ACDA Membership Renewal
It’s important to keep your ACDA Membership current. Please select your preferred method of renewing your ACDA Membership:
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It’s important to keep your ACDA Membership current. Please select your preferred method of renewing your ACDA Membership:
Resources for Children’s Choirs: There are many great resources out there for directors of children’s choirs. Included below are books specific to teaching children’s voices, tried and true repertoire suggestions and links to some of the children’s choir programs in the state of Michigan. I welcome more additions or suggestions! Please use the link to…
The ACDA COVID-19 Response Committee released a detailed report with over 50 resources to help directors plan for the upcoming choral season. CLICK HERE to access the report.
ACDA is… a professional organization for professional choral directors. Other organizations serve singers/institutions. Our role is to serve CONDUCTORS! The ACDA-MI Convention is a State Level convention with National Clinicians! The following is adapted from the ACDA National website: How does membership benefit you? Explore Conductor Exchange Programs ACDA Choral Archives and Museums Commissioning new…
As a double major in Vocal Music Education and English Education, I am a huge proponent for a more interdisciplinary approach to teaching music. With the idea of cross-curricular education becoming more popular in schools, it is important for us to consider the occasional use of newer methods in our classrooms. Integrating different subjects into…
Betsy Marsh, Bella Voce editor, enjoys working with singers of all ages. After 36 years in public education, she recently retired from Van Hoosen Middle School in Rochester Hills, MI. Ensembles under her direction consistently earned superior ratings, performing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, at the Michigan Music Conference, and at the Michigan Summer Choral…
One of the best activities I have built into my advanced choir’s schedule is our Fall Retreat. It has proven enormously beneficial to the choir on many levels, most of which are extra-musical. The retreat gives the students a chance to get to know one another, develop section and ensemble identities, and discover the leaders…