Allendale Vocalists to Perform in Dallas
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ACDA-MI College/University Roundtable: June 18, 2020
On June 18, college and university choral professors from around the state joined together in a group discussion about how each of their schools planned to move forward with choral activities this fall. Please CLICK HERE to watch.
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MSU Women’s Chamber Ensemble presents The Journey of Harriet Tubman
On March 14, 2020, the Michigan State University Women’s Chamber Ensemble is hosting a multigenerational choral concert performing the work, The Journey of Harriet Tubman. Treble choirs from across the state of Michigan will participate including the MSU Community Music School Children’s Choir and Treble Choir, the Eastern Michigan University Women’s Choir, Voca Lyrica (Big…
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2019 FALL CONFERENCE SESSION SPEAKER
Terry D. TaylorTerry Taylor is Managing Editor of Growing in Grace Children’s Music Curriculum, a comprehensive faith-based resource in use in over 1000 churches and schools in 40 states. From 1980-2012 Terry served as Minister of Music in churches in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma. The son of a pastor, Terry was born in Bowling…
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Advice for Better Conducting and Rehearsing
Advice for Better Conducting and Rehearsing by Noah Horn, ACDA-Michigan Co-Representiative for College & University R&R The following advice comes from the instruction of many students whom I have taught at Wayne State University and Western Michigan University since 2014, including M.M. choral conducting students and undergraduate assistant conductors for various ensembles. I share these…
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Gender-Specific Choirs for 5th and 6th Grade Singers
Gender Specific Choirs for 5th and 6th Grade Singers by Garth Starr, Northeastern Lower Michigan Area Representative For the last two years I have been given the privilege to isolate my vocal music classes by gender. I teach eight classes of fifth and sixth grade students every day for nine weeks and then I get a…
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Children’s Honors Choir – Fall Conference 2017
Children’s Honors Choir at ACDA Michigan 2017 Fall Conference by Megan Higle ACDA-MI Youth Choir R&R Representative ATTENTION YOUTH & CHILDREN’S CHOIRS! ACDA-MI is thrilled and excited to announce Judy Hanson of the Chicago Children’s Choir as our director of the Children’s Honor Choir at our October 2017 conference. Children and Youth Choirs from across the…
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Shaping Dynamics in Historical Music
Shaping Dynamics in Historical Music: A New Performance Edition of Josquin Desprez for Two-Part Treble Chorus by Alan Gumm ACDA-MI Women’s Chorus R&R Representative As commonly taught in music history, composers came to add expressive markings in music in stages. For centuries there were no special markings to specify details of a composer’s intentions. In…
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A Conversation with Dr. Carol Beynon
A Conversation with Dr. Carol Beynon Jessica L. Allen, ACDA-MI Graduate Student Representative On November 1, 2016, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Carol Beynon, one of ACDA Michigan’s fall conference headliners, to ask her some follow-up questions and satisfy some of my own curiosities. Dr. Beynon is the founding co-artistic director…
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Preparation, Practice, Performing, and Pondering
by Thomas Blue ACDA-MI R&R Chair for Junior High/Middle School Choirs Editor’s Note: The following is an outline of a session presented at the ACDA-Michigan 2016 Fall Conference. A related article will be published in the Winter, 2017 Edition of ACDA ChorTeach. Using the reading packet as a guide, the presenter shared ideas, strategies and “thoughts along the…