1:00pm-5:00pm: Nurturing Our Roots (Pre-Conference, Youth Session)

12:00pm-7:30pm: Registration Open 

7:30pm-9:30pm: Concert Session #1: Welcome Concert with Keynote Speaker Melanie DeMore: Cantabella Children’s Chorus; Collegiate Collective

7:00am-7:00pm: Registration Open

8:00am-9:30am: Concert Session #2: Young Men’s Ensemble, Ragazzi Boys Chorus; Choral Audacity; A Cappella, Castro Valley High School

9:30am-1:30pm: Exhibits 

10:00am-12:00pm: Composer Fair

10:15am-11:15am: Advancing the Art #1

• Songs of Comfort and Celebration – Melanie DeMore
• Composer Masterclass – David García Saldaña & Andrew Howden
• Reading Session: Four-Part Music
• Closing the Financial Gap in Your Choral Program – Irene Messoloras
• Harmonizing Through Hands: American Sign Language in Choral Music – Jacob Boland

1:15pm-2:15pm: Advancing the Art #2

• Reading Session: Graphite
• Composing for Your Choir: Writing with Singers in Mind – Kate Crellin & Maryanne Muglia Smith
• (re)sounding Joy: Best Choral Practices for Turbulent Times – Alyssa Cossey
• Music in Worship Toolbox for Refuge and Connection – Chris Wemp, Steve Kim, Yewon Lee, Aaron Humble, Zanaida Robles
• Conducting Masterclass: New Teachers & Emerging Conductors – Nola Nahulu

2:30pm-3:30pm: Advancing the Art #3

• Reading Session: Unison & Two-Part Music
• WACDA Composer Reading Session
• Making Admin Your Biggest Choir Fan – Kellori Dower, Iris Levine, & Elise Hepworth
• Sing With Us: Inside an Accessible Choral Rehearsal – Brandon Ellsworth

2:30pm-6:30pm: Exhibits

4:00pm-5:00pm: Concert Session #3: Madrigal Singers, Foothill High School; University Singers, University of British Columbia

5:30pm-6:30pm: Conference Social Hour/Poster Session

5:30pm-6:30pm: Composer Fair

7:30pm-9:45pm: Concert Session #4: Headliner Concert with Chanticleer & Lyyra, Conference Honoree:

7:00am-5:00pm: Registration

8:30am-10:05am: Concert Session #5: Ensign Singers; Los Gatos High School Treble Choir; Westminster Chorus, Westminster, CA Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society

9:30am-3:30pm: Exhibits

10:45am-11:45am: Advancing the Art #4

• Live Workshop with Composer & Choir – Los Gatos High School Treble Choir
• Conducting Masterclass: Undergraduate Conductors – Edith Copley
• Due Diligence: First Steps and Ethical Engagement with Native Peoples and Music – Thomas Goedecke & Alyssa Beltran
• Creating Artistry from Lead Sheets and Unison Singing – Jess Edelbrock & Nicky Manlove
• Headliner Session: Inspiring through Music – Combining excellence with creativity to create inclusive education and performance – Lyyra

11:30am-12:45pm: Composer Fair

12:00pm-2:00pm: Undergraduate College Fair

2:00pm-3:00pm: Advancing the Art #5

• Composer Toolbox Session
• Conducting Masterclass: Conference Attendees – Craig Jessop
• Out-of-the-Box Program Ideas
• Transformative Vocal Techniques For Your Choirs – Christine Bass
• Headliner Session: Challenges, techniques, and benefits of unconducted ensemble singing for all skill levels – Chanticleer

3:45pm-5:25pm: Concert Session #6: Kantori, Faith Community Lutheran Church; Angels of Music, Casteel Junior High School; California State University, Fullerton Concert Choir

6:00pm-7:00pm: Beer Choir

5:30pm-7:30pm: Graduate College Fair – McEnery Convention Center

8:00pm-9:55pm: Concert Session #7: EPIC Jazz Choir, Downey High School; Green NV, Green Valley High School; High Altitude, Northern Arizona University

8:30am-10:30am: Registration

9:30am-10:30am: Advancing the Art #6

• Real-Time Rehearsal with Vivace Youth Chorus – Kristina Nakagawa, Vivace Youth Chorus staff
• The Why and How of Student Leadership Programs – Bruce Rockwell
• Live Workshop with Composer & Choir – Green NV
• Reading Session: Three-Part Music
• Vocal Pedagogy for Choirs: Keep the Magic, Lose the Myth – Aaron Humble

10:45am-11:45am: Advancing the Art #7

• Vocal Warm Ups & Techniques – Kim Ritzer & Heather Drusedum
• Composer Masterclass
• Building Literacy Through Play – Amanda Goldberg
• A Tapestry of Chinese and Taiwanese Choral Voices – Yu-Feng Huang

• Vocal Tone and Technique for Middle School Singers – Athena Mertes

10:45am-12:45pm: Composer Fair

1:30pm-3:30pm: Honor Choir Concert

7:30pm-9:30pm: Symphony San Jose (Post Conference, Tickets available with discount code)