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.
Join the chorus! Boston Children’s Chorus conductors, Irene Idicheria, John Reynolds, and Whitney Simmonds, engage you as the chorister in this highly interactive session. Idicheria, Reynolds,and Simmonds will demonstrate various approaches to incorporating general music methodologies into the elementary choral rehearsal. Participants will leave with strategies to identify and extract key skills and/or concepts from […]
Baltimore MD.Cross-Choral Training (C-CT) is a proven holistic and experiential approach to developing singers in a group setting. It is functional voice training based on voice science and health and a comprehensive approach to building sight-reading and musicianship skills. C-CT was designed by Dianne Berkun-Menaker to meet the needs of the Grammy award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus […]
Baltimore MD.Choral directors seeking to expand their choral community should be looking to the retiring “baby boomers” and older adults who are returning to, or continuing their interest in, singing as they age. But the older singer has specific needs, and the Encore Chorale program has been created to provide a challenging choral environment while being […]
Baltimore MD.This session will focus on the unwritten job description of the part-time church music director and strategies, resources, and repertoire for fulfilling these musical and non-musical responsibilities with limited time, limited funding, and a limited number of singers. While this session will focus specifically on smaller church choirs, much of the content will be applicable […]
Dallas, TXThis session will be a demonstration/presentation with the University of Kentucky Women’s Choir with assistance from our vocal technician Beth Arnold (UK Voice Faculty). Topics to be addressed and demonstrated by the ensemble will include the following: Warm-ups—specifically for the adult female voice—addressing issues such as placement and resonance (with demonstration from voice faculty member), […]
Dallas, TXMiddle school and high school choral directors across the country are always faced with the challenge of choosing repertoire that fits the voices of their singers—especially male singers. The constantly shifting vocal range of male and female adolescent singers makes it difficult to plan repertoire and assign vocal parts. This session will provide the participant […]
Dallas, TX
