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.
How do you get the most out of a choir who is sick of looking at you? In every setting we often hit a ceiling after a certain amount of time as their director. Either you’re reusing the same tricks, they’ve already heard that story twice, you’ve gone to the well on that anthem too […]
Louisville KY.As directors, many of us want to write for our own choirs but struggle with the question “Am I a Composer?” Three of the country’s most respected conductor-composers share their stories about how they moved into composition from conducting, and offer strategies for getting started with your choirs.
Minneapolis MN.Conducting and singing are both highly athletic, a balancing act of tension and relaxation. Singers absorb incredible amounts of information from conductors, conscious and subconscious. Given that, what are we showing our singers through our use of our body? Is our gesture as fluid, organic, graceful, and clear as we would like? Are we able […]
Minneapolis MN.This session will consider a synthesis of three ideas: 1. self-understanding and realization, 2. issues of ownership, 3. shepherding and vulnerability. We will explore whether these ideas can be used in tandem to redefine our ensemble paradigm, what it means to be a conductor in the day-to-day grind of rehearsals, and whether there are ways […]
Minneapolis MN.As artists in the creative field, we need to embrace the right mindset to make sure we’re always learning, growing, and being as effective as we can be with our work. Timothy C. Takach has co-founded the professional vocal group Cantus and the music publisher Graphite Publishing, and his work as a composer has risen […]
Minneapolis MN.A workshop utilizing T’ai Chi Chih movements will be used to find the “Vital Force” (Tan-Tien) within, featuring the centering, balance, and core-strengthening techniques needed to become a strong conductor or solo artist. There are nineteen movements involved in T’ai Chi Chih, and approximately ten will be explored over the course of three morning sessions. […]
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