2026 CBDNA/NBA Eastern Division Conference
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thursday, March 19
1:00pm
REGISTRATION OPENS
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
1:30pm
SPECIAL OPENING SESSION: Latin American Conductors Panel
Matthew Westgate, moderator
Luis Castro, Jose Ignacio Blesa-Lull, Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila, conductors
Bezanson Recital Hall
Matthew Westgate, moderator
Luis Castro, Jose Ignacio Blesa-Lull, Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila, conductors
Bezanson Recital Hall
2:30pm
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
Fresh Fruit/Cheese & Crackers (available 2:30-4:30pm)
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
3:00pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
4:15pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
5:15pm
DINNER BREAK
7:00pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
8:15pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
9:30pm
RECEPTION
University of Massachusetts Wind Studies, sponsor
Old Chapel
Friday, March 20
8:30am
REGISTRATION OPENS
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
9:00am
Building an Inclusive Concert Environment through Sensory-Friendly Programming
Teresa Purcell Giles, William Patterson University (NJ)
Bezanson Recital Hall
Teresa Purcell Giles, William Patterson University (NJ)
Bezanson Recital Hall
10:00am
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 419
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 421
10:30am
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 419
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 421
11:00am
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 419
Bezanson Recital Hall
11:30am
LUNCH BREAK
1:00pm
SPECIAL SESSION: Latin Dance Forms and Dance Lesson (Bring shoes you can move in!)
Dr. Neri Torres, Amherst College; University of Massachusetts Amherst Dance Faculty (MA)
Old Chapel
2:30pm
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
Fresh Fruit/Cheese & Crackers (available 2:30-4:30pm)
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
3:00pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
4:15pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
5:30pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
6:30pm
DINNER BREAK
8:15pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
9:30pm
Informal Gathering
Saturday, March 21
8:30am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST BUFFET
(available 8:30-10:30am)
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
9:00am
SESSION: The Pedagogy of Intonation
Lauren Reynolds, University of Delaware (DE); Thomas Reynolds, The U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own"
Lauren Reynolds, University of Delaware (DE); Thomas Reynolds, The U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own"
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 419
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 421
9:30am
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
(Continental Breakfast buffet continues)
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
10:00am
Bezanson Recital Hall
11:00am
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 419
Bromery Center for the Arts - Room 421
11:30am
LUNCH/CBDNA Business Meeting
Old Chapel
1:30pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
2:45pm
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall
3:45pm
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
Bezanson Recital Hall Lobby
4:00pm
CLOSING SESSION: The Latin American Initiative and Connections to the 2027 National Conference
Bezanson Recital Hall
5:00pm
Luis Alberto Castro, conductor
Eric Melley, Band coordinator
Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall