Collegiate
Honor Choir
The Collegiate Honor Choir is for college students.
Repertoire
Lament for Pasiphae (No. 1 from “Mid-Winter Songs”), Morton Lauridsen, Opus Music Publishers, Inc.
https://www.jwpepper.com/Lament-for-Pasiphae/3299761.item.
It would also be suitable to use the full score from “Midwinter songs” set if you already have that in your library.
Abendlied, Josef Rheinberger
Public Domain: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/6b/Ws-rhei-abe.pdf
Non Nobis Domine, Rosephanye Powell
https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?setStickyDepartment=true&suggested=&keywords=non+nobis+domine+powell
Evocation (Mon-Nee-Joh), Hye-Young Cho, Santa Barbara Music Publishing
https://www.jwpepper.com/Evocation/11556408.item
The Road Home, Stephen Paulus, Paulus Publications
https://www.jwpepper.com/The-Road-Home/8069226.item
2025 Conductor: Dr. Kathryn Hylton
Dr. Kathryn Hylton serves as the Associate Director of Choral Activities at Penn State University where she conducts the Oriana Singers and Vocal Dimensions Jazz Ensemble, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral literature, conducting, and choral methodology. As a guest conductor, she has led ensembles for PMEA, NYSSMA, ACDA, the Maryland Summer Chorus and Orchestra, and the University of Maryland’s Bach Cantata Series. She has also prepared collegiate choirs for masterwork collaborations with the Baltimore and National Symphony Orchestras on repertoire ranging from Handel’s Messiah to the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film score. Dr. Hylton is a dedicated member of the American Choral Directors Association, currently serving on the Pennsylvania ACDA Board as Repertoire and Resources Chair for Upper Voices.
In addition to her work as a conductor and music educator, Dr. Hylton is a composer, arranger, and Dalcroze practitioner. Her primary areas of research are the contemporary choral singing of Renaissance vocal music and the teaching methods of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze. Prior to her work at Penn State, Dr. Hylton held teaching positions at Blair Academy in New Jersey and St. Thomas More Academy in Maryland, as well as several church music positions in northern Maryland and New York. Dr. Hylton earned her bachelor’s degree in music composition and theory from Hofstra University, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in choral conducting from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Maryland.
Conducting MasterClass
4-5 Participants will be selected to conduct a piece to be selected from the collegiate honor choir repertoire. They will have 15-minutes on the podium in which Dr. Hylton will work on conducting technique.
The lab choir will be members of the Collegiate Honor Choir and teachers who are attending the conference.
Date: February 6, 2025
Time: 6:30-7:45
Application Process:
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1-2 minute video conducting an ensemble - does not have to be a performance but must show pattern/stylistic expression (upload to YouTube as an “Unlisted” video and include link in submission)
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1 page essay answering the prompt - “What do I hope to gain from participating in the conducting masterclass?”
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Recommendation from university choir director or conducting professor
All items should be EMAILED to Dr. Douglas C. McCall - WVACDA Collegiate Honor Choir Chair (douglas.mccall@westliberty.edu)
Application Due Date: No later than Dec. 1, 2024 @ 11:59pm.
Participants will be notified by: January 10, 2025.