Passing of Milt Olsson
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With the coming of a new president every two years in state ACDA chapters comes a fresh group of state ACDA board members. It is an opportunity to bring new people to leadership and to place previous members into new positions built upon their past work. Just completing a term as repertoire and standards chair…
The choral world mourns the loss of Diane Loomer, co-founder of the internationally acclaimed women’s choir, Elektra, on December 10th at the age of 72. She is also credited with founding Chor Leoni, a highly regarded men’s choir that often toured with Elektra. Loomer emigrated from Minnesota to Vancouver in 1962, and quickly became a…
As we approach a very busy time in our musical calendars, please take a minute to note the special concerts in our area of the state of Michigan. I find it refreshing and relaxing to be an audience member rather than bearing full responsibility for all aspects of a choral performance. There are numerous opportunities…
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…
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…
The Value of ACDA Conferences to the Young Music Major by Erin Kurtz ACDA-MI Student Representative (Undergraduate) This past October I attended my first ACDA Conference at Western Michigan University as a sophomore music major. Being inexperienced in the choir world outside of my high school and college, I did not know exactly what to…