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Saturday Respite: A Choral Conductor Caricature
Warwick Davis in the role of a choral conductor . . .
CJ Replay: Choral Music in England
(ACDA’s National Youth Honor Choir is currently performing in London under the direction of Simon Carrington. It seems a good time to replay this article from the May, 1973, Choral Journal, “Choral Singing in England,” by Harold Decker.) England, the “mod” country, the originator of the midi and the long hair, fllimous for […]
Armed Forces Medley
The Fourth of July . . . Independence Day in the United States! Before you head off to the barbeque and fireworks, enjoy this medley of melodies representing the U.S. Armed Forces recorded during the 2009 ACDA National Conference!
Stick Time: South African Medley
The World Choir Games are in full swing in Cincinnati. Here’s a selecion from ACDA’s 2009 National Conference to set the mood!
CJ Replay: The Birth of ACDA
(The ACDA leadership met last month in Dallas for training and to tend to the business of running our Association. It seems timely to look back to what out first President, Archie Jones, had to say when the Association was brand new. This is from the first page of the first volume of the Choral […]
Music Can Feed the Homeless
(from the interest session “Recovery, Healing, and Wholeness: How Music Can Feed the Homeless,” presented by Amanda Weber during the 2012 ACDA Eastern Divisison Conference.) At our Regional ACDA Convention in February, I presented on the ways in which music can feed the homeless. I was sought out because of my work in […]
Morph Choir
I know some choirs have less-than-beautiful members in them, but this seems like an extreme way to handle them. For the embedded-impaired: http://youtu.be/C9zf_ImNa5w
World Choir Games Update
Hitting the ‘High Notes’ An insider’s look at 2012 World Choir Games event progressSPECIAL EDITION Dear 2012 World Choir Games Supporter: We are extremely excited to announce that Tony Award-winning star Idina Menzel will headline the 2012 World Choir Games Closing Ceremony on July 14. You may know Menzel as the first-ever Elphaba in Wicked, as Shelby in FOX’s television […]
Carmina Burana, now with subtitles
In case you were wondering what the words were: Or, for the embedded-impaired: http://youtu.be/nIwrgAnx6Q8