NANM: Marching Towards Our Musical Destiny, 96th Annual Convention, Sheraton Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD, Convention Schedule

Convention Schedule

Sunday, July 19, 2015

11:00a-2:30p Registration

3:00pm General Mass Meeting
(Facilitator: Geraldine Boone)
Location: Shiloh Baptist Church | 1500 Ninth Street Northwest | Washington, DC

7:30pm Piano Scholarship Competition
(Facilitator: Marvin Curtis)

10:00pm NANM After Dark


Monday, July 20, 2015

9:00a-5:00p Registration

8:00-9:15a Board Meeting

9:30a-10:45a General Session
Roll Call of Branches
President’s Address
Banner Parade


11a-12:30p Workshop I – Piano Master Class
(Facilitator: Leon Bates)

12 noon-1:30p Workshop II – Strategic Plan Presentation and Lunch Talkback Session

(Facilitators: Sylvia Hollifield & Anne-Marie Hudley)

1:30pm-3p Workshop III – GIA Choral Reading Session
(Facilitator: James Abbington)

3:15p-5p Workshop IV – A Workshop with Karen Walwyn
(Facilitator: Karen Walwyn)

3-4:30p Convention Chorus Rehearsal
(Facilitator: Orville Lawton)

7:30p Gala Concert featuring Leon Bates & Richard Smallwood with Martina Arroyo, Kenneth Kellogg, Asha Lindsey and Kevin Short

Location: Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School | 101 "N" Street, NW | Washington, DC

10:00p NANM After Dark


Tuesday, July 21, 2015

9:00a-5:00p Registration

8-9:15a Regional Meetings
9:30a General Session
Nominations

10:30a-Noon Workshop V – Roland Hayes: The Legacy of an American Tenor

(Facilitator: Robert Sims and Dr. Christopher Brooks)

12:30-1:30p Collegiate / Young Artists Midday Interlude
(Facilitator: Daniel Washington)

2:00-3:30p Workshop VI – A Tribute to Ben Holt featuring Kevin Short, Bass

(Facilitator: Cliff Jackson)

3:00-4:30p Convention Chorus Rehearsal
(Facilitator: Orville Lawton)

5:00-6:30p Collegiate / Young Artist Concert
(Facilitator: Daniel Washington)

8:00p Convention Concert featuring Artists from the Greater Washington DC Area

10:00p NANM After Dark


Wednesday, July 22, 2015

8:00-9:15a Board Meeting

9:00a-1:00p Elections / Registration

10:30a-Noon Workshop VIII – Music of Roland Carter
(Facilitator: Roland Carter)

Noon-1:30p Workshop IX – Strategic Plan Presentation and Lunch Talkback Session
(Facilitators: Sylvia Hollifield & Anne-Marie Hudley)

12:15-1:15p Collegiate / Young Artists Midday Interlude
(Facilitator: Daniel Washington)

1:30-3:00p Workshop X – William Warfield Vocal Master Class
(Facilitator: Martina Arroyo)

3:00-5:00p Youth/Junior Concert
(Facilitator: Nina Scott & David Robinson)

3:00-5:00p Convention Chorus Rehearsal (Facilitator: Orville Lawton)

6:30p Cocktail Hour with NANM Honorees and Board Members

7:30p Gala Award Banquet honoring Martina Arroyo, Raymond Jackson,
Richard Smallwood, Maestro Willie Anthony Waters & Charlotte Holloman

10:00p NANM After Dark


Thursday, July 23, 2015

9:00-10:00a Memorial Service
(Facilitator: Janesia Fuller-Mosley)

9:00a-10:00a Convention Chorus Rehearsal
(Facilitator: Orville Lawton)

10:15a-11:45a Convention Chorus Concert

(Facilitator: Orville Lawton)

12noon-2:00p Closing Luncheon
Election Results
Installation of Officers
Life Members Recognition

2:30p-4:00p Closing Board Meeting