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.
Score study can seem a daunting or tedious subject to beginning conductors and overly formulaic to those with experience. This session suggests a lively approach from the world of the visual arts that keeps the process intriguing and provides a clear step-by-step method that leads the conductor quickly beyond the skills of merely navigating the […]
Dallas, TXIn this session, Jeremy Shepherd will offer practical resources, ideas, and methods that will equip you with themost crucial characteristic of a successful resume: experience! Outline I. Boosting the resume, a. Opportunities on campus, b. Opportunities in the community, c. Opportunities at local schools and churches, d. Creating unique conducing and teaching experiences, e. Conferences […]
Dallas, TXManaging a classroom is about communicating clear and consistent expectations. With fewer resources, less support from parents and administrators, and more pressure on recruiting, the success of music programs depends on classroom management more than ever. Through creative lesson planning, a high level of student responsibility, and an insistence on excellence everyday, the classroom will […]
Seattle WA.Ensemble directors are masters of collaboration within the rehearsal room, but how about outside this environment? One of the keys to a successful program in the twenty-first century is the ability to collaborate with other groups and organizations. This session outlines the four keys to collaboration: (1) Identifying/Creating a Unifying Goal; (2) Inciting a common […]
Seattle WA.This session will explore the means that are always available to us for self-refreshing, focus, and self-renewal: drawingon innate musical talent and love of music; using a variety of personal learning styles to find the essence of music; allowing personal conducting gestures to organically arise from musical ideas.
Providence, RIUsing the forces of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s Chamber Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, and student soloists, this session will identify for the conductor the necessary steps and important considerations in the rehearsal process of Bach’s masterwork. The session will illuminate the conductor’s tasks in initial, separate rehearsals of the chorus, orchestra, and soloists […]
Fort Wayne IN.
