With over fifteen thousand scores, the vast Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a daunting resource and one often misunderstood to contain only ancient scores in poor editions. How do you navigate the CPDL website to find and upload quality scores? Outstanding repertoire for all levels and all choirs will be discussed.
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Is Your Choral GPS Working? Tried and True Strategies for Long-Term Rehearsal Planning
Time is one of the greatest commodities in our profession. This session will present specific techniques that maximize efficiency and allow increased opportunities for memorable rehearsal experiences. Repertoire and planning models from a variety of contexts will be presented.
From the Ground Up: Building a New Student Chapter
How do you build an ACDA student chapter? Organizing an effective and productive student chapter can be quite challenging. Find out tips, strategies, and useful tools to help grow an organization. Faculty advisors and interested students can find out about hosting educational workshops, festivals, round table discussions, and fundraising.
In Search of Russian Soul: Choral Music of Valery Gavrilin, Georgy Sviridov, and Alfred Schnittke
Elena Sharkova will present a session on Russian choral music of the late twentieth century and the three composers that profoundly influenced the genre. The turbulent twentieth century brought on revolutions, elimination of religion, wars, and mass repressions and new freedoms, hopes, and uncertainties at the fall of the Soviet Union. With their prolific vocal […]
Forty Warm-ups that Work… and Why! Improving Vocal Technique through the Warm-up
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.
Fine Tuning For Your Choir
Choir directors at all levels battle intonation problems at some point in the choral rehearsal. The focus of the session will be how a director might rehearse a choir in such a way as to avoid as many intonation pitfalls as possible. This will include standing formation within a section, choir formation, choral warm-ups,melodic vs. […]
