MUSPREP0004 - SUMMER: Temple Sings
Course Description
Summer Seminar in Choral Conducting
A comprehensive workshop in conducting and the choral art
Schedule
Monday July 10-Friday July14
- 9:00-9:30AM Discovery session. Temple Sings faculty present new choral literature using distinctive rehearsal techniques. It’s a reading session and a rehearsal session rolled into an energizing half-hour.
- 9:30-10:30AM Interest session. Comprehensive and diverse sessions to enhance your choral skills. Topics will include score study, choral artistry, the vocal mechanism, rehearsal techniques, and performance practice.
- 10:30AM-12:30PM Conducting masterclass. Participants conduct the Temple SingsChorale daily for at least ten minutes, on repertoire to include a major choral-orchestral work as well as standard octavos, under the supportive and energetic tutelage of one of our faculty.
- 12:30-2:00PM Lunch on your own. Buy a Temple meal plan or sample diverse fare from one of our authentic food trucks.
- 2:00-2:30PM Discovery session
- 2:30-3:30PM Interest session
- 3:30-5:00PM Conducting masterclass
- 5:00-6:30PM Dinner on your own. Visit one of our convenient on-campus restaurants or use your meal plan.
- 6:30-8:00PM Conducting masterclass with guests. (Monday-Thursday only) Professional soloists and members of the Temple University Concert Choir provide an enhanced ensemble for our masterwork.
Course Outline
Temple Sings invites choral conductors and enthusiasts to gather in Philadelphia for an upbeat and enriching week. Summer Seminar 2017 will offer conductors of all interests and abilities the opportunity to hone their complete choral craft – from daily master-classes in conducting gesture to interest sessions on a wide variety of topics, including:
- Rehearsal techniques
- Score study
- Vocal health and technique
- Selecting excellent repertoire
- Reading sessions
Learner Outcomes
Notes
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 15,2017
PAYMENT DEADLINE: July 1, 2017
FEES: $50 Registration (non-refundable)
$575 Tuition: Conducting Participant Track
$350 Tuition: Observer Track
Please Note that Low Enrollment may result in course cancellation. Please complete Registration on time.
Conducting participants attend all sessions; sing with the Temple Sings Chorale and receive daily, video-recorded podium time.
Observers attend all sessions and sing with the Temple Sings Chorale.
Optional Fees:
Participants may choose from numerous options for college credit, housing, and meal plans at additional cost. For more information please visit www.temple.edu/boyer/summerworkshops (Click on Summer Workshops).
College credit fees range from approximately $669 (1-credit, undergrad, PA resident) to $2564 (2-credit, graduate, non-PA resident).
Housing fees range from $305 for the week (arrive Sunday, check out Friday) $362 (arrive Sunday, check out Saturday) in brand-new, on-campus Morgan Hall dormitory, to approximately $750 plus tax for the week at a downtown hotel.
A full meal plan (2 meals per day) costs $134.14 per week.
Questions
Any questions about registration should be directed to the Music Preparatory Office.
Any questions about curriculum or course content should be directed to Prof. Paul Rardin.
Recommendations
Paul Rardin, Elaine Brown Chair of Choral Music, joined the faculty of Temple University as director of choral activities in 2011. He conducts the Concert Choir, teaches graduate conducting, and oversees the six-choir program at Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. He previously taught at the University of Michigan and Towson University, where his choirs appeared with the Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Baltimore Choral Arts Society. Rardin is a graduate of Williams College and the University of Michigan, where he received the M.M. in composition and the D.M.A. in conducting. He has served as a guest conductor for all-state choirs in twelve states, for divisional honor choirs for the ACDA and Music Educators National Conference, and for Manhattan Concert Productions at Lincoln Center. He has served as a guest conductor for all-state choirs in eleven states, and in 2009 conducted the MENC All-Eastern Division High School Chorus. He has presented clinics for state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. His settings of spirituals and folk songs are published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and his articles have appeared in the ACDA publications Choral Journal, Troubadour, and Resound.
Mitos Andaya, Associate Professor of Choral Activities, teaches undergraduate conducting, graduate choral literature, and directs the Temple University Singers. Prior to her appointment at Temple, she served as Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of Georgia. She has served as guest conductor of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, and has also conducted the Netherlands Radio Chorus, and Eric Ericson Chamber Choir. She has studied in master classes with Helmuth Rilling, Simon Halsey, André Thomas, and Frieder Bernius. She has been a member of the conducting faculty of the Westminster Chamber Choir with Westminster Choir College of Rider University since 2007. Andaya has Renaissance and other editions published with Alliance Music Publications, and jazz compositions and arrangements with UNC Jazz Press and Hal Leonard. She is active in the American Choral Directors Association and International Federation of Choral Music, and currently serves as President-Elect of the National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO).
Rollo Dilworth, Professor and Chair of Music Education and Music Therapy, is an active conductor, educator, and clinician who has taught choral music at the elementary, secondary, and university levels. He is a contributing author for the Essential Elements for Choir textbook series, published by the Hal Leonard Corporation/Glencoe Publications, and for "Music Express!" teachers magazine. His research interests are in the areas of African-American music and music education curriculum and instruction. Dr. Dilworth is an award-winning composer, his choral compositions being part of the Henry Leck Choral Series published with Hal Leonard Corporation and Colla Voce Music Company. His performing endeavors have taken him to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Art McKenzie, Adjunct Faculty, conducts the Temple University Chorale. Prior to his appointment at Temple, McKenzie served for 11 years as Director of Choral Activities at Overbrook High School in Pine Hill, NJ. McKenzie conducted the 2009 NJ All-State Women’s Chorus, the 2009 NJ Region III Mixed Chorus, and the 2013 NJ All-State Mixed Chorus. McKenzie has presented at both NAfME and ACDA events. He has served as President of South Jersey Choral Directors Association.
Testimonials
Praise for Temple Sings
"Temple Sings is such an inspiring and invigorating workshop. The podium time is invaluable and both participants and professors are positive and encouraging, yet have high expectations. If you are a choral conductor, attend this workshop!" Austen, Princeton, NJ
"I cannot recommend Temple Sings highly enough. Perhaps the most meaningful aspect of the week was the low faculty/participant ratio, and the feeling of collaboration between faculty, singers, and conductors. This created a unique, safe learning atmosphere where participants were challenged to grow musically, hone their conducting skills, take risks and have fun making wonderful music together. " Shannon, Herndon, VA
"TempleSings was just what I needed to help me prepare for a successful fall choral season. I left the campus on Friday as a better conductor, a more equipped teacher, and a stronger musician." –Chad. Coshocton, Ohio
“I was able be challenged and supported simultaneously. I was able to revel in the musical atmosphere for the first time since graduate school some 15 years ago. It was a well- developed seminar and an incredibly amiable atmosphere. Dankjewel (Thank you)!” Kelly, Amsterdam/Netherlands