Issue 20 • Winter 2018
Mid-Year Update The Official Publication of the North Dakota Chapter
of the American Choral Directors Association www.ndacda.com | 1
North Dakota ACDA Leadership Peggy Dahl-Bartunek, president Cheryl McIntyre, president-elect, Jamestown High School Sheldon Weltz, treasurer
North Dakota Repertoire and Resources Committee Repertoire-Specific Coordinator: Tom Porter, University of Mary Men’s Choirs: Tom Porter Women’s Choirs: Charlette Moe, North Dakota State University Vocal Jazz: Mike Seil, Bismarck Legacy High School Showchoir: Brian Saylor, Bismarck High School Ethnic Music: Mary Pat Archuleta, Bismarck Century High School
Youth Coordinator: Sarah Barnum, Discovery Middle School Children and Community: Jacy Walker, Middle School/Jr. High:
Allyse Hoge, Valley Middle School Jessica Blair Stoppleworth, Wahpeton Middle School Senior High School: Phillip Voeller, Beulah Middle/High School
Collegiate Coordinator: Chris Redfearn, Valley City State University Youth College/University: Chris Redfearn Student Activities: Melanie Popejoy, University of North Dakota
Life-Long Coordinator: Sara Lichtblau, Fargo South High School Community Choirs: Sarah Barnum Music in Worship: Vicky Boechler, St. Mary’s High School, & Sara Lichtblau
Brent Rogers, Dickinson State University Editor and Designer, The Chorister brent.w.rogers@dickinsonstate.edu
2 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
Contents From the President
4
2018 State Conference Info
7
Cheryl McIntyre, Jamestown High School Surround the State in Song
9
Jacy Walker, Bismarck Legacy High School What’s in the Folder?
12
Brian Saylor, Bismarck High School Sarah Lichtblau, Fargo South High School All-State Music For Sale
14
Visit NDACDA online at ndacda.com, or by clicking below.
www.ndacda.com | 3
G
From the President
reetings! We shouldn’t be surprised, but, here we are at the “half-way” point in the school year, making me think of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Hazy Shade of Winter” that begins with the lyrics “Time, time, time, see what’s become of me while I looked around for my possibilities”. We may look back fondly (or not) at what we’ve accomplished so far this year, but our focus is now on the possibilities of springtime and all we have ahead of us. Looking back, NDACDA’s first semester successes were Surround the State in Sound (SSIS) and our membership drive. Thank you to Jacy Walker and everyone who helped her organize SSIS. And thank you to all of the teachers who took time to involve students in this wonderful opportunity. An addition to SSIS this year was the opportunity for directors to bring their top five unison, two-part or three-part songs to share and discuss. Mike Weber headed the membership drive this year. Great news: We have 250 current members of which an astounding 93 are new members! Thank you to Mike for his work and to all of members who choose to be involved and who have encouraged people to join this great organization. Thank you for choosing daily to be the best choir director and teacher you can be, for the time you give of yourself, and for everything you do for NDACDA. January is the time for renewal and the promise of spring. Most of us set some type of resolutions for the New Year and we have had a few weeks to establish and follow through on those goals. It is my hope that a form of renewal we choose is to come to the NDACDA State Conference at NDSU in Fargo on February 2 & 3. President-elect Cheryl McIntyre has organized a wonderful sched4 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
ule for teacher inservice. Information is available in this issue as well as on the NDACDA website at http:// www.ndacda. c o m / s t a t e conference. Please come! If you and I have not met, I hope you will introduce yourself to me. I am so grateful to Allyse Dunnigan and Jessica Stoppleworth who are chairs for the conference honor choirs. Their job is huge. Allyse wrote this report: Auditions and selection for the North Dakota Middle Level/Jr. High Honor Choir continue to be strong. In 2017, there were 701 auditions from 69 schools. This year for the 2018 Festival, there were 725 auditions from 76 schools! These auditions get narrowed down by three judges to 190 singing slots and 40 alternate positions. The Mixed Honor Choir is an SATB choir featuring 100 7-9th graders. This year they are directed by New Rockford-Sheyenne director Annette Hovey. Mrs. Hovey has been a music educator for twenty-one years and her choir recently performed at the North Dakota Music Educators Association Conference. The Treble Choir is an SSA choir featuring 90 7 -9th grade female singers. This year they are directed by Dr. Andrea Ramsey. Dr. Ramsey is an ASCAPlus award-winning composer as well as a renowned conductor, scholar and music educator. We are delighted to host these exceptional directors! The NDACDA board changed the timing of the presentation of the Director of the Year Awards. In the past, the recipients were
announced at the conference concerts and were a “surprise” to the directors. We decided to announce the recipients’ in advance of the conference so family members, friends, and administrators could make plans to be present at the concert. I am pleased to announce that this year’s Director of the Year is Shiela Zinke, Director of Choral Music in the Valley City Junior and Senior High Schools.
I hope the conference will provide renewal and inspiration for the rest of your school year. Perhaps when May comes, we can all look back and think “Time, time, time, look what’s become of me” and believe that we made the most of our time. It’s the “springtime of our lives”. Please contact me anytime with comments, questions, or concerns at pdbartunek@gmail.com.
Peggy Bartunek
NDACDA President
Jacy Walker is the 2018 New Choral Director of the Year. She is from Bismarck where she is Associate Choral Director at Legacy High School, Simle Middle School.
www.ndacda.com | 5
6 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
T
20 18 State Conference
he North Dakota ACDA Conference will be held at Reineke Fine Arts Center at NDSU on Feb. 2 & 3. We have esteemed directors who will be conducting our honor choirs including Andrea Ramsey, 7-9 Treble Choir; Annette Hovey, 7-9 Mixed Choir; and Phillip Swan, Women’s Choir. The choirs are organized by Allyse Dunnigan, Jessica Stoppleworth, and Charlette Moe. Charlette is also the site manager for the NDACDA Convention. Our Showcase concert on Friday evening will feature a number from each of the honor choirs in addition to sets from three choirs: Belle Orso Voci directed by Sara Lichtblau; Gold Standard Vocal Ensemble directed by Mike Seil; and the NDSU University Chamber Singers directed by Charlette Moe. The NDACDA Convention is an excellent educational opportunity for our choral educators. Teachers can register for credit through NDSU for their participation at NDACDA Convention. Please register at https://epayment.ndus.nodak.edu/C22800_ustores/web/ product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=8023&SINGLESTORE=true The scope of the convention is diverse with presentations from numerous excellent musicians’ areas of study that are pertinent to each of us. 1) Don Langlie will present “Copyright Laws in Current Times.” 2) Brian Saylor will present on “Google Classroom and Sound Cloud/Technology Resources for Music Educators.”
3) Erin Weichel will present “Musical Direction for Musical Theater: Info for a Successful Production.” 4) Erynn M. Millard will present “The Role of Ensemble Competitions in Choral Music Education.” 5) Rebekah Petrik will present “Rehearsal Strategies for Developing Choirs: Finding the Beauty” featuring the Western Plains Children’s Choir. 6) Vicky Boechler will present “Chant and Chant Notation.” 7) Shelley Zietz, Deb Wald, & Mike Seil will do a panel discussion for “Selecting Solos and Ensemble Music for Music Contest.” 8) Brent Rogers will present “Purposeful Conducting: Developing a More Meaningful Gesture.” We will also have short reading sessions to preview music new or tried and true music. Please participate in the NDACDA Convention to refine your own teaching tools, expand your music knowledge, and make connections with others choral directors in North Dakota. Cheryl McIntyre NDACDA President-Elect www.ndacda.com | 7
Surround the State in Song
O
n October 14th, over 500 fifth and sixth grade singers from 80 schools gathered in six locations in North Dakota to perform at Surround the State in Song. Our blue shirts covered stages in Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, Dickinson, Fargo, and Jamestown as young singers gave passionate and musically rich performances. These students were selected by their teachers for this event. At several sites percussion, lights, kazoos, additional movement and even sign language were added to the performance. The same songs were performed simultaneously around the state and included Bumblebee by Sally Albrecht, Lightning by Greg Gilpin, There is Peace by Jim Papoulis, One Candle by Andy Beck, and Colonel Bogey’s Grand Old Flag by Greg Gilpin. This is the second year that participating teachers brought their “Top 5” unison, 2 part and 3 part Choir selections to share and collaborate. A goal of ACDA is to help teachers connect and share resources and we are pleased to have provided this collaborative session geared specifically for repertoire for young developing voices. These selections were of various styles and difficulty levels. Teachers shared their favorite composer’s music and ways they have used these pieces with their groups.
Directors for this event included Deb Wald in Fargo, Charlette Moe in Grand Forks, Melanie Popejoy in Bismarck, Maralee Sickler in Dickinson, Connie Stordalen in Jamestown, and Rebecca Petrick in Minot. These fine directors allowed students to bring energy and creative thinking to the music and to each performance. I would like to thank the wonderful accompanists for their work throughout the day. They included Andrew Steinberg in Fargo, Alyce Stokke in Grand Forks, 8 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
John Clodfelter in Bismarck, Becky Schwartz in Dickinson, Heather Aune in Jamestown, and Elizabeth Roberts in Minot. As we all know, having an accomplished accompanist is invaluable in the choral classroom and at festivals. This festival would not be possible without the numerous volunteer hours of our six site managers: Sarah Barnum in Fargo, Amy DeWitt in Grand Forks, Rachel Douts in Bismarck, Laurae Dykema in Dickinson, Cheryl McIntyre in Jamestown, and Lindsay Kerzmann in Minot. It is the efforts of these individuals that brought the ideas and intentions of myself and of NDACDA to fruition. Without willing directors, accompanists and site managers, none of this would be possible. Musical selections are decided on by combining teacher suggestions and perusing new music selections. We would like to thank JW Pepper and Popplers Music for assisting us by having music titles and selections available at their choral reading sessions presented in the summer months. If you have suggested titles that you would like to see in the future for Surround the State in Song, p l e a s e c o n t a c t jacy_walker@bismarckschools.org. Additionally, if you would like to be more involved in your nearest Surround the State site location, please reach out! We would love to see more schools involved in this one day event that celebrates the joy of singing among our young students. Thank you to all of the participating teachers for fostering the joy of singing with your students. We know that many of the students will have lasting musical memories. Jacy Walker Bismarck Legacy High School NDACDA Children’s & Community R&R Chair jacy_walker@bismarckschools.org
www.ndacda.com | 9
10 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
www.ndacda.com | 11
What’s in the Folder?
Lift Every Voice and Sing (SAB) – Greg Gilpin (9th Grade)
This is a nice and simple sing in the 3 part. Has a bit of divisi in the end https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp? keywords=lift+every+voice+gilpin
Dies Irae (SSA) – Z. Randall Stroope (Women’s Choir) Difficult, big, powerful-but an awesome piece for Women! https://www.jwpepper.com/Dies-Irae/8071141.item#/
All For Me Grog (SATB) – Stephen Hatfield (Concert Choir) Not hard, but really having a good time with it. http://www.stephenhatfield.com/Compositions/MixedSATB#
Brian Saylor Bismarck High School NDACDA Showchoir R&R Chair
Select Group: Jenny by Nick Myers, SATB, divisi a cappella, Alfred Publishing Door of Daring by Andrea Ramsey, SATB, divisi a cappella, edited by Stan McGill, HL08703417 Espiritu de Dios arr. Brian Tate, SATB divisi a cappella, MFA0050
9/10 grade mixed choir: Over the Sea to Skye arr. Russell Robinson, SATB with piano, AMP 0619 Come to Me, O My Love by Allan Robert Petker, SATB with piano, HMC997
Emerald Stream, by Seth Houston, SATB a cappella SBMP 1046
Sara Lichtblau Fargo South HS
Concert Choir: NDACDA Lifelong Area R&R Coordinator Lonesome Dove, Jerry Weseley Harris, SATB, a cappella, Northwest Music Publishers 101 Shenandoah, arr. Linda Spevacek, SATB with solo and accompaniment, HL43719074 Miniyama Nayo, by Paul John Rudoi, SATB divisi, a cappella, HL 00151880 Willow-Wood, Daniel Elder, SATB with divisi, a cappella, WW1566 12 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
www.ndacda.com | 13
All-State Music for Sale Women’s Choir
Voicing
Aure Volanti
SSA
The Bartered Bride by Emily Ellsworth
4 part treble
$2.25
$1.13
The Beauty of Your Dreams by Joan Szymko
SSAA
$2.10
$1.05
Christe Eleison by Bach/Rao
2 part treble
$2.50
$1.25
The Cloths of Heaven by Eleanor Daley
SSA
$1.60
$0.80
Dorothy Poems Craig Johnson
SSAA
$2.50
$1.25
El Vito Arr. Joni Jensen
SSAA
$2.10
$1.05
Gloria by Gjeilo
SSAA
$2.25
$1.13
How Can I Keep from Singing
SSAA
$2.25
$1.13
In the Glow of the Moon
SSAA
$2.00
$1.00
I Will be earth by G. Walker
SSA
$2.25
$1.13
Keep Yo Lamps arr. Rosephanye Powell
SSAA
$2.25
$1.13
Lauliku lapsepoli
SA
$1.90
$0.95
Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountain by Mendelssohn (limited)
SSA
$1.80
$0.90
Music Down in My Soul
SSA
$1.90
$0.95
Northern Lights
SSSAAA
$2.45
$1.23
O Pastorelle, Addio by Giordano (limited)
SSA
$1.80
$0.90
Psalm 100 by Rene Clausen
SSA
$2.50
$1.25
Sicut Erat by Hunter
SSAA
$1.95
$0.98
Still I Rise by R. Powell
SSAA
$2.50
$1.25
Take a Step by Stephen Hatfield
2 part treble
$1.80
$0.90
This is the Day by Gerald Smith
3 part treble
$1.95
$0.98
Two Strings But One Voice by Stroope
SSAA
$2.25
$1.13
Wana Baraka by Kirchner
SSA
$1.95
$0.98
Zion’s Walls
SSAA
$1.95
$0.98
Mixed Choir Abenlied by Rheinberger An Afro-Celtic Diddle by Coolen Ballade to the Moon Basket by Effinger Carmina Buranma (O Fortuna) Dawn by Craig Hella Johnson Dies Irae Fiddler of Dooney Even When He Is Silent (limited) Give Me Your Stars to Hold
Voicing SSATTB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB
Retail Price $2.50 $2.25 $2.65 $1.80
Your Price (50%) $1.25 $1.13 $1.33 $0.90
$1.90 $1.50 $2.10 $2.45 $1.90
$0.90 $0.75 $1.05 $1.23 $0.95
14 | The Chorister • Fall 2016
Retail Price
Your Price (50%)
Gloria by Bass I Cannot Count the Stars by Butler
SATB SATB
$5.55 $1.80
$2.78 $0.90
In Virtutae Tua- Grzegorz Gorczycki (limited)
SATB
$2.25
$1.13
Jordan’s Angels by Dilworth Let the River Run by Craig Hella Johnson The Trysting Place The May Night by Brahms Musical Risotto by Willcocks
SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB
$1.80 $1.95 $2.25 $1.80 $2.25
$0.90 $0.98 $1.13 $0.90 $1.13
My Good Lord’s Done Been Here by Andre Thomas (limited)
SATB
$1.95
$0.98
No Mark by Effinger Oba Ti De by Ames Qui Sedes by Fritschel Sigh No More Ladies by Rene Clausen
SATB SSAATTBB SATB SATB
$1.80 $2.25 $1.90 $1.84
$0.90 $1.13 $0.95 $0.92
Sorida (A Zimbabwe Greeting) by Rosephanye Powell
SATB
$2.10
$1.05
Sure On This Shining Night by Agee Swingin’ with the Saints by Hayes The Tree of Peace by G. Walker The Trysting Place by Brahms The New Jerusalem by Culloton Wana Baraka by Kirchner Way Over In Beulah Land by Gibbs
SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SSATBB SATB
$1.90 $1.90 $3.40 $2.25 $2.10 $1.95 $2.25
$0.95 $0.95 $1.70 $1.13 $1.05 $0.98 $1.13
Where Your Bare Foot Walks by Childs (limited)
SATB
$2.05
$1.03
The Word Was God by Powell Zigeunerleben by Schumann Zions Walls by Copland (limited)
SATB SATB SATB
$2.25 $2.05 $1.95
$1.13 $1.03 $0.98
Band Down a Country Lane by Copland Evokotah by Mogensen Foundry by John Mackey New Mexico March by Sousa arr. Fennell Orient et Occident Op. 25 by Saint Saens Rikudim by Van der Roost No. 2 in F by Holst arr. Colin Matthews The Red Machine by Peter Graham
Grade
Retail Price $60.00
Your Price (50%) $30.00
$120.00 $75.00
$60.00 $37.50
$109.00 $75.00 $195.00
$54.50 $37.50 $97.50
Orchestra Shortcut Home by Dana Wilson
Grade
Retail Price $75.00
Your Price (50%) $37.50
Grade 5
Grade 4
If you are interested in purchasing used All State music, please contact Cheryl McIntyre at cheryl.mcintyre@k12.nd.us
www.ndacda.com | 15
16 | The Chorister • Fall 2016