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Friday Freebie: Get a FREE CD!
EVERYBODY likes a freebie! Here’s a little something for you from the kind folks at SoundWaves (the firm responsible for recording the concerts at ACDA National Conferences). Soundwaves would like to offer a gift of one free CD. Simply browse MEtunes, choose any album, and use the coupon code below for a free choral CD when […]
How Collaboration Works
I would like to tell an inside ACDA story about collaboration in the hope that what we have learned could help someone trying to achieve a similar goal. In our National Office, each staff member has a very specific professional job and area of responsibility. For example, one person lays out the next Choral […]
Dental percussion
This month’s challenge to composers: make use of this technique in a choral composition:
CJ Replay: The Music of John Rutter
“In the past few years, John Rutter’s choral music has become increasingly popular in church, community, and school organizations. Because of this popularity, it has become necessary not only to analyze the style of Rutter’s music, but also to grasp the philosophy of composition from which his style emanates. With these factors in mind, […]
Decommissioning a Choir Robe
Some of you might be interested in this – a "decommissioning liturgy" for a choir robe. Samford University first purchased the robe in 1972. I thought the right thing to do was to pay homage to the robe with a little ceremony. Let me know what you think: Decommissioning Liturgy for a […]
Chanticleer’s Message to ACDA
A former student from my days on the Ole Miss choral faculty, Greg Peebles, is the spokesman for Chanticleer in this message to ACDA: Greg was a fantastic student at Ole Miss. His passion for music and excellence, as well as his immense talent, paid off in his position with one of […]
Saturday Respite: A Puppet Choir
Saturday. Ahhhhh . . .
Jester Hairston on “Gossip, Gossip”
What better way to understand the history of a work than from the person who composed it in the first place? Here, Jester Hairston shares a bit about the development of his charming work, “Gossip, Gossip.” (Excerpted from Volume 3 of the “ACDA on Location” series)
NEA Announces New Research on Artists in the Workforce
Research offers industry-specific, regional, and demographic data on the 2.1 million artists [inclusive of musicians] working in the U.S. There are 2.1 million artists in the United States workforce, and a large portion of them – designers – contribute to industries whose products Americans use every day, according to new research from the National Endowment for […]
Male Directors Working with a Women’s Choir
Here is a two-minute excerpt from the interest session, “Male Choir Directors: Working with and Relating to Beginning Women’s Choruses,” presented by Ryan W. Holder at the 2009 ACDA National Conference. This session addresses the challenges faced by male choir directors when working with a women’s choir.