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 singing that begins with the sounds of the music rather than with the notation can be vital to choral singing, namely by promoting pitch and rhythm-matching accuracy, increasing error detection, promoting critical listening, and enhancing musicianship skills. Gospel music, an example of a music that can be experienced aurally, has become a curriculum staple […]
Louisville KY.Co-presented by a university voice professor and a college choral conductor, this session both demystifies the systematic instruction of vocal technique and provides specific strategies and exercises for addressing vocal issues. Choral conductors will be challenged to adopt a “conductor as constructor” mentality—one that facilitates healthy, free, beautiful, and (yes!) growing voices in choirs of […]
Louisville KY.The physical processes that produce vocal tone are internal and largely invisible to singers. Choirs must use their imaginations to understand and explore concepts like support, focus, space, weight, and color. This session presents creative movements, images, activities,and vocal exercises appropriate for all ages and designed to promote healthy sound production and improve choral tone […]
Chicago IL.Directors often have a wealth of resources and warm-up books to develop singers’ vocal ability, yet still we struggle with concepts like intonation, tone, and ensemble balance and quality. Attendees will learn group and individual exercises to help develop singers’ ability to audiate music and build their harmonic, melodic, and tonal vocabulary to increase musical […]
Kansas City MO.How can we achieve an optimal vocal sound from our students? Learn how movement, solfège, vocalises, vowel choice, conducting gestures, and repertoire can transform the sound of your classroom singers and elementary choir. Hear the results as demonstrated on video clips from Theresa Derr’s non-auditioned school choir of students in grades 3-5.
Kansas City MO.This session will explore the factors that impact balance and blend and illustrate principles to improve these aspects of choral performances. Topics to be discussed include standing formations, voicing the choir, stylistic issues, registers and balance, vowel modification, intonation and unity, vibrato, and repertoire choices. Session participants will be led through many rehearsal tools and […]
Kansas City MO.
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Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705
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