The North Central ACDA Division’s continuing effort to provide its members with quality arrangements of American folk songs has produced twelve new pieces by some of our country’s best-known composers. Kevin Meidl, former NC ACDA president and originator of this project, will lead this reading session. Pieces premiered at this session are available for NC […]
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Surveying the Wondrous Cross: Christ’s Atonement Through the Eyes of Hymnody and Historical Choral Music
Led by New Testament scholar Valérie Nicolet-Anderson and choral conductor and doctoral student Jeshua Franklin, this session will briefly highlight historically understood atonement theories, consider the drama of various passion oriented texts, and delve into the interpretational effects of diverse musical settings. Participants will also be encouraged to consider these sometimes conflicting elements in the […]
Strength, Balance, Core: The Benefit of Pilates for the Choral Conductor
Even the most innately musical conductors sometimes struggle with the transfer of musical expression into physical movement. Effective gestural communication requires the utmost in body awareness, subtlety of movement, balance, posture, and strength. It should come as no surprise, then, that conductors often develop postural deficiencies and shoulder issues. In this session, the presenters will […]
Sight-Singing Skills: Isolating Pitch Successfully
To teach sight-singing successfully, teachers must place their pedagogical skills in an appropriate order, identify the necessary tools, and isolate the sequential strategies. Using a movable tonic format, the clinician will help participants discover the steps and techniques required to teach pitch development skills and notation reading skills. Echo-sing, hand signs, audiation, modified staff, dictation, […]
Putting It All Together: Getting the Most Out Of Your Singers and Rhythm Section
Developing a “total” ensemble will be the focus of this session. Materials and information will be demonstrated and explained. Vocalists and well as instrumentalists will work together to create a balanced presentation.
It’s Not Magic: Simple, Effective Strategies for Building Full, Energized Tone in Middle and High School Choirs
This workshop is meant to share a strategy that has worked well for the two clinicians. Terry Annalora developed a series of warm-ups which were incredibly effective for him in building mature, full, energized tone. He employed this series of exercises daily and held students accountable for doing them well. His former student, Wilkerson, experimented […]
