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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, July 25, 2024
  • 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    TCDA Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    TODA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    Magic Words: Exploring Pedagogical Imagery for Upper Strings
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    Mu Omicron New Teacher Series: Like a Good Neighbor, Mentors Are There. BOGO (Be One, Get One)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Reading Session 1: Grade .5-2
  • 9:15 AM – 9:45 AM CST
    Invited Ensemble Warm-Up
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    ADHD in Motion: Insights from a Teacher and Sports Mom
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Student Conductor Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS 1 - Hal Leonard: New Middle School Choral Music
  • 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS 2 - Walton: New Music
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    TMAA Vocal Workshop
  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    ELEM/MS/JH - Visit Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM – 2:10 PM CST
    Student Conductor - Full Rehearsal
  • 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    TODA General Session & Featured Performance by Cathey MS Chamber Orchestra
  • 11:00 AM – 11:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance - IlluMen: Chorus of Men
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Headliner Session 1: Accessible and Beautiful: SAB/SATB Repertoire for Teaching and Performing
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    HS - Visit Exhibits
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    Publisher Reading Session - Mixed & Mingle: A High School Reading Session
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    WS 1 - We're Not in Cambridge Anymore: Preparing a Lessons & Carols Service at a Small Church
  • 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM CST
    WS 2 - Together We Sing: Uniting Your Group Through Warm-Up, Tone, & Expression
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    MS/JH/ELEM - Visit Exhibits
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Publisher RS 3 - Choristers Guild: Distinctive & Innovative Repertoire for Developing Middle and High School Choirs
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    RS 1 - Tried and New: Gems for High School Non-Varsity Treble & Tenor/Bass Choirs
  • 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    WS 4 - Sing, Play, and Move Toward Scripture Memory
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM CST
    High School - Visit Exhibit Hall
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM CST
    How Bow Exercises Impact Tone Production
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM CST
    Make the Most of Rehearsal Time
  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    TMAA Orchestra Workshop
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 1-A
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    All-State Choir Registration
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    ELEM Honor Choir Registration
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Affinity Space
  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    Headliner Session 2 - Crucial Conversations: The Importance of Belonging for Our Students, Our Music Spaces, and Our Communities
  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    Publisher RS 4 - Heritage/Lorenz: New Music for Elementary and Middle School Choirs
  • 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM CST
    WS 5 - Establishing, Building & Maintaining a Dynamic Elementary & Middle School Choral Program
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Conducting - A Hands On Approach
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Middle School - Visit Exhibit Hall
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Rebooting Your Bass Section, Part 1: Essentials of Setup
  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Cathey MS Chamber Orchestra Exhibit Hall Performance
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Reading Session 2: American Musicological Society Presents: Music of Underrepresented People
  • 2:20 PM – 2:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Academy Singers
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    ELEM & COLL/NEW PROFESSIONALS - Visit Exhibits
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS 5 - Excelcia: New Choral Music from Voctave, Derric Johnson & Pink Zebra with Choral Editor Jamey Ray
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    RS 2 - FUNdamental TB Literature: Fun, Successful Songs for the Beginning Teacher with the Beginning TB Chorus
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    WS 6 - Progress over Perfection: Student Success in Title 1 Programs
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    WS 7 - 'Support' and Other Mysteries: How to Say What You Mean to Build Strong Voices
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    PS - Readymade Music Literacy for Beginning Band, Choir, & Orchestra
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    Texas Association of Mariachi Educators Business Meeting
    Presider: Wendy Martinez
    TCDATODA
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Let's Talk About Burnout
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 1-B
  • 3:10 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 3:15 PM – 3:55 PM CST
    TCDA Geographic Region Representatives Meeting
    ELEMMS/JHHSCOLL/NEW PROFESSIONALWOR/COMM
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Parent/Chaperone Meeting
    ELEM
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Parent/Chaperone Meeting
    MS/JH
  • 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    High School - Visit Exhibit Hall
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Tallgrass Chamber Choir: Dress Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    How Bow Exercises Create Impeccable Articulation
  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    TMAA Mariachi
  • 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
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    What Do I Say to the Winds?" and Other Full Orchestra Topics
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Soprano Sectional Breakout
  • 5:00 PM – 5:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Veterans Memorial ECHS Varsity Treble Choir
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Tenor Sectional Breakout
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    TCDA Opening Convocation: Tallgrass Chamber Choir Concert, Scholarship Presentations, TCDA Business, & Raffle!
    Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Cruse – Children Chorus of San Antonio
    TCDA Conductor: Dr. Jacob Narverud, DMA – Tallgrass Chamber Choir
    ELEMMS/JHHSCOLL/NEW PROFESSIONALWOR/COMM
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM CST
    Mu Omicron New Teacher Clinics - All the Other Stuff! Things Besides Teaching to Keep Rehearsals Running Smoothly
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM CST
    The Encore: Life Beyond the Classroom
  • 5:45 PM – 6:15 PM CST
    Lobby Talk #1 - Student Accountability
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    TMEA State Board Meeting
    Presider: Jesse Cannon II
    TCDATODATMEA
  • 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Bus Shuttle to TODA Welcome Social
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CST
    TODA Happy Hour and Instrumental Open Mic Night
  • 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: VIP Reception for TCDA Clinicians, Conductors, Accompanists, and Committee Chairs (Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Starlight Soirée
  • 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM CST
    Bus shuttle begins to return to Convention Center from TODA Welcome Social