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.
When conductors give choral singers opportunities to make creative contributions during rehearsals, singers become more invested in their own learning. Conductors can transform the singer’s experience from one of passivity to that of active involvement by allowing ideas to originate from members who help themselves achieve ensemble goals. Conductors begin this by creating an open […]
Baltimore MD.This session will concentrate on how to use dynamics, phrasing, articulation, and rubato to highlight each vocal line in order to achieve rhythmic and melodic independence. It is hoped that these guidelines will offer conductors and students the knowledge through which they can project a range of expressivity inherent in each independently flowing polyphonic voice […]
Dallas, TXFrom crackling consonants to rich, uniform vowels, quick, easy, outside-the-box choral techniques to break the orchestral sound barrier. These ideas are a synthesis of thirty years with the Cleveland and San Francisco Symphony Choruses gleaned from Robert Shaw, Atlanta, Margaret Hillis, Chicago, and Robert Page, Cleveland Orchestra Choruses. Learn special color effects from printed examples […]
Dallas, TXWell … just shift! Are the countless teaching demands wearing you down? Does it seem the surroundings of our teaching world have changed and the approaches you have used in the past are becoming less effective? Well, maybe it’s time for a paradigm shift. Making changes to your approach to discipline, communication, administration, and rehearsal […]
Dallas, TXExplore the world of Latin American Rhythms including the nuances, regional variances, and ways that will help teach these rhythms to singers. The clinician will help you discover the various instrumental combinations for each style. Unravel this eclectic world of rhythms in a fun and interactive workshop and take home a valuable wealth of resources […]
Dallas, TXIn this session, we will demonstrate several specific approaches to vocal training and to rehearsing that we have developed as the director and voice specialist of the Teachers College Youth Choir. Our methods involve creating structures which grant our students autonomy and call for critical thinking and musical decision-making. As our students claim this autonomy, […]
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