As we embrace this new year, I would like to invite and encourage you to take full advantage of the benefits of membership in the American Choral Directors Association. These benefits continue to grow for all our members, and it is my hope that more and more of our seasoned members discover what our new […]
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ICEP Spotlight – 2016 Conducting Fellows Dr. Jeffery Ames & Dr. Jung Jin Baek
Greetings Friends! Now that we are all back following the winter holiday, I hope you are all finding early success and reasons to love your singers (and your conductors)! This is an extremely busy time for all of us and with the ACDA Division Conferences beginning in just about three weeks, there seems to be […]
Musica: A Great Benefit for ACDA Members
Musica: A Great Benefit for ACDA Members ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp If you are searching for choral repertoire, and the fact is, we are indeed searching for choral repertoire all the time, your membership in the American Choral Directors Association offers you the entire Musica choral database to track down repertoire throughout the […]
Composition Spotlight -Sleep, Grandmother, Sleep
COMPOSITION SPOTLIGHT ~ by Jack Senzig (The Composition Showcase is a unique resource for conductors. Choral composers are allowed to share only a few of their best works. Each week we offer you the best of the best on a silver platter. The Silver Platter Award winners are works that your choirs will love to […]
Choral Potpourri: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
“It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” Harry S. Truman Four years ago, Jay’s* partner was accepted to medical school in a university town with a great music school and many fine community music organizations. Jay was very happy. He got a job as the […]
Choral Potpourri: Who is Doing Towels?
“The buck stops here!” Harry S Truman When we first dream of becoming a choral director, we think of the music. We work hard to become good musicians; we practice, learn repertoire and practice some more. And we imagine our life will be all great masterpieces and singing and working with great people […]