Have you tried to log-in and renew your membership, but encountered an issue? We can help! (Learn more at the bottom of this email.)*
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ACDA's Fund for Tomorrow
Donors to the Fund for Tomorrow have helped their choral peers implement creative and innovative projects. Those projects reach into communities where children and youth wouldn’t otherwise be able to participate in choir, and they have diversified the pool from which we draw new singers and choral conductors.
Please consider an end-of-year gift to this fund!
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To give online, sign in at https://acda.org, go to your Member Profile, and click Donate Now!
- Checks may be made out to ACDA with Fund for Tomorrow in the memo line and mailed to ACDA, PO Box 1705, Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1705.
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Register Now for the Best Rate!
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Early Registration Ends Jan. 27! Don't miss the best price - registration rates will rise on Jan. 28. The conference is shaping up to be our most accessible conference yet, with content available to all registrants on demand after the event! All at your convenience.
- Keynote speakers are Anton Armstrong, Francisco Núñez, Alice Parker, and Eric Whitacre.
- Performing choirs include the St. John Church Music Ministry, the BBC Singers, the Formosa Singers, Coro Entrevoces, the San Diego Women's Chorus, the King's Singers, Vocal Majority, and many, many more.
- Interest sessions include a wide range of topics, from diversifying repertoire to rebuilding and reimagining choirs in a post-COVID world to vocal pedagogy.
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General: $179
Retired: $149
Student: $79
You must have current membership to register.
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ACDA Fund for Tomorrow Proposal Deadline
Do you have an innovative idea for engaging children or youth in a choral setting? Are you looking for seed money to try out a new approach to expanding access?
The Fund for Tomorrow is accepting grant proposals from members. Please review the funding priorities and access an application at https://fundfortomorrow.org/apply. Deadline: Jan. 1, 2021.
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From Choral Canada
In the fall of 2020, Choral Canada sponsored a series of online roundtables for various constituencies, all focused on strategies for managing choral activities during the pandemic. The theme was "Connect & Exchange." Following is a summary of some of the comments published in the fall issue of Anacrusis, the national publication of Choral Canada:
"COVID-19 is helping us to become more collaborative with others and to be more resourceful. Keep reaching out to others as much as possible" (p. 40). That includes having guests visit on Zoom; pairing up on Zoom with other choirs; sharing resources that work for you through Facebook groups or in your local community; varying your routines in online rehearsals by including some focus on vocal skills, some on the background of the piece, and some on social networking or activities for fun. For example, open the Zoom room for a few minutes before and after the main event so people can socialize. Keeping people connected through a musical community, even if the usual levels of excellence seem hard to achieve, will help us bridge this time between pre- and post-pandemic periods.
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STATE & OTHER VIRTUAL EVENTS |
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Be a part of the Raymond W. Brock Memorial Composition première through virtual informative chats, dialogue (Q&A), and rehearsals led by 2021 Brock composer Bob Chilcott! He is joined by poet Delphine Chalmers to introduce and rehearse movements from this year’s Brock commission, Songs my heart has taught me, in three interactive workshops, each at 12:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST:
- SA/Treble voices: Sunday, Feb. 7
- TB/Lower voices: Sunday, Feb. 21
- SATB/All voices: Sunday, Feb. 28
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State Events
Chapter virtual conferences and webinars open to members in other states:
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The latest results of our sponsored research studies on COVID-19 and choral singing are posted on this resource page, as well as information on online tools and professional development, free choral music from ACDA composers, and much more. We invite you to check this page regularly for added resources.
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Sign up to Be an ACDA Choral Advocate!
With hopeful news on progress with vaccines, we are seeing a much-needed light at the end of the tunnel.
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*Our apologies if we’ve added another change to your plate during this crazy year of seemingly unending changes and confusion.
We embarked on a plan for an upgraded membership platform long before March – wanting to continue along the path toward improving member services. We are moving through and out of the transition period, but we also know that some members – much to our dismay – have been frustrated by impediments logging in and/or renewing their membership. Are you one of them?
First, can you log in? Remember, your email address is your username. If you’re not receiving the reset password email at that address, we may need to update your username manually. Please contact us at membership@acda.org or (405) 232-8161 and ask for help!
Second, can you renew once you log-in? If you aren’t able to move through the renewal process for some reason, please contact us and ask for a “pro forma invoice.” We’ll email you a link to simply click on and pay your renewal dues.
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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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