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By LaTria Garnigan Students and faculty at Fayette County High were recently honored with a grand visit. Sir Winston Churchill’s great grandson, Duncan Sandys, visited the school to personally invite the chorus to perform in the London International Choral Festival in London, England Dec. 27 to Jan. 4, 2012. Choral Director Richard Prouty received an […]

And the best conductor’s podium is….?   And the best conductor’s music stand is….?

Hello all,    I am about to sit down with the scheduler and decide how to schedule chorus students for their creative arts block next year, and I’m trying to decide which method to use.  A few things to help you understand my school: 1) We are a K-8 (6-8 MS); only one section of […]

ACDA has recently completed content lists of the Archive’s holdings which are available on the ACDA website at http://acda.org/archive/finding-aids.  The lists contain brief descriptions of the materials held by ACDA which include the personal collections of directors such as R. Wayne Hugoboom and other early ACDA leaders, Colleen Kirk, Harold Decker, Walter Collins, and Charles […]

2011 ILSTU-ACDA Collegiate Retreat “The Young Choral Professional”   September 30th – October 1st, 2011 Friday Afternoon to Saturday Evening Illinois State University Normal, IL   The ACDA Student Chapter at Illinois State University is proud to host a Collegiate Chapter Retreat for student chapters of the American Choral Directors Association! ***Conference Headliner***Brody McDonald Kettering […]

Lee Hoiby, Master of Opera and Song, Dies at 85    It is with the deepest sadness that we report the death of composer Lee Hoiby, one of the greatest masters of opera and song of our time. Mr. Hoiby died on March 28, 2011 at Montefiore Hospital in New York City, following a short […]

THE CROSSING’s NEW CD – IT IS TIME – is released today! Our new CD, IT IS TIME, is released today, March 29, on the Navona Records label, distributed by Naxos. The recording features six works commissioned by The Crossing: stunning unaccompanied choral settings of two of the twentieth century’s most creative and lyrical poets – […]

Friends:   I would like to hear your thoughts on the differences and challenges you perceive (if any) between a VOCAL DIRECTOR (that directs choir(s)) versus a CHORAL DIRECTOR (that directs choir(s)).  I’m 55 and the very best directors I have sung and studied under were NOT great solo/vocal voices, but they were phenomenal choral […]

I am working on a concert of “Big Band and Chorus” music for fall, 2012 with the Greenville Chorale (South Carolina). Looking for good arrangements of standard, “big band” music that includes CHORUS.   Can anyone help?   thanks bing

By Sirotin Sergei MOSCOW — A performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s grandiose oratory “St. John Passion” will start the international festival of Bach’s music in Moscow on March 4. The festival will host musicians from Russia, Germany, France, the US, Switzerland, the UK, the Netherlands and Brazil, and will last till March 25. The program […]