American Choral Directors Association
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This is an introduction to the weekly ACDA video feature “It’s About the Phrase.” It is intended to provide choral conductors with an opportunity to hear small fragments of choral performances for the purpose of comparing different ways to phrase the same piece of music.
Little Rock AR.Attendees will experience an interactive and hands-on approach to experimenting with sound,alignment, gesture, and creative conducting pedagogy in this paradigm-shifting approach. The process recommended here is aimed at relieving all students of self-consciousness and putting them in a position of always being “right” in early lessons by enabling them to make musical decisions and take […]
Kansas City MO.How often do you practice conducting? If conducting is the heart of what we do, why isn’t it a part of our daily routine? This session will explore how we as conductors can practice daily in a manner that maintains dexterity in our gesture and develops new skills that can directly impact the next rehearsal […]
Kansas City MO.This session will outline a method for self-guided improvement in conducting while maintaining the busy life of a school choir director. Through lecture, discussion, and audience participation, Joshua Bronfman will demonstrate how this method can be utilized to facilitate ongoing growth in conducting technique and effectiveness.
Oklahoma City OK.During the Renaissance era, music and dance were partners on the stage and in the salon. Today, music as an art form is studied separately from dance. However, dance theory offers valuable principles for choral conducting technique. Martha Graham (1926-1991), modern dance choreographer, trained dancers with her innovative technique. This interest session will explore how […]
Pasadena CA.Choral and orchestral conducting can be considered two different cultures within the same performing art. To communicate effectively in each, it is essential to become conversant in the languages of both. Individuals who are bilingual move naturally and quickly between languages. They are also familiar with the inflections, accentuation, conventions, and rhetoric of multiple cultures. […]
Pasadena CA.
