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The Northwestern Division Conference (March 15-18 in Seattle) will include a performance by Lo Còr de la Plana (pronounced “loo quar dey la plan”), a Marseilles choir from the quarter “La Plaine.” It features six singers, accompanied by percussions (bendirs and tamburello), handclapping, and foot-stomping. Founded in 2001, the group devoted itself to the systematic re-creation […]

The ACDA Northwestern Division Conference is just two weeks away.  This grand event takes place March 15-19 in Seattle, Washington.  This is one of seven divisional conferences being offered by ACDA in 2012.   “In Seattle, our lives go on, in endless song! Said Northwestern Division President Solveig Holmquist.  “How can we keep from singing?” […]

On March 15, ACDA members and choral enthusiasts will have yet another fabulous benefit available to them: a Smartphone App!  This application will include ACDA’s exclusive “First Listen” program (in collaboration with Naxos) and “Choral Library” (reviews of new choral music). I am announcing the availability of this new ACDA mobile app at each of […]

The Central Division Conference (March 7-10 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) will feature the concert session “Buenos Aires to Bluegrass: Amazing Mass Music.”  This evening concert will highlight two settings of the Mass, the Ariel Ramírez Misa Criolla (performed by the Indiana University/Purdue University-Fort Wayne Choral Union and University Singers) and Carol Barnett’s The World Beloved: […]

Balmy southern breezes are greeting ACDA members arriving today for the start of the ACDA Southern Division Conference in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  The event runs through Saturday, March 3.   “There’s still plenty of room at this particular table,” said Southern Division President, Tom Shelton. “Y’all join us!”   Members can still join in the […]