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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 Cadenza One site offers a new concept in digital sheet music, and they are anxious to tell you about it. J. D. Frizzell, founder, explains: I have spent my life’s savings (plus some) to build a comprehensive, easy-to-use, web site for both independent composers AND publishers. I knew that for any site to be…
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As a male choir director I often struggle with finding successful SSA literature that does not talk about beauty, flowers, and/or butterflies. Though there are many great composers out there writing exciting pieces for treble choirs such as Stephen Hatfield, Andrea Ramsey, and Joan Syzmko; I stumbled upon a great piece of literature: And Ain’t…
As music educators one of our goals is to help our students develop into independent musicians. A crucial component of independent musicianship is the ability to successfully read music. Developing music literacy is essential to the goal of equipping students with independent musicianship skills (Henry, 2004). Often students do not receive enough instruction on sight-reading….
Please remember to complete the online voting and strategic planning survey. Also, the following letter will be of interest to Women’s Choir directors: Dear Ms. Kerwin, I wanted to make sure that you, as Women’s Choir R&S Chair for ACDA-MI, are aware of a great new composer, great new piece, and a great new publishing…
I offer my warm thanks to Dr. Charles Livesay, President Deborah Fristad, Past President Richard Ingram, the Board of ACDA-Michigan and to our current and past members. Receiving the 2011 Maynard Klein Award is a high honor that I humbly accept with deep and lasting gratitude. As a member of the ACDA-MI Board when the…
Is it just me, or does it seem like our Fall Convention gets better every year? Our inspiring headliners, Dr. Jefferson Johnson from University of Kentucky, Dr. Mary Hopper from Wheaton College, and Ryan Kelly, director of the Holland Chorale, gave us practical and clever ideas to put into practice immediately upon our return! It…
Milton Olsson holds degrees in Music Theory and Composition from Wayne State University in Detroit and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU) in the Literature and Performance of Choral Music. At Wayne State he studied with Dr. Harry Langsford, Prof. Malcolm Johns, and Dr. Ruth Wylie. At CU, Milt…
Greetings everyone! I hope the fall is bringing you much joy and great music making. It’s time to organize the ACDA Women’s Commission Consortium for 2012. The consortium’s last commissioning effort is in progress and we have received one out of three pieces that will be supported by the commission. Jocelyn Hagen’s piece, Moon Goddess,…
