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.
This session will use music of Randall Thompson, Tomas Luis da Victoria, and George Frederick Handel to assist conductors in finding the inner clues often hidden in the musical notation that provide some insight into how the music should actually sound. While the repertoire for this session is written for mixed voices (soprano, alto, tenor, […]
Winston-SalemThe life of Johannes Herbst represents the first generation of the renewed Moravian Church in Europe and America. Unique among the well-traveled Moravian leadership, he lived in every significant center of Moravian life from his birth in 1735, until his death in 1812. He is buried in Winston-Salem’s Moravian cemetery. Atypical among Moravian leaders, Herbst […]
Winston-Salem, NCHow do we listen and what are we listening for in our rehearsals and concerts? Can we hear while we are thinking about what’s coming next? Does the sensory clutter allow us to be in the moment? Making decisions in the moment based upon what we hear rather than what we expect can be challenging […]
Winston-Salem, NCIsabella Leonarda (1620–1704) entered an Ursaline Convent at the age of 16. During her many years at the convent, Leonarda composed and published 200 compositions making her the most published female composer of the Baroque era. This session will introduce choral musicians to her music using examples from several of the forms listed above. In […]
Winston-Salem, NCWhile music making is essential to the choral experience, 2012 Division Conferences – Interest Sessions the meanings found by choral students in grades 7-12 are far from confined to notes, rhythms, or vocal technique. Through an engaging and empowering session using the responses of over 200 choral students, Andrea will discuss the predominant themes of […]
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