Training the Individual Voice in the Choral Rehearsal
Jared Anderson, Director of Choral Activities at Michigan Tech, presented a fascinating session at the Fall Conference. Here is a link to his extensive Handout: e pluribus unum
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Jared Anderson, Director of Choral Activities at Michigan Tech, presented a fascinating session at the Fall Conference. Here is a link to his extensive Handout: e pluribus unum
“Where do you find all that interesting music?” I get this question a lot. In fact, as your Repertoire and Standards Chair for Ethnic and Multicultural Music I’m delighted to get this question. For a long time I’ve placed a priority on programming diverse, exciting literature from as many periods, cultures, and performance practices as…
Moderator: Brian Newhouse, Minnesota Public Radio. This webinar focused on examples of how singers and singing ensembles are producing their art now, as physical distancing guidelines continue to be in place. A variety of guests shared promising projects and existing and emerging technologies that keep us connected and singing. Watch the recording.
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…
Our choral art form is unique: it is group story telling that unites music and words in a way that heightens the meaningful impact of each. The corporate aspect of choral music making—something done together by many different individuals at the same moment in time in the same place—powerfully magnifies and intensifies the impact of…
By Erin Colwitz, ACDA-Michigan President ACDA-Michigan held its annual conference this past weekend (October 22-23, 2021) at Central Michigan University. This conference was offered as a “hybrid” model to accommodate those that do not yet feel comfortable conferencing in person. However, roughly 70 people met in person for the first time since the global pandemic…
The ACDA Central Division Conference February 26 – March 1, 2014 Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel Cincinnati, Ohio The first ACDA Central Division conference I attended was in Cincinnati in 2000. Pat Wiehe and Kitty O’Donnell of North Central High School in Indianapolis told me about this event and that if I wanted to go,…