Friday, September 20, 2013
Music Conference Alberta
1-2 November 2013 | Sheraton Red Deer
Music Conference Alberta is Alberta's premier conference for music educators. Co-presented by the Alberta Choral Federation, the Alberta Band Association, and the Alberta Music Education Foundation, the conference includes sessions designed for elementary music teachers, choral conductors, band directors, and studio instructors.
KEYNOTE PRESENTER | Rhonda Draper
CHORAL & ELEMENTARY MUSIC EDUCATION SESSIONS INCLUDE:
Choral sessions with Jing Ling-Tam, including Treasure Chest of Quick Fixes and Tone Up and Tune Up
The Composer's Perspective: Commissioning and the Compositional Process with composers Sarah Quartel, Jeff Enns, and David MacIntyre (presented in collaboration with Cantilon Choirs)
Elementary music education and children's choir sessions with Judy Pearson Hafso, including Frameword for a Lesson: Establishing Routines in the Classroom and My Students' Playlist: Favourite Songs for Activities for K-5
Let Your Heart Soar: Composition in the Elementary Classroom with Sarah Quartel
Reading sessions | Mixed Choir, Treble Choir, Canadian Music, French-Canadian Music
Demonstration session with the Alberta Youth Choir and Robert Filion
OTHER CONFERENCE EVENTS INCLUDE:
MCA Gala Concert featuring the Alberta Youth Choir and Alberta Honour Band
MCA Choral Concert featuring Belle Canto Women's Ensemble (Heather Johnson and Elaine Myhre, conductors) and the Calgary Girls Choir (Elaine Quilichini, conductor)
MCA Awards Banquet with performance by The PreTenors
ONLINE REGISTRATION
Early bird deadline is Friday, 4 October 2013
>> http://www.albertachoralfederation.ca/musicconferencealberta.asp
Alberta Children's Choir
The Alberta Children's Choir provides an opportunity for children between the ages of 10 and 15 from across the province to pursue excellence in choral music under the direction of a renowned choral conductor. Conductors and teachers from across the province are encouraged to recommend their best singers to participate in this choir.
SAVE THE DATES!
EDMONTON
30 January-1 February 2013
*NEW*
CALGARY
7-9 February 2013
>> http://www.albertachoralfederation.ca/honour_choir.asp
Choralfest 2014
Choralfest is Alberta's non-competitive festival for choirs. All choirs participate in an adjudicated on-stage performance, in an off-stage workshop with one of the festival's renowned evaluators, and are assigned an in-audience observation time to listen to and learn from the performances and adjudications of other choirs. Audio and video recordings are made of each performance.
Choralfest welcomes the participation of choirs of all ages and levels of experience. In the adjudication and workshop, the emphasis is placed on the continued encouragement, education and development of the individual choir.
Choralfest North 2014 | Edmonton
Concert Choirs | 6-8 March • McDougall United Church
Evaluators | Dr. Adam Jonathan Con (California, USA) • Teri Dunn (Toronto, ON) • Anne Gardner (Calgary, AB)
Vocal Jazz Ensembles | 10-11 March • MacEwan University Alberta College Campus, Muttart Hall
Evaluator | Christine, Guter (California, USA)
Choralfest South 2014 | Calgary
Concert Choirs | 15-19 March • Knox United Church
Evaluators | Dr. Doug Dunsmore (St. John's, NL) • Valerie Long (St. John's, NL) • Carrie Tennant (Vancouver, BC)
Vocal Jazz Ensembles | 12-13 March • Webber Academy Performing Arts Centre
Evaluator | Christine, Guter (California, USA)
REGISTER ONLINE
Registration opens 1 October 2013.
>> http://www.albertachoralfederation.ca/choralfest.asp
National Youth Choir Auditions
4-19 May 2014 | Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces
A project of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities, the National Youth Choir (NYC) is a professional development program for Canada's best emerging choral singers. Singers between 18 and 25 are auditioned every two years, with up to 4 singers chosen from each province and territory. NYC conductors are selected by a panel of their peers. The NYC convenes in a different region every two years, in association with Podium, Canada's national biennial choral conference and festival. After a week-long rehearsal camp, the NYC embarks on a regional tour.
Auditions for Alberta choristers are now open! Visit the National Youth Choir page on the Alberta Choral Federation website for details.
Audition deadline: Friday, 1 November 2013, 11:59 p.m.
Concert Listings
Alberta-wide choral concert listings
Calgary choral concert listings
Edmonton choral concert listings
Remember to submit your concert listings for the 2012-2013 season to the ACF. Please include the following information:
concert date(s) and time(s)
name of choir(s)
name of concert
concert venue
brief concert description (optional)
ticket information
This information will be included in Quires as well as on our website and in future ACF e-notes. Concert information can be sent to info@albertachoralfederation.ca.
>> http://www.albertachoralfederation.ca/concerts.asp
