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 gives the opportunity to share the music of Na Lani ’Eha with the intent to be a resource for the melee (song) and subsequent arrangements. Na Lani ’Eha wrote their music for their people, so the session will present melee in a fashion so that it is accessible to all ages and all […]
Santa Barbara CA.This session will be a reading session of dynamic and engaging historical music (from medieval through the Romantic eras) available from the Choral Public Domain Library. The selected works have been edited by Elizabeth Schauerto eliminate errors and will include music in a variety of choral voicing for all ability levels and ages.
Santa Barbara CA.William Levi Dawson (1899–1990) was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century choral music. The son of a slave, he rose from humble beginnings in rural Alabama to become, at a relatively early age, the director of the Tuskegee Institute Choir. Dawson arranged many spirituals for his choir, including Ain-A That Good News, Ev’ry Time […]
Baltimore MD.In a time when more sheet music is available than ever before, it seems the variety of composers, texts, and musical styles appearing on concert programs and in retailers’ catalogs may be becoming more limited. “Repertoire is essential to what the choir will become and what the conductor will become.” Dale Warland’s words remind us […]
Baltimore MD.Are you looking for programming ideas that extend beyond the typical octavo? Do you find it difficult to access information about recently composed scores and composers that are unpublished or self-published? Do you like being on the “cutting edge” by performing works that have not yet become “popular”? This session will provide information about twenty-one […]
Baltimore MD.
