This session is an open forum with new compositions by runners-up of ACDA’s Brock Student Competition under the mentorship of Steven Sametz and Libby Larsen, exploring compositional choices and how to develop the young compositional voice.
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Composers in the Cloud
How do composers get their music in the hands of performers in a cloud-based world? A discussion of how traditional and new models address publication and marketing in a time of Spotify, YouTube, and the Next Big Thing you’ve never heard of before.
The Composer and the Chorus— A Beautiful Relationship
Composer Libby Larsen surveys forty years of the ever-changing dynamic between composers and choruses as we raise our voices in song.
The Choral Music of J.A.C. Redford and His Commissioned Work, “Homing,” for the 2017 National Convention
J.A.C. Redford is a television and film composer who has composed music for over three dozen film and hundreds of television episodes including seasons of St. Elsewhere and Coach. He has orchestrated movie scores, working closely with James Horner and others, and orchestrated the last two Bond films. He has arranged for Grammy Award artists […]
Writing for an ACDA Publication
This interactive clinic is designed to help potential authors on the path to publication. Amanda Bumgarner, ACDA publications editor, will lead the session, and members of the Choral Journal editorial board will be in attendance, along with a representative from other ACDA publications, including ChoralNet, where there are opportunities for weekly bloggers. Participants are invited […]
What Happens in Choir… Fostering Adolescent Development through Singing
What is the role of singing within adolescent development and what choral practices support and impede adolescents’ progress? How do young people express their self-growth through repertoire choice, performance experiences, and program goals? Finally, what do adolescents assert is important toward their continuing participation? This session will focus on the adolescent perspectives investigated within choral […]
