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 a brief, remarkable period during the early part of the twentieth century, singing truly functioned as America’s pastime, bringing communities together through song. The purpose of this session is to present a historical context for how involving all people in singing should be a standard that we aspire to as a professional organization, and […]
Minneapolis MN.This session will explore all the various completions of Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626, providing comparisons, editorial procedures and opportunities to hear/sing the various differences. In addition, options for orchestration will be examined. Finally, there will be detailed discussion of late-eighteenth-century performance practices as they pertain to Mozart’s sacred music, bringing some clarity to the myriad […]
Pasadena CA.The choral tradition of the Hawaiian Islands seldom extends beyond Hawai‘i’s shores and, when it does, rarely carries with it themo‘olelo, or story and tradition that gives the music meaning. Eō, a call exclaiming, ‘I am here!,’ explores through song and word the rich, centuries-old tradition of Hawaiian choral music. This ongoing story is told […]
Pasadena CA.In a recent survey of music per-formed at ACDA National Conferences from 1960 to 2017 (Choral Journal, May 2017), less than 20% of compositions were from the Romantic period or earlier. With so many new choral titles available today, it can be easy to neglect music from earlier historical periods. Selling “old” music to young […]
Pittsburgh PA.Known as the first English oratorio, Esther is a compelling work not only for the beauty of the music but also the relevance of important issues in the narrative: a young woman, chosen for her beauty, becomes queen and accepts the task of averting genocide of her people. How does knowledge of the Jewish story […]
Pittsburgh PA.Ephrata (located near Lancaster) was settled in the eighteenth century by German-speaking religious fundamentalists. The small, celibate community produced a remarkable number of printed and music manuscript hymnals and America’s first musical treatise. Some of the solitary sisters of the community also wrote music, making them the first known female composers in America.
Pittsburgh PA.
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