2020 - 2021 Conventions

The first two TCDA Conventions were held in Dallas, and all Conventions since have been held in San Antonio. Following is a recap of each Convention since 1955. This information was taken from Convention Programs and other archival references in the TCDA offices in Austin. Special thanks to former TCDA Executive Secretary J Marvin Pollard for gathering information from TCDA’s early years.

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2020 • 65th Annual Convention

Convention Handouts
Officers
President, Thomas Rinn
Past President,  Pam Elrod Huffman
College VP, Randy Hooper
HS VP, Pauline Sexton
MS/JH VP, Clinton Hardy
Elementary VP, Katy Flowers
Church VP, Robert Stovall
Secretary/Treasurer, Eric Cooley
Executive Director, Sharon Lott

Student Conductors

Daniel Matijosaitis - A&M-Commerce
Katrina Cantu - UT San Antonio
Zoey Henderson - Lamar University
Dawson Maxwell - Abilene Christian University
Stephanie Gabino - University of Houston
Amber Pollard - University of Mary Hardin Baylor
Maura Navarrete - University of Incarnate Word
Kenneth Ben Beal - Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Brenna Santos - University of North Texas
Jeremy Brown - Texas Tech University
Alexis Galindo - UT Arlington
Michael Fain - Trinity University
Shannon Skillman - Baylor University
Caroline Van Landingham - Stephen F. Austin
Cristy Cruz - Texas State University
Seth O'Neil - SMU

• Elaine Hagenberg, All Divisions - Behind the Scores: Demystifying the Compositional Process
  
• Elaine Hagenberg, All Divisions - Innovative New Resources for Online, In Person, and Hybrid Rehearsals
• Stacey Gibbs, All Divisions  - Can I Do That?
  
• Elaine Hagenberg, All Divisions - Discovering our Calling Through Pursuing our Passions
  
• Stacey , All Divisions - The Evolution of the Spiritual
  
• Mica Bull, All Divisions - To Thine Own Self Be New
  
• Reginal Wright, All Divisions - To Thine Own Self Be New
• Jodi Coke, All Divisions - Structure and Discipline in the Choir Classroom
  
• David Sexton, All Divisions - Going Live: Live-Streaming Basics
  
• Dr. Andre Thomas, All Divisions - Discussing the Spiritual with Drs. Andre Thomas, Anton Armstrong, and Eileen Guenther
  
• Dr. Anton Armstrong, All Divisions - Discussing the Spiritual with Drs. Andre Thomas, Anton Armstrong, and Eileen Guenther
• Dr. Eileen Guenther, All Divisions - Discussing the Spiritual with Drs. Andre Thomas, Anton Armstrong, and Eileen Guenther
• Elaine Hagenberg, All Divisions - My Story in Song: A Reading Session with Elaine Hagenberg
• Ryan Forkner, CH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Advent/Lent
  
• Greg Haugen CH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Repertoire for Small Church Choirs
• Christi Jones CH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Repertoire for Small Church Choirs
• Brandon Farren, CH - Giving the TIME & LOVE to a Part-Time Ministry
  
• Robyn Hollimon, CH - Giving the TIME & LOVE to a Part-Time Ministry
• Dr. Bob Horton, CH - Giving the TIME & LOVE to a Part-Time Ministry
• Stan McGill, CH - Giving the TIME & LOVE to a Part-Time Ministry
• Barrett Radziun, - Coll/Comm - From the Other Side of the Podium
  
• Carr Hornbuckle, - Coll/Comm - From the Other Side of the Podium
• Michelle Perez - Coll/Comm - From the Other Side of the Podium
• Dr. Gary Packwood, Coll/Comm - From the Score to Concert
  
• Dr. Karen Kenaston-French, Coll/Comm - Performance Practice of Renaissance and Baroque Music: Music Worth Teaching, Programming and Performing
  
• Amy Allibon, Coll/Comm - Welcome to the Greatest Profession Ever
  
• Rachel Forester, Coll/Comm - Welcome to the Greatest Profession Ever
• Cheryl Wilson, Coll/Comm - Welcome to the Greatest Profession Ever
• Claire Murphy, EL - Differentiation in the Elementary Classroom: What Does it Look, Sound, and Feel Like?
  
• Tama Barnes, EL - Every Class: A Choir
  
• Mark Burrows, EL - If They Love it: Inspiring and Improving Your Elementary Choir
  
• Rollo Dilworth, EL - Selecting Quality Folksong Arrangements for the Elementary Chorus
  
• Rollo Dilworth, EL - Teaching Social Justice in the Elementary Vocal Classroom
  
• Cindy Lowry, EL - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Finding Quality Repertoire for 5-6 Beginning and Auditioned Choirs
• Julie Stobbe, EL - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Finding Quality Repertoire for 5-6 Beginning and Auditioned Choirs
• Christi Powell, EL - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Music to Excite and Delight for Upper Elementary & Middle School Choirs
• Jason Whitney, HS - Benefits of Barbershop Harmony in the Modern Choral Classroom
  
• Cynthia Douglas, HS - Choir in the Time of COVID-19: Ideas for Flexibility
• Nick Likos, HS - Choir in the Time of COVID-19: Ideas for Flexibility
• Dr. Michael Murphy, HS - Shifting the Paradigm from Product to Process: Enriching your high school choir program with tried and true choral works during COVID-19
• Kelly Lozano, HS - Tried & Proven Reading Session: High School Treble Repertoire
• Denise Pitcock, HS - Tried & Proven Reading Session: High School Treble Repertoire
• College Student Conductors, MS/JH/HS - Tried & Proven Reading Session: Repertoire for Developing Choirs
  
• Audrey De la Cruz, MS/JH - Developing a Choral Classroom Culture
  
• Terri Hamilton, MS/JH - Google Classroom for Dummies
  
• Halley Radebaugh, MS/JH - Google Classroom for Dummies
• Audrey Alotto, MS/JH - Keeping the Fun in Your Cluster
  
• Keith Daniel, MS/JH - Keeping the Fun in Your Cluster
• Jocelyn Epley, MS/JH - Keeping the Fun in Your Cluster
• Christi Jones, MS/JH - Keeping the Fun in Your Cluster
• Daniel Guttierez, MS/JH - The Expressive Singer
  
• Bradley Acree, MS/JH - You've Got A Friend in Me
  
• Andrea Loer, MS/JH - You've Got A Friend in Me
• Bryan Hackett, MS/JH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: MS/JH Tenor/Bass Repertoire
  
• Joel Price, MS/JH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: MS/JH Tenor/Bass Repertoire
• Michelle Hank, MS/JH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: MS/JH Treble Repertoire
  
• Courtney Kelly, MS/JH - Tried & Proven Reading Session: MS/JH Treble Repertoire

Publisher Reading Sessions

• New Music for Church from Heritage Music Press
• New Music from Excelsia Music Publishing
• New Music for ES & MS/JH from Boosey & Hawkes
• New Pop/Broadway/Jazz for MS & HS from Hal Leonard
• New Concert for HS and Community from Hal Leonard
• Hal Leonard Discovery Series for MS/JH Choir
• New Music for HS from Hinshaw, Fred Bock & Pavane
• New Music for MS/JH from Hinshaw, Fred Bock & Pavane
• New Music for HS from Heritage Music Press
• New Music for MS/JH from Heritage Music Press
• New Music for Church from GIA Publications
• New Music for Advanced Choirs from Walton Music
• New Music for Advanced Choirs from E.C. Schirmer & Galaxy Music Corp.
• New Music for Church from MorningStar Music Publishers

Performing Groups
Tallowood Baptist Church Choir & Orchestra Concert – Orchestra Director: George Engelmann; Minister of Music and Worship: Carlos Ichter
San Antonio Chamber Choir – Richard Bjella, Artistic Director

2020 TCDA Scholarship Recipients

• Cloys Webb Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($500) - Armando Fuerte, Texas Tech University
• Past Presidents Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($500) - Ivan Rodriguez, Texas State University
  
• Jackie Cocke Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($500) - Emily Zenkner, University of Houston
  
• James Matheny Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($500) - Ricky Carr, Dallas Baptist University
  
• Mary Ann & Art Winden Scholarship ($4000) - Jeremy Brown, Texas Tech University
  
• General Scholarship ($1500) - John DuBois, Texas Christian University
  
• General Scholarship ($1500) - Hannah Hatfield, Dallas Baptist University
  
• William Gorham Scholarship ($1,000) & TCDA General Scholarship ($500) - Gabrielle McCullough, University of Houston
• Jim and Glenda Casey Professional Scholarship ($1000) - Wesley Davis
  
• Abbott IPCO Professional Scholarship ($1000)  - Kimberley Ahrens
  
• Gandy Ink Professional Scholarship ($1000) - Haley Carbonero

2020 TCDA Awards

Texas Choral Excellence Award:

• Nick Boltz
• Kay Owens
• Cathy Wafford

Young Director of Distinction Award:

• Saleel Menon
• Gerald Nicholas

Convention Headliners:
-Elaine Hagenberg, Church Division
-Rollo Dilworth, Elementary Division
-Daniel Gutierrez, MS/JH Division
-Stacey Gibbs, HS Division

2021 • 64th Annual Convention

Convention Handouts

Officers
Past President, Pam Elrod Huffman
President, Thomas Rinn
President-Elect, Carolyn Cruse
College VP, Jessica Nápoles
HS VP, Pauline Sexton
MS/JH VP, Clinton Hardy
Elementary VP, Sarah Reyes
Church VP, Allen Hightower
Secretary/Treasurer, Eric Cooley
Executive Director, Sharon Lott

Reading Session Clinicians        
Dr. Todd Prickett, Tried and Proven: Sacred General
Mike Ware, Tried and Proven: Lenten Season
Barry Talley, Tried and Proven: Advent Season
Brad White, HS Tried and Proven
Patricia Neighbors, HS Tried and Proven
Terri Preskitt-Brown, Tried and Proven: Sacred Children's/Youth
Jan Taylor, Student Conductor Master Class & Reading Session
Dr. Christopher Aspaas, Student Conductor Master Class & Reading Session

Student Conductors
Adrian Balansay - University of Texas at Arlington
Ramon Barron - Abilene Christian University
Bradlie Clem - Tarleton State University
Skylar Dubose - University of North Texas
Denae Fox - Texas State University
Austin Henry - Baylor University
Ryan Herriage - Stephen F. Austin State University
Danielle Law - Prairie View A&M University
Ryan Loveland - Texas Tech University
Aaron David Mace - University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Connor McCowan -Texas A&M Commerce
Isidro Melchor - University of Texas at El Paso
Elizabeth Nimmons - Lamar University
Glydel Obate - University of Houston
Anthony Perez - Stephen F. Austin State University

Clinicians

• Christopher Adame, Reading Session: MS/JH Treble
  
• Jennifer Agbu, Coll/MS, Classroom Management, Culture, and Everything in Between
  
• Sandi Altstaetter, Church, Putting the Ministry back into Music Ministry (panel)
  
• Nathan Benavides, Reading Session: High School Tenor Bass
  
• Joshua Brown, Coll/Comm, Enhancing Your Vision: Artistic Conducting Techniques
  
• Enrique Collazo, Reading Session: High School Tenor Bass
  
• Tommy Corley, Reading Session: Mixed Choir Gems for Small School and Program Building/Rebuilding
• Joe Crider, Church, Putting the Ministry back into Music Ministry (panel)
  
• Michael Devine, Church, Putting the Ministry back into Music Ministry (panel); Out of Silence: Restoring Singer to Song
  
• Diedre Douglas, Church, Putting the Ministry back into Music Ministry (panel)
  
• Beth Duhon, ELEM, Self-Care for the Music Educator: Not Just a Buzzword
  
• Maria Ellis, MS/JH, From "Flop" to "Bop!": Music Literacy Evolved
  
• Marques Garrett, HS/Coll/Comm, Beyond Elijah Rock: The Non-Idiomatic Choral Music of Black Composers
  
• Beth Garza, MS/JH/HS, Reading Session: Sacred General
  
• Will Griswold, HS, Big Lessons from the Small School
• Jackson Hill, MS/JH/ELEM, Reading Session: Sound Selections for the Beginning Treble Choir
  
• Sandy Hinkley, HS, Increasing Singer’s “Bandwidth” in Sight-Reading; Strategies for Developing Vocal Tone: Prescribe-Describe-Ascribe!
  
• Melissa Johnson, Reading Session: MS/JH Tenor Bass
  
• Victor Johnson, Reading Session: Repertoire for Small Church Choirs
  
• Jamey Kelley, COLL/COMM/HS, The Choral Canon and Beyond: Exploring Repertoire Selection
  
• Kristina MacMullen, MS/JH/HS, Reading Session: Advanced MS/JH Developing HS Choirs A (Student Conductors)
  
• Michael Matlock, HS, Reading Session: Mixed Choir Gems for Small School and Program Building/Rebuilding
  
• Jason Mincy, ELEM, Patterns, Rhymes, and Rhythms Oh My!
  
• Coty Raven Morris, MS/JH, From "Flop" to "Bop!": Music Literacy Evolved
  
• Terry Morris, CH, Putting the Ministry Back into Music Ministry (panel); Reading Session: Sacred General
  
• Michael Murphy, MS/JH/HS, Reading Session: Advanced MS/JH Developing HS Choirs A (Student Conductors)
  
• Brian Murray, COLL/COMM/HS, Enhancing Your Vision: Artistic Conducting Techniques
  
• Dr. Jacob Narverud, ALL, Marsha Carlisle TCDA Legacy Series presents Jake Narverud: The Compositional Process
  
• Francisco Nuńez, ALL, Marsha Carlisle TCDA Legacy Series presents Francisco Nuńez: Context Matters - Delving into Repertoire to Motivate Todays Singers
  
• Mark Palombo, Reading Session: MS/JH Tenor Bass
  
• Kelly Pfaffenberger, Reading Session: Repertoire for Small Church Choirs
  
• Theresa Pritchard, Reading Session: Music for Elementary Chorus
  
• G. Phillip Schoultz, III, ALL, Marsha Carlisle TCDA Legacy Series presents G. Phillip Shoultz, III: Building Up a New World-Setting the Stage; Marsha Carlisle TCDA Legacy Series presents G. Phillip Shoultz, III: Building Up a New World - Pedagogy and Practice; Marsha Carlisle TCDA Legacy Series presents G. Phillip Shoultz, III: Building Up a New World - Room for More
  
• Melodie Shelton, ELEM, Instant Harmony
  
• Anne Sieloff, Reading Session: MS/JH Treble
  
• Melanie Stapleton, MS/JH/HS, Transgender and Non-Binary Students in the Secondary Choral Environment
  
• Vicky Suarez, ELEM, Song Does Work! The Amazing Pathways from Singing to Music Study
  

Publisher Reading Sessions:

• Publisher Reading Session: Alfred Music - Gonna Sing! New 2-part Choral Repertoire
• Publisher Reading Session: Alfred Music - Meet in the Middle
• Publisher Reading Session: Alliance Music
• Publisher Reading Session: Choristers Guild - Distinctive Literature for Innovative Programming
• Publisher Reading Session: GIA Publications - New Music for Church and School
• Publisher Reading Session: Carl Fischer/Bri-Lee, Let's Sing Again
• Publisher Reading Session: Oxford University Press - Middle School Chorus
• Publisher Reading Session: MusicSpoke
• Publisher Reading Session: Carl Fischer/Bri-Lee - Let's Sing Again
• Publisher Reading Session: Beckenhorst Press
• Publisher Reading Session: Hal Leonard - Singing to the Future
• Publisher Reading Session: Heritage Music Press - New Music for High School
• Publisher Reading Session: Oxford Music Publications - Music for Worship 2021
• Publisher Reading Session: Hal Leonard - INSPIRATION! New Music for Every Choral Ensemble
• Publisher Reading Session: Alfred Music - Be a Light: Healing our Musical Hearts with Song
• Publisher Reading Session: Hal Leonard - Reboot, Remix, and Rejuvenate Your Repertoire
• Publisher Reading Session: Walton Music - New Music for School and Community
• Publisher Reading Session: Oxford Music Publications - High School Repertoire 2021

Accompanists
Debby Barkey
Peggy Graff
Jeb Harris
Jonathan Hatley
Georgia Kornegay
Kateri Lavacek
Candy McComb
David Means
Dan Miner
Ryan Rogers
Megan Senter
Andrew Steffen

Performing Groups
Pasión - Dr. Eric Posada, Founder/Director
Bay Area Youth Singers - Nicole Daniel, Conductor
2021 MS/JH All-State Choir - Dr. Jacob Naverud, Conductor
2021 Elementary Honor Choir - Francisco Nuńez, Conductor

2021 TCDA Scholarship Recipients

• Donald L Bailey Endowed Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($700) - Hasoo Eun, University of North Texas
• Cloys Webb Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($700) - Madison Montague, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Past Presidents Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($700) - Klint Fabian, University of Texas at San Antonio
• Jackie Cocke Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($700) - Brittany Morrison, Texas A&M University-Commerce
• James Matheny Scholarship ($1000) & TCDA General Fund ($700) - William Swinney, University of North Texas
• William Gorham Scholarship ($1,000) & TCDA General Scholarship ($700) - Celli Ra, University of North Texas
• Mary Ann & Art Winden Scholarship ($4000) - Vanessa Guzman, Texas Tech University
• General Scholarship ($1700) - Skylar DuBose, University of North Texas
• General Scholarship ($1700) - Sheridan White, University of North Texas
• General Scholarship ($1700) - Fredrick Morales, Texas Tech University
  
• General Scholarship ($1700) - Hannah Hatfield, Dallas Baptist University
  
• General Scholarship ($1700) - Jessica Hausmann, University of North Texas
• General Scholarship ($1700) - Connor McCowan, Texas A&M University-Commerce

2021 TCDA Awards
Texas Choirmaster Award:
Dr. Lynne Gackle

Texas Choral Excellence Award:
Gene Holkup
Dr. Mark Rohwer

Young Director of Distinction Award:
Brittni Kelly
Evan Key
Katherine Patel
Megan Wisdom

Innovative Programming Award:
Ashley Dame
Kristina MacMullen
Guadalupe Rivera

Choral Advocacy Award:
Vivian Munn
Troy Robertson

Choral Director of Distinction Award:
Tara Sikon

Convention Headliners:
G. Phillip Schoultz, III
Francisco Nuńez
Dr. Jacob Narverud