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Teaching Strategies for the Out-of-Balance Ensemble

April 3, 2023 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

One commonality between my experiences singing in the middle school and high school choirs was the largely disproportionate ratio of male to female singers—a ratio that did not exist in the more advanced choirs offered by the two programs. Conversations since with other middle school and high school colleagues around the Southeastern United States echoed […]

Filed Under: ChorTeach Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, building ensemble sound, ChorTeach, Teaching

“Note to Self” – an Advocacy & Collaboration Monthly Blog Post

February 15, 2023 by Emily Williams Burch Leave a Comment

By: Adrian Gordon & Emily Williams Burch  Let’s talk about transitions. They happen all the time. Of course, there are the obvious ones, such as the transition into a new job, a new location, or anything “new.” But what about the transitions that are just part of life. Think about the transition into a new […]

Filed Under: Advocacy & Collaboration Tagged With: ACDA, choral education, Teaching, Wellness

Fall 2020 ChorTeach Preview

October 12, 2020 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For submission information, to view the index, or to read the latest issue, visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is a list of the articles in the Fall 2020 […]

Filed Under: ChorTeach Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, ChorTeach, ChorTeach Preview, Singing, Teaching

Planning Ahead: Five Considerations for Future Choral Music Classrooms

July 27, 2020 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

ChorTeach is ACDA’s quarterly online publication, designed for those who work with singers of all levels. A full annotated ChorTeach index is available online at acda.org/chorteach. Over 160 articles are organized into seventeen categories. For submission information, to view the index, or to read the latest issue, visit acda.org/chorteach. Following is an excerpt from an article in the Summer 2020 […]

Filed Under: ChorTeach Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, ChorTeach, ChorTeach Preview, COVID-19, Teaching

The Kids Need Sand

July 13, 2020 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

Following is a post written by Mark McCormick, a music educator teaching vocal music, music theory and composition at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, CA. In the age of COVID-19, educators should remain focused on authentic learning with student self-discovery at its core.______ The Kids Need Sand As a kid growing up in […]

Filed Under: From Our Readers Tagged With: Classroom, Singing, Students, Teaching

CJ Replay: Teaching Adolescents with a Holistic Perspective

April 20, 2020 by Amanda Bumgarner Leave a Comment

The October 2016 issue of Choral Journal features an article titled “Keeping the Glass Half Full: Teaching Adolescents with a Holistic Perspective” by Bridget Sweet. You can read it in its entirety online at acda.org/choraljournal. Click “Search Archives” and choose October 2016 from the dropdown menu. Below is an excerpt from the article._____________________________ “When describing the young adolescent, floods […]

Filed Under: Choral Journal Tagged With: ACDA Membership Benefits, ACDA Publications, Adolescent Voice, CJ Replay, middle school, Teaching

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Christopher Willibald Gluck’s opera “Armide” was first staged, at the second Salle du Palais-Royal in Paris, on this day in 1777.

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