Session Resources

Below are resources from the Conference that speakers have agreed to share online. For descriptions of the sessions, please click on the session name.

Plenary Session: Getting In On the Act: Arts Participation (Alan Brown)

Board-Staff Relationships: How it Really Works (Marie-Hélène Bernard, Richard R. Hoffert, Catherine Peterson, Stanley E. Romanstein)

Cantaré: Increasing Cultural Awareness through Choral Music (Jorge Cózatl, Ana Luisa Fajer Flores, Kimberly Meisten, Mary Ann Pulk)

Conducting Masterclass - Public Domain Scores

Confronting Bullying Through Music (Jane Ramseyer Miller)

Creative Direction: Lessons from an Ad Man to Help Your Chorus Stand Out (Tim Brunelle)

Doing the Write Thing: Writing for Chorus America's Scholarly Journals (James A. John & L. Brett Scott)

Engaging 21st Century Audiences Online and On the Go (David Dombrosky)

Ensuring Effective Board Meetings (Simone P. Joyaux)

Expanding Your Reach: Engaging Your Board in Fundraising (Lori L. Jacobwith)
Imagine What's Possible: Fundraising Skills and Strategies (Lori L. Jacobwith)

Governance Committee Matters: Finding the Right Board Members and Nurturing Them Can Mean the World to your Organization (Corty Fengler, Anne B. Keiser)

Hymn Festival Program

Important Issues for Children and Youth Choruses - Panel (Dr. Susan Knight, Emily Ellsworth, KellyAnn Nelson, Diane Newcom, Kellie Walsh)

Integrating Mission-Based Educational Outreach Programs (Greg Funfgeld)

Marketing “Outside-In”: How Youth Choruses Can Use Marketing Research (Carol White)

Medicine and the Performing Arts (Paul Schaefer, MD and Jennine Speier, MD)

Putting Chorus America’s Tools to Work for Your Chorus (Catherine Davies)

Seniors and Singing: Two Initiatives that Make a Difference (Paul Babcock, Jeanie Brindley-Barnett, Jeanne Kelly)

Strategy + Planning to Ensure Your Chorus Will Thrive (Christie Hammes)

Technology Tools for a Song (David Dombrosky)

Twelve Golden Rules of Nonprofit Finance (Kate Barr)

Youth Inspiring Youth: A Model Commissioning Program (Martín Benvenuto, Charles Bruffy, Rachel Eidbo, Libby Larsen, Patty Murray)

Zieleński in Venice: 'Italian' Gems from Renaissance Poland (Jordan Sramek)