14th Annual ACDA
Voices United Conference
August 9-11, 2012, George Mason University
Voices United 2012
Call for Session Proposals for Interest Sessions
ACDA members and members of associate professional and scholarly societies are invited to submit session proposals for the ACDA Voices United Conference to be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, August 9-11, 2012. Proposal Due Date: January 15, 2012. Click here for the proposal form.
2012 Headliners
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Tim Sharp
Tim Sharp
Tim Sharp is Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the national professional association for choral conductors, educators, scholars, students, and choral music industry representatives in the United States. Sharp, an active choral conductor and researcher/writer, has varied his career with executive positions in both higher education and publishing and recording. Tim has conducted university, church, community, and children’s choirs, conducted ACDA and MENC all-state and honor choirs, and formed choirs in such unlikely settings as a federal penitentiary and a chamber of commerce meeting. His choirs have toured domestically and abroad, singing in some of the world’s premiere concert and acoustic settings including St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice, Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, and New York's Carnegie Hall. He has recently been appointed Artistic Director/Conductor of the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus.
Jim Papoulis
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Jim Papoulis
New York City-based Jim Papoulis composes, orchestrates, and conducts music for dance, film, ensembles, and choirs. His compositions are known for exploring new modes of musical communication by honoring and connecting classical and traditional forms with non-Western sounds. Jim's distinct and ever-evolving approach unites classical with contemporary sounds, world rhythms, R&B, and voices, while combining live instruments with current composing and recording technology. Papoulis’ extensive professional and nonprofit travels enable him to bring his distinctive musical and conducting style to performances across a broad spectrum of musical styles. He actively seeks to immerse himself in the music, instruments, and culture indigenous to an area, and incorporates these elements into his work.
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Janet Galván
Janet Galván
Dr. Janet Galván, professor of music at Ithaca College, conducts the Women's Chorale, the Ithaca College Chorus, and is Artistic Director for the Ithaca Children's Choir. Dr. Galván has conducted all-state choruses throughout the United States. She was the 6th national honor choir conductor in the history of ACDA, and she has conducted numerous regional ACDA and MENC honor choirs. Dr. Galván was the conductor of the North American Children's Chorale which performed annually in Carnegie Hall from its creation in 1995 until 2005. In 2002 she conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Her own choral groups have been chosen to perform at national, regional, and state music conferences, in Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, at invitational choral festivals, and in concerts in the United Kingdom and Europe.