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.
Explore strategies for effective planning for church choirs of all shapes and sizes. Planning is the key to promoting musical growth, volunteer retention, and achieving long-term ensemble dreams. In this session, Joshua Taylor will share the planning process and ideas of church musicians from across the country and provide a rubric for music selection that […]
Minneapolis MN.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 […]
Kansas City MO.The Renaissance era provided us with many works that are both wonderful teaching pieces and beautiful works of art. What can we do to make this repertoire more available to young choral musicians? This session will demonstrate how early music can be more accessible for children’s, middle, and high school choirs with the use of […]
Kansas City MO.
PO Box 1705
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
(405)232-8161
