SICC 2014

I N V I TAT I O N A L

CHORAL CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 29 - 30 2014

A C T I V I T I E S C H O R A L

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We would like to invite you to the 11th annual Southern Invitational Choral Conference at Southern Miss to be held September 29 and 30, 2014. This year’s conference will feature clinicians Joshua Oppenheim, Ken Berg and Lori Hetzel.

Students will take part in intense rehearsals, high-quality performances and meet fellow musicians from all over the Southeast. SICC also presents an opportunity for students to audition for a choral scholarship at Southern Miss.

Teachers can earn continuing education units (CEUs) by attending the various sessions. We are enthusiastic about meeting and working with you and your students. Please contact us with any questions.

Sincerely, Gregory Fuller, PhD, Director of Choral Activities The University of Southern Mississippi 601.266.4092 | Gregory.Fuller@usm.edu

• fun souvenirs, performance T-shirt provided • new friends and interaction with colleagues • Monday night mixer with food and music • great choral music • continuing education units for teachers • no auditions required and music provided • single meal card provided for students and teachers to use either for a meal on campus or snacks at break • reading sessions and master classes for teachers (music provided) • final concert on Tuesday afternoon by all singers

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SOUTHERN MISS CHAPTER OF STUDENT ACDA

LINICIAN

HIGH SCHOOL CLINICIAN

JOSHUA OPPENHEIM

Dr. Joshua Oppenheim is co-director of choral studies at Kansas State University. Prior to that, he was on faculty at the Crane School of Music in New York. He received his B.M. from Western Michigan University, his M.M. at the University of Mississippi and his D.M.A. in choral conducting at the University of North Texas. He directs Concert Choir, Collegiate Chorale, Men’s Choir and In-A-Chord. He teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting and choral rehearsal techniques. His choirs have performed by invitation at the New York State School Music Association Conference (2007), the Kansas Music Educators Association Conference (2009, 2012), the American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Conference (2012) and the National Collegiate Choral Organization (2013). He has presented sessions at numerous ACDA conferences in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Carolina as well as the Western and Southwestern ACDA conferences.

TEACHER SESSIONS

KEN BERG

A native of the Virginia/North Carolina region, Ken Berg graduated from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, with a BME in 1977 and an MME in 1981. For 28 years, Ken served as the director of choirs and fine arts chairman at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham. The choirs at John Carroll consistently received highest ratings in district, state and national festivals under his leadership.

Ken has served as a State and Southern division officer with the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and has also served on the Training Courses Committee of the Royal School of Church Music in America. Additionally he is currently teaching choral arranging as an adjunct faculty member at Samford University.

After retiring from teaching high school in 2005, he served for six years as the full-time music minister and composer-in-residence at Mountain Brook Baptist Church, also in Birmingham. After serving as the part-time director for 33 years, he now serves as the first full-time music director and resident composer for the Birmingham Boys Choir. Under his leadership, the choir has toured extensively throughout Costa Rica, Europe, Japan and Canada, and has sung for OAKE, MENC and ACDA state, division and national conventions.

Ken often serves as clinician and adjudicator throughout the U.S. His music is published with Bella Voce Press, Alfred Music, Carl Fischer, Chorister’s Guild, Colla Voce, Emerson Music, Hal Leonard, Hinshaw Music, Kjos Music, MorningStar Music, National Music Publishers, Pavane Music, Santa Barbara Music Publishers and Walton Music.

LINICIAN

COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLINICIAN

LORI HETZEL

Lori Hetzel is the associate director of the School of Music, associate director of choral activities and full professor of choral music education at the University of Kentucky, where she conducts the UK Women’s Choir and the a cappella group “Paws and Listen.” In addition to her conducting duties, Dr. Hetzel supervises student teachers and teaches undergraduate methods and choral conducting courses, where she has pioneered a unique partnership program with area high schools and middle schools, allowing undergraduate students to begin classroom teaching early in their curriculum and gain true hands-on experience. Hetzel is a contributing author to the new textbook Conducting Women’s Choirs: Strategies for Success.

Hetzel received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin/Green Bay, the Master of Music from the University of Missouri/Kansas City and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University. Outside of the university, Dr. Hetzel serves as artistic director of the Lexington Singers Children’s Choir and conducts the LSCC Chamber Choir. This year the Chamber Choir has been invited to perform at the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Convention in Jacksonville, Fla.

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

GREGORY FULLER

Gregory Fuller is in his 15th year as director of choral activities at The University of Southern Mississippi. As the chair of the conducting division, he leads the Southern Chorale and the Hattiesburg Choral Union and teaches and supervises candidates in the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts conducting programs. In 2004, he created and sponsored the first Southern Invitational Choral Conference, an event that now hosts more than 50 institutions each September.

Previously, he held similar appointments at the University of Missouri in Columbia and Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. His choirs have appeared at national and state meetings of MENC and ACDA. He has toured and conducted throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Active in orchestral, wind and choral settings, he is a frequent clinician and guest conductor. He is currently employed as the chorus master at the Parkway Heights United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Fuller holds a bachelor’s degree in cello and voice from Oklahoma Baptist University, as well as a master’s and doctoral degree from the University of Missouri.

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

JOHN FLANERY John Flanery, assistant choral director, began teaching at The University of Southern Mississippi in 2006. He teaches undergraduate choral conducting, choral procedures, choral literature and directs the Concert Choir, Southern Miss Men, Spirit of Southern and the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Civic Chorale.

The Concert Choir and Spirit of Southern have both been selected to perform at the Mississippi convention of ACDA and MENC. He founded the Festival of Choirs on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as the Southern Experience Show Choir and Choral Camp. John is also the church choir director at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

His Doctor of Musical Arts and master’s degree are both in choral conducting from the University of Kentucky. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. As a high school music educator in the state of Iowa for nine years, John conducted concert choirs, madrigal dinners, show choirs, jazz choirs and many other ensembles. John is a regular clinician and judge throughout the Midwest and Southeastern United States. He and his wife, Juliane, have four children, Elias, Cecelia, Josephine and Lucinda.

SCHEDULE

10 a.m.– Registration begins on the second and third floors of the Thad Cochran Center.

HIGH SCHOOL

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

TUESDAY 9 a.m. – Rehearsal 12:30 p.m. – Lunch break 2 p.m. – Rehearsal at *Main Street Baptist Church 3:30 p.m. – SICC Concert at Main Street Baptist Church

TUESDAY 9 a.m. – Rehearsal 11:30 a.m. – Lunch break 1 p.m. – Rehearsal at *Main Street Baptist Church 2:30 p.m. – Rehearsal in choir room 3:30 p.m. – SICC Concert at Main Street Baptist Church

MONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals 4:30 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Rehearsal 7 p.m. – Dismiss 7:15 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8:30 - 10 p.m. – Mixer

MONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals 4:30 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Rehearsal 7 p.m. – Dismiss 7:15 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8:30 - 10 p.m. – Mixer

Rehearsals and breaks are at the discretion of the clinicians.

TEACHERS

MONDAY 12:15 p.m. – Session 1 1:10 p.m. – Beethoven/Session 2 2 p.m. – Break 2:45 p.m. – Session 3 3:30 p.m. – Session 4 4:25 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Session 5 7 p.m. – Dismiss 7:15 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert/ Session 6 in Bennett Auditorium 8:30 -10 p.m. – Mixer TUESDAY 9 a.m. – Session 7 9:45 a.m. – Session 8 10:30 a.m. – Session 9 11:30 a.m. – Lunch 1 p.m. – Lunch/visit rehearsal at Main Street Baptist Church 2:15 p.m. – Visit rehearsal/Session 10 at Main Street Baptist Church 3:30 p.m. – SICC Concert/Session 11 at Main Street Baptist Church

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS Choral scholarship auditions for The University of Southern Mississippi will be held during the conference.

LOCATION

*DIRECTIONS

Main Street Baptist Church Across from Wesley Medical Center, 11 Main Street Boulevard directly behind Krispy Kreme Hattiesburg, MS 39402 on Hwy 98 W

STUDENT SELECTION PROCESS

Each high school is invited to bring two or three balanced SATB quartets to participate in the honor choir. Community colleges are invited to bring three or four balanced SATB quartets for the community college honor choir. Students must be excellent sight-readers, have good vocal technique and display exemplary rehearsal behavior. If possible, priority should be given to students who will continue to sing in college. Please limit selection to those students who read music well and work hard in rehearsal.

If you have a need to bring a group that is not balanced with voice parts, permission must be sought from Dr. Fuller (gregory.fuller@usm.edu) or Dr. Flanery (john.flanery@usm.edu).

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION

SICC presents an opportunity for students to earn a choral scholarship to The University of Southern Mississippi for the 2014-15 academic year.

Auditions are open to all high school seniors and community college students who attend SICC. Students planning to be music majors should prepare two songs—one of a fine art (or “classical”) nature and one from any style. Those planning on being music minors or who plan on not majoring in music at all should prepare one piece of a fine art (or “classical”) nature. An accompanist will be provided.

FAQ

STUDENT ATTIRE School-appropriate clothing should be worn for all rehearsals, and the SICC T-shirt and jeans or khakis should be worn for the concert (no shorts for performance).

REHEARSALS To help us make SICC a successful conference, we ask that any deviation from the schedule be cleared with Dr. Fuller or Dr. Flanery. It is important that all conference attendees help our productivity by being present and keeping distractions at a minimum.

Please consult with us before allowing any student to arrive late or depart early from any rehearsal or event.

PARKING PASSES Parking passes will be available prior to SICC on the Web at www.usm.edu/choirs.

CEUs CEUs are not included in the teacher registration fee but are available at an additional cost. Teachers must attend all CEU sessions in order to receive their credits.

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REGISTRATIO

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* ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE at www.usm.edu/choirs School _______________________________________________ Teacher ______________________________________________ School Address _______________________________________ City _________________________________________________

Early Payment Option $58 per student/teacher paid in full postmarked by Friday, September 12, 2014 Number of students __________ at $58 = __________ Total Number of teachers __________ at $58 = __________ Total

State _______________________ Zip Code ___________________ School Phone _________________________________________ Fax _________________________________________________ Email _______________________________________________

Payment Option $66 per student/teacher paid in full postmarked after Friday, September 12, 2014 Number of students __________ at $66 = __________ Total Number of teachers __________ at $66 = __________ Total

Non-School/Summer Teacher Contact Information Address ______________________________________________ Cell Phone ____________________________________________ Home Phone __________________________________________ Home Email ___________________________________________ Parking Number of Van(s) __________ Car(s) __________ Bus(es) __________ Number of Parking Pass(es) ___________

Please make check or money order payable to Southern Miss Choral Activities and mail to Dr. Gregory Fuller The University of Southern Mississippi 118 College Drive #5081 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Don’t forget to fill out T-shirt information on the back of this form.

Imprinted items such as T-shirts cannot be guaranteed for registration occurring after September 12, 2014.

T-shirt Size

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High schools may bring between 8 - 12 students.

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE ONLY

49 Yes

9/14/2014

CANDLEWOOD 264.9666

SICC

$89

No

9/19/2014

Comfort Inn 264.1881

SICC

$75

Yes

9/19/2014

Comfort Suites 261.5555

SICC

$85

Yes

9/19/2014

Courtyard by marriott SICC 264.9202

$99

$5 each

9/19/2014

FAIRFIELD INN 296.7777

SICC

$89

Yes

9/19/2014

Hampton Inn 264.8080

SICC

$89

Yes

9/19/2014

Hilton Garden INN

SICC

$105

Yes

9/19/2014

Holiday Inn & Suites

SICC

$95

No

9/19/2014

La Quinta inn

SICC

$65

Yes

9/19/2014

296.0302

268.2850

Reed Green Coliseum

261.3770

When making your reservations, please use the conference code to receive special rates.

Remember that most of the rooms have two double beds and can house four students, which brings the total cost of lodging to around $18-$22 per student, per night.

Make sure to specify if you want double/double rooms or kings. Monday night is the only required night; however, some schools may want to arrive Sunday evening.

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HARDY ST

$80

Administration Building

SICC

W. 7TH ST

Baymont Inn 264.8380

Trent Lott National Center

PRICE BREAKFAST DEADLINE

M.M. Roberts Stadium

CODE

Thad Cochran Center

AREA CODE (601)

W. 4TH ST

HOTELS

Nonprofit Organization US Postage Paid Hattiesburg, MS 39402 Permit No. 148

CHORAL ACTIVITIES 118 College Drive #5081 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

AA/EOE/ADAI

SICC THE NO WORRIES CONFERENCE No audition No pre-purchase of music No rehearsal preparation ALWAYS THE LAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER