American Choral Directors Association
The mission of ACDA is to inspire excellence and nurture lifelong involvement in choral music for everyone through education, performance, composition and advocacy.
The responsibilities of choral directors in the classroom are numerous and can often seem overwhelming. Serving as the only voice instructor for most students, teaching music literacy, and providing creative opportunities for all students are just a few of these demands. The focus of this session will be how the selection of literature is the […]
Cincinnati OH.While almost every choral director wants musically literate musicians, the sight-singing process can often be a vulnerable and downright painful one, especially for middle and high school choristers. This interactive session will provide teachers with a practical and comprehensive Music Learning Theory-based skill set that will make sight-singing accessible, enjoyable, and successful, thus inspiring confidence, […]
Baltimore MD.Join the chorus! Boston Children’s Chorus conductors, Irene Idicheria, John Reynolds, and Whitney Simmonds, engage you as the chorister in this highly interactive session. Idicheria, Reynolds,and Simmonds will demonstrate various approaches to incorporating general music methodologies into the elementary choral rehearsal. Participants will leave with strategies to identify and extract key skills and/or concepts from […]
Baltimore MD.Well … just shift! Are the countless teaching demands wearing you down? Does it seem the surroundings of our teaching world have changed and the approaches you have used in the past are becoming less effective? Well, maybe it’s time for a paradigm shift. Making changes to your approach to discipline, communication, administration, and rehearsal […]
Dallas, TXThis session is designed to introduce the Common-Core Learning Standards for the secondary grade levels (7–12), and discuss ways in which these standards can be integrated into the secondary choral rehearsal. Specific concert ideas that support the Common Core Learning Standards will be presented, along with assignment guidelines, lesson-plan templates, and assessment rubrics. This presentation […]
Dallas, TXHow do you teach improvisation in a group setting? Through the use of circle songs, rhythm games, and improvisation exercises, attendees will learn how easy it is to incorporate improvisation into a choral rehearsal without fear. Special attention will be drawn towards contemporary unaccompanied practices and vocal jazz.
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