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.
Having students in your ensembles participate in voice lessons can be invaluable, but the reality is that access to these lessons is not always available or affordable. This participatory session will introduce vocal techniques, literature ideas, and rehearsal tips that will strengthen your singers’ musicality and promote healthy vocalism throughout your rehearsals. This session is […]
Boston MA.This workshop is designed to introduce outstanding Chinese choral pieces to conductors who are interested in enhancing their ability to program a variety of multicultural choral repertoire. As a native Chinese speaker, the presenter will also introduce the proper pronunciation of Chinese phonetics and their application in Chinese choral music. Due to the fact that […]
Boston MA.Vocal a cappella can open many doors for your choral singers while focusing on healthy tone production, intonation, and singing technique. It is bringing many new singers into choral music or helping them re discover choral music in a new way. It can provide opportunities to expand upon and push the boundaries within your choral […]
Boston MA.This session will focus on how the selection of literature is the crux of the choral program and the basis for all other decisions that are made throughout the academic year. This session will demonstrate the relationship between literature selection and vocal technique, music literacy, and creative opportunities for students. When developing the instrument of […]
Amy Johnston BlosserHas any book been set to music more often than the book of Psalms? For nearly three thousand years the lyrical songs in this collection have inspired the creation of glorious music: plainchant, polyphony, popular tunes, and symphonic masterworks. But what did they sound like in antiquity—in biblical times? To discover the nature of this […]
Salt Lake City, UT.Of the thousands of multi-movement or extended choral masterworks that are appropriate for ensembles at the high school or collegiate level, only a handful are regularly performed. Of these, virtually all represent Western European schools. This session will explore valuable yet under-performed programming choices that utilize creative instrumentation pairings apart from the traditional string orchestra. […]
Salt Lake City, UT.
