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.
We all love Appalachian folk songs as an integral part of our American music history, but how do we translate that high-lonesome mountain voice tradition to our ensembles? This session will cover many popular Appalachian tunes, identifying stylistic changes that can be made to existing choral arrangements to perform them within the Appalachian tradition. Dialect, […]
MinneapolisMovement and activity have a well-documented positive effect on the sound of our choirs. West African Dance is a full-body, high-energy experience requiring both coordination and communication and control of the body and the mind. During this session we will examine how singers’ bodies transform during dance and how our thinking and attention are developed […]
Minneapolis MN.Choir has been adopted as a medium for dissemination and preservation in the Arab world since the formation in Egypt of Firqatal-Musiqa al-Arabiyyah (The Arab Music Ensemble) in 1967. The notion that Arab music does not employ choir or that it only works with a solo vocalist is but one of the many misconceptions about […]
Boston MA.If you have been fearful of wading into the “deep waters” of performing Chinese choral music, this session will get you started on the path to discovering, and using, the tools that will unlock your adventure into this new and rewarding experience. First, a brief overview of the choral music repertoire in China will be […]
Kansas City MO.Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) established himself as the most influential Brazilian composer of his generation and beyond. His prolific output reveals his desire to improve the level of music education in Brazil during the second quarter of the twentieth century and develop a true national style. At the core of his musical language are his famous […]
Kansas City MO.This session is intended for choral musicians at the advanced high school, college, and university level. The presenter will discuss standard South African repertoire representing the major language groups in South Africa apart from Afrikaans and English. The following concepts will be discussed: movement and song, use of traditional instruments, distinctive “click” sounds and performance […]
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