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It’s About the Phrase…LIVE!

This is an introduction to the weekly ACDA video feature “It’s About the Phrase.” It is intended to provide choral conductors with an opportunity to hear small fragments of choral performances for the purpose of comparing different ways to phrase the same piece of music.

Little Rock AR.
Scott W. Dorsey



A Paradigm Shift: Teaching Beginning Conductors to Develop Creativity, Musicianship, and Ownership Before Traditional Patterns

Attendees will experience an interactive and hands-on approach to experimenting with sound,alignment, gesture, and creative conducting pedagogy in this paradigm-shifting approach. The process recommended here is aimed at relieving all students of self-consciousness and putting them in a position of always being “right” in early lessons by enabling them to make musical decisions and take […]

Kansas City MO.
Rodney Eichenberger, Jason Paulk



Let it Go: Building Community and Musicianship through Movement

In this interactive session, Janet Galván will share strategies to incorporate movement and small group work within the ensemble to engage and inspire singers during rehearsals. She will demonstrate many ways to give ownership to the ensemble members so that the process is collaborative and singers develop musical independence and employ critical thinking. She will […]

Kansas City MO
Janet Galván



The Engaged Singer: Ways to Create Expressive Performances

Many choirs struggle with communicating expressively. However, studies show that a visually expressive ensemble will come across as more engaging for their audience. Having a “full bodied” performance can bring a choir’s singing to the next level and create an engaging performance for an audience member. Through storytelling, movement, games, and imitation, this session discusses […]

Kansas City MO.
Daniel Gutierrez



Performance Practice of Latin American Choral Music

This session explores aspects of performance practice of Latin American choral music, focusing on style, tone production, articulation, instrumentation, and rhythm. This session addresses issues of diversity as it targets two goals: 1) it explores the music from many regions of Latin America, and 2) it empowers our colleagues to work with a diverse membership.

Kansas City MO.
Cristian Grases



Mozart’s K. 626: Requiem, But No Rest

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.
Bruce Chamberlain



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