Selected Professional Presentations

 

 

           

Musical Odyssey        Ghana, West Africa, June 20 – July 8, 2002, Led group to Ghana to study drumming, dance, culture.                                                         

 

Guest Conductor         Fox Valley Music Association, 73rd Annual Music Festival,

                                    April 29, 2002

 

Session Presenter        Music Educators National Conference, Introduction to Vocal Improvisation in Gospel Music, Nashville, Tennessee,

                                    April 11, 2002

 

Guest Conductor         American Choral Directors Association Conference, Unity Honors Choir, Chicago, Illinois, March 7-10, 2002

 

Session Presenter        IMEA/Menc Peoria. Illinois,  Gospel Music Style,  January 27, 2001

 

Masterclasses              Chicago Children's Choir Workshops,  Singing Gospel Music, February 9-12, 2001

 

Masterclass                 Providence-St Mel School , Singing Spirituals and Gospel Songs,

 Chicago, Illinois, February 11, 2001

 

Masterclasses              Sacred Heart Church of Ho, West Africa, May 25-27, 2001

 

Masterclasses              IndigenAfrika Youth Orchestra, Accra, Ghana, West Africa,

May 24-25, 29, 2001

 

Masterclasses              Winneba Youth Choir, Winneba, Ghana, West Africa ,

May 30 – June 2, 2001

 

Lecture-Recital            Winneba Teachers College, Ghana, West Africa, African American Sacred Music,  May 30 -June 2, 2001

 

Session presenter        Ohio Music Education Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, Irish Songs & Games for the General Music Classroom, Multicultural Materials for the Classroom, Choir and Band

January 27-29, 2000.

 

Lecture-recitals            Pennsylvania State University, Celebration of African American Spirituals,

Masterclasses              February 4-6, 2000

 

Panel Discussion         University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, The Fine and Performing Arts of African Americans:  Enhancing Education,  March 6, 2000

 

Session presenter        American Music Therapy Association Conference, African American Song Literature, November 19, 2000.

 

Lecture-recital,             Hampton University, 2nd Symposium on the Music of African American Women, The Music of Lena Johnson McLin,

February 15, 1999

 

Session presenter        American Choral Directors Association National Conference, Chicago, Ill,  African American Choral Traditions, Feb. 25-27, 1999

 

Session presenter        National Association for the Study and Performance of African  American Music National Conference,  African American Vocal Literature, Integrating Gospel Music Into The Music Curriculum, Washington, DC, March 12-14, 1999

 

Roundtable                  National Association for the Study and Performance of African  American Music National Conference,  The Performance of Gospel Music in Classrooms, Washington, DC, March 13, 1999

 

Session presenter        International Association of Women In Music Conference,  Eurocentric Hegemony In The College Music Curriculum,  African American Women Composers: McLin, Moore, King, London, England, July 8-9, 1999