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REGISTRATION
Online registration no longer available
We welcome on-site registrations July 18
Registration form may be printed at this link
(You may fill it out and bring it with you if you wish.)
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HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Please note: Holiday Inn Little Rock Airport Conference Center is SOLD OUT.
Call 1-501-490-1000 to check for cancellations.
-Alternate hotel option-
We now have a hotel block of rooms at a neighboring hotel that is in the same parking lot as the convention hotel. The rate of $90 a night includes breakfast at that hotel.
Holiday Inn Express - Little Rock Airport
Call 1-501-490-4000 and use the code AAC. This rate is guaranteed through July 15th or until the block is filled. (More information HERE on this hotel flyer info sheet.)
Presentation materials for the conference can be downloaded at the links below:
Judy Bower - Creating Expressive Choral Singers HERE | Creating Highly Effective Teacher/Conductors HERE | Creating Independent Choral Singers HERE
Joshua Block - Sing, Dance Play HERE | Let the Children Be Their Own Composers HERE | Get Your Year Orff and Running HERE
Hawley/Whitworth - 15 Going on 16 - HERE
Kyle Linson - It's Not About Me - HERE
Amber Holden - Work Hard! Play Harder! HERE
Amber's Work Hard Powerpoint as PDF HERE
Amber's Work Hard Powerpoint as Powerpoint HERE
Stephen Caldwell - Sharpening the Knife HERE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
(Elementary Schedule below)
Monday, July 18th
Time |
Session |
Place |
Presenter |
8:00 am-5:00 pm |
Registration |
Atrium |
Amber Holden |
8:50 am |
Opening Session |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Mark Langley |
9:00 am |
Reading Session- Christmas |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Kayla White |
10:00 am |
Keynote Speaker - Creating Independent Choral Singers Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Judy Bowers |
12:00 - 1:50 pm |
LUNCH |
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2:00 pm |
Reading Session Advanced High School/College Choir - Treble and Male Voices |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Mat Whitworth
Dr. Becky Morrison |
3:00 pm |
Keynote Speaker - Creating Expressive Choral Singers (Click HERE for more info) |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Judy Bowers |
4:30 pm |
Interest Session - Sharpening the Knife: Daily Conducting Exercises to Keep Your Conducting Skills Sharp Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Stephen Caldwell |
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Interest Session - Work Hard - Play HARDER! Click HERE for more info |
Enterprise A, B |
Amber Holden |
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Interest Session - The Diverse Choral Classroom: Challenges, Strategies, and Successes, A Panel Discussion Click HERE for more info |
Linberg A, B, C |
Dr. Ryan Fox |
8:00 - 11:00 pm |
Conference Soiree |
Hotel Suites |
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Tuesday, July 19th
Time |
Session |
Place |
Presenter |
7:15 am |
New Directors Breakfast Meet & Greet |
Atrium |
AR ACDA & ArkCDA Leadership |
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
Atrium |
Amber Holder |
8:00 am |
ArkCDA Region Meetings |
Various |
Region Chairs |
9:30 am |
Creating Highly Effective Teacher/Conductors Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Judy Bowers |
10:30 am |
Reading Session: SAB/SATB 1 - Reading Session |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Rhonda Hawley |
11:30 - 1:20 pm |
LUNCH |
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1:30 pm |
Interest Session - Sharpening the Knife: Daily Conducting Exercises to Keep Your Conducting Skills Sharp Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Stephen Caldwell |
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Interest Session - Work Hard - Play HARDER! Click HERE for more info |
Enterprise A, B |
Amber Holden |
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Interest Session - The Diverse Choral Classroom: Challenges, Strategies, and Successes, A Panel Discussion Click HERE for more info |
Linberg A, B, C |
Dr. Ryan Fox |
2:30 pm |
Sing! Dance! Play! An Interactive Clinic with the U of A Childrens Choir Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Joshua Block/Rachel Cornett |
4:00 pm |
Reading Session: MS/JH/Training High School Choir - Treble and Male Voices |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Jeremy Hall/Curtis Minor |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
UofA Children's Choir, Church & Community Choir, and 6-9 Honor Choir Concerts |
1st United Methodist |
Dr. Ryan Fox, Presider |
Wednesday, July 20th
Time |
Session |
Place |
Presenter |
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
Atrium |
Amber Holden |
8:15 am |
AR ACDA General Business Meeting |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Mark Langley |
8:30 am |
Reading Session - SAB/SATB 2 |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Angela Weaver |
9:30 am |
Interest Session - You are 15 Going on 16 Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Rhonda Hawley/Terri Whitworth |
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Interest Session - It's Not About Me Click HERE for more info |
Enterprise A, B |
Kyle Linson |
10:30 am |
2 pt/Treble Reading Sessions |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Rachel Cornett |
11:30 -1:00 pm |
LUNCH |
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1:00 pm - 2:20 pm |
Incorporating New Rubric and Regions INto Choral Activities for the Coming Year |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Tom Street |
2:30 - 3:30 pm |
ArkCDA Business Meeting |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Angela Weaver |
TENTATIVE ELEMENTARY SCHEDULE
Monday, July 18th
Time |
Session |
Place |
Presenter |
8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
Atrium |
Amber Holden |
8:50 am |
Opening Session |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Mark Langley |
9:00 am |
Reading Session - Christmas |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Kayla White |
10:00 am |
Keynote Speaker - Creating Independent Choral Singers Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Judy Bowers |
12:00 - 1:50 pm |
LUNCH |
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2:00 pm |
Reading Session - Advanced High School/College Choir - Treble and Male Voices |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Mat Whitworth/Dr. Becky Morrison |
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3:00 pm |
Keynote Speaker - Creating More Expressive Choral Singers
Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Judy Bowers |
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4:30 pm |
Interest Session - Sharpening the Knife: Daily Conducting Exercises to Keep Your Conducting Skills Charp Click HERE for more info |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Dr. Stephen Caldwell |
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Interest Session - Work Hard - Play Harder!
Click HERE for more info |
Enterprise A,B |
Amber Holden |
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Interest Session - The Diverse Choral Classroom: Challenges, Strategies, and Successes, A Panel Discussion Click HERE for more info |
Linberg A, B, C |
Dr. Ryan Fox |
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8:00 pm-11:00 pm |
Conference Soiree |
Hotel Suites |
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Tuesday, July 19th
| Time |
Session |
Place |
Presenter |
| 7:15 am |
New Directors Breakfast Meet & Greet |
Hotel Atrium |
AR ACDA & ArkCDA Leadership |
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8:00 am-5:00 pm |
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9:30 am |
| Creating Highly EffectiveTeacher/Conductors Click HERE for more info |
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| ArkMEA Conference Reading Session |
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| Interest Session - Sharpening the Knife: Daily Conducting Exercises to Keep Your Conducting Skills Sharp Click HERE for more info |
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| Interest Session - Work Hard - Play HARDER! Click HERE for more info |
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| Interest Session - The Diverse Choral Classroom: Challenges, Strategies, and Successes, A Panel Discussion Click HERE for more info |
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| Sing! Dance! Play! An Interactive Clinic with the U of A Childrens Choir |
Click HERE for more info |
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| Joshua Block/Rachel Cornett |
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| Reading Session: MS/JH/Training High School Choir - Treble and Male Voices |
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| UofA Children's Choir, Church & Community Choir, and 6-9 Honor Choir Concerts |
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Wednesday, July 20th
| Time |
Session |
Place |
Presenter |
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8:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
Atrium |
Amber Holden |
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8:15 am |
AR ACDA General Business Meeting |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
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8:30 am |
Get Your School Year Orff and Running Click HERE for more info |
Linberg A, B, C |
Joshua Block |
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10:30 am |
2 pt/Treble Reading Session |
Kittyhawk Ballroom |
Rachel Cornett |
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11:30 - 1:00 pm |
LUNCH |
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1:00 - 4:30 pm |
Let the Children Be Their Own Composers Click HERE for more info |
Linberg A,B,C |
Joshua Block |
OUR PRESENTERS/CLINICIANS (PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH PRESENTER) |
The University of Arkansas Children's Choir has been providing the finest music training to young singers in Northwest Arkansas for the past 15 years. This group of 100 students from public and private schools focuses on singing a diverse selection of choral music, including language pieces.The choir also learns performance skills, sight singing, ear training and music theory. The UACC has performed at Northwestern University in Chicago, Carnegie Hall in New York City and in various other venues locally and nationally.
More about Rachel Cornett...
Rachel Cornett is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a Bachelors in Choral Music Education and Masters in Music Education. During her time at the UofA she studied classical voice, sang in many choirs, and played percussion and piccolo in the UA Marching Band.
After graduation, Rachel taught Middle School Choir for ten years in Bentonville, Arkansas (2003 Teacher of the Year) and was the co-director of the Bentonville Children's Choir before moving to New York City in 2011. In NYC, Mrs. Cornett taught music at TEP Charter School in Manhattan for two years. Rachel is currently teaching 8th and 9th grade Choir at Lakeside Junior High in Springdale, Arkansas.
Mrs. Cornett lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas with her husband, Jamie, and their two daughters Audrie (age 6) and Annie (age 4). |
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