SICC 2012

SEPTEMBER 24 - 25, 2012

S O U T H E R N C H O R A L

M I S S

A C T I V I T I E S

SICC

We would like to invite you to the ninth annual Southern Invitational Choral Conference at Southern Miss to be held September 24 and 25, 2012. This year’s conference will feature clinicians Bret Peppo from Diablo Valley College, Jason Paulk from Eastern New Mexico University and James Mulholland from Butler University.

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.

• the only choral conference in September • 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 A.C.D.A.

CLINICIAN

HIGH SCHOOL CLINICIAN

JASON PAULK

Dr. Jason Paulk is director of choral activities and assistant professor of music at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, N.M., where he conducts the University Singers, Chamber Singers and Swanee Singers ensembles, and teaches beginning, advanced conducting and choral methods courses. His degrees include a DMA from the University of Oklahoma, MM in conducting and MM in music education from Westminster Choir College, and BME from Stetson University.

Jason taught at Deltona High School in Deltona, Fla., prior to attending the University of Oklahoma on a University Fellowship.

Choirs under Jason’s direction have performed at Florida and New Mexico MENC Conventions, the 2009 American Choral Directors Association National Convention, and for audiences throughout the United States, Europe and China.

Other professional leadership experience includes Jason’s current service as chair of collegiate repertoire and Standards for the New Mexico American Choral Directors Association and his service for the past three years as Advisory Board member for NAfME’s Music Educators Journal and Teaching Music.

Jason remains active as a writer, conductor, clinician, adjudicator and husband to his lovely wife, Kayla.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLINICIAN

BRET PEPPO

Bret Peppo is in his fifth year as director of choral activities at Diablo Valley College, where he conducts the Concert Choir, Chamber Ensemble and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and oversees the comprehensive voice program. In addition to his duties as a conductor, he is also serving as the department chair. Diablo Valley College is one of the largest community colleges in California, located in the Greater San Francisco area and serves nearly 30,000 per semester. The college choirs frequently tour throughout the West and have taken many tours to Europe and Asia throughout their rich choral history.

Mr. Peppo is active in the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Association of Teachers of Singing and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Most recently, Peppo serves on the Western Division ACDA Board as Two-Year College R&S Chair and is the reading sessions chair for the Western Division ACDA Conferences.

Bret Peppo earned a bachelor’s degree in vocal music education from Eastern Illinois University, a Masters of Conducting at Illinois State University and is ABD from the University of Iowa in choral conducting and pedagogy.

TEACHER CLINICIAN

JAMES MULHOLLAND

James Mulholland, one of the most published, performed and commissioned composer/arrangers of his generation, creates for three passions music, text and life.

Children’s choirs, high school ensembles, choral associations and universities throughout the world regularly perform and commission his choral music.

From 1995, he has received and completed 124 commissions. Over his career, he has written more than 600 compositions. Besides his personal writing, he accepts approximately 12 commissions a year, in addition to his schedule of clinics, workshops and conventions, while maintaining his primary duties as professor of music at Butler University. Currently celebrating his 44th year on the faculty of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, James Mulholland continues to inspire countless singers around the globe with his mastery of the compositional craft.

In 1996, he received the Raymond W. Brock Commission, awarded by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). In 1994, he was named Louisiana State University School of Music’s Alumni of the Year. A dissertation by James David Spillane, “All-State Choral Music; A Comprehensive Study of the Music Selected for the High School Honor Choirs of the Fifty States. Appendix “A,” lists the top five most programmed composers as Handel, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mulholland and Mozart.

CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

GREGORY FULLER

Gregory Fuller is in his 13th 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 Doctorate 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 in Thad Cochran Center second and thridfloors.

HIGH SCHOOL

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

TEACHERS

TUESDAY 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Rehearsal with break 12:30 p.m. – Lunch break 2 p.m. – Rehearsal at *Main Street Baptist Church 3:30 p.m. – Break 4 p.m. – SICC Concert at Main Street Baptist Church

TUESDAY 9 - 11:30 a.m. – Rehearsal with break 11:30 a.m. – Lunch break 1 p.m. – Rehearsal at *Main Street Baptist Church 2:15 p.m. – Break 2:45 p.m. – Rehearsal in Choir room 3:30 p.m. – Break 4 p.m. – SICC Concert at Main Street Baptist Church

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 2:15 p.m. – Visit rehearsal/Session 10 at Main Street 3:30 p.m. – Break 4 p.m. – SICC Concert/Session 11 at Main Street

MONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals 2 p.m. – Break 2:45 p.m. – Rehearsal/sectionals 4:30 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Rehearsal 6:50 p.m. – Dismiss 7 p.m – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8 - 10 p.m. – Mixer

MONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals 2 p.m. – Break 2:45 p.m. – Rehearsal/sectionals 4:30 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Rehearsal 6:50 p.m. – Dismiss 7 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8 - 10 p.m. – Mixer

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 6:50 p.m. – Dismiss 7 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert/ Session 6 in Bennett Auditorium 8 -10 p.m. – Mixer

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 balanced SATB quartets to participate in the honor choir. Community colleges are invited to bring three balanced 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.

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION

Continuing in 2012 is an opportunity to earn a choral scholarship to The University of Southern Mississippi for the 2013-14 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. A service award offer will be mailed to the student shortly following the conference.

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 three weeks 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/music/choirs School _______________________________________________ Teacher ______________________________________________ School Address _______________________________________ City _________________________________________________

Early Payment Option $58 per student/teacher paid in full, postmarked by Monday, September 10, 2012 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 Monday, September 10, 2012 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.

T-shirt Size

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*Community Colleges ONLY:

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IC

Teacher Name

REGISTRATION

BREAKFAST DROP DATE

SICC

$80

Yes

9/3/2012

CANDLEWOOD 264.9666

SICC

$89

No

9/3/2012

Comfort Inn 264.1881

SICC

$75

Yes

9/10/2012

Comfort Suites 261.5555

SICC

$85

Yes

9/14/2012

Courtyard by marriott SICC 264.9202

$95

$5 each

9/10/2012

FAIRFIELD INN 296.7777

SICC

$82

Yes

9/12/2012

Hampton Inn 264.8080

SICC

$89

Yes

9/14/2012

Hilton Garden INN

SICC

$99

Yes

9/14/2012

Holiday Inn & Suites

SICC

$95

No

9/10/2012

La Quinta inn

SICC

$65

Yes

9/12/2012

268.2850

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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Reed Green Coliseum

296.0302

HARDY ST Administration Building

W. 7TH ST

Trent Lott National Center

Baymont Inn 264.8380

261.3770

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CODE PRICE

M.M. Roberts Stadium

AREA CODE (601)

Thad Cochran Center

HOTELS

W. 4TH ST

HOTELS

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

SICC AA/EOE/ADAI

THE NO WORRIES CONFERENCE No audition No pre-purchase of music No rehearsal preparation

ALWAYS THE LAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER

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