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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, July 19, 2023
  • 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    Exhibitor Load-In
  • 3:00 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Director’s Chorus Registration and Reception (Invite Only)
  • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    UIL Music Advisory Committee Meeting

    Presider: Bradley Kent

  • 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST
    Director's Chorus Rehearsal
  • 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Annual Disc Golf Tournament
  • Thursday, July 20, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    TODA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Exhibitor Load-In
  • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    TCDA Registration
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Director's Chorus Rehearsal
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Confessions of a First Year Teacher
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Give the Gift of Lifelong Music-Making
  • 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST
    Reading Session 1: Grade 2 - 2.5
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Student Conductor Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    TMAA Orchestra Workshop

    Presider: Melissa Livings

  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Strategies for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in the Orchestra
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Strings 101
  • 10:30 AM – 12:10 PM CST
    Student Conductor Full Rehearsal
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Big Tent Rehearsal Strategies: Meeting the Needs of All of Our Singers
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    I am because you are: choral ubuntu (Marsha Carlisle Legacy Series)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - GIA/Walton - New Titles from Walton Music
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - MusicSpoke
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    Build It and They Will Come: Successful Pedagogy in the Beginning Orchestra Classroom
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Lunch & Visit the Exhibits
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Do Your Students Really Know What You Think They Know?
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Musical Fitness for Children: Essential Rehearsal Elements with Lifelong Benefits (Marsha Carlisle Legacy Series)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Oxford - Growing Your Choral Program
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    RS - Small School Gems 2.0: Music for Treble and Tenor-Bass Choirs
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Thinking Outside the Choir Loft: Creative Solutions for Smaller Church Choirs
  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    TODA General Session & Featured Performance by Daggett Montessori Chamber Orchestra

    Keynote Speaker: David DeVoto

  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    TMAA Vocal Workshop

    Presider: Kay Owens

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 1-A
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Registration
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Registration
  • 1:15 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Oak Ridge HS Chorale (NV Treble)
  • 1:15 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Rhodes MS Varsity Tenor Bass Choir
  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    Needle in the Haystack: Repertoire Selection Hacks

    TCDA Clinicians: Andrew Steffen – Richland HS, Birdville ISD

  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Subito: Sacred Music
  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    Put the Beat in Your Feet: Music Literacy for Young Singers
  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    RS - Flexible Gems for Unison and Two-Part Choirs
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    TMEA MS Honor String Orchestra
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Developing Excellent Left & Right Hand Positions for String Students with Special Needs
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Music of the Silkroad
  • 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM CST
    Reading Session 2: Grade .5 - 1.5
  • 2:20 PM – 2:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Cedar Park MS Non-Varsity Tenor Bass Choir
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    A Coaching Model to Cultivate Student-Led Growth
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Heritage/Lorenz: New Music for Elementary and MS Choirs
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    RS - A World of Song: MS/JH Tenor Bass Choir
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    RS - Beyond Christmas & Easter: Selected Repertoire for Special Sundays
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    PS: Sequential Warm-ups for Jazz Ensemble
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Student conductor Rehearsal 1-B
  • 3:00 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Small-School College Directors!
  • 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    TMEA HS Honor Full Orchestra
  • 3:10 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM CST
    Visit the Exhibits
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir - Parent/Chaperone Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Parent/Chaperone Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    TMEA MS Honor Full Orchestra
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Director's Chorus Sound Check
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    PS: Amplifying Your Success with MusicFirst’s Performance Ensemble Solution
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    TMAA Mariachi Judging Workshop
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir - Alto Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir - Soprano Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Alto Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Bass Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Soprano Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Tenor Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    MS Rehearsal Lab Expansion
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    Tips and Tricks for the NEW Sightreading Process
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    TCDA Opening Convocation: Director's Chorus Concert, Scholarship Presentations, TCDA Business, & Raffle!

    Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Cruse

  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    Performance by Mike Block
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Bar Rojo Burger Bar
  • 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM CST
    Bus Shuttle to TODA Welcome Social
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
    TODA Welcome Social
  • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Starlight Soirée
  • 9:30 PM – 10:45 PM CST
    Bus shuttle begins return to Convention Center from TODA Welcome Social
  • Friday, July 21, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Seven Lakes JH Varsity Treble Choir
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    Auditioning Your Choir Program for Optimal Success
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    Elementary After School Choir; Create, Generate, Cultivate
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - ECS Publishing Group School/Concert Choral Reading Session
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    RS - A World of Song: MS/JH Treble Choir
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    PS: Building Strong Foundations in Music Performance with TonalEnergy
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    TMAA CSAPP

    Presider: Craig Needham

  • 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM CST
    TCDA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM CST
    TODA Registration
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Lake Creek HS Chamber Choir
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    MS/JH - Visit Exhibits
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Excelcia - New Choral Music
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    RS - Children's Crossover Classics for Church (and School)
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    Teaching Musicality in the Rehearsal Through Conducting Gestures
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    What's the Plan, Stan?
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Bass Unpacked: Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging Your Bass Players
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Improvisation Workshop
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Orchestra Ears! The Art of Teaching Ear Training
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 2-A
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    PS: You’re an Educator! Manage Administrative Tasks for your Program Faster with CutTime
  • 9:50 AM – 10:40 AM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Alfred - Make a Little Music: New 2-Part and 3-Part Mixed Repertoire
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    TFAA - Texas Fine Arts Administrator Bootcamp
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    TODA Celebrations, Awards & Featured Performance by Vanguard Beethoven Orchestra Double Bass Ensemble
  • 10:40 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Nimitz HS Viking Voices
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Building and Demonstrating Effective Pacing and Affirmative Instruction for Improving Focus and Retention in the Choral Rehearsal (Marsha Carlisle Legacy Series)
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Self-Care Isn't Selfish: Self-Care for the Church Musician
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    The Competitive Classroom
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Where the Wild Things Are - Taming the Tenor Bass Changing Voice Choir
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    PS: Tips and Inside Intel for Planning Your Next Band/Choir/Orchestra Trip
  • 11:40 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Canyon JH Cantabile Varsity Treble
  • 11:40 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Central HS (Keller) Voices of Central
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Belt it Out! Healthy Singing in Contemporary Styles
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Elementary - Visit Exhibits
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    From Pit to Podium: Thoughts and Perspectives from Both Sides of the Baton
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Hal Leonard - Music Across the Choral Spectrum
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Publisher RS - New Beckenhorst Press Choral Releases
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    The Choir Chronicles Live Podcast Recording
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Lunch & Visit Exhibits
  • 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM CST
    Performance - Vanguard Beethoven Orchestra Double Bass Ensemble
  • 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CST
    Lunch
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    TMAA - How to Apply for Membership
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    PS: iJazzMusic.com, The Key to Success
  • 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    Worship Service Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:20 PM – 1:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Fort Worth Chorale
  • 1:20 PM – 1:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Nikki Rowe HS Varsity Tenor Bass Choir
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    Building A Powerhouse Choral Program in a Title I School
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    Encouraging and Creating Expressive Singing in the Choral Rehearsal (Marsha Carlisle Legacy Series)
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Choristers Guild - Building Your Choral Calendar
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    The Basics of Singing: Group Vocal Technique for the Volunteer Choir
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    Visit Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Reading Session 3: Grade 3
  • 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    TFAA - Texas Fine Arts Adm. Conference Round Table
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Implementing Alternative Seating Practices in the Orchestra Classroom
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Succeeding at UIL!
  • 2:20 PM – 2:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Annetta Elementary Choir
  • 2:20 PM – 2:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Texas A&M University-Commerce Chorale
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Church - Visit Exhibits
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Constructing a Community Chorus: Panel Discussion
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Excelcia - New Choral Music Featuring Derric Johnson, Voctave and Pinkzebra
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    RS - I Can Tell the World: An In-Depth Choral Study of Lesser Known Negro Spirituals
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Teaching Music Literacy through Choral Music
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Visit MS/JH All-State Rehearsal
  • 2:20 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 2-B
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    PS: From Frustration to Efficiency: Switching to Presto Assistant for Fine Arts Management
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    First Aid for the Instrumental Rehearsal
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    Hook, Line, and Sinker - Building Grit, Relationships and Boundaries Across all Socioeconomic Levels
  • 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM CST
    Reading Session 4: Grade 3.5+
  • 3:10 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 3:15 PM – 4:05 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Alliance - Expanding Your Choral Resources
  • 3:15 PM – 4:05 PM CST
    Publisher RS - New Titles from GIA
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM CST
    PS: Move and Sing with Quaver
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    PS: Planning for the Perfect Trip to Orlando! Post Pandemic
  • 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    TCDA Awards Convocation: Awards, In Memoriam, Strategic Plan Updates, TCDA Business, & Raffle!

    Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Cruse

  • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    UIL PML Committee

    Presider: Gabe Musella

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    Visit Exhibits
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    Awaken Ensemble Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    PS: Amplifying Your Success with MusicFirst’s Performance Ensemble Solution
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    TODA Past Presidents & ODY Happy Hour
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    Awaken Ensemble Concert
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Newcomer Happy Hour
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CST
    TODA Social Fiesta and Silent Auction
  • 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM CST
    All Things New: A Celebration of God's Transforming Power
  • 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Fiorini's Happy Hour
  • 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Sikon’s Happy Hour
  • Saturday, July 22, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    PS: Perfect Breathing at Your Fingertips
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    TCDA Registration Open
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Dress Rehearsal
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Heritage/Lorenz - New Music for HS Choirs
  • 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    Publisher RS - New Sacred Choral Music from MorningStar and E.C. Schirmer
  • 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    RS - A World of Song: Sing Their Language, Celebrate Their Heritage - Strategies to Introduce, Practice, and Perform the Music of Your Students’ Cultures
  • 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM CST
    TCDA Round Table: Strategic Plan Update & Region Representatives Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    TODA Registration Open
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Do Your Students Really Know What You Think They Know?
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    PS: Old Becoming New: Gems of the String Orchestra Repertoire
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    TexASTA General Business Meeting

    Presider: Stephanie Westney

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Fred Bock Publishing Group with Brandon Boyd
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    RS - Small But Mighty: Effective Octavos with Solo Instrument or Small Ensemble Accompaniment
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Student Conductor Dress Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CST
    Teachers As Performers: How Performing Professionally Benefits Our Classroom Teaching
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Dress Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    PS: Inside the Music: Introducing Randall Standridge Music Publications: Band and Orchestra
  • 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Building a Community Responsive Ensemble
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Building Solid Foundations in Orchestral Conducting
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Suzuki Inspired Instruction for MS/JH Orchestra
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Alfred - Sing, Sing, Sing: New SATB, SSA, and TB Repertoire
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    RS - Inspire Your Choir: Teachable Songs That Students Love Singing
  • 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM CST
    RS - MS/JH and HS: Undergraduate Student Conductors
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    TCDA Past President Brunch (Invite Only)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Bay Area Chorus of Greater Houston Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    PS: Phill the Box Clothing Drive: Your New Fund Raiser
  • 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Beyond Orchestra Karate: The Ultimate Llama Experience
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    HS Rehearsal Lab Expansion
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Panel Discussion - Diversity in the Orchestra
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibitor Load-Out
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    TCDA Closing Session & Bay Area Chorus of Greater Houston Concert

    TCDA Performing Group: Bay Area Chorus of Greater Houston

    TCDA Conductor: Milton Pullen – Bay Area Chorus of Greater Houston

  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    TODA Social Retired Director Luncheon
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    TODA Social Young Director & TODA Interns Luncheon
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Adios TCDA!
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Concert
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Making Assessment Meaningful: Beyond the Practice Log
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Recruit The Kids, Not The Numbers
  • 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Reading Session 5: New to PML
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Concert