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When I was an undergrad at Western Michigan University, Dr. Joe Miller gave a lecture on the importance of owning quality choral CD’s (I guess now it would be MP3s). His lecture had two main points: 1) Recordings are always going to be expensive, so you should start collecting right away. 2) Quality recordings help…
The National ACDA is working to make sure every MS.JH choral music teacher in the country is aware of the very first National Convention for Middle School/Junior High Choral Music, planned for February 29, 2012, Dallas, Texas. The deadline for choir submissions is June 1, 2011. Our National R & S Chair, Gretchen Harrison, and…
ACDA – Michigan Fall Treble Choir High School, College and Community Choirs **Updated Information – July 10** The 2023 ACDA Michigan Conference will feature a statewide, multigenerational Treble Voice Choir featuring high school, college and community treble voiced singers.The choir will be conducted by Pearl Shangkuan, Director of Choral Activities at Calvin University and President-Elect…
With the advent of MMC just around the corner, your Michigan ACDA Executive Board have been working diligently to get details for our 2026 Fall Conference out earlier, so that all choral directors in the state of Michigan will have ample opportunity to attend. As part of the over-arching theme of “Homecoming” we wish to…
by Gabriela Hristova, ACDA-MI Past President Teaching and making music with a choir is a complex process. I would compare it with the playing of an instrument, except that the instrument in our case is a group of people with various personalities and emotional sensitivity, different life experiences, and individual understanding of music as an…
Thank you to all ACDA Michigan members who voted in our recent State President election. ACDA Michigan offers its congratulations to the 2019-2021 President-Elect Erin Colwitz! Erin Colwitz has been the Director of Choral Activities at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan since August 2015, where she conducts the Arts Chorale and the University Choir. Under…
