ACDA-MI Features Michigan Composers
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“Where do you find all that interesting music?” I get this question a lot. In fact, as your Repertoire and Standards Chair for Ethnic and Multicultural Music I’m delighted to get this question. For a long time I’ve placed a priority on programming diverse, exciting literature from as many periods, cultures, and performance practices as…
Susan Matych-Hager, professor emeritus, Siena Heights University, retired in May, 2007, after 34 years of service. Prior to Siena Heights University, Susan was a teaching assistant at Indiana University, taught vocal music at Fruitport High School, Fruitport Middle School and at St. Mary’s Elementary School, Adrian. She holds degrees from Siena Heights College (now University)…
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Our choral art form is unique: it is group story telling that unites music and words in a way that heightens the meaningful impact of each. The corporate aspect of choral music making—something done together by many different individuals at the same moment in time in the same place—powerfully magnifies and intensifies the impact of…
by Jared Anderson, ACDA Michigan President Summer has finally arrived in all of Michigan, even way up north in the UP! I hope that you are all having a restorative summer season, a time when many conductors and students have time to breathe and prepare for a new year of choral singing. We recently held…
I’m a full-time musician at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I’ve been at the church for 6 ½ years, but I’ve been in church music pretty much all of my life. Here are some of my favorite Lenten pieces for a mixed choir. “O Vos Omnes”– Pablo Casals This is my favorite Lenten…