CODA 2012 National Conference
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2012 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE COLLEGE ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
HOSTED BY THE BIENEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
VICTOR YAMPOLSKY, DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAL ACTIVITIES
Conference Hotel: Hilton Orrington/Evanston
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26
PM Arrival
3:00-6:00 Registration at Hilton-Orrington Hotel
6:30 Gathering (Cocktail Hour at Hotel)
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27
8:15 AM Coffee Gathering/Late Registration
Welcome by NW host and administrators
9:00-9:45 “Development of the College Orchestra in America” –
Jason Ladd; Marquette University
10:00-10:45 “Programming in the Wilderness”
Joel Neves; Michigan Technological University
“Historically-informed Performance Practices for College Orchestras”
Frank Restesan, Northern Kentucky University
11:00-12:15 “Facing the Challenge: Advocating for College Conductors”
Ricardo Averbach, Miami University of Ohio
James Ball, Albion College
Kevin Bartram, University of Mary Washington
Panel Discussion
12:30 PM Lunch
Division Meetings/Mentorship
2:00-2:45 “Digital Video Technology and the Conducting Classroom”
Timothy Dixon; Messiah College
3:00-3:45 “A College-Community Partnership That Works”
Michael Luxner; Millikan University
“University New Music Ensembles”
Ken Selden; Portland State University
4:00-4:45 “Behind the Screen: Orchestral Music of America’s Film and Television Composers” – Michael Shasberger and Richard Rintoul; Westmont College, CA.
5:00 p.m. Dinner, free time
Eve CSO Concert (Carmina Burana/Muti)
Post-concert Reception at Rhapsody
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
8:30 AM Coffee Gathering
9:00-9:45 “Expressive Conducting”
Brad Smith; University of Pennsylvania
“Fundraising and Marketing for the College Orchestra”
Edward Benyas; Southern Illinois University
10:00-10:45 “Helping Anton”
Jon Mitchell; University of Massachusetts/Boston
11:00 Keynote Address
“The State of University/Conservatory Orchestras in Europe”
Edmondus Saveniers; Lemmens Institute Conservatory of Music;
Leuven, Belgium
12:00 PM Lunch
1:15 Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra in Performance
Daniel Sommerville, conductor (Pick-Staiger Hall)
2:15-3:45 Conducting Master Class with Victor Yampolsky; Northwestern University
(Pick-Staiger Hall)
4:00-5:00 CODA Membership Meeting (Pick-Staiger Rehearsal Room)
5:00 Dinner, free time
Eve Northwestern University Orchestra concert
Featuring Mahler Symphony No. 3
Post-concert Reception
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29
9:00 AM-noon CODA BOARD MEETING (Hilton Orrington)