The May 2022 issue of Choral Journal is available online. This issue includes several articles on the topic of women in choral conducting ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest edition. You can also read our electronic version. If you are not already a member of ACDA, join […]
Teaching Strategies for the Out-of-Balance Ensemble
One commonality between my experiences singing in the middle school and high school choirs was the largely disproportionate ratio of male to female singers—a ratio that did not exist in the more advanced choirs offered by the two programs. Conversations since with other middle school and high school colleagues around the Southeastern United States echoed […]
The Business of Composing Part 2: Licensing
The March/April 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “The Business of Composing Part 2: Licensing” by Dan Forrest with Jake Runestad. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ If you publish music with a traditional publisher, and don’t care about all the inner workings, you don’t have to understand all the details […]
The Business of Composing Part 1: Commissions & Publishing
The March/April 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “The Business of Composing Part 1: Commissions & Publishing” by Jake Runestad with Dan Forrest. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ One of the great traditions of the choral community is supporting and performing new music by living composers. The development of […]
March/April Choral Journal Preview
The March/April issue of Choral Journal is available online. This issue is a focus issue on Composition from the ACDA Standing Committee for Composition Initiatives. ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest edition. You can also read our electronic version. If you are not already a member […]
Ask a Conductor: Parent Communication
ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels. Every ChorTeach issue includes a section called “Ask a Conductor,” which is a reader-generated Q&A format where readers submit questions related to teaching, conducting, rehearsing with, or singing with K-12 students. Several educators who either currently work in K-12 or who […]