Saturday, October 28, 2023
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Alfred Newman Recital Hall
USC University Park Campus
An opportunity for students to learn how to be better leaders in their choral ensemble by focusing on exceptional repertoire under the mentorship of an expert clinician.
Deadline to register: Friday, September 15, 2023
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Choristers will participate in a festival choir of over two hundred other high school singers selected from around the Los Angeles area led by Dr. Lisa Graham. Singers will attend leadership sessions focusing on the individual singer’s role in the success of a choral ensemble.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- Performance by the USC Thornton Chamber Singers
- Rehearsals, sectionals, workshops
- Student & Chaperone Lunch
- Students and chaperones will enjoy a boxed lunch.
- Director’s Lunch
- Directors and chaperones are invited to attend the workshop and observe all of the leadership sessions. In addition, directors will be provided a special lunch session with USC Thornton School of Music choral and sacred music faculty to allow for further discussion of leadership in the choral field.
- Campus tours led by current USC students (optional)
- Information session about USC degree programs & performance opportunities
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
*Subject to change
- 8:00 AM – Registration
- 9:00 AM – Welcome
- 9:10 AM – Performance: USC Thornton Chamber Singers
- 9:30 AM – Rehearsal #1
- 11:30 AM – Lunch
- 12:15 PM – Sectionals
- 12:15 PM – Director’s Talk – TBA
- 1:30 PM – Rehearsal #2
- 3:05 PM – USC Information Session
- 3:15 PM – Performance: Choral Leadership Workshop Chorus
- 3:30 PM – Closing Remarks
- 3:35 PM – USC Campus Tours
COST
- $45 each for students (includes lunch, t-shirt, pencil, and all music)
- $20 each for directors/chaperones (includes lunch and t-shirt)
Payment can be submitted by check to:
USC Department of Choral & Sacred Music
840 W. 34th Street, MUS 416
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851
Checks should be made out to: “USC Department of Choral and Sacred Music”
HOW TO REGISTER
Registration is OPEN NOW!
Fill out our Online Registration Form.
Email our Festival Coordinator, Ali Sandweiss Hodges at ashodges@usc.edu with any questions.