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.
This session explores the wealth of available music for advanced women’s choirs—ranging from excellent high school groups to university and community or professional groups. The session will include repertoire lists of new and recent works, as well as significant historical works for women’s choirs, with an emphasis on lesser-known works. A sampling of scores and […]
Seattle WA.Treble and bass clef choruses should not function as the “catchall” for the singers not selected for our upper-level mixed choruses. Their importance in a thriving choral department can be seen through their unique development of vocal production, leadership capabilities, community building, and musicianship growth. This session will discuss the importance of these ensembles and […]
Sioux Falls SD.As members of an equal voice ensemble, singers in women’s choruses have the potential to collectively create vibrant sonorities. While disparities between voice size and color can make a unified sound elusive, conformity to a single tonal model may produce a generic quality that sacrifices the vitality of individual voices. Varied musicianship skills, personality types, […]
Salt Lake City, UT.The choral canon offers a seemingly small amount of Renaissance music originally written for women’s voices. However, a surge in musicological research over the last thirty years provides evidence that women in the Renaissance were engaged in active musical expression and reveals a wealth of repertoire that was performed by women’s ensembles in the sixteenth […]
Salt Lake City UT.World music provides opportunities for cultural exploration in addition to enriching an ensemble’s musical vocabulary. We will explore the processes in finding and selecting appropriate repertoire. Attendees will learn about programming, rehearsing, and performing world choral music.
Little Rock AR.
