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 will focus on the musical, emotional, and expressive development of choral singers through the integration of the vocal/physical connection in rehearsal and performance. The session will include demonstration and discussion of how building “body-voices” allows singers to feel, express, and understand the deep meaning in the music they are singing. Through the gentle […]
Madison, WIThe conductors of the Czech Boys Choir and Young Men’s Ensemble will provide an in-depth picture of the ensembles. They will address topics such as recruitment, vocal development of technique for unchanged and changing voices, and boychoir performance practices. They will also introduce central European choral music by contemporary composers suitable for boys choirs.
Madison, WIThis session will offer conductors some of the key techniques for studying and marking scores including phrasing, breathing schemes, dynamics, tempos changes, and rubato considerations etc. These techniques will lead to expressive interpretation based on the elements of music and text, resulting in precise and expressive conducting techniques and a more rewarding performance for ensemble […]
Seattle WA.The choral community has shown a tremendous interest in world music, particularly music with rhythmic roots. This session is designed to give participants an experience of singing choral music from African and Gospel roots. Participants will become the “demo” choir in order to explore characteristics such as improvisation, spontaneous part-singing, flexible forms, and more. Performance […]
Seattle WA.
