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  • 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