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.
Demonstrating a series of healthy exercises, the clinicians will focus on practical applications of vocal technique that will quickly create positive changes with your singers of all ages. Grounded in recent voice science research, the clinicians will discuss semi-occluded vocal tract postures, explore how and why these exercises work, and when to use them. By […]
PittsburghTeaching resonance to a choir involves many words and sometimes many fewer results. This session will explore how to do this easily and quickly with a choir of any age using inexpensive materials and lots of laughter. This session will provide exercises and demonstrations that will release laryngeal tension, relax the vocal folds, improve breath […]
Pittsburgh PA.This session will explore the specific considerations that music educators should know about teaching transgender singers. It will include a discussion of the effects of hormone therapies on voices and possible out-comes for those students who are in transition. Examples will be explored that represent the choices these individuals may need to make regarding the […]
Oklahoma City OK.Adolescent voices are in an almost constant state of change throughout much of middle school, high school, and early college. While the boys’ changing voice is the most commonly discussed and studied, girls’ voices change as well. Singers who identify as LGBTQ, particularly transgender singers, may face an additional voice change that many conductors/teachers feel […]
Oklahoma City OK.Kevin Wilson, Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, will discuss the body systems at play for singing with current scientific research and vocal examples to help you communicate efficient voice use in the choral ensemble. Discussion will include the reality of lotion, potions, and myths in choral singing.
Oklahoma City OK.This session will provide healthy vocal strategies for older singers. As we age vocally, we need to be reminded of good vocal technique.This workshop will include tips and suggestions for working with older singers in a variety of settings and improving tone production, breath support, and inner hearing. Vocal care will also be addressed.
Oklahoma City OK.
PO Box 1705
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
(405)232-8161
