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.
When exploring music of cultures beyond western art music, we now know that these songs are sung in their cultural context—the style and the vocal timbre are different from bel canto, but should we ask bel canto trained singers to approximate the timbre of other styles of singing? How do other vocal styles differ from […]
Seattle WA.Coming from the unique perspective of a choral conductor/educator, opera chorus master and vocal coach, Walter Huff will bring twenty voice majors from the Jacobs School of Music and present these singers as soloists and choral singers. The audience will hear each singer offer thirty seconds of a solo/area selection in order to hear the […]
Chicago IL.Drawing on the presenter’s professional experience as a piano technician and choral conductor, the session will address initial factors relating to intonation in any field. Members will discuss what it means to sing “in tune.” The presenter aims to encourage frustrated conductors and confused singers. Most of the session will assess causes of poor intonation […]
Chicago IL.Many choral conductors work with a wide range of singers. The sounds and functions of voices change throughout a lifetime. This session will explore the natural and variable vocal, musical, and personal qualities for different age brackets and appropriate and age-optimal techniques to nurture singing. We will outline goals and drawbacks for a variety of […]
Chicago IL.Elizabeth Schauer presents techniques to improve the performance ability of any choir. The areas addressed include those encountered in choirs performing for school and church festivals and for regional/honor ensembles. Topics include tone, appropriate style, expressive commitment, dynamic range, vocal technique, and diction. Participants will serve as a demonstration choir.
Pasadena CA.
