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Fall 2018 ChorTeach Preview
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. Volume 11, issue 1, is a […]
Your Star-Spangled Banner Arrangement Is Too Difficult!
Do you spend waaaaay too much time teaching and preparing the Star Spangled Banner? Does your arrangement require the perfect balance in order to be performed well? Do you stress out about perfecting your arrangement in time for our 9/11 Ceremony, Pep Rally, or Homecoming? If so, are you sure you are using the right arrangement? Here […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 26: Friday, September 14, 2018.
“In the Lavender Stillness of Dawn” by Jocelyn Hagen.
Text by Meggan Tavel.
SSA, violin, cello, piano
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Winning and Losing with Grace
“You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.” Joe Namath My late mother would tell us being a gracious winner was just as important as being a gracious loser. In fact, she would scold if we were less than kind to our siblings if we won a game and were being […]
Leonard Bernstein
This week on GBW and ACDA Radio/ChoralNet, Host Stan Schmidt invites you to enjoy music by one of America’s most treasured musicians and composers…..Plus you will be treated to stunning music by Randall Thompson, Paweł Łukaszewski, Samuel Barber and a Gaelic Hymn. This visit is called Leonard Bernstein and Friends. Choral groups ready to serve […]
The Voice of the Very Young Child (birth to 5 years)
The voice of the very young child (from birth to 5 years) is not like the voice of an older child or an adult. Know the differences in an adult’s and a child’s vocal apparatus.
October 2018 Choral Journal Preview
The latest issue of Choral Journal is available online! This is the October 2018 issue and is a Focus on Social Justice and Choral Communities, guest edited by Kristina Boerger. ACDA members can log in with their username and password to view and download the newest edition. You can also read our electronic version. Below is a preview of the […]
Professionalism, by William Baker
On the day I turned 40 years old I was a professional church music director. I held an advanced degree from a state school with an average music department, and I had 23 years of experience. My salary and goodies package approached $100,000 a year. On the day I turned 50 years old, I held […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 25: Friday, September 7, 2018.
“I Just Lightning” by Libby Larsen.
Text by Maria Sabina.
SSAA, percussion.
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: The Pause That Refreshes?
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein Well, I’m back! I hoped you enjoyed the Choral Ethics Repeats during the month of August. They were part of the first series I wrote for ChoralNet as a guest blogger […]