The USAF Singing Sergeants perform "Freedom Song" (composed by Betsy Listenfelt; arr. by Master Sgt. Ben Park). The choir is led by Enlisted Conductor Master Sgt. Taylor Armstrong. Submitted to the
ACDA Professional Choirs Virtual Concert Hall
. Editorial: for heros in the military, but also in hospitals, schools, grocery stores, the service industry, and elsewhere.
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STATE ONLINE OFFERINGS
Many state chapters are offering virtual conferences and other events that are open to members in other states. Some are free; some are lower cost than in-person events.
We encourage you to take advantage of any or all - remembering that your state's financial health may depend on revenue generated by a conference, and registration fees will support your state chapter and its future activities.
VIrtual Conferences
- Jul. 14 - Alabama ACDA's Virtual Summer Conference. Participation free. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 18 - Hawai'i ACDA's Professional Development Day. Participation free. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 20-21 - Colorado ACDA's 2020 CoACDA Virtual Summer Conference: Choir in a COVID Era. Registration: $10 ACDA members, $25 nonmembers. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 20-22 - Arkansas ACDA's 2020: Perfect Vision - All Virtual Conference. Registration: $79. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 20-24 - North Carolina ACDA's Equip, a Week-long Virtual Choir Boot Camp, with Laura Sam. Participation free. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 22-23 - Washington ACDA's WA ACDA Summer Institute. Participation free. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 23-25 - Texas CDA's Texas Choral Directors Association's Annual Summer Convention. Registration: $120 Active, $50 Retired, $35 Student. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 25 - North Carolina ACDA's Virtual Conference Series Kick Off, with a Boot Camp Recap by Laura Sam (session 1). Registration: $30 ACDA members, $40 nonmembers, $10 students for entire 4-part series. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 26-28 - California CDA's Summer Choral Summit. Registration: $25 pre-registration; $30 late registration. Click here for more information and to register.
- Jul. 29-30 - South Dakota ACDA's Envision, Create, Inspire Virtual Conference. Registration: $25 Early Bird, $30 after Jul. 15. Click here for more information and to register.
- Aug. 6-8 - Virginia, Maryland/D. C. & Delaware ACDA's Voices United. Participation free. Click here for more information and to register.
- Aug. 8 - North Carolina ACDA's Imagine with Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (session 2). Registration: $30 ACDA members, $40 nonmembers, $10 students for entire 4-part series. Click here for more information and to register.
- Sep. 12 - North Carolina ACDA's Immerse with Deke Sharon (session 3). Registration: $30 ACDA members, $40 nonmembers, $10 students for entire 4-part series. Click here for more information and to register.
- Oct. 17 - North Carolina ACDA's Connect with Jocelyn Hagen & Timothy Takach (Nation) (session 4). Registration: $30 ACDA members, $40 nonmembers, $10 students for entire 4-part series. Click here for more information and to register.
Webinars
Is your state offering a virtual conference, webinar, or other event open to other ACDA members? Please ask your president or president-elect to
submit it to us using this form.
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TOOLS
My Choral Coach is a simple guided practice and choral management system that will keep choirs engaged and reaching their goals during this time of physical distancing and isolation. It's just a one-time $50 fee for six-month access, and FREE for all choral singers in your choirs through the end of the calendar year.
Learn more.
- Tim Sharp and Timothy Powell were guests on a June 29 webinar with a live student demonstration and a how-to on creating virtual choirs. You can view the recording by clicking here.
- Are you using My Choral Coach with your choir? Would you be interested in sharing your experience? Contact My Choral Coach at info@mychoralcoach.com and consider being a webinar guest.
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RELEVANCE
Conceived as a response to the difficult times recently facing our world, and choral art in particular, the Genesis Prize is a new initiative of the ACDA Composition Initiatives Standing Committee. The prize seeks to stimulate art emerging from crisis by funding both poets and composers to create new choral works that speak to our time with voices of comfort, hope, peace, and justice.
The
Jun./Jul. issue
of
Choral Journal announced a partnership between ACDA and the
Church Music Institute. The CMI Sacred Music Library referenced in that article, a library of 20,000 choral titles searchable on 17 criteria, and 16,000 organ titles searchable by hymn tune, is available only to CMI members.
We are pleased to announced that - as a result of this partnership -
ACDA members receive a $35 discount on CMI membership (reg. $75). To access the discount, sign in at
https://acda.org and click on "My Offers" in the upper right of the screen.
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CHORAL RESOURCES FOR THESE TIMES
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ACDA APP
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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