The purpose of this session is to help conductors find ways to get past the notation of a piece of choral music and find the meaning and emotion that lie behind it. The session will use music from several historical style periods in order to demonstrate how to probe for meaning in a choral work.
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Unique Rounds for Warm-Ups and Performance
From poignantly beautiful to deliciously complex, rounds can provide rich material for both choral warm-ups and exciting concert repertoire. This session will explore the fascinating variety of forms as we sing canons, catches, rounds, African-style cyclical songs, and quodlibets. The session will cover a wide range of levels and styles within this versatile and exciting […]
Turn Off That Autopilot
Every time we sing, the singing must be a fresh experience, and the song itself must be eternally new. Central to Nick Page’s approach is something he calls the democratization of music, giving the singers the responsibility to shape the music. Page will show how handing the baton over to the singers creates the spark […]
Trends and Transitions in Planning for Worship in Sacred Spaces
Conference participants will be led by members of the Eastern ACDA Division Music in Worship R&S Committee. The discussion will be framed by models of current practice in various church denominations. What’s new with congregational singing? What audio, visual, and print resources do you refer to when planning? What are the current performance practices in […]
Tiyimbe! The African Choral Music of the Manda Wilderness, Mozambique
Through video, photos, recordings, and audience participation, this session will demonstrate the practice of choral music as it exists in the Manda Wilderness of northwestern Mozambique, Africa. From May through August 2013, the clinician traveled to Malawi and northwestern Mozambique to work with the choirs. The clinician also attended local church services and observed how […]
The Sky’s the Limit! Literacy Techniques to Inspire, Empower, and Advance Your Choir
Literacy is the key to freedom, possibility, and advancement. Those who are literate in a collective language are able to work better together, learn from and inspire each other, achieve higher, and discover a world of previously unknown possibilities. There is nothing that is unknowable when one can read and understand a language! In this […]
