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(Today’s London Dispatch is by Stephen Sawyer, a recent high school graduate from Rosemount, Minnesota.  Two days after returning from his experience with the ACDA National Youth Honor Choir in England, Stephen will report for his challenging first year as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy.)   My name is Stephen Sawyer. I have […]

(Today's London Dispatch is by Chad Berg, a a member of the ACDA National Youth Honor Choir and a student at the University of St. Thomas)   My name is Chad Berg. I am currently on the ACDA National Youth Honor Choir Tour in London, England. Along with touring the historic and beautiful city of […]

The ACDA National Youth Honor Choir contunes its adventure around London.  The 73-member choir has spent several hours in rehearsal with Simon Carrington; with members growning as choral singers while becoming evermore an ensemble.  When not in rehearsals, they have enjoyed seeing the sights around London, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, The Tower of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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 […]