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Full Schedule

  • Friday, July 26, 2024
  • 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM CST
    TCDA Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM CST
    TODA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Copperas Cove HS Varsity Treble Choir
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS 6 - ECS Publishing: Music for Schools
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    RS 3 - Tonal Eclipse of the Heart: Treble Songs to Build Beautiful Tone Throughout the Year
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    RS 4 - Harmony Haven: Music For Emerging Treble Choirs
  • 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM CST
    WS 8 - Big Success for Small Schools
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    Progress, Not Perfection: DEI in Student Orchestra Programs
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    Progressive Armonia Studies: A Simple Approach
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    PS - Habits of a Successful Beginning Strings Class for an Amazing First Year!
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    Reading Session 3: The Best of Sandra Dackow
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    TMAA CSAPP
    Presider: Craig Needham, MED – McKinney Boyd High School
    TCDATODATMAA
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM CST
    Beyond the Foundation: Advancing Student Technique
  • 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
    Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy Glee Club
  • 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Northpointe Intermediate 6th Grade Choir
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    HS - Visit Exhibits
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    RS 5 - Texas-Grown Composers and Their Sacred Music
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    WS 10 - Everyone's Song: Gender Inclusivity in the Choir Room
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    WS 11 - Music Teacher Toolkit: Tips and Tricks for Elementary Music and Children's Choir
  • 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM CST
    WS 9 - Every Reason to Stay: Recruitment & Retention in the Choral Classroom
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 2-A
  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CST
    How to Improve Any Bow Stroke Using Bow Exercises
  • 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    High School - Visit Exhibit Hall
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Filling in the Gaps: Remediation, Differentiation, and Motivation in the Orchestra Classroom
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    PS - Decoding the Notes: Time Saving Sight Reading Strategies for All
  • 9:50 AM – 10:40 AM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Mariachi Cielo Azul Exhibit Hall Performance
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
    Middle School - Visit Exhibit Hall
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Effective Practice Techniques
  • 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM CST
    Affinity Space
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Headliner Session 3 - Purposeful Planning in Our Music Classrooms and Choral Rehearsals: Seeing Our Students and Affirming Their Identities
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    RS 6 - Beginner Besties: Literature for Beginner Treble Choirs
  • 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    RS 7 - Programming for the Eclectic Church Choir
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Rebooting Your Bass Section, Part 2: Essentials of Curriculum
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CST
    TODA Retired Directors Luncheon
  • 11:40 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance - St. Mark’s School of Texas Upper School Choir
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    ELEM - Visit Exhibits
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Publisher RS 7 - GIA: New Sacred Choral Music
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    WS 12 - Smoke and Mirrors: How to Survive and Thrive During Rebuilding Years
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    WS 13 - Game Plan for UIL Success
  • 11:40 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    WS 14 - The Compositional Process/Q&A
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CST
    Reading Session 4: Grade 2-3
  • 12:00 PM – 12:20 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Performance - Featuring Armond Vance Wimberly
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Mu Omicron New Teacher Clinics - "How to Communicate with Administrators"
  • 12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
    Invited Ensemble Warm-Up
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    How to Join TMAA
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    TTCCDA Meeting
    COLL/NEW PROFESSIONAL
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    PS - From Legacy to Leading Edge: Transform Your Arts Management with Presto
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Transitioning from the BIG 3 to Mariachi
  • 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
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    A Tale of Two Days (A Week)
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Conducting Nuances -- Little Things Mean a Lot
  • 1:20 PM – 1:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Granbury HS A Cappella Choir
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    ELEM - Visit Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS 8 - Alfred: Meet Me in the Middle: Choral Rep for Middle School Voices
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS 9 - Alliance: New Publications
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    WS 15 - What I Wish I Knew
  • 1:20 PM – 2:10 PM CST
    WS 16 - Video Performances Panel
  • 1:20 PM – 2:20 PM CST
    MS/JH - Visit Exhibits
  • 2:20 PM – 2:25 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Flower Mound HS Chamber Singers
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    MS/JH - Visit All-State Rehearsal
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    Publisher RS 10 - Publisher RS 10 - Excelcia: New Choral Music for All Levels with Choral Editor Jamey Ray
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    RS 8 - HS Varsity
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    WOR/COMM - Visit Exhibits
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    WS 17 - Prevention, Recovery, and Maintenance for Good Classroom Vocal Health
  • 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM CST
    WS 18 - From Notes to Narratives: Embracing Creativity and Collaboration in Choral Programming
  • 2:20 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 2-B
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    TODA Celebrations, Awards & Featured Performance by Mariachi Cielo Azul
    TODA Presider: Colleen Whatley
    TODA - MSTODA - HS
  • 3:15 PM – 4:05 PM CST
    ALL - Visit Exhibits
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    PS - "What's New at the Q?"
  • 4:00 PM – 4:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance - Dallas Baptist University Chorale
  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    UIL PML Committee
    Presider: Gabe Musella
    TCDATODAUIL
  • 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    TCDA Awards Convocation: Awards, In Memoriam, Business Meeting, & Raffle!
    ELEMMS/JHHSCOLL/NEW PROFESSIONALWOR/COMM
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    Body Wellness for String Players
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    Mariachi 101: Engaging the Community
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    Middle School - Visit Exhibit Hall
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    Orpheus Chamber Ensemble Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    PS - Enhancing the Band Hall Experience with TonalEnergy
  • 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    Lobby Talk 2: Topic - Social Events
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    Past President and ODY Happy Hour (Invitation Only)
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    Orpheus Chamber Singers Performance
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM CST
    TODA Fiesta and Silent Auction
  • 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM CST
    EVENSONG: A Service of Rest and Peace
  • 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Early Career Happy Hour
  • 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Happy Hour