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Frank Albinder, pictured here with Eric Whitacre, pointed me to this story about how music and singing is helping Rep. Gabielle Giffords recover from the gunshot: Since Giffords was transferred to TIRR Jan. 21, reports of her singing "Happy Birthday" for husband Mark Kelly and Don McLean's "American Pie" have signaled what some have called […]

On the morning after the conclusion of our 2011 National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association, I went to the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago to reflect, as well as decompress. The night before, I had completed the Conference by hearing Helmuth Rilling, the recently announced winner of the Herbert […]

Another great day to be in Chicago for ACDA 2011.   It is the end of a long day that included definite highlights:   University of St. Thomas and director Angela Broeker gave a refined and elegant concert today – their best work was on the Monteverdi Ecco and Le Pont Mirabeau by Lionel Daunais. […]

Brad Holmes and his Millikin University Choir did it again – another stunning performance involving incredible musicianship, humor, passion, creativity, and tonal variety.   This is what you hope to find at a national conference – a stellar choir performing at their very best.   They took the stage quickly and sang an energetic performance […]

It is exciting times for ACDA in Chicago as the conference begins this morning.   ChoralNet is here tweeting and blogging and planning and listening.  A few reminders for people who are attending the conference: We have Google Calendars for both Gold and Scarlet tracks. Many are tweeting!  #ACDA2011  Join the conversation! Tim Sharp’s blog about the […]

I hope most of the ChoralNet membership is traveling to Chicago today for a spectacular National ACDA Conference.   I expect that we'll be blogging multiple times a day about the conference, so check into ChoralNet often for some official updates.   If you want to take part in the conversation about ACDA Chicago, you […]