American Choral Directors Association

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Choral Journal

January 2025

Preview of the 2025 ACDA National Conference



November/December 2024

-Music, Dialogue, and Empathy
-An Interview with Stephen Cleobury
-Everyday Social Change
-Singing through the “Sick Season”
-R&R Collegiate Choirs
-On the Road Again
-Rehearsal Break
-Orff Schulwerk in Middle School Ensembles



October 2024

-A Methodical Approach to Burnout Management
-A State of Stress: Self-Care Strategies
-Advocacy for the Choral Art
-Everyday Advocacy
-The Keys to Collaboration
-A Conversation with Judy Bowers
-Creating an Adaptive Choir
-Collaboration Spotlights
-Get to Know the ACDA National Standing Committees



September 2024

-William Dawson: An Introduction
-William Dawson: An Interview with Mark Malone
-William L. Dawson’s Legacy of Care
-Dawson Book Review
-Dawson Choral Reviews
-On the Voice
-Unison Singing
-The Choral Style of Derek Healey



August 2024

-Irish Choral Music: Problems and Possibilities
-Building Collective Inspiration in a College Choir
-Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles
-Strategies and Tips for Early-Career Teachers
-Energizing the Choral Rehearsal
-Recap: 2024 Children & Community Youth Choral Conductors’ Retreat
-Extracurricular Experiences that Supplement the Choral Music Education Degree
-Going Confidently into Retirement



June/July 2024

-Bruckner’s Mass in F Minor
-An Exploration of Bruckner’s Two Settings of Um Mitternacht
-The Motets of Anton Bruckner
-Incorporating Movement in Choral Performance
-Directing Choirs at the Perkins School for the Blind
-Book Reviews