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. VU 2012 Call For Proposals

OUR 2012 HEADLINE CLINICIANS

 

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.

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.