Choral directors seeking to expand their choral community should be looking to the retiring “baby boomers” and older adults who are returning to, or continuing their interest in, singing as they age. But the older singer has specific needs, and the Encore Chorale program has been created to provide a challenging choral environment while being […]
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Beyond Burnout Prevention: Embodied Wellness for Conductors
Mental and physical health are not separate concerns. Effective wellness interventions attend to both simultaneously. Conductors are susceptible to physical and emotional challenges unique to our profession because of the athletic demands on our bodies and leadership demands on our minds. In this session, participants will: 1. Participate in mindfulness-based stress-reduction activities including elements of […]
Better Choirs, Better Singing through Voice Science
Choral directors today must serve not only as choral director but also as voice teacher. Yet some choral directors—particularly those for whom voice was only a secondary instrument—feel unprepared to truly take on the role of the choir’s voice teacher, fearing that they are unprepared or unable to help their choristers find and develop their […]
Awakening Creativity in the Choral Rehearsal
When conductors give choral singers opportunities to make creative contributions during rehearsals, singers become more invested in their own learning. Conductors can transform the singer’s experience from one of passivity to that of active involvement by allowing ideas to originate from members who help themselves achieve ensemble goals. Conductors begin this by creating an open […]
ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program Visiting International Conductor from China
The ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program (ICEP) was inaugurated in 2010 with a successful exchange with Cuba coinciding with the 2012 division conferences. In 2014 this extraordinary program will work with China and our partner, the China Chorus Association, to provide once again the opportunity to create meaningful international collaborations that will coincide with all […]
February 2014
Download the complete issue. (13 MB)eCJ (Digital Choral Journal) ARTICLES Musical Settings of War Texts in Two Twentieth-Century British Choral Works, Part 1 by William Skoog The Complex Ancestry of We Shall Overcome by Victor V. Bobetsky The Choral Music of Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867 – 1972) by Donald George, Lucy Mauro, James Johnston, and Heather Eyerly […]
