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 is designed to introduce the Common-Core Learning Standards for the secondary grade levels (7–12), and discuss ways in which these standards can be integrated into the secondary choral rehearsal. Specific concert ideas that support the Common Core Learning Standards will be presented, along with assignment guidelines, lesson-plan templates, and assessment rubrics. This presentation […]
Dallas, TXGermany is said to be the most important country for the Romantic music tradition. Many Romantic composers worked intensively and creatively with the special sound of male voices referring to the upcoming tradition of singing men, which started in the early nineteenth century. The session gives an overview of German Romantic compositions for male choir. […]
Dallas, TXBased on the new book From Memory to Imagination: Reforming the Church’s Worship, this session will focus on the role of memory and imagination in shaping our corporate worship gathering. While memory informs and inspires imagination, memory can also entrap us in safety and familiarity. For vibrant worship, the church needs both. The tension that […]
Dallas, TXThis panel session will explore many aspects of the art of female leadership of an all-male ensemble. Noted and established choral professionals will share experiences and ideas from the female perspective about rehearsal technique, the male psyche, successful repertoire, concert programming, uniforms, recruiting, retention, vocal technique, professionalism, auditions, and student leadership duties and structures. The […]
Dallas, TXThis session will be of interest to conductors of high school, collegiate, and adult women’s choirs and fits the themes of Advocate and Teach. The session will feature a panel of conductor/authors who have contributed chapters to a newly published book: Conducting Women’s Choirs: Strategies for Success, Debra Spurgeon, editor, GIA Publications. Each author will […]
Dallas, TXWhen working with early adolescent male voices, choral music teachers are confronted with two challenges: identifying the singing range of each male singer and finding quality music to fit the musical ranges of their male students. A brief video will demonstrate a testing procedure to identify range, ear quickness, and timbre quality of the Cambiata […]
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