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Building Bridges
Transforming Lives
Power of
Music
Carnegie Hall, New York
Choirs of America - Nationals for
Top Choirs
Master Conductors
Z. Randall Stroope is one of the most active choral conductors and composers working today,
conducting recently at the American School in Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral (England),
Berliner Dom (Germany), Salzburger Dom (Austria), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts and National Presbyterian Cathedral (Washington, D.C.), Carnegie
Hall (New York), and four performances at the Vatican in the past three years. As a composer,
Stroope has published 125 musical works (instrumental, solo voice, and choral), and sells
over a quarter million copies each year from his own catalog (zrandallstroope.com), as well
as other U.S and English publishers. Dr. Stroope is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at
Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where he conducts the Concert Chorale,
Chamber Choir, and Women’s Chorus. He is also the head of the Choral and Vocal Studies
Z. Randall Stroope
Division and coordinates the undergraduate and graduate choral conducting program.
April 15-16, 2021
Jeffery Redding, Director of Choral Activities at West Orange High School, Winter Garden,
Florida, has led his choirs in performances at State, Regional, and National conventions of
the American Choral Directors’ Association (ACDA). West Orange choirs have earned first
place awards at festivals in California, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. Dr. Redding
is in demand as a guest conductor and lecturer. He has conducted the ACDA National High
School Honor Choir, the Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, and All-State and Honor choirs
throughout the US. In 2014, he was the only American adjudicator at the International Choral
Festival, Verona, Italy. Dr. Redding directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their 2005
spring broadcast. He was featured as guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall,
Jeffery Redding Kennedy Center, and Orchestra Hall on numerous occasions. He has been honored to give the
prestigious TEDx Talk.
April 22-23, 2021
Rollo Dilworth is the Chair of Music Education and Music Therapy, and Professor of Choral
Music Education, at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. More than
150 of Dilworth’s choral compositions and arrangements have been published—many of which
are a part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series with Hal Leonard Corporation.
Additional publications can be found in the catalogs of Santa Barbara Music Publishing and
Colla Voce Music, Inc. Dilworth is a contributing author for the Essential Elements for Choir
and the Experiencing Choral Music textbook series, both published by the Hal Leonard
Corporation/Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publications, and for Music Express! Teachers Magazine. A
frequent presenter at local, state, regional and national conferences, Dilworth has conducted
Rollo Dilworth 43 all-state choirs at various levels, and has conducted 6 regional honor choirs and 4 national
honor choirs (ADCA, OAKE and NAfME).
May 1-2, 2021
Custom Tours
The COA Nationals for Top Choirs has become the top destination for choral programs
looking for the highest magnitude choral festival experience available today. Since the first
COA Nationals in New York City and Carnegie Hall featuring Anton Armstrong as Master
Conductor in 2013, the program has grown quickly.
Our mission is “to engage, inspire, and educate choirs” from across the country by
bringing them in contact with the finest conductors, composers, and educators in
the industry. Each event is grounded in the belief that collaboration is far better than
competition. Each program emphasizes high level educational adjudications, full one-hour
clinics, and amazing performance opportunities hand-in-hand with collaborative interaction
with other choirs and teaching artists.
Moreover, you and your Choir will have the opportunity to study with one of America’s
finest choral conductors, perform world-premieres with well-known composers, and
engage in clinics and workshops with our incredible teaching faculty is an incredibly
powerful experience. It is our strong belief that the ability to learn collaboratively with other
choirs broadens horizons and expands perspectives.
PROGRAM SUMMARY
Day 1
Today, each participating choral program will benefit from an adjudicated performance of
their own repertoire, followed by an engaging, one-hour clinic with one of COA’s Master
Clinicians. Everyone will also enjoy a scheduled observational opportunity, along with
engaging workshops for ALL participants. Scheduled workshops include:
• xChange – A Meeting of Voices (during which choirs from across the country interact
with and sing for each other)
• Broadway 101 workshop (join our Broadway faculty for an engaging, energetic look at
the world of musical theater)
Day 2
The COA National’s Master Conductor takes over today for fun and educational massed
choir rehearsals. Following rehearsals, all participating choirs will perform during an awe
inspiring prism concert in world-famous Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall. During the
concert, choral programs bringing 45 or more singers will have the opportunity for a
“spotlight performance” on their own… and ALL participants will perform as one of two
massed choirs. The concert wraps with an amazing all-choir world premiere finale written
by the Composer-in-Residence especially for this event.
Optional pre/post festival overnights and activities can be arranged and customized to
each choir’s exact specification.
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