ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels but specifically K-12 and community choirs. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/publications/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For more information, email or visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is an excerpt from an article in the Summer 2023 issue […]
Mental Health and Choral Music
We are looking back at the October 2021 issue of Choral Journal in this week’s post. That issue was a focus on mental health, and it featured several articles related to mental health and choral music, including “Remember You: Mental Health in a Life Dedicated to Choral Music” by Stephanie and Troy Robertson. You can […]
Due January 15: Choral Journal Summer Festival & Workshop Listing Information
ACDA’s annual free summer workshop and festival listing will appear in the March/April issue of Choral Journal for events taking place May 1 – Sept 1, 2024. Submissions are due by January 15, 2024, to . Please format your submission as follows: Date of Event Event Title Location (specify if Virtual) 1-2 sentence description of the event Contact name Contact email/phone […]
Improving the Rehearsal Experience: Strategies for Success
The November/December 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Improving the Rehearsal Experience: Strategies for Success” by Matt Hill. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Time is valuable, but rehearsal time is priceless. Each of us has the opportunity to make our rehearsals more effective in terms of teaching our singers […]
The Conducting Methodology of Carmen-Helena Téllez
The November/December 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “’Tempo is Affect, Duration is Drama’: The Conducting Methodology of Carmen-Helena Téllez” by Brandon Hollihan. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Dr. Carmen-Helena Téllez (1955-2021) was a force of nature in the world of choral and contemporary music. She is credited as […]
Performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil
The November/December 2023 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “Performing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil: An Interview with Conductors and Singers” by Vladimir Morosan. Following is a portion from the article. _________________ Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian composer and conductor considered to be “the last great figure of the tradition of Russian Romanticism […]