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1. De’ Animals a-Comin – arr Bartholomew – G. Schirmer 50303230 2. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening – Randall Thompson – ECS 2182 3. Bawo Thixo Somandla – Sizumu Nyamezele– earthsongs S-312 4. Alleluia – Reg Unterseher – Walton WW1432 5. Demon in my View – Jeffrey Horvath – Alfred 30960 6. Blow…
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…
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…
Deborah Fristad is recently retired from Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, MI, where she had been teaching since 1997. She conducted three choirs, five select ensembles, two show choirs, and co-directed the spring musical. She also served as department chair for the Visual and Performing Arts Department. In May, 2013 her Women’s Ensemble…
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…
By JULIANA KNOT HP Staff Writer BERRIEN SPRINGS — Great music requires both spontaneity and conformance to the rules, according to Stephen Zork. Zork, who is a professor of music at Andrews University, specializes in choral studies and leads the Chancel Choir at the First Congregational Church of St. Joseph. He has served in both…