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 choral conductor/educators on the hunt for hidden gems, music by seventeenth-century Italian women presents an untapped gold mine. Convents were hotbeds of musical activity, housing internationally renowned choirs and composers whose beautiful, accessible music has been buried in libraries for centuries. This session will introduce the music written by four of these Italian women […]
Kansas City MO.This session will focus on quality repertoire for sopranos and altos still with complex subjects and intricate texts our singers crave—but accessible musically for less-experienced groups or for advanced ensembles with smaller numbers. Repertoire will take into account the challenges we often face when programming,including divisi, independence of voice lines, ranges, and harmonic/rhythmic complexity that […]
Kansas City MO.Adolescent voices are in an almost constant state of change throughout much of middle school, high school, and early college. While the boys’ changing voice is the most commonly discussed and studied, girls’ voices change as well. Singers who identify as LGBTQ, particularly transgender singers, may face an additional voice change that many conductors/teachers feel […]
Oklahoma City OK.This session aims to empower adolescent female singers and validate their voice change experiences at a very pivotal point in their lives; to reinforce that females, too, can persevere through this challenging developmental process; and to stress the importance of the choral teacher’s role in navigating this experience for female choristers. Discussion will include an […]
Minneapolis MN.Men’s and women’s choirs are often considered beginner ensembles in major choral programs across the country. As a result, singers placed in these groups may view themselves as inferior. Such a perception can be detrimental to the success of these ensembles and should be avoided from the very beginning. This session will explore different approaches […]
Kansas City MO.
PO Box 1705
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
(405)232-8161
