(An excerpt from the interest session, “Recruitment, Retention, and Repertoire for Two-Year College Choirs,” by Alice Cavanaugh. Presented during the 2013 ACDA National Conference.) A great way to encourage camaraderie and to simultaneously support students who cant read music is to create a seating chart that promotes collaborative learning. This is not the seating […]
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Performing Polyphony
(An excerpt from the interest session, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone? A New Education- Performing Polyphony: Developing Independence, Style, and Musicianship,” by Jameson Marvin; assisted by the Texas Tech University Concert Choir, Richard Bjella, conductor. Presented during the 2013 ACDA National Conference.) When choral singers are offered the chance to sing lines […]
The Art of Successful Programming
(An excerpt from the interest session, “The Art of Successful Programming: Study, Selection, and Synthesis,” by Richard Bjella. Presented during the 2013 ACDA National Conference.) All of us struggle with putting together an effective, efficient, and affective program. Almost always we are left only partially satisfied with the result, the response, the overall […]
Los Angeles Master Chorale Announces Blockbuster 50th Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall
2013|14 Season Celebrates Choir’s Reputation as one of World’s Most Eminent Choruses and Highlights Its Seminal Role in City’s Cultural Development as a Founding Resident Company of The Music Center and the Resident Chorus of Walt Disney Concert Hall Acclaimed Music Director Grant Gershon Draws Season’s Repertoire from Grammy-Nominated Chorus’s Treasure of Signature Works as […]
Lost black leather jacket at ACDA conference in Dallas
I lost my beloved black leather jacket at the ACDA conference in Dallas. The jacket was accidentally left in the Sheraton’s San Antonio Ballroom on Friday at 11:15 a.m. after the Conducting Women’s Choirs panel when I dashed out to keep an appointment. When I returned to retrieve it, it was missing although the room was still littered […]
Conference reflections
First, thanks to Karen Fulmer, Tim Sharp, and the entire team of planners, volunteers and staff who made the convention possible. I thought it was a very strong conference and was so glad the weather cooperated (perfectly!) since one of the downsides of the Arts District is few restaurants and enough distance from hotels that […]