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Whether remote or in person, you can make your Valentine’s Day Rehearsalmemorable and impactful. These Valentine’s Day rehearsal ideas are sure to bring your group together AND provide a highly-effective and unique lesson. Here are: 9 Valentine’s Day Rehearsal Ideas (Remote or In Person) Valentine’s Day Round – Fun to Sing and teaches the “V” vs “F” sound & the […]

Corporation walks us through the basics of how to create a respectable digital representation of your ensemble. A nuts and bolts episode covering everything you need to know before you get started! Many of us will exist at different places on the learning curve on this topic, but Josh is a true expert and leader […]

“Tough times don’t last, tough people do, remember?” Gregory Peck We’ve made it to February, whoopee! And what a year 2021 has been so far. YIKES! There are days I just try to get through my everyday challenges. And there are other days when I worry for our country and the world and am not […]

It wasn’t until I started teaching that I understood how to become a better student and a more effective teacher. The education I received as a child and adolescent was primarily subject-centered and focused on the acquisition and consumption of factual knowledge. As I moved from one grade to another, I formed the understanding that […]

Ramona M. Wis Cloudiness on Groundhog Day is a good thing because, legend has it, this means the groundhog will not see its shadow and Voila! No more winter!  We might be rooting for clouds today, but cloudiness of a different kind—lack of clarity or understanding—can obscure our best work.  How frustrating to not be able to “see,” in any […]

The newest issue of Choral Journal is available online! This issue is a full program book for the 2021 Virtual National Conference. You can still register for the conference, taking place March 18-20. If you cannot attend in real time, all sessions and performances will be available to watch through the end of the year! ACDA members […]

Choir Teacher TikTok and Tips for Social Media Use for Educators with Katherine Rosenfeld Your TeacherGram can’t be your main focus. Make sure your kids remain at the center of everything you’re doing. Katherine Rosenfeld We are now in a time in which the line between our day to lives and our social media lives are […]

“No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don’t knock your friends. Don’t knock your enemies. Don’t knock yourself.” Alfred Lord Tennyson As you may recall, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics is re-visiting some of […]

By Hilary Apfelstadt, ACDA Interim Executive Director More Zooming? Do I really want to go to a virtual conference? Should I go to a virtual conference? Those two questions might have different answers: perhaps you think you cannot stand another virtual event of any kind, but should you? That is another matter.  ACDA’s live conferences […]

By Peter Severson On my first Sunday morning at Princeton, I roused myself from Buyers Hall early enough to get to the Chapel for worship. Some mixture of tradition, habit, and curiosity landed me in a pew near the back. I’d sat in a similar spot for Opening Exercises the week before, awestruck by the […]