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.

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Analyze This! Empowering Your Choir to Become Critical, Creative Musicians

How does the conductor nurture a spirit of collaboration within a choir, making singers a vital and respected part of the creative process? By giving the choir the tools to dig deeper into the music and understand the composer’s craft. Foster this conductor-singer collaboration by inviting your choir to think critically about their music, allowing […]

Sioux Falls, SD
Richard Robbins





Composers Who Conduct/Conductors Who Compose

Brahms did it, Mahler did it, Bach did it… why shouldn’t you? Many of us write for our groups or think about writing for our groups. What’s stopping you? A panel of conductor-composers speaks about their experiences and offers ways you can get started or improve your skills.

Boston MA.
Julian Wachner, Andrea Ramsey



Composers in the Mist: How, Where, and When to Publish

The conversation about publication is one clouded in possibilities: How do I submit my writing to publishing firms? What are the advantages of traditional publication vs. independent publication? What are concerns over copyright and distribution of music in a changing world of YouTube and Spotify?

Boston MA.
Theodore Presser, C4, EC Schirmer Publishing, NoteNova.com



Choral Composition Master Class

This is an open master class where the runners-up of the student Brock competition will have their pieces sung by C4 and critiqued by mentor composers.

Boston MA.
Steven Sametz, Steven Stucky



Children of Our Time

Composers—particularly choral composers—are often called to respond to events of our time. They can give voice to our communal feeling and offer healing. Pulitzer Prizewinner Steven Stucky joins Steven Sametz, Thomas Lloyd, and Reena Esmail to discuss Take Him Earth, A Child’s Requiem, Bonhoeffer, and Earth Speaks—works that enter into dialogue with some of the […]

Boston MA.
Steven Stucky