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Silver Linings: Resilience and New Beginnings

April 14, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

By Marc Taylor This past year has been difficult for most everybody in one way or another. For music teachers it has been quite challenging. For families that have lost loved ones it has been devastating. Personally, I haven’t had a desire to dwell on or rehash the negative aspects of this period of time. […]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: COVID-19, Silver Linings, The Choral Life, Wellness

Dr. Anton Armstrong’s Keynote Address at the 2021 ACDA National Conference

April 6, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

I am truly humbled to offer these thoughts today in the context of our national ACDA conference focused on music and diversity. The name of Helen Kemp is known to many of us who have devoted our lives to nurturing and developing the love of singing in children. Helen Kemp was a highly respected vocal […]

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Silver Linings: Commitment and Engagement

March 31, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

By David L. Mennicke At Concordia University, St. Paul, we’ve been fortunate to have been able to meet face-to-face, with distancing, masks, and 30-minute rehearsal times. This has led us to working on less literature and more focus on skill-building. Unable to do live concerts, we’ve engaged in sharing recorded videos of our music. The […]

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Silver Linings: Giving Grace, Growing Closer, and Building Trust

March 24, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

By Hilary Morton Everyone has had a hard year. I think choral directors might have had it a bit worse. We will be dealing with the fallout from this pandemic for the next few years at least, rebuilding our programs from the ground up. We haven’t been teaching “choir” as we have known it to […]

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Silver Linings: Cross-Country Collaborative Choral Initiatives

March 23, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

By Tracy Wong “Shared joy is a double joy. Shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” This Swedish proverb rings true as we reach the one-year mark of this pandemic and reflect on how COVID-19 continues to impact the global choral community. In Canada, the changing restrictions for this evolving pandemic have prompted choral leaders to […]

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Silver Linings: Connections in Choir During Hybrid Learning

March 10, 2021 by ACDA Leave a Comment

A few months ago ACDA began soliciting and sharing “silver lining” reflections from our members. We have enjoyed them so much, we decided to share them in a wider way on ChoralNet. Have you experienced a silver lining during the course of this challenging year? Please email a draft to for consideration in this […]

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