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Ronnie Oliver Jr. is a conductor and educator whose performances frequently include an eclectic mix of musical styles and genres. His commitment to the advancement of the choral art through performance, mentoring, and teaching has spanned over 25 years.

As Director of Choral Studies at Western Michigan University, he conducts the University Chorale, Collegiate Singers, and the WMU Grand Chorus. He also teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. In addition to his duties at WMU, Dr. Oliver was recently appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Kalamazoo Singers. He has been a member of the conducting faculties at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, and The Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Past appointments include Director of Choral Activities at Western KY University and Greensboro College (NC), and associate choral director at Texas Tech University.

He has also served as the Executive Director of Manhattan Concert Productions, where he was responsible for the overall administration and management of festival concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, and The Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. His duties included collaboration with nationally known guest conductors, working directly with the production teams at the various venues, fiscal management, and escorting performing ensembles on tours of Europe and Great Britain. Dr. Oliver served as the Managing Director of Musica Sacra, a professional choral ensemble in New York City, for the 2009-2010 season.

Dr. Oliver received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Murray State University in Murray, KY, and his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting and the Ph. D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University.

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Meet the CliniciansDear Singers and Teachers,

We would like to invite you to the Seventh Annual Southern Invitational Choral Conference at Southern Miss to be held September 26 and 27, 2011. This year’s conference will feature clinicians Jeff Johnson from the University of Kentucky, Ronnie Oliver from Western Michigan University, Mike Dye from Niceville, Florida, and Joelle Norris from Olive Branch, Mississippi. Students will take part in intense rehearsals, high-quality performances, meet fellow musicians from all over the Southeast and NEW THIS YEAR: AUDITION FOR A CHORAL SCHOLARSHIP at Southern Miss. Teachers can earn continuing education units (CEUs) by attending the various sessions. We are enthusiastic about meeting and working with you and your students. Please contact us with any questions.

Sincerely,

Dr. Gregory Fuller, Ph.D., Director of Choral ActivitiesThe University of Southern Mississippi601.266.4092 | Gregory.Fuller@usm.edu

Ronnie OliverHigh School Clinician

Sponsors

• the only choral conference in September• fun souvenirs, performance T-shirt provided• new friends and interaction with colleagues• Monday night mixer with food and music• great choral music• continuing education units for teachers• no auditions required and music provided• single meal card provided for students and teachers to use either for a meal on campus or snacks at break• reading sessions and master classes for teachers (music provided)• final concert on Tuesday afternoon by all singers at Main Street Baptist Church

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Jefferson Johnson is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kentucky where he conducts the University Chorale, UK Choristers, and Men’s Chorus. He also teaches advanced choral conducting, choral methods and literature, and directs the graduate program (MM and DMA degrees) in choral music. A native of Atlanta, Johnson received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Georgia (magna cum laude, 1978), the Master of Music from the University of Tennessee (1981), and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado (1992). While living in Atlanta, Johnson was also a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw.

Johnson is presently Music Director of the Lexington Singers. The 180-voice community chorus annually performs major works with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2000 the chorus performed Mozart’s Requiem with the Vienna Mozart Orchestra in the famous Hofberg Palace and sang the evening mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. In 1999 the Lexington Singers celebrated its 40th anniversary with a performance in New York City as Johnson made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Singers and orchestra in Faure’s Requiem.

Dr. Johnson’s recently released video “Ready...Set...Sing!” is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing. It has been featured at music educators’ conventions from Ohio to Hawaii. In addition, Johnson maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator and guest conductor for high-school and collegiate choirs throughout the United States. He has recently conducted honor choruses in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, and South Dakota. He has also been a clinician for the ACDA-National Convention (Washington, D.C.), ACDA-Central Division (Detroit, MI), ACDA-Southern Division (Charleston, SC and Orlando, FL), North Carolina ACDA, Michigan ACDA, Ohio ACDA, Georgia ACDA, Kentucky ACDA, and Iowa ACDA. The University of Kentucky Chorale, under Dr. Johnson’s direction, has performed at regional and state conventions of ACDA and MENC.

Joelle Norris graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY, where she studied under Robert Shewan and Grace Cummings. She holds a Master of Music Education degree from Florida State University, studying with Judy Bowers, Kevin Fenton and Andre Thomas. She also attended the International Choral Conductor’s Workshop in Biarritz, France, where she had the privilege of studying with Rodney Eichenberger.

In addition to her responsibilities at Olive Branch High School, she is co-founder and co-director of the Northwest Mississippi Youth Chorale and is also a Pianist and Youth Choir director at Hernando United Methodist Church. Mrs. Norris is currently in her 5th year of teaching at Olive Branch High School.

Jeff JohnsonCommunity College Clinician

Mike DyeTeacher Clinician

Joelle NorrisTeacher Clinician

Michael Dye is in his 21st year as choral director at Niceville Senior High School and in his 35th year in music education. Mr. Dye received the Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia and Master of Music Education Degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He began his choral teaching career in Arkansas served a year in Hot Springs and 12 years as choral director at Dollarway High School in Pine Bluff. He served as the state president of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (1984-1986). He later served as state president of the state’s choral interscholastic organization, the Arkansas Choral Directors Association (1986-1988). In 1989, the Arkansas Choral Director’s Association selected him as the Arkansas Choral Director of the Year.

Gregory Fuller is in his 12th year as director of choral activities at The University of Southern Mississippi. As the chair of the conducting division, he leads the Southern Chorale and the Hattiesburg Choral Union and teaches and supervises candidates in the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts conducting programs. In 2004, he created and sponsored the first Southern Invitational Choral Conference, an event that now hosts more than fifty institutions each September.

Previously, he held similar appointments at the University of Missouri in Columbia and Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. His choirs have appeared at national and state meetings of MENC and ACDA. He has toured and conducted throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Active in orchestral, wind and choral settings, he is a frequent clinician and guest conductor. He is currently employed as the chorus master at the Parkway Heights United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Fuller holds a bachelor’s degree in cello and voice from Oklahoma Baptist University, as well as a master’s and doctoral degree from the University of Missouri.

Gregory FullerConference Coordinator

John Flanery, assistant choral director, began teaching at The University of Southern Mississippi in 2006. He teaches undergraduate choral conducting, choral methods and choral literature, and directs the Concert Choir, University Singers, Spirit of Southern, and the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Civic Chorale.

The Concert Choir was selected in 2010 to perform at the Mississippi convention of ACDA and MENC. He founded the Festival of Choirs on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well as the Southern Experience Show Choir and Choral Camp. John is also the church choir director at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. His Doctorate of Musical Arts and master’s degree are both in choral conducting from the University of Kentucky. He holds a a bachelor’s degree in music education from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. As a high school music educator in the state of Iowa for nine years, John conducted concert choirs, madrigal dinners, show choirs, jazz choirs, and many other ensembles. John is a regular clinician and judge throughout the Midwest and Southeastern United States. He and his wife, Juliane, have three children, Elias, Cecelia and Josephine.

John Flanery Conference Coordinator

Schedule10 a.m.– Registration Begins in Thad Cochran Center 2nd and 3rd floors.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE MONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals2 p.m. – Break2:45 p.m. – Rehearsal/sectionals4:30 p.m. – Supper break6 p.m. – Rehearsal6:50 p.m. – Dismiss7 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium8 - 10 p.m. – Mixer

TUESDAY9 - 11:30 a.m. – Rehearsal with break 11:30 a.m. – Lunch break 1 p.m. – Rehearsal @ *Main Street Baptist Church 2:15 p.m. – Break 2:45 p.m. – Rehearsal in Choir room3:30 p.m. – Break 4 p.m. – SICC Concert @ Main Street Baptist Church

HIGH SCHOOLMONDAY Noon – Rehearsal/sectionals2 p.m. – Break2:45 p.m. – Rehearsal/sectionals4:30 p.m. – Supper break6 p.m. – Rehearsal 6:50 p.m. – Dismiss7 p.m – Southern Miss Concert in Bennett Auditorium 8 - 10 p.m. – Mixer

TUESDAY 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Rehearsal with break 12:30 p.m. – Lunch break 2 p.m. – Rehearsal @ *Main Street Baptist Church 3:30 p.m. – Break 4 p.m. – SICC Concert @ Main Street Baptist Church

TEACHERS MONDAY12:15 p.m – Session 11:10 p.m. – Beethoven/Session 22 p.m. – Break2:45 p.m. – Session 33:30 p.m. – Session 4 4:25 p.m. – Supper break 6 p.m. – Session 5 6:50 p.m. – Dismiss7 p.m. – Southern Miss Concert/ Session 6 in Bennett Auditorium8 -10 p.m. – Mixer

TUESDAY9 a.m. – Session 79:45 a.m. – Session 810:30 a.m. – Session 911:30 a.m. – Lunch1 p.m. – Lunch/visit rehearsal @ Main Street2:15 p.m. – Visit rehearsal/Session 10 @ Main Street3:30 p.m. – Break4 p.m. – SICC Concert/Session 11 @ Main Street

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONSChoral scholarship uditions for The University of Southern Mississippi will be held on Monday from 3:30 - 5 p.m.

*DIRECTIONSMain Street Baptist Church11 Main Street Blvd. Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Across from Wesley Medical Center, directly behind Krispy Kreme.

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Registration Form Deadline: September 12, 2011

School Teacher School Address City State Zip Code School Phone FaxE-mail

Non-school/Summer Teacher Contact Information: Address Cell Phone Home Phone Home E-mail

Early Payment Option $58 per student/teacher paid in full, postmarked by Monday, September 12, 2011Number of students at $58 = TotalNumber of teachers at $58 = Total

Payment Option $66 per student/teacher paid in full, postmarked after Monday, September 12, 2011Number of students at $66 = TotalNumber of teachers at $66 = Total

Please make check or money order payable to Southern Miss Choral Activities

and return in the enclosed envelope or mail to Dr. Gregory Fuller,

The University of Southern Mississippi 118 College Drive #5081

Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

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* CEUs are not included in the teacher registration.

Student Selection Process Each high school is invited to bring two balanced SATB quartets to participate in the honor choir. Community colleges are invited to bring three balanced quartets for the community college honor choir. Students must be excellent sight-readers, have good vocal technique and display exemplary rehearsal behavior. If possible, give priority to students who will continue to sing in college. Please limit your selection to those students who read music well and work hard in rehearsal.

Scholarship AuditionNew to SICC 2011 is a chance to earn a choral scholarship to The University of Southern Mississippi for the 2012-13 academic year. Auditions are open to all high school seniors and community college students who attend SICC. Students planning to be music majors should prepare two songs—one of a fine art (or “classical”) nature and one from any style. Those planning on being music minors or who plan on not majoring in music at all should prepare one piece of a fine art (or “classical”) nature. An accompanist will be provided. A service award offer will be presented to students on Tuesday at the SICC concert.

FAQSTUDENT ATTIRE School appropriate clothing should be worn for all rehearsals, and the SICC T-shirt and jeans or khakis should be worn for the concert (no shorts for performance).

PARKING PASSESParking passes will be available three weeks prior to SICC on the Web at www.usm.edu/choirs.

CEUsCEUs are not included in the teacher registration fee and will be available at an additional cost. Teachers must attend all CEU sessions in order to receive their credits.

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SICC: The No Worries ConferenceNo auditionNo pre-purchase of musicNo rehearsal preparation

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When making your reservations, please use the conference code to receive special rates. Remember that most of the rooms have two double beds and can house four students, which brings the total cost of lodging to around $18-$22 per student, per night. Make sure to specify if you want double/double rooms or kings. Monday night is the only required night; however, some schools may want to arrive Sunday evening.

HOTELS

BAyMoNT INN 264-8380

CANDLEWooD 264-9666

CoMFoRT INN 264-1881

CoMFoRT SUITES 261-5555

CoURTyARD by MARRIoTT 268-3050

FAIRFIELD INN 296-7777

HAMPToN INN 264-8080

HILToN GARDEN INN 261-3770

HoLIDAy INN & SUITES 296-0302

LA QUINTA INN 268-2850

MICRoTEL INN & SUITES 450-1592

RAMADA INN (INN oN THE HILL) 599-2001

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