Say hi to us in Milwaukee at the Michigan ACDA Social Hour on Thursday, February 25 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Cocktail Lounge!
by Dr. Stephen Barton, ACDA-MI 2-Year College Representative This following interview is with Dr. Steven Ender, President of Grand Rapids (MI) Community College (GRCC). GRCC is undertaking a renovation of the GRCC Music Center which houses the NASM accredited music program at GRCC. Dr. Stephen Barton, Director of Choral Activities and Chair of the Vocal…
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…
by Jed Scott, ACDA Executive Board Webmaster/Editor Social Media – the joy and bane of 2016, no? One of the reasons I stay with it is because of things like this: it was through Facebook that I heard about Andrea Ramsey’s recently completed commission, “But A Flint Holds Fire.” It was conceived as a work…
by Dr. Matthew J. Packer, ACDA-MI Marketing/Advertising Chair I guess you could say I’m at the mid-point of my career, about 30 years in and around 20 remaining until I can consider that mythical “R” word. In all honesty though, I love what I do and can’t imagine retiring completely unless I am no longer physically…
ACDA-Michigan Male Choral Festival 2016 Saturday, October 22, 2016 9:00 a.m. (arrival time)-4:30 p.m. Pease Auditorium Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan Clinician: Dr. Eugene Rogers, Director, University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club and Repertory and Resources Chair for Male Choirs for the ACDA Central Division Co-hosts: The Eastern Michigan University Men’s Chorus, Dr. Brandon Johnson,…
by Megan Higle, Boychoir and Children’s Choirs R&R Chair Greetings to you from the R&R Chair for Boychoirs and Children’s Choirs! I’m going to simply dive right in…moving to a new city (from Detroit to Lansing) and restarting my conducting career has brought me new opportunities and challenges. Opportunity: As a church musician, having the opportunity…
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…
by Clayton Parr, Albion College “A World of Song” – Summer Workshop for Teachers Multicultural Materials and Techniques for Younger and Emerging Choirs July 7-8, 2016, Albion College, Albion, MI Workshop leader: Clayton Parr, Director of Choral Activities Guest ensembles: Village Harmony travel teen ensemble Alioni Georgian Choir of Chicago Battle Creek Boychoir and Girls Chorus This workshop is…
by ACDA Webmaster Jed Scott The past six months have been a labor of love developing the brand-new ACDA Michigan Website. With the help of a (former chorister) web designer, we have maintained all existing content from the past and developed a completely new, simple, easy-to-use site. We do hope that you take advantage of all…
