2024 National Conference

Conference Schedule

The full conference schedule is now available! Download it below.

Conference Registration

Early Bird reduced rates are valid until January 15.

CODA Members: including Banquet Meal, $130 (early bird – use code “EarlyBirdMember”); $160 after Jan. 15.

CODA Student Members: including Banquet Meal, $75 (early bird – use code “EarlyBirdStudent”); $100 after Jan. 15.

Spouses/Significant Others of CODA Members: Everything including Banquet Meal, $70; Banquet Meal only, $40; Everything except Banquet Meal, $30. To register a spouse or significant other, please include this information in your Member or Student registration.

Keynote Speaker

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Douglas W. Shadle has accepted our invitation to deliver the Keynote Address at The College Orchestra Directors Association National Conference on the campus of Belmont University, Nashville TN, February 15-17.

Dr. Shadle’s award winning scholarship interrogates the roles played by symphony orchestras and orchestral music in American culture, past and present. His books include:

Orchestrating the Nation: The Nineteenth-Century American Enterprise (Oxford, 2016)

Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony (Oxford, 2021)

He was co-editor of A Portrait in Four Movements: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Barenboim, Boulez, Haitink, and Muti (Chicago, 2019).

He is a leading authority on Florentine B. Price, the first African American women to earn international acclaim for her compositions. Dr. Shadle is contracted to co-author a biography of Price for Oxford University Press’s signature Master Musician series.

His Keynote address “Celebrating America at 250: Opportunities and Challenges” is scheduled for Saturday during the conference.

For more information on Dr. Shadle and his work, go to:

https://www.glfcam.com/doug-shadle

https://blair.vanderbilt.edu/bio/?pid=douglas-shadle

Conference Hotels

Please note: The rates shown when clicking on the links will be higher than charged at check-in; at check-in the rates will be lowered by $40 per room.

Any taxes and additional fees will be based on the reduced rates at check-in. CODA will pay the $40 + difference on Feb. 1.

Central Conference Hotel – Courtyard Nashville Vanderbilt/West End

The rate will show as $199.00 per night; it will be reduced to $159.00 per night when checking in.

Book your group rate for CODA Conference

Please note: The last day to book for the conference rate is Monday, January 15.

This hotel also features a restaurant & bar in the lobby area.

Additional Rooms – Residence Inn & SpringHill Suites

The rate for Residence In will show as $209.00 per night (includes breakfast). It will be reduced to $169.00 when checking in.

The rate for Spring Hill Suites will show as $199.00 per night. It will be reduced to $159.00 when checking in.

Book your group rate for College Orchestra Directors Association

Please note: The last day to book for the conference rate is Wednesday, January 24.

These two properties are connected to each other and within walking distance of the Central Conference Hotel. Any provided transportation to and from conference events will pick-up/drop-off at all of the conference hotels.

Conference Highlights

Conference Host: Belmont University School of Music and Dr. Robert Gregg.

Throughout the conference, you will enjoy fellowship and exchanging of ideas with other CODA members.

Please keep in mind the typical weather conditions in Nashville in February: Highs 52, Lows 32.

Thursday

• Tour of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center and discussion with Maestro Nathan Aspinall, Associate Conductor of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• Attendance at Nashville Symphony Orchestra rehearsal
• Tour of the National Museum of African American Music
• Appalachian Symphony Orchestra (Appalachian State University), Alexandra Dee – Music Director
• CODA Member Sessions/Presentations

Friday

• Member Session, and tour, at the Blair School of Music on the campus of Vanderbilt University
• Purdue University Philharmonic, Adam Bodony
• Miami of Ohio Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Averbach
• CODA Member Sessions/Presentations

Saturday

• Student Conducting Masterclass with Guest Clinician, Carl Topilow. Masterclass Performing Orchestras – Purdue Philharmonic and Miami of Ohio Symphony Orchestra
• Annual Awards Banquet at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
• Belmont University Symphony Orchestra, Robert Gregg – Music Director
• CODA Member Sessions/Presentations

Performances by Guest Orchestras:

Performing Facilities: The Fisher Center and McAfee Concert Hall

Appalachian Symphony Orchestra (Appalachian State University), Alexandra Dee—Music Director

Purdue University Philharmonic, Adam Bodony—Music Director

Miami of Ohio Symphony Orchestra, Ricardo Averbach—Music Director

Host Orchestra: Belmont University Symphony Orchestra, Robert Gregg—Music Director