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Past-President, Deborah Fristad
Deborah Fristad is recently retired from Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, MI, where she had been teaching since 1997. She conducted three choirs, five select ensembles, two show choirs, and co-directed the spring musical. She also served as department chair for the Visual and Performing Arts Department. In May, 2013 her Women’s Ensemble…
Fall Conference Report
What a terrific Fall Conference! Francisco Núñez proved to be charming, engaging and amazingly perceptive in his clinics with choirs and student conductors. It is always a thrill to watch a master teacher make substantial improvements in a short session! We were encouraged about our ACDA prospects after listening to Jo-Michael Scheibe! It is a…
Resources for the Children’s Choir Director
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…
Repertoire List from Fall Conference
The focus for our Fall ACDA-MI conference was multicultural music. Our clinicians introduced us to some new and exciting titles. Although many of these pieces may sound complex, most are quite accessible. Please click on the link below to see the complete list: ACDA-MI Reading Sessions Lit 2009 »
Five Favorite Male Choral Pieces (July 2015)
When I met Frank at Jonathan Palant’s session on men’s choirs at the 2015 National ACDA Convention in Salt Lake City this spring, I just had to ask him to submit his five favorites! I am so glad that I did :o). Susan. Ave MariaFranz BieblTBB/TTBB, a cappellaHinshaw HMC1253 Moderate Franz Biebl’s Ave Maria is…
Repertoire Suggestions from our R & S Chairs!
Some of the most popular articles in Bella Voce are those that contain repertoire suggestions. With that in mind, the board decided to ask our R & S chairs to submit one repertoire selection each month to share with our membership. Below you will find some of these suggestions. Please refer back here periodically as…
