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.
Jewish music is often underrepresented in American choral music. However, the United States is home to one of the two largest Jewish communities in the world, concentrated heavily in the Northeast corridor. To connect with this significant community in America’s rich cultural tapestry, there are multiple avenues for your choruses to build bridges with Jewish […]
Pittsburgh PA.Sephardic Jews are descendants of Spain where Ladino was the spoken language. Ashkenazi Jews come from the “Pale of Settlement” in Eastern Europe where Yiddish was the vernacular. This session will introduce and explore a sampling of the choral repertoire available in these two languages, each a hybrid language of its own. Ladino is similar […]
Minneapolis MN.A special Music & Worship session at the 2013 ACDA Conference in Dallas will feature contemporary and classic Jewish choral repertoire. Choral and congregational singing will interweave with lecture blasts about the selections. Nick Strimple and session planner Coreen Duffy will explain the traditional context of the choral literature presented, and will suggest new and […]
Dallas, TX
PO Box 1705
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
(405)232-8161
