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London Dispatch: ACDA Singers Arrive in the UK
Singers from throughout the United States arrived in the UK early this morning aboard two flights from Toronto for the start of the ACDA National Youth Honor Choir’s tour of England. At this moment, they are taking in the sights in the Royal Borough Town of Windsor. After enjoying a little sight-seeing, they will […]
Arts Continue to be an Economic Engine
While many industries in 2010 were struggling to recover from the recession, the nonprofit arts and culture industry continued to serve as an economic engine for the country, pumping billions of dollars into the national economy, a new report from the Americans for the Arts finds. Based on data from 9,721 arts and culture organizations […]
Composer of the Month: Karen Thomas
The Composers’ Community has an ongoing series highlighting a member composer. This month’s choice is Karen Thomas. Click here to read an interview with her, hear sample MP3s and videos, and get more details.
Make ACDA Better
The national leadership of ACDA recently met in Dallas to brainstorm the next direction for our organization. One of the most important parts of that brainstorming was a survey that was recently distributed to the membership. But let’s here from the ChoralNet participants: What is ACDA’s biggest problem? What one thing […]
Choral Caffeine: Making a Meaningful Musical Menu
You’re planning a dinner for some friends. What to serve, what to serve? Okay, let’s start with calamari and stuffed portabella mushrooms as an appetizer. So far so good. Then we’ll have a lovely salad of field greens with freshly made wild berry vinaigrette. Yummy – go on! For the entrée a frozen pizza, then […]
ACDA National Youth Honor Choir Journeys to England
The American Choral Directors Association’s 2012 National Youth Honor Choir will be rehearsing and performing in England, June 15-23. Click the ChoralBuzz tab on ChoralNet for the latest news and blogs from London!
93% Caucasian
It is a courageous act to examine your weaknesses. ACDA is acting with courage these days and looking intently at the problems of the organization. One of the themes that really impacted the ACDA leadership was the fact that our membership was 93% Caucasian – or, at least – that 93% of the respondants […]
Finding our way
The ACDA leadership met this past weekend and had a tremendous time of discussion, brainstorming, envisioning, and planning. Pictured here is our Executive Director Tim Sharp who is standing in front of a list of concerns the leadership had about our organization – identifying our problems was an important part of planning who we […]
Choral Caffeine: Beauty on a Budget
I am frequently dumbfounded by what our elected governmental officials (from the local waste management board to the oval office) see as a reasonable way to spend our money. (Yes, Senator, that is OUR money, not yours, sir. Or as the Captain said to Maverick in Top Gun, “You don’t own that plane, son, […]