ACDA Eastern Division
Date: March 16, 2012 by Shaun Cloonan  Views: 1016
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
March 2012
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**We hope you enjoyed the conference. Please visit this link to submit your evaluation - and thank you!
**USB Drive from the Eastern Division 2012 Conference:
Get yours now for only $12! (US mailing addresses only)
Includes:
1. PDF files of all Conference Reading Session Scores;
2. List of all Reading Session Materials including supplemental recommendations;
3. List of all Concert program music;
4. PDF of Conference Program Book;
5. more.....
**Congratulations to Eastern Division's President-Elect Designate Dr. David Fryling! Dr. Fryling's election was announced at the 2012 Eastern Division Conference in Providence.
**ACDA Eastern Division has partnered with Chorus America, the advocacy, research, and leadership development organization serving the choral music community. Their website has undergone an "extreme makeover" and we invite you to check it out at http://ChorusAmerica.org. The site offers hundreds of articles and resources for choral directors, chorus staff, and singers - it's a goldmine of information!
The Voices United Choral Conference is August 9-11, 2012 at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA (Washington, DC metro area). This year's Conducting Masterclass features Dr. Tim Sharp, Executive Director of National ACDA. Four to six conductors will be chosen (conductors of any age or ability level may apply). Information and an online application ( applications are due April 1) can be found at: http://www.acdavoicesunited.org/?page_id=42
*Please consider making a donation to the Kegerreis Scholarship Fund so we may continue our tradition of offering scholarships to Honor Choir participants and to Collegiate members to attend our conferences.
Dr. Robert Eaton
President, Eastern Division ACDA
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Date: January 16, 2012 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 804
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
January 2012
This issue of ChoraLink is sponsored by Luther Seminary.
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Hope to see you all at the Division Conference!
ACDA Eastern Division Conference Registration and Hotel Link.
(Reminder: Early Registration deadline is January 14.)
Conference Schedule.
Check out these special features of our conference:
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Building Communities: series dealing with Special Needs, Homeless, Hospice, etc. Information here
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Face to Face: 20-minute private interviews with members of ACDA leadership, and conference presenters and conductors. To schedule an interview go here.
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Meet and Greet our composers whose works are being presented. Information Here.
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Outstanding choirs, excellent presenters, networking over free breakfast, exhibit showcase, an all-in-one conference. For those who need accessible transportation information, see this page.
Helen Kemp Award presented to Amy Story. Congratulations, Amy! More information here.
Meet our International Conductors Exchange - Carmen Collado from Cuba, and Michael Kershner of YNYC.
Remember to vote for Eastern Division President-Elect candidates.
New updates on the Technology page; be sure to visit John at the Technology Kiosk at the conference.
See what's happening in research. Information here.
Please consider making a donation to the Kegerreis Scholarship Fund so we may continue our tradition of offering scholarships to Honor Choir participants and to Collegiate members to attend our conferences.
Dr. Robert Eaton
President, Eastern Division ACDA
rpesing@gmail.com
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Date: September 15, 2011 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 1850
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
August 2011
Reserve now to have your advertisement appear in ChoraLink.
Information here.
Openings are still available for February, March and June 2012.
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Performing Choirs announced for Providence Conference.
Building Communities Festival Choir for singers with intellectual and developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries. Information and Application here.
Nominations being accepted for the Helen Kemp Award.
General information on Conference Fees and Hotels now online here.
Information for Exhibitors and Advertisers for our Feb. 2012 Division Conference is now online. Online registration will be open in the fall via the National ACDA office.
Please consider making a donation to the Kegerreis Scholarship Fund so we may continue our tradition of offering scholarships to Honor Choir participants and to Collegiate members to attend our conferences.
Bob Eaton
Dr. Robert Eaton
President, Eastern Division ACDA
rpesing@gmail.com
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Date: February 22, 2011 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 709
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
February 2011
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Welcome to ChoraLink, a monthly update from ACDA's Eastern Division, with links to news, events, and resources.
Session and Performance Applications Now Accepted Online:
http://acdaeast.org/providence/
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Interest Sessions
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Research Sessions
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Choir Performance
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High School Soundtable
Honor Choir Information and applications:
New - Latino Repertoire Choir - Grades 11, 12, College and Adult - Juan Tony Guzman, Director.
Elementary Choir treble voices grades 4, 5, 6.
And the usual Middle School and High School Choirs.
Check out the updates on the College and University page.
Thank you, Peggy Dettwiler.
Congratulations to Ann Howard Jones - recipient of National's Robert Shaw Award.
Eastern Division Reception in Chicago Thursday, March 10, 5:30-7:30 PM Buddy Guy's Legend Blues Club, 500 Wabash St. (Across the street from The Hilton Chicago and Blackstone Hotel).
Call for Articles - Be published. Share your research, experience and wisdom.
Jobs page at http://acdaeast.org/jobs/jobs.php
Calendar at http://acdaeast.org/calendar.html
Join ChoralNet Communities
Bob Eaton
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Date: February 22, 2011 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 998
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
January 2011
This issue of ChoraLink is sponsored by Bard College, www.bard.edu
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Date: October 15, 2010 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 717
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
October 2010
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This issue of ChoraLink is sponsored by
Prague Choral Festival
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Date: September 16, 2010 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 785
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
September 2010
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This issue of ChoraLink is sponsored by
Prague Choral Festival
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Welcome to ChoraLink, a monthly update from ACDA's Eastern Division, with links to news, events, and resources.
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Date: August 13, 2010 by Shaun Cloonan Views: 728
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ACDA Eastern Division ChoraLink
August 2010
YourAd/Event placed here will reach more than 2800 choral directors. Contact Allyssa Jones aj@allyssajones.com
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Welcome to ChoraLink, a monthly update from ACDA's Eastern Division, with links to news, events, and resources.
Congratulations to Eastern Division Choirs Performing at the Chicago Conference! http://acdaeast.org
More to come, lots happening in ACDA.
Have a great start to the 2010-2011 Season!
Bob Eaton
P.S. - If you missed the July ChoraLink see below:
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Post your ACDA-Sponsored events on our Calendar and attend a summer conference in NY, PA, or MD/DC/VA.
ACDA has taken over operations of ChoralNet, which has many resources. If you are not a member, you should join!
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Date: July 8, 2010 by Robert Eaton Views: 772
It’s Not the Music
Thank you for taking a few moments to explore this corner of the ED website. My hope in this corner is not to instruct but rather to present some ideas and thoughts that might stimulate some discussion and/or reflection. Express your thoughts or reactions on this Blog.
As the new school year approaches and with it the beginning of the process for honor choirs and auditioned conference choirs many will be focused on preparing the most polished and refined audition recordings. Committees will be formed and procedures reviewed and scrutinized in order to provide a fair and impartial evaluation of those recordings. In short, much effort, talent, and in some cases money will be invested in the attempt to showcase the very best musical performances and performers. But, as an Association of Choral Directors, is this what we are all about? While musical excellence is always a worthy goal should it be the predominant focus of our attention or should it be viewed more as a means to an end?
How one answers those questions depends a lot on how one answers the following: Are we primarily choral Educators or choral Directors? Is presenting outstanding choral performances the best way to promote the Choral Art or is it the process for preparing the choral performance the best way to promote the Choral Art?
The positive influence of choral music on the lives, mores, and values of participants has been well chronicled by numerous authors, philosophers, and educators. All too often though, our training for chorus directors largely neglects these statements and almost exclusively focuses on the technical training of a conductor and musician. Often significant time is spent developing strategies for dealing with “attendance policies” and chorus handbook rules and regulations.
In my own early years of teaching I too became irate with students who missed rehearsals or worse yet, a performance. I would rant about the values of parents who dared to make family plans that conflicted with a chorus concert, trip, or festival. The primary goal was to make the best music possible. Over time my attitude changed. Perhaps it was the exchange with former students whose names I could not remember and whose faces I recollected only dimly. They probably were one of those students I let stay in the choir because they ‘did no harm.’ Now they tells me how much chorus meant to them in high school, that it was what kept them in school, and how it was the source of their fondest memories. Or perhaps it was watching the 70 and 80 year-old vocalists who dragged themselves weekly, often with physical pain, to church or community choir rehearsals. Or the experience of vainly trying to comfort an elderly vocalist who tells you with tears that they can no longer sing in the ensemble. These experiences gradually led to me to a belief that it is the process of making music that is most important, even more important than the music itself.
Anyone who has received an email from me has perhaps seen my two signature quotes. They have become more and more a part of my moral compass as the years go by.
"The most important thing about performing is to make magic, to make a special moment in time. The whole process ... is never about proving something but about sharing something." Yo Yo Ma
"The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sing the best." Attributed to Henry David Thoreau
As we prepare for yet another competitive season of choral music I suggest we at least think about:
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Is there a place in an honor choir for a dedicated but less talented vocalist with an overwhelming commitment to the choral art?
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Is there a place for a conference choir that may not exhibit the ideal tone but sings with strong conviction and emotion?
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Should we require testimonials from former students and ensemble members relative to the process of making music?
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On a broader scale, how do we instill this understanding of the influence we have on the lives of the individuals in our ensembles to our young and future choral director/educators?
Thanks for listening.
Bob Eaton
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