Children's and Community Youth Choir

Welcome to ACDA Children's and Community Youth Choir Repertoire and Standards. 

We have a dynamic team of Children's and Community Youth Choir R & S leadership who are regularly working to serve all ACDA members.  Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, concerns, or suggestions on how to best serve our membership.  Your Division Chairs are also eager to serve you in any way.

Thank you for your interest in and support of ACDA Children's and Community Youth Choir Repertoire and Standards.

Robyn Lana
National Chair
ACDA Children's and Community Youth Choir Repertoire and Standards Committee

ACDA Inaugural Children's and Community Youth Conductor’s Retreat

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 16-17, 2010

In a collaborative spirit, conductors of Children's and Community Youth Choirs joined colleagues from across the United States for a weekend of networking, problem solving, mentoring, and sharing of artistry in the first ACDA Children's and Community Youth Conductor’s Retreat. The American Choral Directors Association is proud to present the following handouts compiled during the retreat.

SESSIONS
Broeker - Community Building in the Choral Rehearsal
Broeker Video Number One - click here
Broeker Video Welcome Game - click here
Broeker Video Welcome to the First - click here
Broeker Video Name Games - click here
Dwyer - Harmony in Sequence (Introducing Repertoire to Inexperienced Readers)
Ellsworth - Taking a Fresh Look at Auditions...Placement Hearings...Ensemble Placement...for Children's and Youth Choirs
Ellsworth Resound article December 2009 - Where Imagination and Reality Meet
Mathias Sightsinging- The Right to Read
Westgate and Potter - Making Music With Your Youngest Singers

CHORUS AMERICA REFERENCES
CCCR Critical Issues (Chorus America)
CCCR Recruitment (Chorus America)
The Impact of Choral Singing on Children & Youth - Chorus America Impact Study (powerpoint)

REPERTOIRE
Gems: Newer Repertoire EVERYONE Must Know!
War Horses: Classical Repertoire EVERYONE Must Know
Elsner - War Horses Database