Dear friends and colleagues,
It is with great regret that I announce the postponement of the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses National Seminar that was to be held next week here at Albion College. The College administration has directed us to postpone the event for health reasons.
Our current plan is to hold the event here in the spring of 2021. The exact dates will be established soon – we hope that many of the choirs and presenters that planned to appear will be able to appear then.
For those registered for the Seminar, we will be offering an opportunity to credit your fees for registration for the 2021 event. If you instead would like a refund, we’ll give you an opportunity to do that in the near future. Concert tickets will also be refunded.
If you made hotel reservations, please contact your hotel to cancel those reservations. The Courtyard Marriott in Albion has indicated it will be offering full refunds.
Thanks so much – I was so much looking forward to seeing all of you, and will be focusing on making that happen in 2021.
Clayton Parr, Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, Albion College
Location: First United Methodist Church lobby
Location: Washington Gardiner building, 401 E. Michigan Ave.
Location: Washington Gardiner building, 401 E. Michigan Ave.
Location: Goodrich Chapel
This is a ticketed event. Ticket reservation available now with Seminar pre-registration. Ticket sales to the general public begin January 30 at the price of $20. Free advance tickets for Albion students, faculty, staff, and local community members will be distributed starting February 24.
Location: Washington Gardiner
Location: FUMC lobby
Location: FUMC lobby
Location: FUMC lobby
Location: Tennant Hall, First UMC
Led by John Liepold, Trevor Day School, New York, NY, Mary Nelson, Boynton Beach, FL and James Balmer, Boynton Beach FL.
Location: Goodrich Chapel
Hart Middle School 6th/7th grade choir, Rochester Hills, MI
Case Men's Glee Club, Cleveland, OH
Grand Valley State University Varsity Men, Allendale, MI
Location: Pahl Dining Room, Baldwin Hall (203 S. Hannah St.)
Location: Washington Gardiner
Location: Tennant Hall
"Male Chorus Intonation and Polyphony" - Jameson Marvin, Harvard University (emeritus)
Demonstration Choir: Ohio State University Glee Club, Robert Ward, Conductor
Location: FUMC lobby
Location: Goodrich chapel
Location: Tennant Hall
"Conducting Men's Choirs, A New Book Written by Eighteen Authors on Topics Pertaining to Tenor/Bass Singing"
Clinician: Donald Trott, Director of Choral Activities, University of Mississippi
Location: Goodrich Chapel
University of Illinois Varsity Men's Glee Club, Urbana, IL
Bowling Green State University Men's Chorus, Bowling Green, OH
"Michigan Brothers in Song" - combined high school men's chorus
Location: FUMC lobby
Location: FUMC lobby
Location: Tennant Hall
Collegiate/community men's choir repertoire.
Led by John Liepold, Trevor Day School, New York, NY, Mary Nelson, Boynton Beach, FL and James Balmer, Boynton Beach FL.
Location: Goodrich Chapel
Location: Upper Baldwin Hall
Location: Tennant Hall
De-gendering Musical Spaces: Welcoming Trans and Nonbinary Singers in Choirs
William Sauerland, Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Indiana
Location: Goodrich Chapel
Baldwin-Wallace Men's Chorus, Berea, OH
Gentlemen's Ensemble, Youth Performing Arts School, Louisville, KY
Measure for Measure, Ann Arbor, MI
Location: Goodrich Chapel
This is a ticketed event. Ticket sales to the general public begin January 30 at the price of $10. Free advance tickets for both concerts to Albion students, faculty, staff, and local community members will be distributed starting February 24.
The Ohio State University Men's Glee Club, Columbus, OH
Harvard Glee Club, Cambridge, MA (Cancelled — More information)
University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, Ann Arbor, MI
Location: Ismon House, 300 S. Clinton St.