American Choral Directors Association
The mission of ACDA is to inspire excellence and nurture lifelong involvement in choral music for everyone through education, performance, composition and advocacy.
Choral directors today must serve not only as choral director but also as voice teacher. Yet some choral directors—particularly those for whom voice was only a secondary instrument—feel unprepared to truly take on the role of the choir’s voice teacher, fearing that they are unprepared or unable to help their choristers find and develop their […]
Baltimore MD.When conductors give choral singers opportunities to make creative contributions during rehearsals, singers become more invested in their own learning. Conductors can transform the singer’s experience from one of passivity to that of active involvement by allowing ideas to originate from members who help themselves achieve ensemble goals. Conductors begin this by creating an open […]
Baltimore MD.The ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program (ICEP) was inaugurated in 2010 with a successful exchange with Cuba coinciding with the 2012 division conferences. In 2014 this extraordinary program will work with China and our partner, the China Chorus Association, to provide once again the opportunity to create meaningful international collaborations that will coincide with all […]
Baltimore MD.Download the complete issue. (13 MB)eCJ (Digital Choral Journal) ARTICLES Musical Settings of War Texts in Two Twentieth-Century British Choral Works, Part 1 by William Skoog The Complex Ancestry of We Shall Overcome by Victor V. Bobetsky The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 – 1972) by Donald George, Lucy Mauro, James Johnston, and Heather Eyerly […]
Download the complete issue. (22MB)eCJ (Digital Choral Journal) ARTICLES International Conductors Exchange Program: Building Bridges to Chinaby T.J. Harper Eastern Division Conference Preview Western Division Conference Preview Central Division Conference Preview Southern Division Conference Preview Northwestern Division Conference Preview North Central Division Conference Preview Southwestern Division Conference Preview
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