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.
Choral blend does not have to be bland! Using key bel canto vocal principles, this session will focus on raising the common denominator of vocal ability across an entire choir. Can your choir sing in a harmonically rich, vocally energized fashion while still blending beautifully and singing perfectly in tune? Absolutely! Discover how to remove […]
Salt Lake City, UT.As the voice ages, dramatic changes begin to occur in the vocal folds and in the neuro-muscular control of the larynx. This session will describe these physiological changes followed by a thorough discussion of what can be done with exercise: warm-up, marking, and pacing to avoid fatigue; managing voice breaks and instabilities; avoiding slow and […]
Salt Lake City, UT.The session will focus on vocal percussion and its place in contemporary vocal music. The importance of rhythm, steady beat, tempo, and form will be discussed. A demonstration will include basic percussion sounds using a variety of consonants, learning a variety of styles (swing, jazz, rock, pop), microphone technique for vocal percussion, and the use […]
Salt Lake City UT.This session will provide conductors a research-based and practical discussion of vocal registers through the perspective of youth singing. The first half of the session will use video, illustration, musical examples, and vocal exercises to clarify the anatomical events of vocal registration. The second half will address the social contexts and meanings of register singing […]
Salt Lake City UT.Because many students have no music teacher besides their choral director, their musical and vocal limitations are our responsibility. The vocal warm-up, in addition to helping singers meet the immediate demands of the repertoire for their next concert, should systematically build the vocal skill set of our singers over time.
Little Rock AR.Since the creation of the National Standards for Music Education in 1994, choral music educators have been distinctly responsible for singing varied repertoire (Standard 1) and for studying the relationships between music and world/historical cultures (Standard 9). Concurrently we have enjoyed an influx of great choral repertoire for school, community, and church choirs from around […]
Des Moines IA.
