Greetings and Happy New Year! The 2016 ACDA Division Conferences are quickly approaching and it is my pleasure to introduce the ICEP Conducting Fellows from the United States and South Korea as part of a special 7-part series for the ICEP Spotlight on ChoralNet. In this first phase of the 2016 exchange, ACDA will host an ICEP Conducting Fellow from South […]
International Initiatives
ICEP Spotlight – Emily Williams Burch
While we talk about music being the international language, nothing brings that home more than participating in a music exchange program. According to ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) staff, “the International Conductors Exchange Program (ICEP) is committed to leading the world in the creation of opportunities for intercultural and artistic dialogue with these choral […]
ICEP Spotlight – Dr. Giselle Wyers
This September, I was fortunate to be one of the conductors selected by ACDA to take part in an exchange with the ICEP (International Conductors Exchange Program). I was very excited when I first heard about this program a few years ago, when I was asked to serve on the NW Division Steering Committee for […]
ICEP Spotlight – Dr. Joshua Habermann
Parents all have favorite stories about their children that they share when company comes over. These tales are usually brought out to illustrate some defining and possibly amusing character trait. In my case my mother tells the story of asking me what I wanted for my fifth birthday, and her surprise when I told her […]
ICEP Spotlight – Dr. Jaclyn Johnson, 2014 ICEP Conducting Fellow
I Found Myself in a Far-Off Land by Dr. Jaclyn Johnson “There are two reasons why people don’t know what they want in life. One, they already have it, and two, they don't truly know themselves.” – Alan Watts, philosopher & scholar Without any hesitation, I can honestly say that I have everything […]
ICEP Spotlight – ICEP Horizons
ICEP Spotlight – ICEP Horizons (Swedish ICEP Conducting Fellows in Salt Lake City, UT with ACDA Executive Director, Dr. Tim Sharp, ICEP Director, Dr. T. J. Harper, and SWICCO Director, Fred Sjöberg) This weekend, the 2015 exchange with Sweden comes to a triumphant close with the last group of ICEP Conducting Fellows convening in […]