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.
As choir directors, we can often feel like our recruitment possibilities are capped. We work hard to recruit at the beginning of the semester. Still, with every two or three gained, around the same number are lost. We can feel as though we are spinning our wheels. This session will focus on four steps for […]
Pasadena CA.This session is designed for music directors who wish to learn more about the vocal needs of transgender and non-binary individuals and who wish to create open and supportive choruses for all singers. The session focuses on terminology and the gender spectrum as well as vocal pedagogy and supportive practices for transgender and non-binary singers […]
Pittsburgh PA.Choir directors face a myriad of challenges in building their choral programs, from recruiting and retaining singers to finding repertoire, to developing the desired choral sound in their choir. Directors of non-auditioned choirs, however, face a unique challenge: establishing a unified identify for their ensemble that makes students want to sign up for their choir. […]
Oklahoma City OK.Recruiting is only the first step! School and church music programs share a vested interest in young people: first engaging them in musical activities and then retaining them as they mature. We all hope that our musical programming will make life-long musicians of our young people, but by performing works that are consciously intergenerational, we […]
Oklahoma City OK.This session will provide healthy vocal strategies for older singers. As we age vocally, we need to be reminded of good vocal technique.This workshop will include tips and suggestions for working with older singers in a variety of settings and improving tone production, breath support, and inner hearing. Vocal care will also be addressed.
Oklahoma City OK.As our culture ages, more and more singers are remaining active longer in life. Church choirs and community choruses are filled with aging singers, all of whom face challenges with their senescent, or aging, changing voices. As we are seeing an explosion of choirs for older adults, this session will explore a new and developing […]
Portland OR.
PO Box 1705
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
(405)232-8161
