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Midweek Meditation: Letting Go of Perfectionism

June 14, 2022 by ACDA 1 Comment

With this post, we welcome choral conductor and certified meditation teacher Steve Grives in his first post for a bi-weekly blog entitled Midweek Meditation. This blog will address issues pertinent to choral professionals through the lens of mindfulness and meditation. He will write about his own meditation practice, share some stories from his professional life, […]

Filed Under: Midweek Meditation Tagged With: meditation, perfection, Wellness

Goal: Help Students Find Hope

June 8, 2022 by ACDA Leave a Comment

With this post, we welcome a new blogger to ChoralNet: middle school choral educator Bethany Perkins Hall, who teaches in a rural community. In her monthly posts (second Wednesdays), she will be sharing thoughts on building a “solutionary” program, including modifications for different types of choirs and ideas for activities and assignments, as well as […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: choral education, middle school, Social Justice

ChoralEd: Your Teacher Identity

May 4, 2022 by ACDA Leave a Comment

With this post, we would like to both thank Brian O. Ackles and welcome Micah Bland. Since February 2020, Brian Ackles has authored a monthly blog on his approach and experiences with AGILE, a student/learner-centered music education program – even during a time when he was unable to meet with his classes in person. We […]

Filed Under: ChoralEd Tagged With: choral education, music educators, Podcast

Everyday Advocacy for Your Choral Program

September 29, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

By Karen Bruno What is advocacy? Advocacy is an opportunity to share with other people, many of whom are decisionmakers in some way, why choral music matters—to us, to our singers, and to the world. Advocacy should not be a term that frightens us. It should be a term that inspires us to explain to […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: advocacy, choral education, music educators

Silver Linings: Three Snapshots from the Past Year

April 21, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

By Carol Earnhardt Virtual Rehearsals, Concert, and After Party Last August, in 2020, the board members of my community choir, the Heart of Triad Choral Society (Kernersville, North Carolina), looked at me like I was crazy when I told them I wanted to have weekly rehearsals on Zoom and give a live “virtual” concert in […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: choral education, COVID-19, Silver Linings

Alice Parker’s Keynote Address at the 2021 ACDA National Conference

April 20, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

Transcription of the address presented March 19, 2021 Greetings, dear Friends and Colleagues. It’s a pleasure and an honor for me to be with you today. The only thing I wish is that we could be here together and singing. That would be the best. But since that’s denied us for the moment, let me […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: ACDA National Conference, Alice Parker, Inspiration

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