ACDA Michigan is proud to showcase the talents of some of our own composers at our conferences! Here are websites for the Michigan Choral Composers who are participating in the 2013 Fall Conference or who participated last year. (Not all…
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Wow! What a nice list! Last year your ACDA-MI board determined that one of the most helpful things we could do to for our members is to provide you with repertoire suggestions. We have noticed that repertoire lists posted on…
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“Where do you find all that interesting music?” I get this question a lot. In fact, as your Repertoire and Standards Chair for Ethnic and Multicultural Music I’m delighted to get this question. For a long time I’ve placed a…
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The writer C. S. Lewis, a devout agnostic in his youth, became convinced of the claims of faith only after a protracted struggle, the outcome of which left him “the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.” The ultimate…
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October 18 – 7:30 p.m. Calvin College Music Festival Covenant Fine Arts Auditorium Tickets required. Contact the Calvin Box Office for information October 19 – 7:30 P.M. “I Can See the Light” a collaboration of the Holland Chorale and the…
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So you have decided to start a children’s choir – now what? There are loads of resources for you out there! Here are a few tips and suggestions to get you started. Where to Begin? First you will need to…
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2013 ACDA-Michigan Fall ConferenceCONCERT SESSIONPERFORMING CHOIRS WEST OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOLSELECT WOMEN’S ENSEMBLEPamela Pierson, Conductor Pamela Pierson has had the distinct pleasure of working with young singers for 36 years. She has taught at West Ottawa High School in Holland…
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Perhaps in a perfect world it’s possible to conduct a rehearsal without a single mistake. But experience and human nature suggest that this goal is a fantasy, no matter how devoutly we might wish otherwise. In the real world, mistakes…
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When I was an undergrad at Western Michigan University, Dr. Joe Miller gave a lecture on the importance of owning quality choral CD’s (I guess now it would be MP3s). His lecture had two main points: 1) Recordings are always…
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We welcome Jared Anderson to the position of A.C.D.A.-MI President Elect! Many thanks, also, Jared for the sweeping pro-active initiative you have already demonstrated as our Advertising and Marketing Chair for two A.C.D.A.-MI state conferences. We are most encouraged in anticipation…
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