Choral Methods for Middle School
Toni Micik was asked to speak to the University of Michigan Choral Methods classes recently, and she was kind enough to share the outline of her presentation with us!
Say hi to us in Milwaukee at the Michigan ACDA Social Hour on Thursday, February 25 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Cocktail Lounge!
Toni Micik was asked to speak to the University of Michigan Choral Methods classes recently, and she was kind enough to share the outline of her presentation with us!
Isn’t it strange that princes and kingsand clowns that caper in sawdust rings,and common people like you and me Are builders for eternity? Each is given a bag of tools, a shapelessmass, a book of rules, and each must make ‘ere life is flown a stumbling blockor a stepping-stone. Poem by R. Lee Sharpe…
Dear Friends and Members of ACDA-MI, As President of ACDA-MI and an ACDA member, I would like to first of all say thank you for being a part of a wonderful organization called ACDA. Secondly, I want to thank you for being a part of ACDA-MI and for being a choral leader for your choir…
Wow! What a nice list! Last year your ACDA-MI board determined that one of the most helpful things we could do to for our members is to provide you with repertoire suggestions. We have noticed that repertoire lists posted on this site always get more “hits” than any other articles. Therefore your R & S chairs…
Welcome to ACDA-Michigan! We are a committed group of choral directors, anxious to begin another great season of music making. If you are not an ACDA member, we invite you to join our ranks. Make ACDA an important part of your professional life. We welcome your comments and participation. Please contact me at any time…
Do you shy away from teaching vocal improvisation to your singers? Does the mere idea of scat give you heart palpitations? Do you write out notation for those places in the music that call for scatting? Improvisation can be a very scary idea for many – I know – I was one of them! When…
ACDA-MI congratulates the following outstanding ensembles selected via blind listening panel to perform at the ACDA-MI Fall Conference on Oct. 27-28. Canticum Novum (Northwestern Michigan College) – Jeffrey Cobb, Conductor Cantus Femina (Western Michigan University) – Dee Gauthier, Conductor 8th Grade Choir (Grosse Pointe Brownell MS) – Carolyn Gross, Conductor Lyon Singers (South Lyon HS) – Andrew Hathikhanavala, Conductor…