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CJ Replay: Thoughts on Adjudication
As adjudicators, we have often been asked, “What do you expect from the students performing, the teachers directing, and thee festival workshop host or hostess?” The answer to all three is: attitude, expertise, and consistency. These are criteria we apply to ourselves. First and foremost we project, and demand in return, a positive […]
CJ Replay: Dawson and the Copyright Act
No twentieth-century composer of choral music has experienced more copyright infringements than William L. Dawson. In the past three years more than 10 new publications have appeared on the market in which arrangers have either consciously or subconsciously “borrowed” compositional and textual ideas invented by Dawson. Melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic motives from Dawson’s arrangement of […]
Saturday Respite: Tito Puente
Let Señor Puente hep you get movin’ on this Sturday!
ACDA 4 U: Northwestern Conference Opens TODAY
All roads in the expanse of the northwest U.S. lead to Seattle for today’s start of the ACDA Northwestern Division Conference. This event, the last of ACDA’s seven divisional conferences, runs though the 19th. “There’s great coffee and great choral music, so grab your toothbrush and get here!” enthused ACDA Northwestern Division President, Solveig […]
ACDA 4 U: Central Conference Opens TODAY
The great lakes are no match for ACDA members in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio who are converging on Fort Wayne for the start of the ACDA Central Division Conference, running today through March 3. “Run, drive, fly, or crawl your way to Fort Wayne,” said Central Division President, Tom Merrill. Members can […]
ACDA 4 U: Northwestern Conference Includes Choral Quiz Bowl
The Choral Quiz Bowl – inaugurated at the 2010 Northwestern Division Conference – is back at the Northwestern Conference for 2012. Teams of 4 students, each from a separate university, will show their knowledge in areas which included choral music, NW ACDA history, and general knowledge. (Who knew that most car horns in the United […]
ACDA 4 U: Northwestern Conference features Kammerchor Stuttgart
Here is a little taste of Kammerchor Stuttgart, schedule to perform at the Northwestern Division Conference. View the complete Conference Profile or Register On-Line.