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Carolina Caroler
A two-time award-winning publication
of the North Carolina Chapter of the
American Choral Directors Association

UPCOMING EVENTS Inside

Presidents 2,8
Message

Hoggard Award 3
Winner:
Welborn E. Young
ACDA SOUTHERN DIVISION
Youth and Student 4
2016 CONFERENCE Activities

March 9-12, 2016 Community Choirs 5

Chattanooga, Tennessee Southern Division 6

Conference

NC ACDA Fall 8-9

Conference Recap

2016 Application 10-

...ALSO INSIDE for Performance 11

ACDA Fund for 12

Tomorrow
2015 FALL CONFERENCE ACDA Mentoring 13
HIGHLIGHTS
America Cantat 13

Treasurers Report 14
2016 APPLICATION FOR
Membership 15
CHORAL PERFORMANCE Application Form

2016 NC ACDA
Directories
NC ACDA Officers 2
CONFERENCE DATES: NC ACDA Specially 3

OCTOBER 7-8
Appointed Officers

NC ACDA R&S 4-5

Chairs

Volume 17, Issue 1

Spring 2016
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NC ACDA Officers
2015-2017
President
Anne Saxon
Winston-Salem Girls Chorus
4105 Sewanee Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
336.922.4073 (home)
336.413.8227 (mobile)
Midpatch@aol.com
Past President
Sandy Holland
Young Voices of the Carolinas
2517 Fort Street
Charlotte, NC 28205
704.451.4194 mobile
704.374.1892 x24
srholland64@gmail.com
President-Elect
Andy Roby
First Baptist Church Shelby
120 North Lafayette Street
Shelby, NC 2815
704.482.3467
aroby72359@gmail.com
Secretary & Registrar
Bethany Jennings
Stuart Cramer High School
101 Lakewood Road
Belmont, NC 28012
336.501.0103
ncacdasecretary@gmail.com
Treasurer
Carolyn Hall
High Point Young Voices
4504 Talavera Drive
High Point, NC 27265
336.841.0571 (home)
704.674.6948 (mobile)
musikhall@aol.com
Membership Chair
Ginger Wyrick
6200 Maple Cove Lane
Charlotte, NC 28269
704.231.8443
ggw@hwaci.com
Newsletter Editor
Nathan Leaf
NC State University
Price Music Center
Campus Box 7311
Raleigh, NC 27695
919.515.8280
njleaf@ncsu.edu
C a r oCarolina
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Presidents Message
Anne Saxon, NC ACDA President
VISIONING PERSPECTIVES
PAST ~ PRESENT ~ FUTURE CHALLENGES ~ OPPORTUNITIES
MUSIC EDUCATION ~ SINGER INSPIRATION
PERFORMANCE ~ HIGHER LEVEL ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
DOING MUSIC ~ BEING MUSIC
CONDUCTING ~ SERVANT LEADERSHIP
ENABLING ~ EMPOWERING
EXPECTATIONS ~ DREAMS
WHAT NC ACDA IS ~ WHAT NC ACDA CAN BE
Welcome to a new year of choral opportunities and experiences! During the past few
months great things have taken place for us. Our Fall Conference was well-attended and
filled with conductors, singers, teachers, and students. Everyone seemed eager to meet,
greet, and share with one another and there was excitement in the air. As choral musicians
we yearn for connection and inspiration, two key elements that keep us going. The Fri-
day night session with Elena Sharkova was a huge indicator of this: the session on The
Forgotten and the New: Russian Choral Music from the 1940s to Today was to end at
6:30. Elena was so passionate in her delivery and quite caught up in sharing that people
seemed spellbound. Someone told her at 6:30 it was time for the session to end and she
agreed, saying that she had more years of history to cover, and kept going with our captive
audience. It was after 7:00 on a Friday night before the session broke. Yes, folks, connec-
tion and inspiration.
One of my goals for us is to honor our past and celebrate our roots as an organization.
Our newly appointed Historian, former NC ACDA President Joel Stegall, is heading up our
History Project. NC ACDAs goal is to collect our historical materials and locate them
so they are archived and readily accessible. Over the next few months, please look for past
programs, photos and memorabilia you would be willing to donate or copy for this project.
Also, search your memories for information not available in printed materials. You may
think of human interest stories that would shed light on events or the personalities of those
leaders who came before us. What you may think is trivial may actually be quite valua-
ble to us!
Another goal that has been brewing in NC ACDA for quite a while is the desire to vi-
sion and dream about what and how we can best serve and lead our membership, and where
these dreams can take us as we move forward. I have appointed former NC ACDA Presi-
dent Bill Young to head up a Visioning Team with this goal in mind. The team has already
begun working, and under Bills excellent leadership, has almost completed the process of
formulating our vision and goals. Our team meeting in late October, for me, was a joyful
and emotional day, as I witnessed the passion and excitement in the room as ideas poured
out from team members. I drove home afterwards fired up about our progress! We will be
finalizing this new vision during our Board Meeting in February and unveiling it to you
soon.
Our luncheon during the NCMEA Conference in Winston-Salem was well attended and
the room was quite alive with the sound of meeting, greeting, sharing, and enjoying one
anothers company. I am so appreciative to Centenary United Methodist Church and Dr.
Rob Frazier for hosting this event just down the street from the Benton Convention Center,
and providing a shuttle bus for us. It was such a treat that former NC ACDA and National
ACDA President, Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, was in attendance, as well as many retired mem-
bers who have greatly inspired us through the years, and brand new choral directors in NC.
Even though it was a cold, windy, and very rainy day, the meal was excellent and the
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WELBORN E. YOUNG NC ACDA Specially

Appointed Officers
2015 Lara Hoggard Award Winner
Auditions
WELBORN E. YOUNG is Director of Choral Activities Wendy Looker
Guilford College-Greensboro
and Associate Professor of Music at the University of North 336.316.2423 (office)
Carolina at Greensboro. He is a guest conductor of honor wlooker@guilford.edu
choirs and is a clinician in festivals and clinics throughout
Conference Exhibits
the US. His choirs have performed at state, regional and na- Aaron Rice
tional conferences and have toured in Europe performing in Chowan Universtiy-
such cities as Florence, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Cam- Murfreesboro
bridge, York, and London. He has been a featured festival 252.398.6517 (office)
ricea@chowan.edu
conductor at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the York Minster
International Choral Festival in Great Britain, and at Carnegie Hall. Dr. Young Conference Site Host
has presented at regional, national and international conferences of ACDA, the Fred Spano
International Conference on Humanities and Arts in a Global World in Athens, UNC Charlotte
704.687.0263
Greece, and the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. fspano@uncc.edu
Welborn Young has been the Artistic Director and Conductor of Bel Canto
Company since 2005. Critics describe his work as inspired, glorious, precision Historian
Joel Stegall
-honed, and exquisite. With Bel Canto he regularly performs a variety of mu-
Winston-Salem
sic ranging from large choral-orchestral works such as Bachs St. John Passion 336.721.1719
and Richard Einhorns Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc to intimate a joelstegall@triad.rr.com
cappella works.
NC Sings! Facilitator
Under his direction, Bel Canto has been featured on National Public Radios Eric Johnson
Performance Today, was the featured ensemble for Hinshaw Musics national J.E. Holmes Middle Sch.-Eden
Celebration conference, performed at Southern Regional and State ACDA confer- 336.623.9791 X108
ences, and is a frequent performer at regional concert series. The release of three ejohnson@rock.k12.nc.us
CDs highlight live performances of Bel Cantos work: Rejoice and Be Merry; Hoggard Award Chair
American Perspectives; and Requiem For The Living, the first recording of this Sam Doyle
work by Dan Forrest. Weaver Academy-Greensboro
336.285.6916
For seven years, 2000-2007, he served as the conductor of the Choral Society of sam2ann69@gmail.com
Greensboro in performances of significant choral-orchestral works. Dr. Young
holds the DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois Urbana- Webmaster
Champaign. Kelly Turner
Winston-Salem
336.655.8798
Past Hoggard Award Recipients phoneticsoft@gmail.com

Conference Reading Sessions

1986 Richard Cox
1987 Richard Brewer
1988 Paul Frye
1989 Maxine Blackwell
1990 Rhonda Fleming
1991 Jim Jerome Williams
1993 Hilary Apfelstadt
1994 Barbara Bair
1995 Sam Doyle
1997 Don Hinshaw 2007 Jerry Cribs Liz Doebler
High Point University
1998 Richard Morgan 2008 Clinton Parker 336.420.6011
2000 Robert Holquist 2009 Alfred E. Sturgis liz.doebler@gmail.com
2001 William Carroll 2010 Sandy Beam Visioning Team Leader
2002 Rodney Wynkoop 2011 Betty-Neil G. Parsons Bill Young
UNC Greensboro
2003 Joel Reed 2012 Richard Keasler 336.334.5493
2004 David Pegg 2013 Marshall Butler, Jr. weyoung@uncg.edu
2005 Maribeth Yoder-White 2014 J. Don Coleman
2006 Marta Force
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NC ACDA URGENT REQUEST! Establish an ACDA

R&S Chairs
Student Chapter at Your School!
Boychoirs
Jeremy Tucker Liz Doebler, Youth & Student Activities Chair
Raleigh Boychoir
Green Hope High School-Cary
252.315.1718
What was your favorite homework assignment in college? Did you
jeremyclaytontucker@gmail.com absolutely love writing 20-page papers? Did you always look for-
ward to your final juries with gleeful anticipation? These arduous
Childrens Choirs experiences are an important aspect of ones education, but fondly
Paul Flowers recalling the minor details for each test, paper, or jury is unlikely. However, the concerts,
Hope Middle School-
workshops, master classes, conferences, and other special events often are the most cher-
Greenville
Greenville Choral Society ished and impactful experiences for music majors. At workshops and masterclasses, stu-
Childrens Chorus dents gain crucial hands-on experience, which may be limited within the curriculum. Estab-
252.375.4673 lishing an ACDA student chapter is an excellent way to offer these invaluable opportunities
flowerp@pitt.k12.nc.us to choral music students.
Increasing practical experience is not the only benefit of an ACDA student chapter. Some
College/University Choirs
Marc Foster
additional advantages include:
High Point University Leadership opportunities through planning and hosting special choral-related events.
601.506.3934 Assistance to choral program and professors with recruitment and concerts.
mfoster@highpoint.edu Publication opportunities in Student Times of ACDAs Choral Journal magazine.
ACDA student membership, encouraging future professional memberships.
Two-Year College Choirs
Connection between school and surrounding community through outreach programs.
Jaeyoon Kim
UNC Pembroke As ACDA members, the students each receive a subscription to the Choral Journal and
910.775.4152 are encouraged to attend the state, regional, and national conferences at lowered student
Jaeyoon.kim@nucp.edu registration rates.
Currently, there is only one active student chapter in North Carolina (Go, Wingate Uni-
Community Choirs versity!). Perhaps this situation is due to a lack of awareness about student chapters. It may
Tony Spencer
Rutherford Community Chorus also be speculated that teachers fear the time commitment required to establish and oversee
-Forest City the chapter. Although there must be a faculty advisor for any student chapter, the teacher
828.289.4638 can truly act solely as a facilitator and allow the students to take the reins. It is also possible
tspencer@bellsouth.net for a high school to establish a student chapter.
There are a few simple steps for establishing an ACDA student chapter. First, ask your
Ethnic & Multicultural
Persp.
students about interest in a chapter and identify those who seek leadership opportunities
Gerald Knight and assign accordingly. Encourage students to join ACDA, which has been made more af-
Elon University fordable by the Student Membership Initiative. North Carolina is one of the few states of-
803.348.8520 fering the $5 student membership for all new AND renewing students! Students must apply
through the application form found under the Youth & Student Activities page of the na-
Jazz Choirs tional ACDA website. (www.acda.org).
Stephen Futrell
Elon University Only two forms must be completed to establish a student chapter: the application form
336.278.5681 and the constitution. The chapter constitution should be completed to fit the chapters
sfutrell@elon.edu unique needs and signed for approval by school officials, for recognition as a student or-
ganization on campus. The Youth and Student Activities page on the national ACDA web-
Music in Worship site contains a link to a sample constitution called YSA Sample Constitution. The appli-
Aaron Jackson cation and constitution must be submitted to the National R&S Chair of Student and Youth
Christ Baptist Church-Raleigh
919.573.5454 Activities, and the chapter will receive confirmation from the national ACDA office. The
arjackson821@gmail.com office requests that each chapter submits an annual report to the National Chair by May 15
each year. This report helps the association stay aware of all the activities of each chapter.
North Carolina has a strong and beloved history and choral tradition, but unfortunately
the current lack of student chapters does not reflect this fact. Please consider starting a stu-
dent chapter at your school and help your students become engaging and productive choral
leaders of the future!
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NC ACDA
Cheerful Voices and Reimagining the R&S Chairs
Possibilities of a Community Choir Male Choirs
Christopher Aitken
Tony Spencer, Community Choirs R & S Chair Asheville Christian Academy-
Swannanoa
828.581.2200
chris.aitken@acalion.org
In January the ACDA membership redefined the Repertoire
and Standards areas as we have known them. One of the chang- Junior High/
es is to more aptly name ourselves Repertoire and Resources. Middle School Choirs
Catie Hitzigrath
As explained in the most recent October and November issues of Choral Journal, the Hanes Middle School-
Repertoire and Resource Committee will be represented by four major themes, Winston-Salem
Youth, Collegiate, Life Long and Repertoire Specific. Community Choirs and Mu- 919.649-0080
catie.hitzigrath@gmail.com
sic in Worship will be included in the Life Long theme. The Life Long rubric
has resonated with me in especially meaningful ways recently. Senior High School Choirs
Carol Earnhardt
Glenn High School-Kernersville
In 2011, I wandered into an interest session at our national conference in Chicago 336.771.4500
entitled Melodies that Sing: We Love to Sing with Joyful Noise. Allison Fromm cearnhardt@wsfcs.kas.nc.us
and Alice Parker were the presenters and Joyful Noise was the demonstration choir.
Show Choirs
(Very honestly, I simply wanted to see and hear Alice Parker.) That Saturday morn- Heidi Hickox
ing, however, my idea about community singing changed forever. William A Hough High School-
Cornelius
704.516.9770
Joyful Noise is a chorus of forty-five adults, ages 1770, with physical and neuro- Heidi1.hickox@cms.k12.nc.us
logical challenges and acquired brain injuries. They sang and touched the hearts of
everyone in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton. They were eager, joyful singers and Womens Choirs
Nana Wolfe-Hill
the presenters were no longer the attraction. Wingate University
651.208.4153
I direct a small community chorus in Rutherford County, NC. We sing a Holiday n.wolfewhill@wingate.edu
Concert, Messiah every other year, and sing with the local university orchestra on Youth & Student Activities
occasion. We have taken one of those excellent DCINY trips to Carnegie Hall. By Liz Doebler
all standards, you could say we were successful. But after hearing Joyful Noise, I High Point University
336.420.6011
contacted their director, Allison Fromm, and she told me what was needed to start liz.doebler@gmail.com
and maintain a special needs choir. So....as an outreach of the Rutherford Communi-
ty Chorus, Cheerful Voices was born. Visioning Team
Team Leader: Bill Young
(Past President)
Cheerful Voices has been in existence for one year now. They have sung the Na- Sandy Holland
tional Anthem for sporting events, at civic clubs, luncheons and they were featured (Immediate Past President)
Anne Saxon (President)
in an interest session at our NC ACDA Conference. They sing at our Holiday Con- Andy Roby (President-Elect)
cert and people who had NEVER attended a choral concert came and experienced Bethany Jennings (Secretary)
the power of artistic expression as we all sang the Willcocks carols with brass and Wendy Looker (Auditions)
Carol Earnhardt (High School)
organ accompaniment. We were a good community chorus before, but now, our Aaron Jackson
community has grown to include more than the one-percent! (Music in Worship)
Carolyn Hall (Treasurer)
Nana Wolfe-Hill --alternate
Every person deserves an opportunity to sing in a choir. Yes, Life Long describes
it very well!
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North Carolina Goes to Chattanooga

Andrew Roby, NC ACDA President Elect

ACDAs Southern Division Conference, Serve, Entrust, Transform, opens in

Chattanooga, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 9, at 8:30 PM, with a celebration
of the legacy of a Southern Division favorite son. It will be worth your time to
arrive for the Robert Shaw Centennial Sing, followed by the all-conference wel-
come reception. Concert sessions featuring 26 choirs, 35 interest sessions and
symposia, and numerous reading sessions get underway on Thursday morning,
March 11, and continue through Saturday afternoon.
North Carolina is well-represented among the choirs, conductors, and presenters. Here is a quick guide to
when NCs contributions to the Conference will happen.

Duke Vespers Ensemble Concert session, Thursday, March 10, 1:30 PM

Brian A. Schmidt, conductor
Durham, NC

High Point University Chamber Singers Concert session, Thursday, March 10, 8:00 PM
Marc Ashley Foster, conductor
High Point, NC

Wingate University Singers Concert session, Friday, March 11, 10:00 AM

Kenney Potter, conductor
Wingate, NC

Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham Concert session, Friday, March 11, 1:30 PM
Rodney Wynkoop, conductor
Durham, NC

Getting Out of the RutIdeas for Introducing a New Song to Young Singers
Interest Session, Friday, March 11, 4:00PM
Tom Shelton, presenter (Tom serves on the faculty at Westminster Choir College, Rider Universi-
ty, but is a NC native, a graduate of NC institutions, and a former board member of NC ACDA. He
is also directing the Southern Division Treble Honor Choir, whose concert will be presented on
Saturday, March 12, at 10:30 AM.)

Worshipful Singing: Roles of Choral Music in Worship

Interest Session, Friday, March 11, 4:00PM
Andrew Roby, presenter, NC ACDA President Elect

I look forward to seeing you in Chattanooga!

The ACDA Southern Division Conference runs March 9-12, 2016.

For more information, including registration, schedules, and
accommodations, visit the Southern Division web site:

WWW.ACDASOUTHERN.ORG
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2015 FALL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
CLINICIAN: Elena Sharkova
Presidents Message (continued from page 2)
performance by the Davidson Chorale was stellar. I had
the privilege of watching Dr. Christopher Gilliam in action
when just minutes before his appointed rehearsal time that
morning, his choirs bus broke down several blocks away.
His students were troopers as they marched through the
pouring rain up to the church, uniform garment bags and
folders in hand, getting drenched in the process. Even
though their rehearsal time was more than cut in half, these
singers were transformed into a performing choir quickly
under his direction, and the performance went off beautiful-
ly. Folks, many of us have been there and understand
these types of challenges when it comes to performance.
Dr. Gilliams cool under pressure was incredible!
One of our highlights of this luncheon each year is the
announcement of the Hoggard Award Winner. Congratula-
tions to Bill Young for receiving this award! He is certainly
most deserving and we are proud to award him this distinc-
tion. A full bio of Dr. Young is included in this newsletter
and on the web site. I truly appreciate Sam Doyle for serv-
ing as our Hoggard Award Chair, requesting and receiving
applications and heading up the award process each year.
Please know that NC ACDA is not just your president
and the board, but each and every one of us. We belong to
this organization that provides information, connection, and
inspiration for a common goal. I, for one, count myself
Carolina Caroler
extremely fortunate to call my NC ACDA colleagues some
of my greatest friends and mentors. This is what WE make
it together. Please do not hesitate to contact our board
members, who are truly here to serve you, and let us know
what you need and want! Please take advantage of the
Southern Division Conference in Chattanooga this March
for more connection and inspiration if possible. Personally,
I am also excited about traveling to the ACDA Childrens
and Youth Choir Conductor Retreat this month in New Jer-
sey, working with wonderful people who are tops in our
field. Hopefully you can take advantage of these types of
events, as well as the upcoming American Cantat later this
summer. Please continue to use the state and national web
sites as a valuable resource.
In closing, I want to thank those who work so diligently
behind the scenes all year long: Treasurer Carolyn Hall,
Newsletter Editor Nathan Leaf, and Webmaster Kelly
Turner. With Past President Sandy Holland and President-
Elect Andy Roby in my corner, and a stellar board of
strong leadership around me, I have no doubt we are well-
equipped to serve this chapter. As we celebrate of the
strength of our past and boldly look ahead, let us forge
ahead and write this next new chapter of NC ACDA
together. --Anne
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2015 FALL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

SESSIONS

PERFORMANCES

PEOPLE NC SINGS!
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The mission of the American Choral Directors

Association is to inspire excellence in choral
music through education, performance, compo-
sition, and advocacy.
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REGISTER AT:

america-cantat.org

The registration of $230* includes:

Participation fee for your workshop

of choice, plus three one-day ateliers
Printed music portfolio for your
workshop and ateliers
Admittance to all eight Gala
Concerts
Admittance to the Songbridge
Concert
Admittance to all Participant Choir
Concerts
Transportation to and from the
airport, plus transportation to all
Festival venues
Ticket to the midweek dinner and
beach party at the Atlantis resort
Ticket to Opening and Closing
Ceremonies

*The first 500 people to register will re-

ceive $50 off their registration fee!

ACDA MENTORING
The American Choral Directors Association is focusing on mentoring as a way
to assist our membership in encouraging lifelong professional growth and identi-
fying resources and allies.
For more information and to get started, visit http://mentoring.acda.org.
Questions? Contact Sundra Flansburg, director of membership development (405
-232-8161, ext. 200 or sflansburg@acda.org).
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Tr e a s u r e r s R e p o r t
Carolyn Hall, NC ACDA Treasurer

Starting balance for fiscal year; $36,060.06

Ending balance 12/31/15: $35,085.70

Fall Conference:
Income: $6,150.00
Expenditures; $5,910.09
(+$239.91)

NCSings:
Income: $3,050.00
Expenditures: $4,024.70
(-$974.70)

NCACDA Luncheon:
Income: $1,711.00
Expenditures: $1,622.81
(+$88.19)
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In this Issue: Southern Div. Conference, Student Chapters, Community Choirs, and more...

Editors Note
Nathan Leaf, Newsletter Editor
We hope you will con-
sider attending the
2016 Southern Divi-
sion Conference in
Chattanooga. It is a
great way to get new
ideas and inspiration for your work,
and this year it is not too far away!
North Carolina is well-represented in
both concerts and interest sessions. If
you havent attended for a while, now
is the perfect time to give it another try.
You never know what you might en-
counter.
Happy music making in the new year!
~Nathan
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