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.

Interest Session

Yoga for Conductors and Singers

No yoga experience or flexibility is necessary. This yoga class will help participants to find freedom from pain and stress, to increase focus, and find the path to peace through movement, breathing, chant, meditation, and relaxation. Wear gym clothing. Bring a yoga mat or beach towel, and a desire to breathe deeply, focus attention, and […]

Dallas, TX
Steven A. Russell









Writing for the Choral Journal

This Choral Journal sponsored clinic invites participants to come prepared with an idea, a thesis statement, or a work-in-progress toward preparing an article or a column idea for submission to the Choral Journal, the official journal of the American Choral Directors Association. Clinic participants will work directly through groups with members of the Choral Journal […]

Dallas, TX
Stephen Town



Whose Larynx is it Anyway? Case Studies from A Choral Director and A Laryngologist’s Perspective

This session will begin with case studies of several singers, including an elderly singer with tremor, a youth singer who belts, one who frequently employs the falsetto voice, an adolescent experiencing a voice change and a singer put on vocal rest due to a vocal fold lesion. All case studies will first begin with observing […]

Dallas, TX
David N. Childs