by Gabriela Hristova, ACDA-MI Past President Teaching and making music with a choir is a complex process. I would compare it with the playing of an instrument, except that the instrument in our case is a group of people with…
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by Dr. Matthew J. Packer, ACDA-MI Marketing/Advertising Chair I guess you could say I’m at the mid-point of my career, about 30 years in and around 20 remaining until I can consider that mythical “R” word. In all honesty though, I…
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by Jared Anderson, ACDA Michigan President Summer has finally arrived in all of Michigan, even way up north in the UP! I hope that you are all having a restorative summer season, a time when many conductors and students have…
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by Clayton Parr, Albion College “A World of Song” – Summer Workshop for Teachers Multicultural Materials and Techniques for Younger and Emerging Choirs July 7-8, 2016, Albion College, Albion, MI Workshop leader: Clayton Parr, Director of Choral Activities Guest ensembles: Village Harmony travel teen…
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by ACDA Webmaster Jed Scott The past six months have been a labor of love developing the brand-new ACDA Michigan Website. With the help of a (former chorister) web designer, we have maintained all existing content from the past and…
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by Jessica Allen, University of Michigan Doctoral Student ACDA-Michigan Graduate Student Representative At the ACDA-Michigan state conference Saturday, October 24, I had the opportunity to sit down with headliner Joe Miller for a brief interview. Dr. Miller, currently the Director of…
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Welcome to the new website for ACDA-MI. Our new platform will provide a number of resources for choral conductors throughout the state. We will highlight articles of interest in a number of Repertoire and Resources areas and announcements of choral…
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2015 ACDA-MI FALL CONFERENCE Headliners: Joe Miller and Eric Johnson with Cor Cantiamo performing Register Here! October 23/24, 2015, First Presbyterian Church of FlintFor Schedule, Headliner bios, Performance Choirs, Hotel Information & more, please see the State Conference tab! Hope…
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Why Healthy Gesture Matters Conductors spend most of their time doing one of two things: getting ready to conduct, and conducting. Preparation is important, of course. It’s where we come to understand the score, the text, and the composer; where…
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