spring 2006
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NC ACDA Officers
2005-2007
President s Message
Tom Shelton, NC ACDA President
President
Tom Shelton
Kernersville Middle School Happy New Year! It is Christmas Day and I finally have a
110 Brown Road moment to BREATHE and to write this article. I hope by
Kernersville, NC 27284 the time you read this you have not only survived all of the
336.996.5566 holiday concerts, school programs, and church services, but
tomshelton@triad.rr.com
have had time to rest and recuperate from the madness of
Past President December. As choral musicians, I know you understand my
Janna Brendell sentiment!
Waynesville Middle School Our 2005 Fall Conference was an enormous success. Anton Armstrong provided
495 Brown Avenue us with two days of meaningful experiences. We are indebted to him for sharing
Waynesville, NC 28786
828.456.2403 his gifts with us. Please take a moment to read the conference wrap-up article
jannabrendell@yahoo.com found in this newsletter on pages 3-6.
The organization of this conference would not be possible without the vision and
President-Elect leadership of our conference planning team. The team consists of: Janna
Daniel J. Bara Brendell, Sam Doyle, Lisa Fredenburgh, Stephen Futrell, Bill McConnell, Reta
School of Music
East Carolina University Phifer, Ginger Wyrick, and Bill Young.
Greenville, NC 27858 A special thank you goes to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They
252.328.6243 provide us with a WONDERFUL facility for our conference. Bill Young, site
barad@mail.ecu.edu coordinator, does an exceptional job organizing the facility for our conference.
The past two years we have had a "Meet the Clinician" reception. This has be-
Secretary
Gwen Hall come a very popular event for the conference. I hope next year ALL partici-
Southwest Randolph High pants will attend. Its a great time to talk with the conference clinician, meet
School new colleagues and catch up with old friends.
1641 Hopewell Friends Road In November, we hosted the NC ACDA luncheon at the NCMEA Conference.
Asheboro, NC 27205 We had an excellent turn out for the luncheon and the concert presented by the
336.381.7747
bhall@asheboro.com Lenoir-Rhyne College A Cappella Choir (Dr. Paul D. Weber, conductor) was
outstanding (see page 7). It is at this luncheon that the "Lara Hoggard Award" is
Treasurer presented to a distinguished recipient for their outstanding contributions to cho-
Ginger Wyrick ral music in North Carolina. I was delighted to see Maribeth Yoder-White given
Queens University of this honor. Maribeth has been active in North Carolina not only with NC ACDA
Charlotte
1900 Selwyn Avenue (where she served as president) but also with NCMEA where she was finishing
Charlotte, NC 28269 up her 2 year term as president. Maribeth is truly a gifted person. I have seen
704.337.2269 her work with ALL age groups in festival settings, and she is always magnifi-
ggw@hwaci.com cent. We are all blessed to have her as a colleague, leader, and music advocate
in North Carolina (see page 5).
Membership Chair
Reta Phifer In January, the High School SSA All-State Choir (sponsored by NC ACDA) will
339 Falesco Lane be presented in conjunction with the NCMEA High School Choral Section. Dr.
Matthews, NC 28105 Lisa Fredenburgh has been invited to conduct this event. Amy Daw serves as
704.708.9789 the coordinator (see page 16).
phifer4music@ In February, the ACDA Southern Division Conference will be held in Charleston,
mindspring.com
West Virginia. Take a moment to visit the website (http://www.acdaonline.org/
Newsletter Editor Southern/index.html) and see all thats offered at this event. Sara Lynn Baird,
Stephen A. Futrell Southern Division President, has put together a GREAT conference. I hope Ill
Elon University see many of you there! Several North Carolina members have been selected to
Campus Box 2800 bring choirs to perform and present sessions (see page 1).
Elon, NC 27244
336.278.5681 Please mark your calendar now for September 22-23, 2006. This is the date for
sfutrell@elon.edu (Continued on page 3)
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Presidents Message NC ACDA Specially

(Continued from page 2) Appointed Officers
the North Carolina Fall Conference. Our guest clinician will be Judith Wil- Ace Mentoring/Auditions
loughby from Oklahoma City University. We are very excited about having Sam Doyle
Judith Willoughby with us this year! Her vast choral experience ranges from 1702 Westridge Road
Greensboro, NC 27410
working with Childrens Choirs through College and Adult Community
336.282.0549
Choirs. We know she will offer sessions that will motivate and enlighten us. sdoyle4@triad.rr.com
You can read Judiths bio on page 8.
You will find a performance application in this issue of the newsletter on pages Conference Exhibits/
9-10. Please consider sending in an audition tape for your choir. We realize Reading Sessions
William McConnell
this is early in the "choir year", but we are flexible in our programming of
St. Andrews Pres. College
groups. You dont have to present an entire concert. There are opportunities to 1700 Dogwood Mile
serve as a demonstration choir or share a concert with another group. I hope Laurinburg, NC 28352
you will consider doing this. 910.277.5262
In closing, I am reminded of a quote by the great American writer and lecturer mcconnellwt@sapc.edu
Helen Keller (1880-1968): "I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do eve-
Conference Site Host
rything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can Welborn E. Young (Bill)
do." UNC-Greensboro
YOU are changing the world of those around you. I hope 2006 brings you many School of Music
defining moments in your life. P.O. Box 26167
Greensboro, NC 27402
Thank you for doing what you do!
336.334.5428
weyoung@uncg.edu

Reflections of Fall Conference 2005 Historian

Anne Coltrane
6001 Knightbridge Court
Our Host Facilities (from Tom Shelton) Kernersville, NC 27284
THANK YOU UNCG! We are indebted to UNCG for opening their doors and 336.993.3217
providing us with such a wonderful facility to hold our conference. Bill Young, annecoltrane@hotmail.com
site chairperson, goes to great lengths to make sure everything goes smoothly.
Lara Hoggard Award
We can not thank him enough for all the time he puts into organizing and ar- Chair
ranging all the logistical elements of the conference. A special thank you goes Sam Doyle
to Dean John Deal, UNCG School of Music, for hosting our conference. (see Ace Mentoring info
listed above)
All Conference Reception (from Tom Shelton) SSA All-State Coordinator
The "Meet the Clinician" Reception was held in the Summit Room at the Down- Amy W. Daw
town Marriott (Conference Hotel). It was a GREAT reception providing con- Northern High School
ference participants a chance to meet new colleagues, catch up with old 117 Tom Wilkinson Road
Durham, NC 27712
friends, and meet our Guest Clinician, Anton Armstrong. A Concert Session
919.560.3956x56813
was presented during the reception featuring a wonderful performance by elan, dawaw@dpsnc.net
the vocal jazz ensemble from Elon University, under the direction of Stephen
A. Futrell. Their beautiful music-making set the tone for our reception. Technology Chair
This is the second year we've had the "Meet the Clinician" reception, and it has Webmaster
Bert Fox
been a huge success. We hope that ALL participants will sign up to attend the
Lufkin Road Middle School
reception at next year's conference. A special thanks goes to Hinshaw Music 1002 Lufkin Road
and J.W. Pepper Winston-Salem, for serving as primary sponsors for this Cary, NC 27539
event. Additional sponsorship was provided by Alfred Music, Burrage Music, 919.387.4465
Field Studies of NC-Festivals at Carnegie Hall, Music Manager Software, and foxsterb@aol.com
Treble Clef Music. Thank you to all of our sponsors!
(Continued on page 4)
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NC ACDA R&S Chairs
Boychoirs
Bill Allred
1009 Bridgewater Drive
Burlington, NC 27217
baallred@bellsouth.net
Childrens Choirs
Anne M. Saxon
Main Street United Methodist
Church
306 South Main Street
Kernersville, NC 27284
336.993.3411
midpatch@aol.com
College/University Choirs
Welborn E. Young (Bill)
UNC-Greensboro
School of Music
P.O. Box 26167
Greensboro, NC 27402
336.334.5428
weyoung@uncg.edu
Community Choirs
Larry Speakman
The concert Singers of Cary
PO Box 1921
Cary, NC 27512
919.251.6170
speakman@
concertsingers.org
Ethnic and Multicultural
Perspectives
Jacqueline P. Robinson
Hunter Huss High School
1518 Edgefield Avenue
Gastonia, NC 28052
704.866.6610
jprobinson@gaston.k12.nc.us
Jazz Choirs
Stephen A. Futrell
(see Newsletter Editor info
on page 2)
Junior High/Middle School
Choirs
Tammy Shook
H.M. Arndt Middle School
3530 34th Street NE
Hickory, NC 28601
828.256.9545
tamerashook@
catawba.k12.nc.us
Carolina Caroler
Fall Conference 2005
(Continued from page 3)
Conference Headliner Anton Armstrong (from Daniel Bara)
As you all know, the 2005 NC-ACDA Fall Conference enjoyed a record enroll-
ment arguably due to the international reputation of our guest clinician, Dr.
Anton Armstrong. During the course of the two-day conference, Dr. Arm-
strong offered five different sessions, in addition to an elegant Meet the Clini-
cian reception on Friday evening. His lecture/demonstration sessions were
entitled: Our Vocation as Choral Music Educators, Working with the Ado-
lescent Voice, and Artistry in the Choral Rehearsal. Additionally, he of-
fered a public conducting master class to university conducting students from
around the state, and a summarizing Question & Answer Session at the conclu-
sion of the conference.
All of Dr. Armstrongs sessions were characterized by a sense of humility, hu-
manity, and artistic integrity that was appealing and inspiring. Between his
classes, the participants frequently commented on his sense of humor and the
care and passion with which he approached each topic. With Dr. Armstrongs
teaching, one definitely senses that his expertise in the field is one earned by
experience, trial, and error, and not one gleaned from a textbook. His one-on-
one work in the conducting master class was gentle, encouraging, and offered
practical insights, and his discussion and experimentation with the demonstra-
tion choir during the adolescent voice session was fun and illuminating.
Dr. Armstrongs appearance at the NC ACDA conference has clearly raised the
bar. I hope that next year our conference enrollment continues to grow, as we
bring in yet another renowned clinician (Judith Willoughby) to lead us, teach
us, and inspire us
Registration (from Ginger Wyrick)
Fall Conference participation was up this year with 203 in attendance over the 2-
day event. Registration ran smoothly with the help of Reta Phifer and several
student helpers. Packets included a handout prepared by clinician Anton Arm-
strong along with 7 anthems, participant's name tag, and an evaluation form.
The pre-stuffed packets offered minimum waiting and expedited the check-in
process. A database was created from the registration form information of all
participants and made available to NC ACDA officers and R&S chairs.
Exhibitors (from Bill McConnell)
Talk about anticipation...TEN exhibitors for the NC ACDA Conference! Where
to put them all? Would all of them receive enough traffic to justify their ex-
pense in being with us? I should have known not to worry. What a thrill it was
to see ten exhibitors, each in their own way supporting the choral art in North
Carolina. An equal thrill was watching the members of our organization pe-
ruse the materials each exhibitor brought along, make purchases, and take the
time to learn what each exhibitor had to offer.
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Spring 2006 page 5

Maribeth Yoder-White Receives Lara Hoggard Award NC ACDA R&S Chairs

Sam Doyle, NC ACDA Hoggard Award Chair Male Choirs

Dsire Davis-Omburo
Each year the NC ACDA honors a member for East Chapel Hill High School
"Distinguished service in Choral Music in North Caro- 500 Weaver Dairy Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
lina." This year the recipient is Maribeth Yoder-
919.969.2492
White. ddavis@chccs.k12.nc.us

Dr. Maribeth Gail Yoder-White is on the faculty of the Music & Worship
Tony Spencer
Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State Univer-
First Baptist Church
sity in Boone, North Carolina where she teaches gradu- 211 West Main Street
ate and undergraduate music education courses, super- Forest City, NC 28043
vises student teachers, and serves as Coordinator of 828.245.6626
Music Education. Prior to her appointment at ASU, Dr. tspencer@rfci.net
Yoder-White taught in the School of Music at the University of North Carolina Senior High School Choirs
at Greensboro for eleven years where she conducted the Womens Glee Club Jocelyn Thompson
and taught graduate and undergraduate music education courses. West Charlotte Sr. HS
Yoder-White received a Bachelor of Music Education degree in choral/general 2219 Senior Drive
Charlotte, NC 28216
music from Lenoir-Rhyne College, graduating summa cum laude. Following 980.343.6060x288
completion of a Master of Music degree at the University of North Carolina at Jocleyn.Thompson@
Greensboro, Yoder-White taught middle school choral and general music in cms.k12.nc.us
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools for 4 years before returning to UNCG to pursue
Show Choirs
doctoral studies. Amy W. Daw
Yoder-White is a certified Orff-Schulwerk specialist and frequently presents (see SSA Coordinator info
workshops featuring her compositions and arrangements. She teaches Orff- on page 3)
Schulwerk certification courses and serves as clinician and author for Silver
Two-Year College Choirs
Burdett-Scott Foresman Making Music. Additionally, Yoder-White maintains Jerry Cribbs
active participation in music education research and has presented papers and 3540 Kirby Smith Drive
authored articles in national, regional, and state arenas. She served as keynote Wilmington, NC 28409
presenter at the 2003 and 2005 Hawaii Music Educators Association Confer- 910.392.6783
ences in Honolulu and traveled to Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong in 2004 jcribbs@ec.rr.com
to present at the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS) Womens Choirs
Conference. Invited to serve as keynote presenter for a May 2006 education Mary Lycan
symposium in Tanzania, Yoder-White has also presented to American Orff- Womens Voices Chorus
Schulwerk Association Chapters in North Carolina and Virginia, and MENC 415 Wesley Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-1521
conferences in Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina. 919.932.5455
A frequent clinician, consultant, and adjudicator for choral workshops and festi- mlycanclef@aol.com
vals throughout the country, Yoder-White is editor of the Hinshaw Music choral
series for young voices Accent on Young Voices. Yoder-White has conducted Youth & Student Activities
Brett Nolker
state honors choruses in North Carolina and Florida, as well as various regional UNCG School of Music
choral festivals in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. As choral adjudica- PO Box 26167
tor, Yoder-White has judged in various sites nationally and internationally, in- Greensboro, NC 27402
cluding Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, Williamsburg, and Myrtle Beach. Particu- 336.334.3642
larly active in middle school choral music, Yoder-White regularly serves as an dbnolker@uncg.edu
adjudicator for the North Carolina Middle School Honors Chorus and composes
sight-reading material for North Carolina Middle School Choral Festivals. Ac-
tive in many professional organizations, Yoder-White served as Past-President
of NC ACDA and currently serves as Past-President of the North Carolina Mu-
sic Educators Association.
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Fall Conference 2005

(Continued from page 4)

Our exhibitors: Hinshaw Music, Treble Clef Music Press, Field Studies of North
Carolina - Festivals at Carnegie Hall, Burrage Music, Alfred Music Publishers,
J. W. Pepper at Winston, North Carolina Summer Institute for the Choral Art,
Walton Music, Brain Gym for Musicians, and Music Manager Software are all
heroes to choral music in North Carolina. I hope that each of you will continue
ACDA to patronize these fine organizations. Each makes untold contributions to cho-
ral music in North Carolina - not just at the conference, but throughout the
Advocacy year.
Resolution Performing Groups and Presentations (from Anne Saxon)
Wed like to thank the choirs and their conductors that performed for the state
convention last September! Each choir gave an outstanding performance only
weeks after beginning their new season. The opening session featured the Ap-
Whereas the human palachian State University Singers. Under the direction of Dr. Stephen Hop-
spirit is elevated to a kins, this choir is comprised of sixty auditioned voices and performs fine cho-
broader understanding ral literature from all periods. The University Singers, who have been featured
of itself through study at both the 2004 Southern ACDA Convention, and the 2005 National Conven-
and performance in the tion in Los Angeles, gave a wonderful performance to begin our convention
aesthetic arts; and experience.
On Saturday morning we were delighted by the presentation of the Capital City
Girls Choir (CCGC) from Raleigh. Organized in 1987 as the Meredith Col-
Whereas serious cut- lege Girls Chorus and Chorale, CCGC is an achievement-based vocal and mu-
backs in funding and sic training program for girls beginning as young as age eight, and continuing
support have steadily throughout their middle and high school years. CCGC is dedicated to provid-
eroded arts institutions ing quality musical experiences for girls in the Research Triangle community
and their programs through performances, rehearsals, social activities, and music education. We
throughout our country, thank Dr. Fran Page and Christen Reddig, directors, for their extra efforts in
preparing such a fine program so early in the season.
Under the direction of Dr. William Carroll, the University Chorale from UNC-
Greensboro is a select ensemble of approximately forty singers comprised pri-
Be it resolved that all
marily of upperclassmen and graduate students. The Chorale, which performs a
citizens of the United
full range of literature including major works with orchestra, gave an out-
States actively voice
standing performance. One can only be impressed and humbled by the amount
their affirmative and
of hard work, talent, and skill of each group that shared their music with us.
collective support for
Their capable directors have consistently and diligently prepared these singers
necessary funding at the
for many great, higher-level choral music experiences, and provide a wonder-
local, state, and national
ful model to encourage and inspire all.
levels of education and
I also want to thank Ginger Wyrick for leading our childrens choir reading ses-
government, to ensure
sion. She did an excellent job in giving our participants many suggestions on
the survival of arts pro-
the use of her chosen repertory for educational, sacred, and secular settings.
grams for this and fu-
Ms. Wyrick makes her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she is the Di-
ture generations.
rector of Choral Activities at Queens University. A writer and editor, she has
published resources for choir members and directors, as well as numerous chil-
drens anthems and a childrens musical. Ms. Wyrick has been a presenter at
national symposiums of her extensive research on the changing role of music
in the United States and the local church. A listing of the titles Ginger pre-
sented can be found on page 14 as well as a list of selected repertoire for Mid-
dle School Choir from Tammy Shook.
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Lenoir-Rhyne College A Cappella Choir Performs for

NC ACDA Luncheon
The Lenoir-Rhyne College A Cappella Choir celebrated its 70th Anni-
versary during the 2005-2006 academic year. Over its history the
choir has toured extensively throughout the eastern United States,
appearing in over nine hundred concerts in twenty-two states, and
has made seven European tours. It has sung for the installation of
two national Lutheran bishops and performed at the 200th Anniversary of the North Carolina Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. In March 2005, the choir appeared with the Western Piedmont
Symphony in a complete performance of Handels Messiah.

Dr. Paul Weber, the Roediger Distinguished Service Professor for 2005-2006, is Director of the A Cappella
Choir and Associate Professor of Church Music at Lenoir-Rhyne College, where he also conducts the Le-
noir-Rhyne College Singers and the Lenoir-Rhyne Chapel Choir. Since 1996 he has served as coordinator of
the colleges Sacred Music Program, developing it into a nationally recognized course of study.
Dr. Weber has been active as a choral director and clinician on the district and regional levels, in schools and
churches, and for conferences and festival events. During his tenure, the A Cappella Choir has released four
recordings featuring a diversity of repertoire. In 2003 the choir gave performances of portions of William
Duckworths Southern Harmony. In 2004 the choir premiered Hollis Thoms Strangers inspired by the
events of September 11, 2001. Webers own compositions exemplify the continuation of the Lutheran choral
tradition. Dr. Webers Magnificat (1997) for soprano and treble soloists, chamber orchestra, mixed choir and
treble chorus received public acclaim in performances throughout the southeast
and abroad. Luthers letztes Gebet, a setting of Martin Luthers last prayer, scored Dates to
for SSAATTBB choir and solo trombone, was premiered at Luthers grave in the
Castle Church, Wittenberg, Germany in 2003. The Lord Reigns, a setting of Psalm Remember
99 for treble choirs, was performed recently at the Episcopal Cathedral of St.
Philip, Atlanta. Most of Webers compositions are self-published. In March 2003,
Dr. Weber received the Raabe Prize for Excellence in Sacred Composition from ACDA Southern
the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians for a career of outstanding contri- Division Convention
butions to the profession as exemplified in a single work written within the preced- Charleston, WV
ing five years. The winning anthem, Arise, Shine! (performed at the NC ACDA February 22-25, 2006
Luncheon) has received additional performances by the Luther College Nordic
Choir, the St. Olaf College Cantorei, and the National Lutheran Choir. NC ACDA 2006
Dr. Weber received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from The Sr. High All-State
University of Iowa, a Master of Musical Arts degree in Composition from Yale Womens Choir
University, and a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance and Composition January 27-28, 2006
from Washington University, St. Louis. His composition teachers have included
Krzysztof Penderecki, Jacob Druckman, and Bruce MacCombie. He has studied NC ACDA
conducting and repertoire with Tamara Brooks, Richard Bloesch, William Conference~UNCG
Hatcher, Jon Bailey, Arthur Weisberg, Joseph Flummerfelt, and Robert Bergt. We- September 22-23, 2006
ber has held conducting positions at
Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, September 21-22, 2007
and The Albertson College of Idaho,
Caldwell, Idaho. He is an ordained pas- ACDA National
tor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Convention
in America and is married to Florence Miami, FL
Jowers, Lenoir-Rhyne College Organist March 7-10, 2007
and Conductor of the Lenoir-Rhyne
Youth Chorus.
page 8 Carolina Caroler

NC ACDA Fall Conference 2006, September 22-23, UNCG

Judith Willoughby, Clinician

Judith Willoughby is Professor of Music (Conducting and Music Education)

and Associate Director of Choral Activities at Oklahoma City University.
She is also Artistic Director of the Canterbury Academy of Vocal Arts
(CAVA), the youth choral program of the Canterbury Choral Society which
established a partnership with Oklahoma City University. She comes to
Oklahoma City University from Northwestern University where she was a
member of the conducting and music education faculty.
Professor Willoughby earned an MM in choral conducting and piano performance from Temple
University and a BM in piano performance from Northwestern University where she was also a
member of the Mortar Board Society. Her principal teachers included Elaine Brown (choral
conducting), Max Rudolph and William Smith (orchestral conducting), and Natalie Hinderas
and Gui Mombaerts (piano). She taught, for many years, in the Summer Institute Program at the
Eastman School of Music, has also taught at Westminster Choir Colleges Summer Institute and
at Central Connecticut State University, and most recently lectured at the Central Conservatory
in Beijing, China. Professor Willoughby began her career teaching in the Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania public schools. She founded the Temple University Childrens Choir in Temples Center
for Gifted Young Musicians and led that ensemble to international prominence during her ten
year association with the school. She also founded and, for twenty years, led the Choral Society
of Montgomery County (PA) which received many honors during her leadership. Both ensem-
bles appeared at regional and/or national meetings of the American Choral Directors Associa-
tion (ACDA) and the Music Educators National Conference, and were featured in live broad-
casts on classical music stations in the Mid Atlantic region and abroad. Both choirs also re-
corded and were featured on Chorus Americas former radio program, The First Art. In 2000,
the Temple University Childrens Choir performed in concert, and in collaboration with the
Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, in Eugene, Oregon, under the baton of Helmut
Rilling. Additionally, the Temple University Childrens Choir was featured on recordings, led
by Willoughby, for the Silver Burdett Ginn Music Series published in 2002.
Judith Willoughby has conducted professional, adult volunteer, collegiate, high school, junior high/
middle school, and childrens honor, all-state and festival choruses throughout North America,
Europe, the Caribbean and Asia. She has appeared internationally as a guest conductor and cli-
nician in the worlds major concert halls in China, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Australia, Canada,
Wales, Hungary, the Czech Republic, St. Petersburg, Russia, and throughout North America. In
2003, Willoughby conducted the Womens Honor Choir at the American Choral Directors As-
sociation national convention in New York City, and she conducts Eastern and Northwest
ACDA divisional honor choirs during the 2005-2006 season.
During her years in Pennsylvania, Willoughby served terms as state president of Pennsylvanias
branches of the American Choral Directors Association and the Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral
Association. She has served on panels for the National Endowment of the Arts, state arts agen-
cies and private foundations. She also edits a new choral series published by Alliance Music.
She served nine years on the board of Chorus America (two as secretary), and currently dedi-
cates her efforts to Chorus Americas conducting task force and as national co-chair of the Chil-
dren and Youth constituency group. Judith Willoughby is a member of the International Federa-
tion for Choral Music, Chorus America, the College Music Society and the Music Educators
National Conference. She is also a life member of the American Choral Directors Association.
Spring 2006 page 9

APPLICATION FOR CHORAL PERFORMANCE

North Carolina American Choral Directors Association

NC-ACDA Fall Conference UNCGreensboro _____

Please indicate concert length you prefer:
___ Concert session: 25 minutes
___ Concert session: 12-15 minutes
___ Concert session: 8-10 minutes

AND/OR

NCMEA ACDA Luncheon Winston-Salem _____(check one or both)

Applications/recordings must be postmarked by April 15, 2006

Submit to:
Sam Doyle
1702 Westridge Rd.
Greensboro, NC 27410

General Information (Please type)

Name of Ensemble _____________________________________________________________

Number of Singers _____________ Voicing ___________________________________

Ensemble Category _______________________________________________________

Boy Choir, Childrens Choir, College/University Choir, Church Choir, Community Choir, Ethnic/
Multicultural Ensemble, Jazz/Show Choir, Junior High/Middle School Choir, Male Choir, Senior
High School Choir, Two Year College Choir, Womens Choir, Other

Name of Group __________________________________________________________

Name of School, Church or Institution ________________________________________

Name of Director _________________________________________________________

Mailing Address
________________________________________________________________________

City _________________________________________ Zip ______________________

Telephone: Office ______________________________________________

Home ______________________________________________

Email Address _______________________________________

Directors ACDA membership Number ______________________________

page 10 Carolina Caroler

APPLICATION FOR CHORAL PERFORMANCEpage 2

North Carolina American Choral Directors Association

Eligibility and Financial Statement:

Conductors must be current, paid to date members of ACDA. No choral ensemble shall appear
on successive conventions (October) and/or at the ACDA Luncheon (November). It is under-
stood that ACDA will not assume any financial responsibility for travel, food, or lodging for the
performing groups. This application implies that the above-mentioned group is prepared to
travel to and perform at the convention if accepted.

Signature of Director

Name of Administrator

Signature of Administrator

TAPE SPECIFICATIONS

a) Each tape for concert, jazz, or show choir performance should be prepared on a superior
quality cassette tape or CD.
b) The recording should be 10-15 minutes in length and should include three selections from
live performances.
c) Vocal jazz, show choir, and madrigal ensemble performance applications should include
both a cassette tape and video cassette tape (1/2 inch VHS) or DVD.
d) Recorded selections submitted on this tape are:

Selection #1: Title

Composer

Selection #2: Title

Composer

Selection #3: Title

Composer

For more information contact Sam Doyle:

sam2ann@triad.rr.com
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Piedmont Invitational to Host Choral Workshop February 10-11, 2006

Sigrid Johnson, Clinician
The Third Annual Advanced Choral Workshop will be held February 10-11, 2006.
The two day event will be held at the Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie Street, Greens-
boro, located in the downtown area. Guest clinician, Sigrid Johnson, is a member of
the voice and choral faculty at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. The Ad-
vanced Choral Workshop is designed to focus on bridging the gap between the
young child voice and the maturing singer.
The massed choir will be singers from the advanced choirs of the following organiza-
tions: Capital City Girls Choirs, Fran Page, director; Central Carolina Childrens
Choir, Anne Saxon, director; Charlotte Childrens Choir, Sandy Holland, director;
and the Greensboro Youth Chorus, Ann Doyle, director.
Sigrid Johnson has been a member of the voice and choral faculty at St. Olaf College
in Northfield, Minnesota since 1983. She is the conductor of the Manitou Singers, a 100-voice first-year
womens chorus at St. Olaf. Ms. Johnson holds a bachelor of music degree in voice performance from St.
Cloud State University and a master of music degree in voice performance from the University of Michigan.
Before her appointment at St. Olaf, she was on the music faculties of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter
and at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Sigrid maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor
and clinician at choral festivals, workshops and all-state music festivals across the country. She is known in-
ternationally for her work with musicians at all levels. Her unique ways of working to achieve excellence in
choral blend and intonation have garnered her great praise.
This workshop is sponsored by the Piedmont Invitational Childrens Choir Festival, now in its 16th year.
ACDA members are invited to attend the rehearsals and the concert demonstration. If you would like more
information, a schedule of the weekend or directions to the site, please contact Ann Doyle at 336.282.0549
or at gycsings@triad.rr.com.
Spring 2006 page 13

A Good Friday Service on The Stations of the Cross

Tony Spencer, NC ACDA Music & Worship R&S Chair

Remember Ash Wednesday 2004? (Many of us were in Nashville at the Southern division convention.) The
news of the day was the release of Mel Gibsons motion picture, The Passion of Christ. The range of
viewers emotions was from outrage (by the literalists) to total devotion for this movie which was based on
the fourteen stations of the cross. Every news outlet had someone with an opinion and most of the opinions
expressed were hardly indifferent.
In trying to help my local parish respond to this national media circus in a redemptive way, I planned a pro-
gram around the stations of the cross using choral music, readings, artwork and hymns. Information is read-
ily available through internet resources on the history and use of the stations in the Roman Catholic Church.
With a little creativity (and the help of a local friend and artist) I was able to secure a rendering of each of
the fourteen stations. While projecting the drawing of each station on a wall in the sanctuary, designated
readers read a reflection written by a pastor friend, followed by a one sentence litany of adoration to the
cross. Then the choir sang an anthem or the congregation a hymn.
Choral anthems included: Go, Congregation, Go by the Moravian composer John Antes (H.W. Gray
EAMCM 6); Lamb of God, by F. Melius Christiansen (Augsburg 11-0133); Who Crucified My Lord by
Ralph Belcher (Belwin-Mills SCHCH 844); and O My People (The Reproaches), by Lundy/Walker (OCP
Publications 9919). For O My People we sang five verses with the refrain sung by congregation to repre-
sent five different stations.
A sentence in the invitation to an observance of a holy Lent in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer says the
early congregation was put in mind of the need which all Christians continually have to renew their repen-
tance and faith. Two years ago, during Lent, I discovered that planning a choral service around the stations
of the cross helped me to accomplish such renewal of repentance and faith.
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Selected Repertoire for Childrens and Middle School Choirs

Ginger Wyrick and Tammy Shook

Repertoire for Childrens Choir from NC ACDA 2005 Fall Conference

Reading Session presented by Ginger Wyrick

"The Song That Nature Sings", Ruth Elaine Schram, BriLee Music BL109 (unison)
"The Path to the Moon", Eric Thiman, Boosey & Hawkes OCTB6114 (unison)
"May I Learn to Be Silent", Craig Cassils, Leslie Music No. 2072 (2-part)
"Where E'er You Walk", Handel/arr. Roger Emerson, Hal Leonard 08551667 (2-part)
"How Can I Stop Singing My Song?", Cynthia Gray, Heritage Choral Series 15/1343H (SSA)
"Polly W olly Doodle", arr. John Leavitt, Hal Leonard 08741473 (SSA)
"Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us", William Bradley Roberts, Augsburg 11-2558 (unison)
"Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above", Jody W. Lindh, Choristers Guild CGA-583 (unison)
"Kyrie Eleison", Sonja Poorman, BriLee Music BL306 (unison)
"A Jubliant Song", Mary Lynn Lightfoot, Sacred Music Press 10/1026 (2-parts)
"O Lord, You Know Me Completely", Hal Hopson, Choristers Guild CDA833 (unison/two-part)
"Show Me Your Ways", Joe Cox, Abingdon Press 0687345812 (unison/opt. two-part)

Tammys Top Middle School Hits

Magnificat, Ruth Elaine Schram, Augsburg Fortress 0-8006-7668-8 (2-part)

Lost in the Night, Kyle Haugen, Augsburg Fortress 11-11063 (SAB)
Carol from an Irish Cabin, Dale Wood, Warner Bros. 2915616615 (SATB)
A Song in Every Heart, Ruth Elaine Schram, Brilee Music BL234 (3-part mixed)
One-Eyed Jack, Nancy Telfer, Hinshaw HMC-951 (2-part)
May I Learn to be Silent, Craig Cassils, Leslie Music 2072 (2-part)
Je le vous dirai!, Certon, ed. Porterfield, Heritage 15/1615H (3-part mixed)
Lord, Make Me an Instrument, Jonathan Willcocks, Oxford W153 (SA)
Hear the Joy, Jacques Arcadelt, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen, Brilee BL 430 (SAB)
The Drummer and the Cook, Gary Parks, Brilee BL433 (TB)
Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord, Steven Rickards, Warner Bros. 2915614603
Agnus Dei, Eugene Butler, Fisher CM8191 (3 part mixed)
Angel in Eternal Flight, Valerie Webdell, Heritage 15/1780H (SAB)
Where Shall I Go From Your Spirit?, Kenney Potter, Choristers Guild CGA916
Spring 2006 page 15

Community Colleges on the Choral Scene

Jerry S Cribbs, NC ACDA Two-Year College Choirs R&S Chair
I am elated to serve as chairperson of the Two-Year Community College section of the NC ACDA. I look forward to
serving the organization and the community college teachers and students in this capacity. First, I would like to
take this opportunity to introduce myself to the organization. I have taught in NC my entire teaching career. A lit-
tle over a year ago I retired from the New Hanover County School System in Wilmington and immediately began
teaching chorus and music appreciation at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington. In addition to my cur-
rent part-time position at the community college, I am also the Director of Music Ministries at Grace United Meth-
odist Church in Wilmington as well as the director of the Cape Fear Chorale, a community chorus. I continue to be
invited to serve as guest conductor/clinician and adjudicator, and am always happy to serve when asked.
In our current teaching positions, I am sure we were all extremely busy in the fall twas the season. I was very
fortunate during the fall semester to have some fine singers enrolled in my choruses at Cape Fear CC. Just with
any educational choral group, the desire is to balance choral education with the expected concerts and perform-
ances. As with most school choral groups, we worked the fundamentals of music and singing through the selec-
tions we would ultimately perform. Of course, one staple piece of our repertory is the National Anthem. This is
required study every semester and it provides us a minimal first-public performance as the CFCC Chorus performs
The Star-Spangled Banner for a basketball game each semester midway through the semester. For the CFCC
Chorus, it didnt stop there. There were yet three more performances planned for the fall semester: a school con-
cert which included the chorus and applied students from voice, piano, and guitar classes, a performance at the
Hospice Festival of the Trees event, and a concert for the Thursday Morning Music Club. As with any school per-
forming group, these performances served many purposes, but there are two I would emphasize in this article.
These performances provided the singers a means of expression and a vehicle to demonstrate learned skills, and
they served to help make the community aware that CFCC has an active and viable music education program. (In
other words, we must constantly be advocates for music education and our programs.)
I hope that your second semester is a great one! Further, I would invite any two-year or community college choral
teacher to send me an email sharing information and/or activities in which you and/or your choral group(s) are par-
ticipating. My email address is Jcribbs@ec.rr.com I look forward to hearing from you.
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NC ACDA 2006 Sr. High All-State Womens Choir

War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro
January 27-28, 2006
Amy Daw, NC ACDA coordinator
Lisa Fredenburgh, conductor

The 2006 NC Womens All State Choir will perform at 3:00pm on Saturday, January
28, 2006. The concert will be held along with the SATB All State Groups in the War
Memorial Auditorium at the Greensboro Coliseum complex. This years clinician
will be Lisa Fredenburgh. Below is her bio. New this year: All participants will attend a district rehearsal to
raise the level of excellence of choral music in North Carolina. Hope you can attend this event. Repertoire
for this year: Aures ad nostras Deitatis Preces, Guillaume Dufay; El Romanto'n Francisco Muro, arr. Mi-
guel Astor; The Rattlin' Bog, arr. Michael Braz; L'Ultima Amor, Jackson Berkey; I thank you God,
Gwyneth Walker; and a special Mozart canon to celebrate his 250th birthday that week-end!
Lisa Fredenburgh is Director of Choral Activities at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC where she conducts
choirs and teaches courses in conducting, and secondary choral music education. She holds a DMA and two
MM degrees from the University of Arizona where she studied under Maurice Skones, Josef Knott, Thomas
Hilbish, Jerry McCoy and Kenneth Jennings. Her BA in music education was earned at Luther College, un-
der Weston Noble.
Fredenburgh often serves as guest conductor and clinician locally, nationally, and abroad. She has conducted
and taught master classes in the Dominican Republic and in Bolivia. She is a frequent presenter at national,
regional and state level professional organizations in the fields of Womens Choral Music, and the Music of
Latin America. She is listed in Whos Who of American Women and currently serves as National Chair for
the Womens Choir Repertoire & Standards Committee for the American Choral Directors Association. She
is a member of CMS, MENC, and Society for Ethnomusicology.

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