Church/Community Honor Choir
Information
Step 1:
Complete the REGISTRATION FORM
(Participation fee of $60 due upon registration)
Step 2:
If you are not choosing to purchase your music through the registration form, please purchase and practice the music for performance on your own.
Step 3:
Reserve a hotel room at University Plaza Hotel
LOCATIONS
First and Calvary Presbyterian Church
820 E Cherry St, Springfield, MO 65806
Payment or Registration Issues??
Contact: Jana Fox
Procedural Questions??
Contact Jason Martin jasonmartincountry@gmail.com
Note: MCDA does not offer refunds in the event the singer cannot attend.
July 23-24, 2025
University Plaza Hotel, Springfield, MO
Event Information
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, July 23
6:00pm-6:45pm Registration at First and Calvary Church Atrium
7:00pm-9:00pm Rehearsal at the church
9:00pm-10:30pm Beer Choir at Hold Fast Brewing (optional)
Thursday, July 24
9:15am-12:00pm Rehearsal at the hotel
12:15pm-1:45pm President’s lunch at the hotel
2:00pm-4:00pm Rehearsal at the hotel
6:15pm Line-up for the performance
6:30pm Banquet performance
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Concert attire is all black: shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, shoes, etc.
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You will need to have a black binder and pencil with you at all times. Water is highly recommended for rehearsals.
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The only meal as part of your conference package will be the President’s lunch on Thursday.
Repertoire
Title | Composer | Publisher | Voicing |
|---|---|---|---|
Come By Here | Kyle Pederson | SATB | |
Gather at the River | arr. Susan LaBarr | SATB | |
Hlohonolofatsa | arr. Daniel Jackson | SATB | |
The Shelter of Shalom | Craig Courtney | SATB | |
There is More Love Somewhere | Adam & Matt Podd | SATB | |
This Little Light of Mine | arr. Robert Gibson | SATB |
MCDA Church & Community
Honor Choir
Meet the Clinician
Jonathan Palant
Jonathan Palant is Associate Dean of the Arts and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at Dallas and is founder and conductor of both Credo, a 150-member community choir, and the Dallas Street Choir, a musical outlet for those affected by homelessness.
In June 2016, Dr. Palant made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut performing with renowned artists Frederica von Stade, Harolyn Blackwell, Jake Heggie, and Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz.
From 2007-2011, he served as Artistic Director of Dallas’ Turtle Creek Chorale. Prior to that, Palant held collegiate teaching positions at Western Kentucky University and Madonna University, Livonia, Michigan. He taught secondary choral music at University School, an all-boys independent school in Cleveland, Ohio, and San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California.
Dr. Palant currently serves as president emeritus of the National Alliance for Music In Vulnerable Communities, Repertoire and Standards Chair for the Southwest American Choral Directors Association (SWACDA), and sits on the board of directors of the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses. He has also served on the state board of the Michigan chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and Youth First Texas where he was founder and conductor of Dallas PUMP!, a choir serving at-risk youth.
In late 2017, the Dallas Morning News named Palant one of nine “Texan of the Year” finalists, and in 2016, Musical America named him one of their “Innovators of the Year” for establishing the Dallas Street Choir.
Both Palant’s book, Brothers, Sing On! Conducting the Tenor-Bass Choir, and The Jonathan Palant Choral Series are published by the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Dr. Palant holds degrees from Michigan State University, Temple University, and the University of Michigan.
