Say hi to us in Milwaukee at the Michigan ACDA Social Hour on Thursday, February 25 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Cocktail Lounge!
Michigan Male Chorus Network by Matthew Packer ACDA-Michigan Male Chorus R&R Chair “Those who wish to sing always find a song.” ― Swedish Proverb I write this having recently returned from Western Michigan University and the 2017 Fall Conference of the Michigan Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. There was much singing and songs to be…
Voca Lyrica and their director, Virginia Kerwin, will be hosting a Women’s Choir Festival from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at the Big Rapids High School Auditorium. Women’s Choirs from all over Michigal are invited to attend, share and learn from Dr. Kristina MacMullen of Ohio State University. Fees for…
Some of us may laud Benjamin Franklin for inventing the “double spectacles” because they allow us to read up close and see far away with one pair of glasses. Some of us may curse bifocals as we strain our necks to focus through a tiny square in our glasses and onto the music on our…
This article, based on the author’s interest session presented at the 2014 ACDA-MI Fall Conference, is reprinted from the April 2015 Choral Journal. A Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Working with the Adolescent Brain/Voice
2013 TBA 2012 Donald Scott (Valley Christian High School/The King’s Choraliers) 2011 Milton Olsson (Michigan Technical University) 2010 Susan Matych-Hager (Fruitport High School/Siena Heights University) 2009 Mark Puchala (NW Michigan College) 2008 John Tyner (Monroe High School/John Tyner Chorale) 2007 Leonard Riccinto (b.3/1941-d.12/2006) (Eastern Michigan University) 2006 Jerry Blackstone (University of Michigan) 2005 Duane Davis (Grand…
Successful Strategies for Sixth Grade Singers Part 1 Thomas Blue Rochester Community Schools With many teachers returning to in-person teaching, I would like to offer some strategies that have been successful as I have worked with sixth grade students through the years. Depending on the make-up or the structure of your classes (mixed or SA/TB),…
