ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels but specifically K-12 and community choirs. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/publications/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For more information, email or visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is an excerpt from an article in the current Winter 2022 issue titled […]
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Jake Runestad Live in My Classroom!
In this episode, filmed in front of a “live studio audience” in the form of my students, I have the opportunity to sit down with one of our generations finest compositional voices, Jake Runestad. With the help of my students, we have a spirited conversation about the value and genesis of creativity, the special nature […]
October Choral Journal Preview
The October issue of Choral Journal is available online. Following is a list of the articles you will find in this issue, which features 3 composer anniversaries from 2022. ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest edition. You can also read our electronic version. If you are […]
Yes Middle Schoolers CAN! with Dale Duncan
In this episode I sit down with THE Middle School choir guru, Dale Duncan to talk about sweet spot for success in Middle School vocal music. Middle School Singers are often overlooked and underestimated. What they need is an educator that believes in them, and provides high quality instruction in a school that supports them. We talk […]
Leveling the Playing Field with Dr. Chantae Pittman
On this episode Dr. Chantae Pittman joins me in the ongoing conversation surrounding the philosophy of choral music education. Why are we there? What is our function? Just how critical is it that students who complete a term or more in vocal music in school are able to reach some level of music reading proficiency. Dr. Pittman […]
How to Live Long and Prosper as a Choral Music Educator
The September 2022 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “How to Live Long and Prosper as a Choral Music Educator” by J. Edmund Hughes. You can read it in its entirety at acda.org/choraljournal. Following is a portion from the introduction. _________________ As a junior in college, my conducting career began in 1968 […]