NCCO11 Conference Schedule
The NCCO11 Schedule-in-Brief is now available.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
7:00pm National Board Meeting
Thursday, November 6, 2025
8:30am Registration opens
10:30am Opening Concert Session
- Welcome and All-Conference Sing
- University of North Texas University Singers
- Biola University Chorale
12:00pm Featured Artist Session #1: Marcela Molina
Lunch
2:30pm Interest Session Choice #1
3:10pm Interest Session Choice #2
- Echoes of the Grasslands: Introducing Inner Mongolian Folk Songs for SATB Choirs
- Exploring the Intersections Between Gospel Music and European Choral Traditions
3:50pm Panel: Transformative Practices for Equity in Choral Music
4:50pm NCCO Choral Series Reading Session
- John Alexander, conductor
Dinner
7:30pm Evening Concert Session
- featuring the world premiere of NCCO's 2nd Marguerite L. Brooks Commission:
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Rosephanye Powell
- Cal State Fullerton Concert Choir
- Cal State Fullerton University Singers
10:00pm President's Reception (small gathering, by invitation)
Friday, November 7, 2025
7:00am All-Conference Run
8:00am Poster Session Breakfast
9:15am The Choral Scholar Information Session
9:45pm Morning Concert Session
Coffee Break
11:15am Conducting Masterclass & Featured Artist Session #2
- NCCO11 Graduate Conductor Fellows with Iris S. Levine, masterclass teacher
- California State University Long Beach Bob Cole Chamber Choir, masterclass choir
Lunch
2:30pm Afternoon Concert Session
4:00pm Interest Session Choice #3
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Serving Latino Choral Students Through Choral Music
- Reconceptualizing the Collegiate Choral Program in a Post-Pandemic World
4:40pm Interest Session Choice #4
- Encouraging Engagement in a Distracted World: Teaching with the Brain in Mind
- Unearthing a Lost Score: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's The Atonement
Dinner
7:30pm Evening Concert Session
- Northern Arizona University Shrine of the Ages Choir
- Introduction of 2025 Honorary Life Members
- The Aeolians of Oakwood University
10:00pm All-Conference Party
Saturday, November 8, 2025
9:45am Panel: Reimagining Transitions between Two-Year and Four-Year Colleges
Coffee Break
11:00am Interest Session Choice #5
11:45am Closing Concert Session
- NCCO12 Announcements
- Louisiana State University Tiger Glee Club
- University of Arizona Symphonic Choir
1:00pm Conference Ends