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We try to utilize this precious space to motivate, encourage, and support.  We hope “Choral Caffeine” gives you a useful little mid-week jolt.   How about a big jolt . . . a really BIG jolt?   Then go to your ACDA Divisional Conference.   We won’t try to motivate you by telling you about […]

The very first word in the National Standards for Music Education is . . .                                       SINGING   I’ve always thought that was pretty cool.   Yes, of course, the standards have been with us for more than a decade.  Yet it’s worth noting that the National Standards for Music Education is an educational […]

Why did we enter the choral profession?   We definitely did not earn a music education degree because it was “fun” – first-year theory class weeded out that crew.  Certainly “easy” is not a word any successful choral conductor would use to describe their day.  So, how about that paycheck?  Nope, no one gets rich […]

As ACDA continues to build its forthcoming mobile app, I thought it would be timely to share a recent study from StudyBlue that reveals students with access to smartphones study material for classes approximately 40 minutes more per week than students without access to a smartphone. This figure was tabulated from the combined data of […]

For choral conductors working in an academic setting, the winter break is a lot like halftime of a football game – our body may be in the locker room, but our brain is still on the field (at least it better be if we want to win).  Though we’re enjoying a bit of a breather […]

It’s December 21, four days until Christmas.  The performances are winding down, grades are done, and we are all hungry for a moment of rest during a much-deserved winter break.  Through the haze of fatigue, some among us might be wondering why one would stay in this nutty profession (and I admit to wondering if […]