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.
For the past fifteen years, choral composer Jim Papoulis has traveled biennially to the Chicagoland area to engage the North Shore Country Day School Lower School Chorus in three-day songwriting workshops. Based on ethnographic research conducted during the 2017 Songwriting Workshop, this session will explore the process of collective songwriting in the choral music classroom […]
Chicago IL.Middle school is a crossroads of music education for today’s students. It is at this stage of education that we can hook them into a musical path or lose them. The ability to recruit singers is the lifeline of any choral program. Learn from master teachers on how they have utilized classic and new recruitment […]
Minneapolis MN.Looking for great repertoire to acquaint your younger singers with jazz but struggling to find exactly what you need? While the body of jazz choral repertoire for mixed voices is growing, appropriate, quality repertoire for younger voices may be a challenge to find. Additionally, young singers often do not have experience or background with jazz, […]
Minneapolis MN.The Renaissance era provided us with many works that are both wonderful teaching pieces and beautiful works of art. What can we do to make this repertoire more available to young choral musicians? This session will demonstrate how early music can be more accessible for children’s, middle, and high school choirs with the use of […]
Kansas City MO.The basics of making a paradigm shift in how we do music in worship are most fascinating. With a philosophical shift in the traditional understanding of working with you that church, in music/arts, one can have a successful music/arts program with as many students as a facility can handle. Recruiting (students and teachers), budget preparation, […]
Kansas City MO.How can we achieve an optimal vocal sound from our students? Learn how movement, solfège, vocalises, vowel choice, conducting gestures, and repertoire can transform the sound of your classroom singers and elementary choir. Hear the results as demonstrated on video clips from Theresa Derr’s non-auditioned school choir of students in grades 3-5.
Kansas City MO.
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