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Retirement and the Professional Choral Director: We Never Get too Old to Make a Difference

February 19, 2024 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The February 2024 issue of Choral Journal is online and features an article titled “We Never Get too Old to Make a Difference” by R Wayne Bailey. Following is a portion from the article. This is part of our series of columns on Retirement and the Professional Choral Director. _________________ Remember, all of us need a purpose. […]

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How to Live Long and Prosper as a Choral Music Educator

September 19, 2022 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Life after Retirement: Not Retirement, but Redirection!

April 10, 2017 by Amanda Bumgarner 2 Comments

The latest issue of Choral Journal features an ongoing column written by retired choral conductors, for retired choral conductors. This month’s contribution was written by Linda Lovaas, a retired middle school choral music educator from California. Following is a section of the article, which you can read in full in the May 2017 issue. ACDA […]

Filed Under: Choral Journal, The Choral Life Tagged With: ACDA, ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, choir, Choral Journal, mentoring, middle school, retirement

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