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Singers’ gender identities influence interactions in choral rehearsal and performance spaces. As choirs often are safe spaces for many types of diversity, it is vital that we consider singers’ lived gender identities and expressions and how they influence the choral experience. This interactive session will explore practical, research-based strategies to navigate the increasingly complex gender […]

NATS President Karen Brunssen and Chadley Ballantyne present the latest techniques, vocal acoustics, and more for adolescent singing from Karen Brunssen’s new book, The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan. Learn Chadley’s cutting-edge “WEIRD” exercise that Continued on next page uses adolescents’ own resonance and articulation to optimize vocal function, aff ects on resonance […]

How can music build bridges between communities in divisive times? This panel discussion will feature choral conductors and song leaders who are pursuing justice and reconciliation through choral music by engaging diverse populations of singers in dialogue-based conflict transformation, restorative practices, and creative youth development into the rehearsal and performance process.

John Rutter is an internationally recognized composer whose composition “Fanfare” will be premiered on the opening night of the 2019 ACDA National Conference. He edits the Oxford Choral Classics series, and he is co-editor of four volumes of Carols foroirs with Sir David Willcocks. In 1983, Rutter formed The Cambridge Singers, with whom he has […]