ACDA-Michigan 2026 Fall Conference Schedule
Times, events, and location in parentheses are included. Schedule may adjust slightly before the conference!
FRIDAY, October 9
| Time |
Fall Conference |
Inter-Collegiate Honor Choir |
| 8:15 – 9:00 AM |
Conference Registration / Collegiate Honor Choir Registration & Exhibit Booths
(Heritage Performing Arts Center) |
Conference Registration / Collegiate Honor Choir Registration & Exhibit Booths
(HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM |
Conference Welcome
(Alma College Chapel) |
Conference Welcome
(Alma College Chapel) |
| 9:00 – 9:45 AM |
Rehearsal of the Conductor’s Chorus
(Alma Band Room) |
Rehearsal of the Collegiate Honor Choir
(HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Interest Session #1 –
“Empowered Ensembles: Building Student Leadership Through Routine” (Alma Band Room)
|| “A Community of Song: Starting or Revamping a Community Chorus”
(Strosacker Theatre) |
Interest Session #1 –
“Empowered Ensembles: Building Student Leadership Through Routine” (Alma Band Room)
|| “A Community of Song: Starting or Revamping a Community Chorus”
(Strosacker Theatre) |
| 11:00 – 11:45 AM |
Reading Session #1 – Music of Michigan Composers
(Alma Band Room) |
Rehearsal of the Collegiate Honor Choir
(Alma Band Room) |
| 12:00 – 1:30 PM |
Lunch included |
Lunch included |
| 1:30 – 2:15 PM |
Interest Session #2 –
“A Very Good Place to Start: Solfege for Conductors & Singers”
(Strosaker Theatre)
|| “Expanding the Canon: Historical Choral Literature by Female Composers”
(Alma Band Room) |
Interest Session #2 –
“A Very Good Place to Start: Solfege for Conductors & Singers”
(Strosaker Theatre)
|| “Expanding the Canon: Historical Choral Literature by Female Composers”
(Alma Band Room) |
| 2:30 – 3:15 PM |
Interest Session #3 – “The Sacred Sounds of the Black Church Experience”
(Heritage Performing Arts Center)
|| Rehearsal of the Conductor’s Chorus
(Alma Band Room) |
Interest Session #3 – “The Sacred Sounds of the Black Church Experience”
(Heritage Performing Arts Center)Rehearsal of the Conductor’s Chorus
(Alma College Chapel) |
| 3:30 – 4:20 PM |
Interest Session #4 –
“Political Music, Class of 1940: Lessons for Our Time”
(Strosacker Theatre)
|| “Playful Pathways to Music Literacy”
(Alma Band Room) |
Rehearsal of the Collegiate Honor Choir
(HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
| 4:30 – 5:15 PM |
Concert Session #1 –
Portage Central High School Treble Ensemble
|| Hope College Chapel Choir
(Alma College Chapel) |
Concert Session #1 –
Portage Central High School Treble Ensemble
|| Hope College Chapel Choir
(Alma College Chapel) |
| 5:30 – 7:15 PM |
Dinner on your own |
Dinner on your own |
| 6:00 – 7:15 PM |
Dinner on your own |
Dinner and Q&A with Dr. Derrick Fox (Dinner provided) |
| 7:30 – 8:50 PM |
Concert Session #2 –
Detroit High School of Arts
|| Carolyn Mawby Chorale
(HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
Concert Session #2 –
Detroit High School of Arts
|| Carolyn Mawby Chorale
(HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
SATURDAY, October 10
| Time |
Fall Conference |
Inter-Collegiate Honor Choir |
| 8:15 – 8:50 AM |
Conference Registration / Collegiate Honor Choir Registration & Exhibit Booths
(Heritage Performing Arts Center) |
Conference Registration / Collegiate Honor Choir Registration & Exhibit Booths
(Heritage Performing Arts Center) |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM |
Welcome (Alma Band Room) |
Welcome (Alma Band Room) |
| 9:00 – 9:45 AM |
Rehearsal of the Conductor’s Chorus
(Alma Band Room) |
Rehearsal of the Collegiate Honor Choir
(Alma College Chapel) |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Interest Session #5 – Dr. Derrick Fox
(Alma College Chapel) |
Interest Session #5 – Dr. Derrick Fox
(Alma College Chapel) |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Concert Session #3
Maynard Klein Award Presentation
|| Las Almas
|| Vanguard Voices (HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
Concert Session #3
Maynard Klein Award Presentation
|| Las Almas
|| Vanguard Voices (HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
| 12:00 – 1:15 PM |
Lunch included |
Lunch included |
| 1:30 – 2:45 PM |
Undergraduate and Graduate Conducting Masterclass with Eastern Michigan University Choir
(Alma Band Room) |
Undergraduate and Graduate Conducting Masterclass with Eastern Michigan University Choir
(Alma Band Room) |
| 3:00 – 3:45 PM |
Interest Session #6
“Choral Programming & Popular Music”
(Alma Band Room)
|| “Chants & Chance: Ancient & Modern Techniques for Independent Musicianship”
(Strostacker Theatre) |
Interest Session #6
“Choral Programming & Popular Music”
(Alma Band Room)
|| “Chants & Chance: Ancient & Modern Techniques for Independent Musicianship”
(Strostacker Theatre) |
| 4:00 – 4:45 PM |
Rehearsal of the Conductor’s Chorus
(Alma College Chapel) |
Rehearsal of the Collegiate Honor Choir
(HPAC Presbyterian Hall) |
| 5:00 – 6:15 PM |
Closing Concert for Michigan ACDA Fall Conference, featuring Inter-Collegiate Honor Choir & Conductor’s Chorus (Alma College Chapel) |
Closing Concert for Michigan ACDA Fall Conference, featuring Inter-Collegiate Honor Choir & Conductor’s Chorus (Alma College Chapel) |
*Guests/attendees are more than welcome to visit vendor booths throughout the conference
