Writing today from Patagonia, Argentina, at the 9th World Choral Music Symposium, I am pleased to announce that next July (2012), following the World Choir Games in Cincinnati, a World Choral Summit will take place in Beijing, China, and will bring together thirty choral leaders from throughout the world. I look forward to being a […]
Research Demonstrates Cultural Industries are Economic Powerhouses
A new report released by the NEA demonstrates once again that cultural industries are economic powerhouses and states have the data to prove it. Drawing on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Arts and the GDP: Value Added by Selected Cultural Industries is a new NEA research note that examines the value added by […]
More Thoughts on the Need to Mentor Generation iY
Tim Elmore’s book Generation iY is a fascinating study, as well as a wake-up call, for those of us working with the generation born after 1990. This particular exploration invoves the younger Millennials who have come into a world defined by technology and shaped by the Internet— iPod, iBook, iPhone, iChat, iMovie, iPad, and iTunes. […]
Announcing 2012 Choral Regional Conferences and Immersion Events
The American Choral Directors Association will sponsor a record twelve conferences in 2012, featuring the Association’s signature Divisonal conferences, along with five additional intensive events for specific repertoire and interest areas including Children’s Directors, Middle School/Junior High Directors, Composers, American Choral Research, and International Choirs. The seven ACDA Division conferences feature the best of choral […]
ACDA Moves Into Strategic Planning
Important administrative audits inside institutional life are always in danger of becoming the victim of benign neglect, and discussions about what some would call “administrivia” can become the object of clichés or relegated to the cynical domain of “buzzwords.” In my academic life, corporate-speak that spilled over into academic-speak, often attempted innovation, but also created […]
Reply to Open Letter to Secretary of Education Duncan
Last Tuesday I posted an open letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan from a number of arts organization. The following is the reply on behalf of Secretary Duncan received this week: I’ve been asked to reply to your letter of May 10 to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. As you may know, in my […]