DEI Choral Literature Intensive
Come join us for a three-day intensive featuring lectures and reading/workshop sessions on outstanding music of historically excluded composers and populations! This event is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as current teachers/faculty members looking for more DEI resources for concert programming, and music appreciation and choral literature courses.
The schedule includes ten lectures, each of which provides an overview of an individual composer, their works and their compositional style and influences.
In addition, each day features a reading/workshop session in which attendees will sing through two works by each composer. Composers include Adolphus Hailstork, Marianne Martines, Salomone Rossi, Raffaella/Vittoria Aleotti, Byung-Hee Oh, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Joy T. Nilo, Louis Lewandowski, Undine Smith Moore and Blas Galindo.
The schedule also includes opportunities to socialize and to experience the beauty, culture and food of Tucson, a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
Scholarships are available for students and K-12 teachers. If you are interested please email James Higgs at Jameshiggs@arizona.edu.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 15
12:30pm | Check-in (Fred Fox School of Music Lobby) |
1-1:50pm | Lecture: Adolphus Hailstork, Dr. Elizabeth Schauer |
2-2:50pm | Lecture: Undine Smith Moore, Prof. Nicky Manlove |
3-3:50pm | Reading/Workshop Session |
4-4:50pm | Lecture: José Mauricio Nunes Garcia, Prof. Nicky Manlove |
7:00pm |
Dinner and show at Gaslight Theatre: The Revengers (a Marvel superhero spoof) 7010 E. Broadway, Tucson (Tickets for the show are included in the cost of registration for those who register by May 15 – cost of dinner is not included) |
Friday, June 16
8:00am |
Hike Tumamoc Hill (3.1 miles/738’ elevation gain/one hour, 40 minutes) or Sentinel Peak/A Mountain (1.7 miles/275’ elevation gain/46 minutes) |
10:15-11:05am | Lecture: Raffaella/Vittoria Aleotti, Dr. Elizabeth Schauer |
11:15am-12:05pm | Lecture: Byung-Hee Oh, Mirae Lee |
12:20-1:50pm | Lunch at Guadalajara Grill and Tequila Bar, 4901 E. Broadway, Tucson (Attendees pay for their own lunch) |
2:05-2:55pm | Reading/Workshop Session |
3:05-3:55pm | Lecture: Salomone Rossi, Dr. Elizabeth Schauer |
4:05-4:55pm | Lecture: Joy T. Nilo, Sinamar Pascua Respicio |
6:30pm |
Dinner at The Monica (take streetcar) 40 E. Congress, Tucson, AZ (Attendees pay for their own dinner) |
Saturday, June 17
8:30-10:00am | Sonoran Desert Museum. We highly recommend this experience! You must purchase tickets on your own at: https://desertmuseum.org |
10:30-11:20am | Lecture: Louis Lewandowski, James Higgs |
11:30am-12:20pm | Lecture: Blas Galindo, Dr. Elizabeth Schauer |
12:30-2:15pm | Lunch in Sam Hughes: Flora’s Market Run, Bob Dobbs, Tumerico, Borderlands. All in the 2500 block of E. 6th St., Tucson. (Attendees pay for their own lunch) |
2:15-3:05pm | Lecture: Marianne Martines, James Higgs |
3:15-4:05pm | Reading/Workshop Session |
4:15-4:45pm | Wrap-up/Questions/Discussion |
5:00pm | Happy Hour at Arizona Inn. 2200 E. Elm St., Tucson. (Attendees pay for their own drinks/snacks) |
Music Building
Tumamoc Hill, Tucson AZ
Guadalajara Grill and Tequila Bar
Sentinel Peak / A Mountain
Sam Hughes Neighborhood
Arizona Inn
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The Monica
REGISTRATION
Registration: $250 (includes ticket to The Revengers at Gaslight Theatre for those who register by May 15).
For more information and questions about scholarships for students and K-12 teachers, contact James Higgs at jameshiggs@arizona.edu.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum tickets are NOT included in the cost of registration.
Music for reading/workshop sessions will be loaned for the sessions.