Schedule of Events

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
A
nnouncement of Grady Harlan Award Winner
Auld Lang Syne
Adjournment 

Concert Hall (GPAC)