ACDA has a new logo – see it here: (i love it – clean – modern – and it tells who we are without the cryptic initials – more descriptors below) Here is a way of understanding some of the branding changes: “American Choral Directors” is primary, with “Association” being the secondary statement, […]
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Music Monday
More than 700,000 Canadian students connected – and sang – with schools around the world Monday. Celebrated the first Monday of May each year since 2005, Music Monday has Canadian students singing the same song at the exact same time. Only this year, there was a twist. Thanks to videoconferencing, the students […]
An Opportunity for Every Child – Tim Sharp and ACDA
As I first mentioned on Sunday, ChoralNet will begin to feature commentary from ACDA Executive Director Tim Sharp as a regular feature. What follows is directly from Tim: One of four initiatives I outlined in my vision for the work of the American Choral Directors Association is a 21st century ACDA that establishes the […]
Harmonius interruptus
Mark Schweizer provides some entertaining diversions provided via St. James Music Press. Definitions: Incomplete Cadence – harmonius interruptus.Metronome – small elves which live in the London subway system.Basso Continuo – When the director can’t get them to stop.Score – Sopranos 3, Tenors 0.Polychoral Motet – Six parrots singing “Cantate Domino.”Aleatoric (Chance) Music – Music performed by the random selection of pitches […]
Home from the Volcano
Members of a Mountain View (CA) high school choir whose recent trip to Europe was unexpectedly extended by a volcano eruption in Iceland returned to school Monday. The Mountain View High School Madrigals were stranded in Paris for a week past their return date after the ash cloud from the volcano prompted airport closures throughout the […]
Popular Voiceworks feedback
Do you have a copy of “Popular Voiceworks” (by Charles Beale & Steve Milloy, OUP)? If so, we would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. If you teach elementary – high school choirs, this book is for you. Here’s a link to a description of the book with book and audio samples. 28 […]