2017 ICEP OF THE AMERICAS: 30 Conductors, 7 Countries, Limitless Possibilities The February 2017 ACDA Choral Journal features the current ICEP Conducting Fellows from the United States and South America. These conductors represent not only the future of choral music in their respective countries, they are the standard-bearers for the next generation of choral musicians. […]
International Initiatives
Choral Journal Preview – A Focus on Multigenerational Choral Singing
This special Choral Journal focus issue contains articles and columns that follow our conference theme, “A Life of Song.” Carol Beynon, Associate Professor in Music Education at the University of Western Ontario, shares three principles for establishing an intergenerational choir, sharing insight and research from the funded project Advanced Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS). From […]
Singing Together to Honor MLK
America Sings Together on Martin Luther King Day At 11:00 AM in your local time on Martin Luther King Day (Monday, January 16, 2017), we invite you, your families, your church groups, and your school choirs to stop and sing “Amazing Grace” with the people around you. The 4 verses of John Newton’s longer poem […]
America Cantat 8 ~ Sights & Sounds of Celebration
“Sing a Song of Joy and Gladness ~ Sing a Song of Peace and Harmony Sing Across the Islands ~ Sing Across the Sea Sing a Song of Peace and Harmony ~ Oh Sing! Sing! Sing a Song!” America Cantat 8 continues to represent the very finest musical and cultural exchange in one of […]
America Cantat 8 – A Confluence of Inspiration
AC8: It takes a village… Highlights from America Cantat 8 Over ten days, singers of all ages and abilities participate in overlapping five-day-long workshops, led by some of the most prestigious choral clinicians in the world. During these workshops participants rehearse choral pieces indigenous to participating choirs including some previous America Cantat host countries. At the […]
America Cantat 8 ~ Color & Charisma
A Celebration of Cultural Enrichment through International Collaboration “Music is the universal language: We the participants in America Cantat 8, pledge to use our love for music and our gifts in music, to promote universal accord, foster harmony and peace among nations, and to represent our countries proudly, with honor.” Entering the sixth day of this historic […]