2023 Nebraska All-State Chorus
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2023 ALL-STATE CHORUS CONDUCTOR BIO
Gary Packwood serves as the Program Administrator and Director of Choral Studies at Mississippi State University, where he oversees all artistic and administrative aspects of the choral area. As professor of music, he also serves as the coordinator of graduate studies in music and for 5 years coordinates the music education area.
Recognized as an inspirational and motivational conductor, pedagogue, and lecturer, Dr. Packwood has appeared throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and has conducted all-state and honor choirs in 39 states, including the 2022 Texas All-State TB Choir, ACDA Region conferences for Eastern, Midwestern, and Northwestern conferences. In 2023-2024 he will conduct all-state choirs in Georgia, Nebraska, Kansas, Alabama, and is scheduled as artist-in-residency for East Tennessee State University, Northern Iowa University, University of Colorado (Boulder), and Wagner College (NY).
Choirs under his leadership have performed at state, regional, and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Dr. Packwood has published articles in the Choral Journal, Teaching Music, the 2nd Edition of the AmeriGrove Dictionary, book chapters in GIA’s and Hal Leonard’s publications of Conducting Men’s Choirs and Choral Reflections: Insights from American Choral Conductor-Teacher, respectively. A Lifetime member of the ACDA, Dr. Packwood is a past president of Southern Region of ACDA and Southern Representative for the National Collegiate Choral Organization. His choral series and compositions are published with Santa Barbara Music Publishing, MusicSpoke, and Gentry Publications.
2023 ALL-STATE REGISTRATION AND AUDITION DATES
August 14 - September 4: All-State registration for students open ($25 application fee).
September 5 - September 11: Late registration for All-State available ($50 application fee).
September 11 @ 11:59 p.m. CST: Registration closed, no more applications accepted.
September 21 @12:00 p.m. - September 23 @ 11:59 p.m. CST: Website portal opens and closes for choral audition uploads.
October 16 @ 8:00 a.m. CST: All-State selections announced.
ALL-STATE REGISTRATION AND AUDITION UPLOADS ARE NOW CLOSED
2023 ALL-STATE CHORUS REPERTOIRE
PLEASE NOTE: We are currently working with publishers to avoid minimum order requirements and get the best price possible for our members. Currently, Poppler's Music and The Musician's Choice have said that they will provide individual packets. We have also found that the Laudaute Jehovam edited by Erich Valentin is available for download on IMSLP.
| TITLE |
COMPOSER |
VOICE PARTS |
PUBLISHER |
| Laudate Jehovam omnes gentes (sung in Latin) |
Georg Philipp Telemann / arr. Erich Valentin |
SATB |
Baerenreiter-Verlag |
| I am Loved |
Christopher H. Harris |
SATB, divisi |
Hinshaw |
| Rytmus |
Ivan Hrusovsky |
SATB, divisi |
Santa Barbara |
| There Was A Time |
Elaine Hagenberg |
SATB, divisi |
Elaine Hagenberg Music |
| I Am Glad |
Daniel Schreiner |
SATB, divisi, soloist |
Santa Barbara |
| Sa Nuit D’Été |
Morten Lauridsen |
SATB, divisi |
Peer Music Classical |
| I'll Make the Difference |
Moses Hogan |
SATB, divisi, soloists |
Hal Leonard |
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REHEARSAL TRACKS
Rehearsal tracks for the 2023 All-State Chorus are now available for purchase. NMEA is partnering with Choral Tracks again to provide rehearsal tracks for S1, S2, A1, A2, T1, T2, B1, and B2 at the cost of $14 each. Click the link below to purchase the tracks through the Choral Tracks website.
Questions about rehearsal tracks can be sent to the Executive Director at [email protected].
Teachers and students are reminded that rehearsal tracks are intended for sale to single, individual students. NMEA asks teachers to be on the honor system and not purchase a set (a "set" is one of each voice part) and distribute them to multiple students. Anyone making an individual order is asked to not share their purchased MP3s with anyone else.
REHEARSAL NOTES & PRONUNCIATIONS
Dr. Gary Packwood has provided rehearsal notes and a pronunciation guide for Sa Nuit d’Été to help guide students' preparation for the 2023 All-State Chorus repertoire. Click the links below to view the notes and pronunciation guide.
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