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.

Composition

Conductors Who Compose, Composers Who Conduct

So you have a group, and you think you might like to write for them? Composer-conductors talk about their paths to writing for their groups. What are the ways of getting started? How can you improve? What’s holding you back? With Steven Sametz (The Princeton Singers), Eric Banks (The Esoterics), Karen Thomas (Seattle Pro Musica), […]

Salt Lake City UT.
Steven Sametz, Eric Banks, Karen P. Thomas, Fahad Siadat





Composers Speak Out

Composers Alice Parker, Libby Larsen, Ko Matsushita, and Ola Gjeilo speak about their compositional process, the collaborative process with conductors, and their take on the future of choral music in America.

Salt Lake City UT.
Alice Parker, Libby Larsen, Ko Matsushita, Ola Gjeilo



Composers Have to Eat

John Muehleisen (composer), Mark Lawson (Canticle-ECS), and Jocelyn Hagen (Graphite Publishing) discuss issues and strategies in the composers’ world: the commissioning process, business models, and publication information.

Salt Lake City UT.
John Muehleisen, Mark W. Lawson, Jocelyn Hagen



The XX-Files: Great Literature by Women Composers

The music is out there, and we’ll help you find it! This session will provide attendees with repertoire lists of outstanding music by women past and present, resource lists to help you find even more, and a reading session of a few of our favorites—and we’ll discuss why it’s so important to include works by […]

Salt Lake City UT.
Eliza Rubenstein, Magen Solomon



Thirty-Something: New Choral Music by Today’s Hottest Young Composers

New choral music has never been more exciting with many young and fresh composers developing a distinctive voice for themselves in a classical music world overflowing with influences from popular and world-music genres. Dominick DiOrio will lead you through some of the best new scores by many of today’s leading composers, including Caroline Shaw, Ted […]

Salt Lake City UT.
Dominick DiOrio