spring 2012, Volume 31, Issue 3

ContentsFrom Your President . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Bill Zurkey

Ten Ways to Improve Your Middle School Choir . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Kristen Snyder

Spotlight on Two-Year CollegeChoral Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Nancy Davis

OCDA Elementary Choir Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Suzanne Walters

Build Your Legacy! . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Eric L. Richardson

Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Summer Conference flyer . . . . . 13

Summer ConferenceRegistration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Leadership Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

AdvertisersBob Rogers Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cleveland Pops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

CMS Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Miami Univ. Dept. of Music . . . 12

Musical Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Soundwaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

From Your PresidentAs I wrIte thIs column, I have just been notifiedof the passing of B. Neil Davis. is man was anicon of choral music in Ohio. His choirs wereoutstanding, he was a great clinician, and he wasa soloist with an amazingly resonant bass voice.As a young director, I looked up to Neil andwanted to have choirs just like his. When hespoke, we would listen, and to get a complimentfrom Neil, especially at contest, made your chest rise with pride. I’m sure heis directing some Heavenly choir. In memoriam, below is a brief bio:

B. Neil Davis’s gifts for teaching, conducting and singing inspired andinfluenced musicians and listeners for over five decades. Mr. Davisearned his Masters Degree from Kent State University, receiving theOutstanding Music Education Alumni Award. As Supervisor of Musicfor the Lakewood Public Schools, Mr. Davis won the DistinguishedService Award from the Ohio Music Education Association and induc-tion into the Lakewood Schools Teaching Hall of Fame. Mr. Davis per-formed with the Robert Page Singers, and taught at Cleveland StateUniversity, Lakewood High School, and e Beck Center for the Arts.In 2006, he received the Ohio Choral Directors Association Distin-guished Service Award for his remarkable contributions to choral artsand to the lives of his students.

“Life gives us brief moments with another . . . but sometimes in those brief moments, we get memories that last a lifetime. . . .”

Now it is time to make new memories by planning to attend the OCDASummer Conference at Otterbein University this June 18–20, 2012.

Several years ago, before YouTube, I was searching for a good example ofa choral selection to play for my choir. I found the selection, so I bought thedisc. I had not heard of the group or director, but it was amazing. Sincethen, I’ve purchased every CD from the direction of this amazing choraltechnician, charles Bruffy. He is the director of the Kansas City Chorale,Phoenix Bach Chorale, and the Kansas City Symphony Chorus. isGrammy-winning conductor will be here in Ohio this summer to share re-hearsal and conducting techniques. Find out what makes him a winner thissummer.

In 2006, our OMEA Ohio All-State Choir was fortunate to have Paul

OCDA President Bill Zurkey

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oakley as the director. Paul is apassionate music educator with re-markable intelligence and wit com-bined, creating a truly entertainingeducational choral experience. Hehas directed numerous All-StateChoirs and is currently the Direc-tor of Choral and Sacred MusicStudies at Kentucky Wesleyan Col-lege and Director of Ethos Consor-tium in Charlotte, NC.

We are very excited to have re-becca reames from the CraneSchool of Music at the State Uni-versity of New York in Potsdam.Dr. Reames is an expert in the ado-lescent voice change, learning part-nerships, and voice use of musicteachers and students. Her choirs

have performed at the Beijing In-ternational Choral Festival andACDA Eastern Division Confer-ence in New York.

A must-see at the Summer Con-ference will be frank Bianchi andhis Cleveland Orchestra YouthChorus. In his seventh year as di-rector, Frank has planned a labpresentation for the summer con-ference. He will use the COYC ashis demo group. If you have notwitnessed Frank in rehearsal ac-tion, this is something you will notwant to miss.

Yet, there is still more sharing.rollo dilworth, author of the Es-sential Elements for Choir textbookseries, will be conducting the

ocdA children’s honor chorusas well as presenting interest ses-sions to attendees. is honorchoir will perform in the final con-ference concert on Wednesday af-ternoon. Rehearsals for this ensem-ble are open to conference atten-dees. ere will also be four choralreading sessions, and the All con-ference Party sponsored by BobRogers Travel.

Take the opportunity to attendthe OCDA Summer Conference atOtterbein University; it will addgreatly to the sum of your musicexperiences and memories. Markyour calendars now for June 18–20,2012. You can register online at ourWebsite, ohiocda.org. d

I neVer PIctured myself directingchoirs at the middle school level. Iwas a bit sassy myself at that ageand my experience as a middleschool choir singer was not all thatgreat. To my surprise I have lovedteaching this age group and, thanksto my many mentors, have learneda lot over the last nine years. Hereare some of the things that I havelearned.

Be picky. It really bothers mewhen I go somewhere to adjudicateor otherwise listen to a middleschool choir and they get a breakbecause they are cute, or get awaywith poor tone, sideways vowel for-mation, lack of musicality, etc., be-

cause they are in middle school. Amiddle school choir should soundlike a middle school choir with ahealthy production of tone, andmusicality that is within their lim-its. I also think it is important formiddle school choir to be fun. (Iam not above doing a pop or the-ater tune on my spring concert.)Overall, I have found that studentsenjoy being successful. Whateverstyle of music is being taught itshould be well done, with high ex-pectations for appropriate musicalstyle, tone, intonation, and articu-lation.

Pick quality music that is ap-propriate for your group. Students

know the differ-ence between a quality piece ofmusic and a junky one. It is impor-tant to discuss the text, creativityof the composer/ arranger, accom-paniment, and challenges they willface when learning the music.Maybe I’m selfish, but I do not pickmusic that I do not like. e stu-dents have to be able to see yourexcitement for the music.

It is great to challenge yoursingers, but too much challengecan sacrifice the fundamentals ofsinging that are so important to ayoung choir. For example, if theycannot tune in two parts, you willnot be able to tune them in three!

Ten Ways to Improve Your Middle School ChoirKristen Snyder, East Central Region Chair

Do not whine that you don’t havethe right combination of students,not enough guys, etc. ere is away to make it all work. It is a chal-lenge, no doubt, and you will haveto be patient and willing to takesome risks. Leave time for this.Over-programming will not makethem better singers!

Put in the time with peoplewho aren’t matching pitch. I haveas many girls who struggle withfinding their head voices in 7thgrade as I do boys who strugglewith matching pitch. ey canmatch pitch somewhere. Find outwhere and go from there. ere aremany exercises you can do to helpthem, but that is another article foranother day! e bottom line isthat you can help them and theywill care because you care. Five

minutes in the morning, at lunch,whenever you can fit it in will makea big difference!

Spend a lot of time working onsinging fundamentals and musicreading. Since studying the Kodálymethod for a summer at CapitalUniversity, I have started each yearwith a series of rounds and unisonfolk songs. ey are great forteaching music fundamentals, andthey are short and easy so you canbe very specific about the skill youwant to teach. I then use the musicthey are studying to apply theseskills further. I make them read atleast part of each piece somehow.We need to create true musiciansthat can learn independently—itmakes everything better.

Hold students accountable forknowing the terms in their music,

keeping track of the tonic, etc. Igive a written test and a vocal testeach quarter. e written test helpsme keep this accountability. If astudent really does not “get it” Iknow whom to pull aside. evocal tests sometimes take agesand it is a lot of off-task class time,but it is a chance to meet with eachstudent (I test them in pairs) andgive mini voice lessons and feed-back about their singing. ey can-not be expected to improve with-out some sort of feedback abouthow they are doing, and they willnot be motivated to improve with-out an occasional “you are doingthis part really well.”

Discipline the students who arecausing problems in your class.Pull them aside, kick them out ofthe room, take points from their

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grade, give them demerits/deten-tions, call their parents! Also smileat them and show them that youare interested in learning aboutthem. Use sports analogies and ex-plain how they would be upset bysomeone on their team who wasn’teven trying. Do whatever you haveto do to figure that kid out. If noth-ing else, you will stop him/her fromdisrupting your class so you can dowhat you need to do every day.With both off-task time and on-task time, set limits and stick tothem. e other students will ap-preciate this.

Get adjudicated. ey needthis. You need this. OMEA LargeGroup and Solo and Ensembleevents are the two best learning ex-periences we all have every yearsimply because they give a reason to

make things perfect. e studentsmay think you have a sick obsessionwith every detail of the music, andthat is okay! You have taught themhow to truly polish something whilestill being open to feedback, andstill finding room for improvement.is is a lifelong learning skill thatthey can apply to many areas.

Take LOTS of things to Soloand Ensemble. When we are fin-ished with all of the small groupand individual work that goes intothis I always find that my singersare more confident. It encouragesthem to overcome their fears, andthey have felt that sense of ac-countability for the success of theensemble. ey have also spenttime with me in an informal way sothey feel more comfortable. I donot know another way to achieve

this. e feedback I get from theSolo and Ensemble adjudicatorshelps me as much as the students.

Have someone in with a fancytitle. Each year I invite a collegeprofessor in to work with my stu-dents. I usually give them somemoney from my music boosters,but I know many would do it forfree just because they are peoplewho love the world of choral musicand understand that they won’thave college choirs if there aren’tmiddle and high school choirs. Ihave learned immense amountsfrom these people as well, and it isanother day when your studentstend to be their best. Even if theperson just reiterates your lessons,often the students will act like theyhave never heard it before and thatthis person is a genius. You just

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have to swallow hard and knowthat it does not matter how theylearn it—they are learning it!

Reflect. Blame yourself. It iseasy to blame your schedule, yourstudents, their parents, otherteachers, and administrators, butyou do not have control over any ofthat. Do what you can to make animprovement. is whole articlesounds great in theory, doesn’t it? Iwill not pretend that I do thesethings every single day. I haveplenty of tired days when I amfrustrated and do not practice whatI preach. However, when I see my

students reflecting this, I blamemyself and go back to what I knowis best practice. I often even tellthem that I have not been doingsuch and such and that I need to dobetter. In that you are also teachingthem a very valuable life skill.

I take my job as a middle schoolchoir director very seriously. Mystudents know that and my friendsthink I am crazy! One of my fa-vorite things about this level is thegreat responsibility I have of givingthese students a solid foundation ofsinging skills and instilling a pas-sion for good choral music that will

last a lifetime. We can also usemusic to teach other lessons of life-time value, and that is an awesomepower! I would like to give creditand thanks to the people who havedone this, and continue to do this,for me as a teacher and singer.Many of the ideas above have comefrom Frank Bianchi, Ethan Sperry,Ron Jenkins, Paul Jackson, KarenSchweinfest, Hilary Apfelstadt, BobWard, Jeanne Wolgamuth, and themany wonderful clinicians I haveheard at OCDA and OMEA con-ventions who have given me greattidbits and motivation. d

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eVer wonder whAt’s hAPPenIng in the choral depart-ments at Ohio’s two-year colleges? e following is arepertoire list of music and projects performed this aca-demic year by a variety of ensembles at Cuyahoga Com-munity College, Western Campus; Sinclair CommunityCollege; and Lorain County Community College.

Cuyahoga Community College, western cAmPus

KIrA seAton, conductor

fall choral festival (with the Parma area high schools)Old American Songs for Choir Aaron Coplandand Orchestra

Long Time AgoSimple GiftsI Bought Me a CatPretty Little Horses

Project Gilgamesh Daniel Bernard RoumainClassical and hip-hop composer Daniel Bernard Roumain(known as DBR) composed this 14-song collection under aDoris Duke College and Collaborative Communities GrantProject. It has a Philip Glass compositional technique andpop combo.

spring concert Gilbert and Sullivan Choruses

Sinclair Community College

dAnIel greene, conductornolAn long, conductor

fall: choral Invitational concert—A festival of anksgivingWomen’s EnsembleA Blessing Jay AlthouseA Thanksgiving Prayer Nancy & Don BesigHow Can I Keep From Singing? arr. Gwyneth WalkerChamber ChoirAt the River Aaron CoplandAn Invitation to Joyful Praise Joseph MartinSing to the Lord of Harvest Jon Paige &

David AngermanNow Thank We All Our God John Leavitt

Combined ensemblesCome, Ye Thankful People arr. Benjamin Harlan

Come & Gary HallquistFrom Age to Age the Same arr. Lloyd LarsonNow Thank We All Our God Johann Crüger

arr. Jeremy J. Bankson

winter: formidable folk festival

Women’s EnsembleThe Quiet Land of Erin arr. Judith WatsonDavidian Dithyramb Victor ParanjotiLas MañanitasAnd Ain’t I a Woman! Susan Borwick

& Sojourner Truth

Chamber ChoirThree Mountain Ballads arr. Ron NelsonThe Shepherdess arr. WilbergWho Is Crying? arr. WilbergWhat Would You Do If You arr. Wilberg

Married a Soldier?Bile Them Cabbage Down arr. Wilberg

ChoraleO Danny Boy Steven StillwellI Know Where I’m Goin’ arr. Bruce MontgomeryShenandoah arr. James ErbFrog Went a-Courtin’ David DusingIn a Shanty in Old Shanty Town arr. AdesThe Crawdad Song arr. Lewis

spring: British choral music

Women’s EnsembleO Taste and See R. Vaughan WilliamsMake a Joyful Noise Unto God Handel, arr. HinesSound the Trumpet Purcell, ed. James ErbThe Nightingale Thomas Weelkes Fire, Fire My Heart Thomas MorleyNon Nobis, Domine William Byrd

Chamber ChoirFair Phyllis I Saw John FarmerSing We and Chant It Thomas MorleyThis Pleasant Month of May William BealeMy Love Dwelt in a Norther Land Edward ElgarRejoice in the Lamb Benjamin Britten

Spotlight on Two-Year College Choral ProgramsNancy Davis, Two-Year College R&S Chair

ChoraleThe Blue Bird Charles StanfordO Clap your Hands John RutterO Sing Unto the Lord a New Song Henry PurcellLike as the Hart Desireth the Herbert Howells

Water BrooksLet the People Praise Thee, O God William Mathias

men’s ensembleFallBrothers Sing On! GriegAve Maria Jacob ArcadeltBetelehemu Nigerian Carol,

arr. Wendall WhalumThe Long Day Closes Arthur Sullivan,

arr. King’s SingersWinterJesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring J. S. BachCome Travel with Me Scott FarthingWana Baraka Kenyan Folk Song,

arr. Shawn KirchnerSpringUbi Caritas Ola GjeiloCantante Domino PalestrinaPlease Mr. Columbus! arr. Jack BairdSilhouettes arr. Ed Lojeski

gospel ensembleMake a Joyful Noise Raymond WiseI Will Bless the Lord at All Times Hezekiah WalkerFor Every Mountain Kurt CarrBrighter Day Kirk FranklinLet the Church Say Amen Andrae CrouchHe’s Worthy, God’s Worthy Sandra CrouchNobody Greater Darius PaulkYou are Good Israel HoughtonAgain I Say Rejoice Israel Houghton

show ensemble It Don’t Mean a Thing, If You Duke Ellington,

Ain’t Got That Sing, Sing, Sing arr. Tom Anderson I Wish Stevie Wonder,

arr. Roger EmersonI Hope you Dance arr. Deke SharonDrive My Car arr. Deke SharonFly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra,

arr. Kirby ShawI Got a Feelin’ Black Eyed Peas,

arr. Mark Brymer Hey Soul Sister Train, arr. Mark Brymer Journey’s Greatest Hits arr. Alan Billingsley

Lorain County Community CollegenAncy dAVIs, conductor

holiday choral concertCivic Chorale and Civic OrchestraChristmas Oratorio, Op. 12 Saint-SaënsIt Came Upon a Midnight Clear arr. ShawShepherd’s Pipe Carol RutterSelect Renaissance SingersDixit Maria HasslerJubilate Deo GabrieliBlessed Be the Maid Marie arr. ShermanCollegiate ChoraleExultate justi in Domino ViadanaAngelus ad pastores ait HasslerA Rose in the Middle of Winter ChilcottAve Maria Keating (SSA)Ave Maria Biebl (TTBB)Carol of the Bells arr. WilhouskyCombined Choirs and Civic OrchestraExcerpts from Messiah Handel

33rd Annual masterworks concertCombined Choirs and Civic OrchestraSymphony of Psalms Igor Stravinsky

spring choral Pops spectacular!Civic ChoraleZion’s Wall arr. KoponenOmnia Sol StroopeHomeland Holst/StroopeNuit d’étoiles Debussy/Raines (SSA)Sixteen Tons arr. Funk (TBB)William Tell Overture RossiniCollegiate ChoraleNorthern Lights GjeiloVerduron arr. HaldemanNeighbors’ Chorus Offenbach

from La jolie parfumeuseSomewhere, from West Side Story BernsteinRide the Chariot arr. SmithLCCC Vocal Jazz SingersOver the Rainbow arr. Hayes

from The Wizard of OzIf I Loved You, from Carousel arr. Shaw If Ever I Would Leave You arr. Shaw

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on sundAy, feBruAry 12, four ofOhio’s elementary school choirsparticipated in the first-ever OCDAElementary Choir Festival at Jack-son High School in Massillon. I be-lieve I speak for all involved when Isay that it was a valuable and excit-ing learning experience for stu-dents and directors alike, and I fur-ther believe that this event was the

start of something big for theyoung singers of the state of Ohio!

Mrs. Jennifer Roden of North-wood Elementary in the NorthCanton City Schools, Mrs. CynthiaMira of York Elementary in theBellevue City Schools, Mrs. KerriRiley of Coventry Middle School inthe Coventry Local Schools, Mrs.Tracy Gabrielsen of Ford MiddleSchool in the Berea City Schools,

and I ofStrausser Ele-mentary in theJackson Local Schools, all preparedour choirs to perform in the festi-val. One of the most valuable as-pects of this event was the oppor-tunity for our students to hearother choirs their own ages singand perform.

OCDA Elementary Choir FestivalSuzanne Walters, Elementary Intert R&S Chair

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Clinicians Arlene Jacobs and Ann Usher

Ann Usher works with Coventry M.S. Cynthia Mira and York Elementary

Coventry Middle School, conducted by Kerri Riley

Another wonderfully valuablepart of the day was the feedbackfrom our two clinicians, Dr. AnnUsher, director of the ClevelandOrchestra Children’s Chorus, andMrs. Arlene Jacobs, director of theSummit Children’s Chorus. As isthe case in many district and stateadjudicated events, our cliniciansrecorded each choir’s performanceand made real time comments onthe recording which were ex-tremely useful in subsequent re-hearsals for the students and direc-tors alike.

ere was also a fifteen-minuteonstage clinic for each choir withone of the clinicians, in which thestudents had the opportunity towork directly with one or the otherof these two highly respected di-rectors. is obviously providedgreat learning opportunities for thestudents on stage, the choirs in theaudience, the directors, and the au-dience members.

Especially considering its inau-gural nature, the festival went ex-tremely well and I am so grateful tothe directors who agreed to partici-pate on somewhat short notice. Iforesee this event growing andthriving over the next several years

and putting Ohio on the map foroutstanding choral participation atthe elementary level.

Please mark your calendars forparticipation in the 2013 festival,tentatively scheduled for Saturday,March 2, 2013, at Jackson HighSchool. If you are the director of anelementary choir or treble middleschool choir and are interested inobtaining information regardingnext year’s festival, please contactme at suzannewalters24@yahoo.com. If you know of an elementarychoir director, please pass this in-formation along to that person andhave them get in touch with me.

I hope to hear from many of myelementary colleagues over thenext several weeks, and I will bedoing my homework to get intouch with many as well. I look for-ward with great anticipation tonext year’s festival and hearing thewonderful choral sounds of Ohio’selementary singers! d

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Northwood Elementary, conducted by Jennifer Roden

Arlene Jacobs works with Strausser Elementary.

I recently returned from myUncle Jack’s 90th birthday partynear where I grew up in westernNew York. He was a WWII AirForce Captain and piloted B-24’swith Colonel Jimmy Stewart in theEuropean campaign; he was part ofthe Greatest Generation. e gath-ering was full of nostalgia, and tookmy cerebrum to the musical par-leys at my grandparents’ livingroom each Sunday afternoon. Jackplayed stringed bass and, in fact,still does. He is one of my heroes.

On my way home, I drovethrough my old hometown of Sil-ver Creek. I couldn’t help but think

of those weekly family sessions of“song and play,” and of my highschool director, Karl Hawes. Karlwas an amazing choral educator,and took our 100-voice ensembleto annual success at “competition.”In my senior year we obtained 120out of 120 points from the threejudges; this from a high school of400 kids. He, too, is one of my he-roes.

Isn’t it amazing how those whowent before us have given us somany legacies? eir work over theages has spurred us on, as we “singand play.” Whether it was a certaincollege professor, a secondary or

elementary director, or perhaps achurch musician, we probably allarrived at our present destinationby our heroes’ perspiration and in-spiration.

So the question is, are you doingall you can to help foster the fu-ture? Do you have a bountifullegacy, or are you caught up in thedoldrums of the day-to-day? If wedon’t encourage our students andstudent teachers in a positive way,who will? I love Facebook becauseit keeps me informed of formersingers who have gone on to somepretty amazing things in music. Iam humbled by their good work.

Build Your Legacy!Eric L. Richardson, Rired Chair

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Cleveland POPS Chorus William Zurkey, Director

Auditions Cleveland POPS Orchestra announces the formation of its new chorus.

Auditions will be held August 28th and 29th 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:30

Music and Communications Building, Cleveland State University

The Cleveland POPS Chorus is a membership organization that will perform with the Cleveland POPS Orchestra at numerous concerts throughout the orchestra’s concert season.

Most performances will take place at Severance Hall and PlayhouseSquare Center. The chorus will rehearse on most Monday evenings from August through May.

Singers wishing to audition must have previous choral experience and demonstrate good tone

quality and sight reading skills. You will be asked to prepare a solo. An accompanist will be provided. Auditions are by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, please call Susan

at 216 765 7677 or e mail her at scierebiej@clevelandpops.com

Cleveland POPS Orchestra | Carl Topilow, conductor | 216 765 7677 | clevelandpops.com

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Perhaps we all need to think more about what ourlegacy will be. Vow to work at making what you aredoing on a daily basis so good, so relevant, and so in-spiring that others will follow your footsteps. Putinto effect that great idea you saw a clinician share.Change your warm-up routine. Encourage your for-mer students’ involvement and membership in the

Upcoming Events

May 2012delaware community chorus, conducted bydaniel d. hursey, presents “made in America”Sunday, May 6, 3:00 & 5:00 PM

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church45 W. Winter Street, Delaware, OH

Tickets $7.50. For additional information and ticket reservations: www.delawarechorus.org.

e west shore chorale and orchestra, conductedby John drotleff, present Bach’s B Minor MassSunday, May 6, 7:30 PM

Magnificat Center for the Performing ArtsHilliard and Wagar, Rocky River, OH

Soloists include Mitzi Westra, Phoebe Jevtovic, Tyler Skidmore, and omas Scurich. Adults $15; students free.

Bgsu A cappella choir, conducted by mark munson, presents two spring tour performancesSunday, May 6, 7:00 PM

Trinity United Methodist Church1581 Cambridge Boulevard, Columbus, OH

Free will offering.

Monday, May 7, 7:30 PM

Mt. Washington United Methodist Church6365 Corbly Road, Cincinnati, OH

Free will offering.

June 2012ocdA conferenceJune 18–20, Columbus, OH

national symposium on American choral music (co-sponsored by ACDA and the Library of Congress)June 29–30, Washington, D.C.

July 2012world choir gamesJuly 4–14, Cincinnati, OH

Announcing the Appointment ofJeremy D. Jones to the Music Faculty

Dr. Jeremy Jones joins Dr. William Bausano on the choral and music education faculty at Miami University. Dr. Jones is the conductor of the 100-voice Men’s Glee Club and the Collegiate Chorale and teaches courses in music education. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (D.M.A.), with addition-al degrees from East Carolina University and Middle Tennessee State University.

Voice and Accompanist Faculty:Alison Acord, voice and vocal pedagogyAudrey Luna, voiceMari Opatz-Muni, voice and operaBen Smolder, voice and opera workshopBrad Caldwell, coach/accompanistHeather MacPhail, accompanist

Degrees O�ered:Bachelor of Music degrees

in music education and music performance

Master of Music degrees in music education and music performance

Bachelor of Arts degree in music

Miami UniversityDepartment of Music109 Presser HallOxford, Ohio 45056513-529-3014music@muohio.eduarts.muohio.edu/music arts.muohio.edu/yearofthearts

Miami University is proud to announce!

Ohio Choral Directors Association. Go with them totheir first summer conference.

When it all comes down to it, you are the future. Youare the continuation of the legacy. Be the hero . . . just likeUncle Jack. d

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Leadership Roster

PridentBill Zurkey32161 Teasel Ct.Avon Lake, OH 44012wzurkey@aol.comH: 440-933-3972O: 440-933-6290 x1501C: 216-407-5500F: 440-930-2798Avon Lake H.S.

V.P. (Past Prident)Ben Ayling204 Kingswood DrAda, OH 45810b-ayling@onu.edu C: 330-842-2423 Ohio Northern UniversityMusic Dept.525 S. Main StreetAda, OH 45810

Prident Eledara gillis320 Amber Light CircleDelaware, OH 43015dbgillis1@yahoo.comH: 740-548-5061O: 740-833-1010 x4355C: 614-327-1073Delaware Hayes H.S.

Sraryloren Veigel2851 Sherwood Ave NWMassillon OH 44646lveig@sssnet.comH: 330-837-8371C: 330-685-2558Voices of CantonUniversity of AkronWitte Travel

TreasurerKent w. Vandock8192 County Road DDelta, OH 43515kndvandock@windstream.netH: 419-822-5716

O: 419-445-5579C: 419-270-5396Archbold Local Schools600 Lafayette StreetArchbold, OH 43502

NW Region ChairKevin manley1670 Township Road 41Ada, OH 45810kmanley@findlaycityschools.orgH: 419-634-1150O: 419-425-8282C: 419-722-4738Findlay H.S.

SW Region Chairsara Potts990 SpringbrookCincinnati, OH 45224sara.potts@hotmail.comC: 513-532-4785 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy

SC Region Chairmike martin8921 Mitchell Dewitt RdPlain City, OH 43064O: 614-921-7300C: 614-214-6716mike_martin@hboe.orgHilliard Darby H.S.4200 Leppert RoadHilliard, OH 43026

NE Region Chaircorey fowler2894 Hilda Dr. SEWarren OH 44484cfowler1@kent.eduH: 330-766-3553O: 440-437-6260Grand Valley Local Schools111 Grand Valley Ave.Orwell OH 44410

EC Region ChairKristen snyder2061 Jones RdGranville, OH 43023

kcsnyder@granvilleschools.orgsnyderkc@gmail.comH: 614-444-5767O: 740-587-8104 x4037C: 614-806-5747Granville M.S.210 New Burg StGranville, OH 43023

Exhibits Chairtina groom3878 Blackwood Ct.Cincinnati, OH 45236tina.groom@7hills.orgH: 513-936-9922 O: 513-272-5360C: 513-478-7339e Seven Hills School

HistorianJohn s. long9684 Wagonwood Dr.Pickerington, OH 43147 jslong@inbox.comJohn_Long@plsd.ustankJSL@insight.rr.com H: 740-927-9008O: 614-548-1800C: 614-579-6359Pickerington H.S. Central

Honor Choir Chairtyler young5361 Chimney RockWesterville, OH 43081mr.tyleryoung@gmail.comC: 419-563-5147

Newsler Editortim cloeter1082 Fairview Ave, Apt. N3Bowling Green, OH 43402cloetet@bgsu.eduO: 419-372-8288C: 262-527-8151F: 419-372-2938Bowling Green State University

Rirederic richardson32148 Teasel CourtAvon Lake, OH 44012ersings1@yahoo.comH: 440-930-2767C: 440-935-6293Retired

Student Chapter Repchris walsh361 GreenbriarAvon Lake, OH 44012walshch@muohio.eduC: 440-228-0453Student, Miami University

Summer Conference CoordinatorBrandon moss7321 Skyline Dr. E., Apt. 308Columbus, OH 43235brandonlmoss@gmail.commoss.223@osu.eduC: 614-499-8089

Web MasterJames Vaughn1015 Crystal Meadows Ct.Findlay, OH 45840jamesbvaughn@gmail.com H: 419-722-7418O: 419-299-3384 x429C: 419-722-7418Van Buren Local Schools

Membership Chairdoug o’neal277 S. 17th St.Columbus, OHrdohio@gmail.comdoug_oneal@olentangy.k12.oh.usH: 614-271-3684O: 740-657-4276Olentangy Liberty H.S.3584 Home Rd.Powell, OH 43065

Repertoire & Standards ChairsC HILDR E N’S

Jennifer call27302 Seneca Drive

Westlake, OH 44145jcall@ochoristers.orgH: 440-250-0124O: 440-774-4079C: 440-454-2813Oberlin Choristers

C OLLEGE/UNI V E R SIT Y

Peter Jarjisian316 Carroll Rd.Athens, OH 45701jarjisia@ohio.eduH: 740-592-1998O: 740-593-4231C: 740-503-4086Ohio University

C OMMUNIT Y C HOIR S

larry griffin1218 Amol LaneColumbus, OH 43235griffinLgriffin@aol.comC: 614-579-0683Worthington Kilbourne H.S.Capriccio Vocal Music Ensemble

E LE ME N TARY IN TE R E ST

suzanne walters6385 Sylvian St. NWNorth Canton, OH 44720suzannewalters24@yahoo.comH: 330-497-8996O: 330-830-8056 x 2223C: 330-309-5076Strausser Elementary School

HIGH S C HO OL

eric Kauffman17630 Robinson RoadMarysville, OH 43040ekauffman@uaschools.orgwww.uavocalmusic.orgO: 614-487-5240 x2053C: 614-284-0883F: 614-487-5238Upper Arlington H.S.1650 Ridgeview RoadUpper Arlington, OH 43221

ME N’S C HORUS

robert ward1866 College RoadColumbus, OH 43210ward.539@osu.edu

H: 614-607-5206O: 614-292-4622C: 614-314-8113e Ohio State University

MIDDLE S C HO OL

mike lisi144 Duff Dr.Avon Lake, OH 44012mklisi@oh.rr.commichael.lisi@avonlakecityschools.orgH 440-930-2863O 440-933-8142C: 440-396-6455Learwood M.S.340 Lear Rd.Avon Lake, OH 44012

MULTIC ULT UR AL

Adam con209 Ardmore RoadSpringfield OH 45504ajcphd@hotmail.comacon@wittenberg.eduH: 937-460-7410O: 937-327-7346Wittenberg UniversityP. O. Box 720Krieg HallSpringfield, OH 45504

MUSIC/WOR SHIP

stacy haney2150 Rose Meadow LnCincinnati, OH 45230stacy.haney@foresthills.eduH: 513-232-2141O: 513-474-5407Nagel M.S.1500 Nagel RdCincinnati, OH 45255Armstrong Chapel U.M.C.

SHOWC HOIR

devon gess31500 Tuttle Dr.Bay Village, Ohio 44140devonbonds@yahoo.comdevon.gess@bayschoolsohio.orgH: 440-871-9553O: 440-617-7400C: 440-821-6223Bay H.S.29230 Wolf Rd.Bay Village, OH 44140

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T WO-YE AR C OLLEGE

nancy davis47627 Peck-Wadsworth Rd.Wellington, OH 44090ndavis@lorainccc.edu H: 440-647-6379O: 440-366-7138F: 440-365-6519Lorain County Community College

VO C AL JAZ Z

chris Venesile32868 Fox ChapelAvon Lake, OH 44012cvenesil@kent.edu

H: 440-933-6998O: 440-779-8816C: 216-225-9842North Olmsted H.S.Kent State University

WOME N’S C HORUS

rich schnipke391 Frebis Ave.Columbus, OH 43206schnipke.28@osu.eduO: 614-292-0725C: 614-325-9661e Ohio State UniversityTrinity U.M.C.

YOU TH/ST UDE N T

tim unger4511 Oak CircleNorth Olmsted, OH 44070etunger@sbcglobal.netH: 440-716-0137O: 440-327-1175 x9277C: 440-539-8903Lake Ridge Academy

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tim cloeter, editor • cloetet@bgsu.edu • 419-372-8288 office • 262-527-8151 cell

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