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.
The VOCES8 Method is an innovative and energizing start to the school day designed to engage large groups or whole schools in musical activities that stimulate the brain and prepare students with a particular focus on numeracy, literacy, and linguistics. The book is based on research by the Institute of Education in London. In this […]
Salt Lake City UT.A melody-based curriculum will connect the student’s prior experience with the world of theory, providing a sound beginning for performers, teachers, students, and listeners. The “singing classroom” begins with folk tunes of many kinds, performing them well, and discussing what makes them memorable. Upon progressing to group improvisation and writing, the class learns theoretical practice […]
Salt Lake City UT.Four experts in choral music pedagogy will lead this session. Each will present views of current issues in choral music education, with emphasis on how collegiate methods courses can be revised to foster the needed changes. Specific recommendations will be offered with regard to methods course curricula, instruction, assessment (edTPA, etc.),and increasingly rigorous requirements for […]
Salt Lake City UT.Implementing the national standards into the choral rehearsal continues to be a difficult task for many high school choir directors. Ideas will be presented for meeting each of the national standards during a typical choral rehearsal. Practical solutions to classroom management, planning time, and assessment will be presented.
Little Rock AR.Since the creation of the National Standards for Music Education in 1994, choral music educators have been distinctly responsible for singing varied repertoire (Standard 1) and for studying the relationships between music and world/historical cultures (Standard 9). Concurrently we have enjoyed an influx of great choral repertoire for school, community, and church choirs from around […]
Des Moines IA.Improve your singer’s ear for intonation and sight-reading skills by teaching solfeggio from a harmonic perspective. This session outlines a process developed by the presenter in response to frustration with unsuccessful attempts to improve intonation and sight-singing ability through other methods. By teaching solfege syllables as part of traditional harmonic progressions, students are able to […]
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