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  • Thursday, July 16, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM CST
    TCDA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Alfred Music: You Belong: Building Community in Choir
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Excelcia: Experience New Music for Developing Choirs
  • 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM CST
    TODA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM CST
    New Teacher Academy
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Heritage Music: Kindness: A Choral Reading Session
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CST
    WS - From the Loft to the Heart: Building Confidence in the Church Choir
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CST
    WS - Sight Reading: Yay!
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Reading Session: Grade .5-2
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Cello Hardy Party
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Student Conductor Meeting

    TCDA Clinician: Dr. James Han – Lamar University

    TCDA Clinician: Michelle Roueché – University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    WS - Striking Gold: Mining Choral Music Texts
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    TCDA Visit Exhibits
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    TMAA Vocal Workshop
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CST
    Harmony Director for Orchestra Directors: Introduction and Everyday Uses
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    TODA Visit Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Student Conductor Full Rehearsal
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    Headliner Session - Soulful Solfege
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Chorister's Guild: Church Choral Session
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    RS - PML: CSI (Choral Score Investigation) - From Committee Chairs to Choral Community and the Hidden Gems on the List
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    WS - A World of Free Repertoire: Old Church Slavonic Diction and the Texas Choral Program
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Affinity Space 1
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Fresh Ink: Discovering New Music
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
    Jazz Pedagogy for Orchestral Strings
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Alliance Music: New Publications
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Hal Leonard: Choral Spectrum Live! New Music for Beginning and Developing Choirs
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    The Singing Table: Directors Gathering
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    WS - Baby Music Teachers--Unite! Navigating Your First Years with Confidence
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    Invited Ensemble Warm-up
  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    TMAA Orchestra Workshop
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST
    Feeling vs. Doing; Finding and Releasing Hidden Physical and Mental Tension in the Classroom and Beyond.
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST
    Mu Omicron New Teacher Clinic: Level Up Your Teaching: Blending Strengths for Breakthrough Results
  • 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM CST
    Rhythm in My Bones: Unlocking the Rhythm Within Using Principals of Konnakol
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    Headliner Session: A Taste of the Philippines: Materials for Classroom and Choir
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Bel Cantare! Music: Beginning to Intermediate
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    WS - Simplifying French & German Vowels for Your Choir
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    WS - The Six Rs of Creating a Vibrant and Successful Choir Program
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal
  • 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Registration
  • 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Registration
  • 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Performance - Mariachi Orgullo y Tradicion
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM CST
    Headliner Session - Leadership in Action: Building Confidence, Communication, and Rehearsal Culture
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    New Professionals Meet Up
  • 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CST
    TODA General Session & Featured Performance by Mariachi Orgullo y Tradicion
  • 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    WS - Building an Applied Voice Class to Build Individual Musicians - Dameron Growe
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    HS Leadership Day Training
    HS
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    TCDA Visit Exhibits
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Segundo Barrio: Dress Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    TMAA Mariachi Workshop
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Parent/Chaperone Meeting
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Parent/Chaperone Meeting
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    WS - The Life of a Showgirl...I Mean Choir Director
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Café Talk 1
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Reading Session: Old Becoming New: Gems of the String Orchestra Program
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    TAME - Invited Ensemble Clinic
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir - Alto Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir - Soprano Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Alto Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Bass Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Soprano Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Tenor Sectional Rehearsal
  • 4:30 PM - 5:15 PM CST
    TODA Visit Exhibits
  • 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM CST
    Discovering the Secrets of UIL Through Quantitative Analysis
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    TCDA Opening Convocation: Segundo Barrio Children's Chorus Concert, Award Presentations, TCDA Business, & Raffle
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM CST
    Fundamental Foundations: A Progressive Method for Beginners
  • 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM CST
    Reading Session: IDEA Committee
  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM CST
    JW Pepper & TODA Welcome Social & Instrumental Open Mic Night
  • 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: VIP Reception for TCDA Clinicians, Conductors, Accompanists, and Committee Chairs (Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM CST
    TCDA Social: Starlight Soirée & Silent Auction