The American Choral Directors Association proudly announces the inaugural ACDA National Youth Choir, a distinctive choir to be formed for international performance touring every even year. ACDA has chosen London for the location of the 2012 National Youth Choir debut in order to celebrate the Olympic Games being staged less than one month after the […]
Collaboration at Work
One of the strongest affirmations of one of our American Choral Directors Association strategic imperatives came in March of this year at our Biennial National Conference in Chicago as we witnessed collaboration in action. The overwhelming moments of inspiration and invigoration provided by this significant event were due, in large part, to our work in […]
Why I DO Want the Government involved in Arts Funding
Here are two additional reasons I now add to my list of why I want the National Endowment for the Arts and other federally funded arts entities to remain healthy and grow in significance in our national budget. The two following reasons augment the established case for what the National Endowment for the Arts does […]
Thoughts on Leadership
The following thoughts related to leadership come from an interview with Hugh Ballou via Creator Magazine. Check it out at http://bit.ly/frrqNH Ballou: Tim, as you know, I teach Transformational Leadership. The perfect example of this style of leadership is the choral conductor. What advice do you have for the church musician as Transformational Leader […]
Finding a Word in the Still, Small Voice
On the morning after the conclusion of our 2011 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association, I went to the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago to reflect, as well as decompress. The night before, I had completed the Conference by hearing Helmuth Rilling, the recently announced winner of the Herbert […]
ACDA’s Virtual Choral Reading Session from Chicago Conference
The American Choral Directors Association is pleased to announce a collaboration with J.W. Pepper that makes the choral literature from all thirteen of the choral reading sessions presented at the 2011 ACDA National Conference in Chicago available to all choral directors. This collaboration has created a resource that allows everyone to see and hear ACDA’s […]