State Chapter Virtual Conferences & Other Online Workshops
There continue to be some professional development opportunities offered by state chapters and open to all members. You are invited to attend!
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Sep. 21 - Nov. 21 - ACDA of Minnesota's MN Choral Renaissance 2020: A Season of Change - An Oasis of Choral Inspiration, Learning, and Connection. Registration: $125 ACDA members, $205 nonmembers, $55 retired, $15 students for on-demand 8-week series. Click here for more information and to register.
From the Mask Experts at Colorado State University and NATS, a Free Workshop TOMORROW!
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Other Online Workshops and Seminars
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Help your state (and your profession) during ACDA's 2020 fall membership drive by renewing your membership in a timely way AND inviting new members into ACDA! Facing serious financial hardship? Contact your state membership chair to discuss possibilities. |
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Dates: Sep. 15 - Nov. 15, 2020.
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Student Membership Initiative: All students - new and renewing - pay just $5 during this fiscal year (July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021).
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Refer a Colleague Program: When a current ACDA member refers someone who subsequently joins ACDA, we thank them both. We send both of them a thank you gift (a playlist from the last national conference performances). Details.
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Member Rebecca Lord has developed a living database of artists willing to make online guest appearances for choirs and music classes. There are lists in the directory for conductors, composers, vocalists, instrumentalists, and music technology professionals. Included for each: biographical information, areas of expertise, willingness to make presentations and/or appear as interview guests, types of groups they will visit, contact information, and fee information (optional).
It is an amazing list of diverse professionals offering to appear for choir classes, events, community and church choirs - about any choral situation. Visit the directory
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We invite you to check this page regularly for added resources.
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AWARDS
The Genesis Prize was conceived as a response to the difficult times recently facing our world, and the choral art in particular. The prize seeks to stimulate art emerging from crisis by funding both composers and poets to create new choral works that speak to our time with voices of comfort, hope, peace, and justice.
The 2020 competition drew 65 applications of astounding breadth and depth. The judges chose two winners, but also four ranked runners-up and seven other finalists. Winners:
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Carlos Cordero and Julie Flanders, for their proposed piece Holding Our Breath
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Kyle Pederson and Brian Newhouse, for their proposed piece Call Across
The Composition Initiatives Standing Committee has issued a public invitation to choirs, patrons, and other entities to review the proposals of runners-up and finalists and consider funding one or more, with the goal to bring them all to life! Details & to review proposals
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PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITY
Whether you have used the ACDA mobile app or not, we'd appreciate your feedback on the reasons and your experience, if applicable. Complete the quick app survey!
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If you haven't already downloaded the app, here are the links to follow: here for the iPhone/iOS app and here for the Android app. Already a user? Update the app and log-in again. Hint: Your log-in information is the same on the app as it is on https://acda.org! |
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This email is a weekly Wednesday communication we are sending - for a time - to share resources and lift up our members during this challenging period. |
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American Choral Directors Association | 405.232.8161 | membership@acda.org | www.acda.org | PO Box 1705, Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705 |
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