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Here’s a little taste of one of the choirs performing TODAY at the 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas, Texas: Dr. Phillips High School Coro Bella (Andrew Minear and Sandy Hinkley, conductors).  You can read more about this choir and the program they will perform on page 81 of the Conference Program Book.  

Here’s a little taste of one of the choirs performing TODAY at the 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas, Texas: Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West (Richard Nance, conductor).  You can read more about this choir and the program they will perform on page 90 of the Conference Program Book.  

Here’s a little taste of one of the choirs performing at the 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas, Texas: the Union High School Chamber Choir (Mikkel Iverson, conductor).  You can read more about this choir and the program they will perform on page 96 of the Conference Program Book.  

Here’s a little taste of one of the choirs performing TODAY at the 2013 ACDA National Conference in Dallas, Texas: The University of Louisville Cardinal Singers (Kent Hatteberg, conductor).  You can read more about this choir and the program they will perform on page 98 of the Conference Program Book.  

This is a great interview with Eric from 1997 about the beginnings of the Chamber Choir. Look inside this post for the link–well worth it!   http://slowfox.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/eric-ericson-talks-about-choirs-and-choral-works/

In my last post about rehearsing, I made the point to bring musicality, especially phrase shape, into the rehearsal process early. One reader responded (and thank you for responding–I enjoy feedback or additional comments, whether you agree or disagree!) that one has to be careful to balance the various elements of teaching–and that he’d seen […]

This is outside of the run of my usual posts on ChoralBlog, but with Eric Ericson’s passing at age 94, I thought this might be appropriate. Below is an article I was commissioned to write for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on the occasion of Eric’s 90th birthday–it will give you a sense of his marvelous […]

In February, ACDA members found a little surprise in their Choral Journal.  An even bigger surprise arriving in their mailboxes right now – because every member of ACDA both in the U.S. and in 45 other countries will receive a copy of the 228-page National Conference Book, which just happens to be the March issue […]

CONFERENCE REFLECTIONS: LOS ANGELES by Paul Carey   Dallas is Calling You!   The Dallas ACDA National Conference is coming soon but it's not too late to register and attend. I’m writing to encourage everyone in the choral field to attend the Dallas conference. There will be so much music to hear by so many […]