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.
Choir directors and teachers at all levels struggle to make the most of limited budgets, particularly when trying to provide quality repertoire and instructional materials. Sight-reading materials can be particularly costly and often lack the practicality and real-world application to performance repertoire being prepared for concerts. In this session, attendees will discover public domain repertoire […]
Kansas City MO.Men’s and women’s choirs are often considered beginner ensembles in major choral programs across the country. As a result, singers placed in these groups may view themselves as inferior. Such a perception can be detrimental to the success of these ensembles and should be avoided from the very beginning. This session will explore different approaches […]
Kansas City MO.This session will detail principles that choral educators can use to select great repertoire that is appropriate for a specific choir. The session will also explore how choosing appropriate repertoire can aid the development of musicianship and vocal technique in fulfillment of national and state music standards. A generous resource packet will include resources for […]
Kansas City MO.With the increased popularity from movies like Pitch Perfect, ensembles such as Pentatonix, and TV’s The Sing-Off; the contemporary unaccompanied ensemble has an opportunity to augment participation, patronage, and education in vocal/choral music. This session will present many of the major factors of establishing or maintaining these ensembles. Topics will include: repertoire, voicing, vocal percussion, […]
Kansas City MO.Do you avoid programming Baroque repertoire? You can make Baroque music enjoyable for your choir, perform it well, and develop versatile singers. This session will explore stylistic vocal techniques, historical practice guidelines, and use of foreign languages to enhance your performances, and how to make an orchestral-reduction accompaniment more playable. Participants will leave with stylistically […]
Kansas City MO.Need more young men in your choirs? This session offers practical ideas from a director who started with eleven men and grew them to 100! Once you bring them into your choir room, how can you keep them, train them, and get them hooked so they become your future ambassadors for choral music? Repertoire will […]
Chattanooga TN.
