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.
Rehearsal time is a precious commodity, and conductors must make difficult choices about what occupies space on a rehearsal agenda. The pressing demands of learning repertoire for performance often win out over the conductor’s need or desire to also be a music educator and a vocal pedagogue. This session explores ways to meet the musical […]
Pittsburgh PA.This session bridges the fields of speech-language pathology and choral conducting to introduce participants to manual mimicry, a tool that links the spatio-temporal parameters of hand gestures to vocal articulations. Manual mimicry offers choral conductors a new approach to facilitating the production, unification, and expressivity of vocal sounds for singing. Join speech-language pathologist and educator […]
Pittsburgh PA.Where to begin? What is the essence of a piece? What will capture student interest in a new choral piece? Octavos will be studied in terms of score preparation, what should be introduced in a first rehearsal, and what should be reinforced in subsequent rehearsals in terms of music understanding and rehearsal efficiency. Thorough preparation […]
Pittsburgh PA.While conducting master classes are invaluable experiences for participating conductors, what are the “take-aways” for the observers? What enables young conductors to move from thinking about gesture and purely technical matters to actually becoming the music and meshing the ensemble’s performance with the conductor’s inner dream? These and other questions will be considered as they […]
Pittsburgh PA.Janet Galván will share ideas about the building blocks that lead to inspiring performances in a way that engages and enlightens the singers in the process. She will provide ways of giving ownership to the singers so that the process is collaborative and singers develop musical independence. She will also demonstrate how to develop the […]
Pittsburgh PA.An effective working relationship between a conductor and pianist can greatly enhance productivity and musicality in the choral rehearsal. Discover what pianists and conductors should expect of each other as musical partners and learn strategies for making this collaboration as constructive as possible. This session, featuring members of both the choral and piano faculty of […]
Oklahoma City OK.
PO Box 1705
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
(405)232-8161
