NMACDA
General Meeting
January 29, 2010
10:32 am
The meeting was called to order by President Diane Schutz.
Announcements:
1. Ms. Schutz welcomed all to the meeting and introduced the past presidents of this organization.
2. The hospitality room is courtesy of the members of Ms. Schutz’s Trail’s West
Choir. A big thank you goes out to them.
3. Another huge thank-you goes to Alan Kuncel for maintaining our web-site so well.
Treasurer’s Report:
1. Brian Uerling emailed Ms. Schutz the report in a format she could not open. It will be posted on the web-site.
2. The bank accounts are now in compliance with ACDA regulations.
3. Thanks to Brian Uerling for taking such good care of our financial matters.
Old Business:
1. Ms. Schutz announced the formation of the collegiate choir which will replace the collegiate choir at NMMEA convention. She also announced our assistance in the amount of $750 to launch this project.
2. Web-Site: The old one has finally been dispensed with. Alan Kuncel announced that he will try to get all pertinent information on the home-page, which will make it easier for some us. He also needs to email addresses of everyone. If he does not have someone’s, please get it to him.
3. 2010 All-State Festival:
a. Thanks to the festival committee.
b. We have new name tags.
c. Thanks to Trail’s West for serving as monitors.
d. We have a new banner.
e. Placques will be presented to NMSU for their kind hospitality over the years and to Dr. Jerry Ann Alt, the founder of the children and youth choirs, for her vision and dedication in this project.
New Business:
A. Music and Worship Festivals:
These have the potential for expanding our membership to include church musicians. We will get a complete roster of church musicians from Music Mart for mailing; we will keep conductors/clinicians in-state for a while; and we will try to get these up and going in 2010. Watch the web-site for information.
B. Increasing membership:
Any choral musician is welcome to join ACDA. The state chapter gets back a portion of the dues paid. Encourage any choral musician you know to join the association. There was a long discussion about requiring membership in NMACDA in order for one’s students to participate in the all-state festival..
MOTION: It was moved by Marilyn Bernard, seconded by Danny Flores that only students of NMACDA members be allowed to audition for Youth/Elementary All-State. Motion carried.
C. School Music Programs and budget cuts:
President Schutz said that regardless of what Governor Richardson says about cutting the education budget, it is going to be cut to some extent. The cuts will probably impact the fine arts areas by cutting personnel.
Suggestions: Help each other by sharing resources. Become an advocate by contacting our legislators. Get parents involved in advocacy. Figure out ways to get music teachers to the legislative sessions. Figure out a way to get the elementary/middle school music teachers back to the NMMEA convention (perhaps an elementary choir of some kind at that meeting would cause school districts to grant release time to these teachers).
D. All-State Festival 2011
The recommendations of the executive board were presented to the meeting (see the minutes for January 8, 2010).
In addition:
1. The conductors will be Dr. Jennifer Haywood for the youth and Josh Pedde for the children. As soon as their programs are finalized, information will be posted to the web-site.
2. Motion: Ed Torres moved, and was seconded by ____that we accept the invitation of NMSU to be our hosts next year. Motion carried.
3. Motion: Louise Loomis moved, Marilyn Bernard seconded, that the elementary audition recordings be done with accompaniment only, NOT music minus one. Motion carried.
4. Motion: Beth Borchert-Thomas moved, Paul Hallsted seconded, that the youth choir audition be recorded with music minus one. Motion carried.
5. There was a complaint from a local parent that both audition pieces for 2010 were sacred pieces. Ms. Schutz will try to have secular pieces for next year. However, as teachers we must stress to our students that sacred music is a large portion of the body of choral music and that we are not teaching religion or faith practices. We would be remiss in not exposing our students to this literature.
6. The auditions will be judged by a team of persons who will gather together next October for the purpose listening to these CD’s and preparing the choir lists. If you are interested in helping with this, email President Schutz.
7. In the event that the audition pieces are long, Ms. Schutz will decide how much of the piece will be performed for the audition. It was felt that the audition needed to be 3-4 minutes long to be a good representation of the student’s abilities..
8. The 2011 schedule: The schedule will be adjusted to take into consideration how long many of the students travel on the first day. It was felt that the rehearsals were too long, The rehearsals were lengthened this year at the request of the conductors.
The breaks will be shortened and staggered so that both choirs are not in the halls at the same time.
E. The R&S chairs need to submit reports to ACDA. This can be done on the national web-site. A copy will automatically go to our president.
F. Other:
1. Congratulations of Beth Borchert-Thomas and Paul Hallsted for the excellent honor choir performance at NMMEA.
2. Marilyn Watson is singing with the adult choir at the ACDA meeting in Denver, several NMSU students will participate in the collegiate honor choir, and UNM choir will perform.
3. The conductors of the 2010 choirs were very impressed with how well prepared the choirs were.
4. Ed Torres announced that Andre Thomas will be visiting and working in Albuquerque April 1-May 2. Check the NMACDA web-site for details.
5. Vienna Boy Choir will be in Las Cruces March 20. Check the web-site for more information.
6. Thanks to President Diane Schutz for all her hard work and leadership in getting the 2010 conference ready.
Beth Borchert-Thomas moved for adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 10:47 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Servold
Attendance:
Mark S. Scholz, Albuquerque
Marilyn Watson, Las Cruces – Gadsden
Daniel Malloy, Las Cruces
Tami Martin, Clovis
Lori Atkinson, Clovis
Lois Cook, Las Cruces
Alan Kuncel, Las Cruces
Terry Kay Gilbert, Las Cruces
Pat Jones, Albuquerque
Beth Borchert Thomas, Las Cruces
Diane Schutz, Las Cruces
Waynta Wirth, Ruidoso
Danny Flores, Ruidoso
Robyn Clark, Albuquerque
Joanna Hart, Albuquerque
Louise Loomis, Albuquerque
Petra Lyon, Farmington
Kelly Brown, Albuquerque
Marilyn Bernard, Albuquerque
Glory Sewell, Farmington
Marletta Newman, Farmington
Margarita Miller, Gadsden
Cathy Freeman, Artesia
Robert Leatherwood, Artesia
Steven Huber, Albuquerque
Shawn A. Kidd, Bloomfield
Miranda Ludeman, Las Cruces
Lisa Chouinard, Edgewood
Magan Rader, Albuquerque
Bethany Martinez, Gadsden
Robert Randall, Las Cruces
Laurie Norman, Las Cruces
John Collaros, Las Cruces
Ida Holguin, Las Cruces
Ed Torres, Albuquerque
Linda Servold, Carlsbad
Please note: names in red are unsure of spelling. Some folks did not sign in, please send in your names. Thanks