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  • Friday, July 25, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    TCDA Registration Open
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM CST
    TODA Registration Open
  • 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Trinity Springs MS Varsity Treble Choir
  • 8:00 AM - 8:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: UNT University Singers
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - GIA Publications: New Sacred Music
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    WS - Reaching The Margins: Making Choir A Class For Everyone
  • 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM CST
    WS - Vocal Vitality: Healthy Singing for Teachers and Kids
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    PS - More Than Just a Homework App: How MakeMusic Can Be Your Teaching Partner
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CST
    Reading Session: Old Becoming New: Gems of the String Orchestra Repertoire
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    TMAA Committee on Standards of Adjudication and Performance Practices
    Presider: Gerry Miller
    TMAATCDATODA
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    HS Leadership Day - San Antonio
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM CST
    Beginning Orchestra 101
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Trinity High School Concert Treble Choir
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CST
    Headliner Session - Voicing and Seating the Choir
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Bel Cantare! Music: Finding Usable SAB Music - Where to Go?
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM CST
    WS - From Zero to Hero
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
    TODA/TCDA - Visit Exhibits
  • 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 2-A
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM CST
    Navigating New Surroundings- Success Strategies for Young Teachers
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST
    Maestro: Myth or Magic?
  • 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: UNT University Singers
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CST
    ELEM - Visit Honor Choir Rehearsals
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CST
    HS - Visit Exhibits
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CST
    MS/JH - Visit All-State Rehearsals
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Choristers Guild: School Choral Reading Session
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CST
    RS - Anthems: Hymn Arrangements for Worship & Community
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM CST
    WS - Specialized Strategies for Differentiation in the Choral Classroom
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Past President's Brunch (Invite Only)
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST
    Daring to Care
  • 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Los Jóvenes Cantantes
  • 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Trinity High School Concert Treble Choir
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    Publisher RS - Excelcia Music Publishing: Experience New Choral Music for Advanced Choirs Featuring the Music of Derric Johnson and Voctave
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    WS - From Classroom to Choir: Clever Tools to Enhance Your Children's Choir Rehearsals
  • 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM CST
    WS - Música Sin Barreras: Supporting The Emergent Bilingual In Your Music Classroom
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    Broadening the Spectrum: The Role of the Orchestra Director in Increasing Diversity
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
    PS - Transform Your Music Organization: The Presto Assistant Advantage
  • 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir - Lunch on your own
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir - Lunch on your own
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST
    TODA Retired Directors Luncheon
  • 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM CST
    Reading Session: New to PML
  • 12:00 PM - 12:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Shadow Creek High School Varsity Tenor Bass Choir
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    COLL/NEW PROFESSIONAL - Visit Exhibits
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Oxford University Press: Accessible & Beautiful: Repertoire for Mixed Voices to Encourage Connection & Growth
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    RS - There's a Song for That!
  • 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
    WS - Together We's: Together We Sing, Together We Dine, & Together We Ball (Using Choir to Build Community)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
    How to Apply For Membership in TMAA
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM CST
    Mu Omicron New Teacher Clinic: All Hands on Deck: Mastering Technique through Finger Patterns
  • 1:00 PM - 1:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Bridgeland High School Varsity Treble Choir
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Excelcia Music Publishing: Experience New Choral Music with Jamey Ray
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    RS - Contest Pieces to Captivate Your Tenor Bass Singers
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    WOR/COMM - Visit Exhibits
  • 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM CST
    WS - Are We "Warm" Yet? Intentional Use of Voice Building for Choirs
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    I'd Like to Teach the World to Play (Mariachi Harmony)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    PS - Making Your Strings Method Work for Your Situation
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
    TODA/TCDA - Visit Exhibits
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    Elementary Honor Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
    MS/JH All-State Choir Rehearsal
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM CST
    TODA Celebrations & Awards
    TODA Presider: Sundas Mohi-Truong
    TODA - MSTODA - HS
  • 2:00 PM - 2:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Los Jóvenes Cantantes
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM CST
    Headliner Session - Women in Musical Leadership
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Beckenhorst Press: Indianapolis Children’s Choir Publishing House
  • 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM CST
    WS - The Secret Sauce Chronicles: Serving Up Choir Fun
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    Student Conductor Rehearsal 2-B
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CST
    PS - Performance Solutions: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Resources for Band and Orchestra
  • 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Shadow Creek High School Varsity Tenor Bass Choir
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM CST
    ELEM/WOR/COMM - Visit Exhibits
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Hal Leonard: New Concert Music
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM CST
    WS - Advantages of Starting Your Musical Journey at a Two-Year College
  • 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM CST
    WS - Giving Back: Retired Directors Assisting New Directors - A Panel Talk
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST
    TODA/TCDA - Visit Exhibits
  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM CST
    Reading Session: JW Pepper
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CST
    Voices of Houston Rehearsal (CLOSED)
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST
    Creative and Collaborative Assessment Strategies for the Orchestra Classroom
  • 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CST
    PS - TIA & IMA Decisions? MUSICFIRST is Your Solution!
  • 4:00 PM - 4:05 PM CST
    Featured Video Performance: Texas Lutheran University Treble Choir
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM CST
    ELEM/ - Visit Exhibits
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM CST
    Publisher RS - Beckenhorst Press: The Music of Dan Forrest
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM CST
    WS - Happier Music Teacher: Like a Regular Music Teacher Only Happier
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST
    UIL PML Committee Meeting
    Presider: Gabe Musella
    UILTCDATODA
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM CST
    Conducting Lab with Jacob Harrison
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST
    PS - Raise More, Stress Less: The Simple Raise Solution!
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM CST
    Past President and ODY Happy Hour (Invitation Only)
  • 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM CST
    Affinity Space - Navigating Bias in Music Spaces: Creating Inclusive and Respectful Environments to Prevent Stereotypes and Microaggressions
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CST
    Worship Service
  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM CST
    TODA Fiesta and Silent Auction
  • 7:15 PM - 7:45 PM CST
    Voices of Houston Performance
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM CST
    TCDA Happy Hour
  • 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM CST
    TCDA Young Professional Happy Hour