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High-quality repertoire can lay the foundation for a vibrant choir program and strong community support.

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High-quality repertoire can lay the foundation for a vibrant choir program and strong community support.

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Building A Choral Culture Through Repertoire-4

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Creating positive,  collaborative relationships with our co-workers helps foster understanding of our programs. 

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Creating positive,  collaborative relationships with our co-workers helps foster understanding of our programs. 

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Choral Director
December, 2010
http://www.choraldirectormag.com/articles/roundtable/if-you-build-it-2/

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Mariner's Game
City Council Meetings
Senior's Homes

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National Honors Choirs:
Children's Choir (4th and 5th grade)
Youth Choir (6th - 8th)
Concert Women's Choir (9th - 12th)
Chamber Ensemble (SATB 9th - 12th)
Auditions in October for March Conference Concert
www.oake.org

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A collaboration between Lakeside and Overlake that has grown into something unique!

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A collaboration between Lakeside and Overlake that has grown into something unique!

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In 2015, Judy Herrington worked with Lakeside and Overlake middle school choirs for a morning workshop.

In 2016, Judy Herrington again worked with Lakeside and Overlake, and we added The Bear Creek School to the workshop day.

In May 2017, the first SingFest! concert happened, with one day of workshops for middle school, and another day of workshops for upper schools - Overlake, Lakeside, Bear Creek, and Eastside Prep brought choirs together with Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, and gave an evening concert to culminate all of our work!

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Here's a sneak peek of guest conductor Tesfa Wondemagegnehu working with our middle school choral students on Thursday.

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With guest conductor, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu
Thursday, October 19 at Lakeside - workshop with the 6th, 7th & 8th grade choirs from Overlake and Lakeside
Friday, October 20 at 7:00pm at The Overlake School - featuring the upper school choirs from Overlake, Eastside Prep, Northwest, and Lakeside.

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ACDA
American Choral Director's Association
www.acda.org

OAKE
Organization of American Kodály Educators
www.oake.org
Local chapter: NWKE (Northwest Kodály Educators)
Annual joint workshop with ACDA in January.
January 12th and 13th at SPU.

WMEA
www.wmea.org

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1490405661079556/

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informal group
great place to ask for repertoire suggestions
https://www.facebook.com/groups/226998244015546/

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Organization of American Kodály Educators
https://www.facebook.com/groups/148185548632076/

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/27471131044/

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ACDA Children & Youth Choirs Repertoire Forum

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ACDA Children & Youth Choirs Repertoire Forum

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/408679839272450/

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/128901670510020/

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Several years ago, a few of us were sitting around - at a choir rehearsal, on the beach, at a conducting workshop, or over coffee - and we kept remarking how NWAIS has no structure in place for music programs to really "connect." (Same for drama, and maybe even visual art!) We sometimes see each other at ACDA or WMEA conferences, or even at the NWAIS events, but that was about it. While a few of us have been able to join up with longstanding regional WMEA groups, we are often on a different schedule and thus are not able to consistently participate in those events. For the sake of our kids, and ourselves, we just thought it was time to bring our music into the forefront, meet one another, and make some connections!