Texoma Region’s 74th Conference at Sam Houston State University
Welcome Packet from Sam Houston State University
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Abbreviations for locations:
GPAC=Gaertner Performing Arts Center
SoM=School of Music
WEDNESDAY, NOV 6, 2024
9:00am
Singer of the Year (SOTY) Preliminaries
Recital Hall (GPAC)
6:30 pm
TEXOMA Region Board of Control Dinner Meeting
Room 323 (Lowman Student Center)
THURSDAY, NOV 7, 2024
8:30 am
Teacher Check-In
(students do not register or check-in)
GPAC Lobby
9:00 am
Meeting for Judges
(all members must register attendance for this meeting)
Concert Hall (GPAC)
9:00 am
Meeting for Pianists
Recital Hall (GPAC)
10:00 am
College and Adult Auditions Begin
10:00 – 10:50 am
Artist Series #1. Refrains of Resistance: Lecture Recital including Jake Heggie’s Another Sunrise
Samantha Balboa, soprano; Jeanne Hourez, pianist
Concert Hall (GPAC)
11:00 am-12:50 pm
Albert Lee Masterclass
Concert Hall (GPAC)
1:00 pm
College and Adult Auditions Continue
1:00-1:50 pm
Artist Series #2. Hurts So Good: The Psychoacoustic Secrets of Dissonance Decoded
Christopher Michael Besch, bass-baritone
Recital Hall (GPAC)
2:00-2:50 pm
Artist Series #3. The Feminine and Masculine Perspectives of Francis Poulenc
Aubrey Chapin, soprano; Matt Corcoran, tenor; Hyun Kim, pianist
Recital Hall (GPAC)
3:00-3:50 pm
Artist Series #4. Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say: A Performance Guide for Soprano and Flute
Heather Hawk, soprano; Carolyn Keyes, flutist
Recital Hall (GPAC)
4:00-4:50 pm
Artist Series #5. Cécile Chaminade: Repertoire for the Voice Studio
Alison Moore, soprano; Farren Mayfield, pianist
Recital Hall (GPAC)
7:30 pm
Twenty-Four (or The Cure for Love) created by Tony Boutté & Chas Rader-Shieber.
SHSU Opera Theater
Concert Hall (GPAC)
FRIDAY, NOV 8, 2024
9:00 am
College and Adult Auditions Begin
9:00-9:50 am
Artist Series #6. Mixing it Up: Cultivating Registration Concepts
Kevin Wilson, baritone
Recital Hall (GPAC)
10:00-10:50 am
Artist Series #7. Unspoken Voices: Living Black Women Composers and Their Settings of Black Women Poets
Gwendolyn D. Alfred, soprano; Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao, pianist
Recital Hall (GPAC)
11:00 am-12:50 pm
Susanne Mentzer Masterclass
Concert Hall (GPAC)
1:00pm
College and Adult Auditions continue
1:00-1:50 pm
Artist Series #8. Observe, perpetually observe: an exploration of From the Diary of Virginia Woolf by Dominick Argento and Virginia Woolf
Jamie Van Eyck, mezzo-soprano; Kathleen Kelly, pianist
Recital Hall (GPAC)
2:00-2:50 pm
Artist Series #9. The Singer as Actor: Musical Monodrama for the Concert Stage
Chris Turner, baritone; Margaret Hinchliffe, pianist
Recital Hall (GPAC)
3:15 pm
Texoma Business Meeting
Recital Hall (GPAC)
4:30 pm
Poster Session
GPAC Lobby
4:30 pm
College and Adult Auditions continue
7:30 pm
Nicole Heaston, soprano and Kevin Miller, pianist, guest artist recital
Concert Hall (GPAC)
SATURDAY, NOV 9, 2024
8:00 am
Saturday-only Teacher Check-In
GPAC Lobby
8:30 am
Saturday-only Judges Meeting
Recital Hall (GPAC)
9:00 am
High School Auditions Begin
9:30 am
Announcement of College and Adult Semifinalists
Concert Hall (GPAC)
10:30 am
College and Adult Semifinals Begin
12:00 pm
Announcement of Semifinalists of High School Divisions (3A, 3B, 4A, 4B)
Concert Hall (GPAC)
12:30 pm
High School Semifinals begin
2:00 pm
Singer of the Year (SOTY) Finals Final Competition and Presentation
Concert Hall (GPAC)
3:15 pm
Announcement of all Youth and College Finalists
Concert Hall (GPAC)
3: 45 pm
Finals: Divisions 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7A, 8A, Liederkranz, ANCS, Barbara Hill Moore Award, Adult
Concert Hall (GPAC)
7:00 pm
Finals: Divisions 7B, 8B, 9, 10. Announcement of all Youth and College final results
Announcement of Grady Harlan Award Winner
Auld Lang Syne
Adjournment
Concert Hall (GPAC)