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Solveig Holmquist of Western Oregon University named president-elect of the northwestern division, ACDA

Board organization for the community choir

by Karen P. Thomas
R&S NW Division Chair for Community Choirs
Artistic Director and Conductor of Seattle Pro Musica

Popsicle Sticks…A Unique Strategy?

by Linda Lovaas, R&S Chair, Middle School/Junior High Choirs, CA-ACDA
(reprinted by permission from Fall, 2008 "Cantate," CA-ACDA's newsletter edited by Douglas Lynn)
6/30/08
Male Ensemble Northwest presents festival and concert for high school male voices in Spokane, January 19th
6/30/08
Washington president, Leora Schwitters, reports on WA-ACDA; creative and active board praised Your Own Multicultural Choir

By Stacy Winn, R&S Chair for Multicultural Music
Programming Thematic Concerts

by Beth Klemm, Repertoire & Standards Chair – Children’s Choir – California Chapter ACDA
(repinted by permission, CA ACDA's "Cantate" newsletter, Fall, 2008, Douglas Lynn, Editor)

DIRECTIONS FOR SINGING

From John Wesley's Select Hymns, 1761
(contributed by Howard Meharg)

Beyond the Anthem:  Re-thinking the Role of the Choir in Worship

Benjamin Brody, Northwest Division R&S Chair for Music in Worship
2/18/09

The Untamed Journey
by Gavin Spencer, Chair, Northern Region, CA-ACDA
(reprinted by permisssion from "Cantate," Fall - 2008, Douglas Lynn, Editor)
Special feature articles: Why I Got Into Choral Music and Why I Stay in the Field Today - articles by NW ACDA members
Howard Meharg presented Leadership award at NW Convention Creative Planning and Programming for High School Choirs
By Karen Fulmer, NWACDA  R & S High School Chair
10/18/08

HELP! I am a band director and I have to teach Choir! YIKES!

by James Hohmeyer, reprint from Bella Voce, Michigan's ACDA newsletter, Karen Nevins, Editor

PLU hires Dr. Brian Galante as Associate Director
Dr. Tim Sharp named Executive Director, ACDA
2/9/08
Resources I Can’t Live Without
Angela Hampton
ICDA High School R&S Chair
(reprint from Indiana Choral Directors Association newsletter "Notations," Christopher Brush, Editor)
August 2008
Another way to look at vowels, by
Howard Meharg, NW Notes Editor
Post-convention message from
President Scott Peterson
Wyoming ACDA/Casper College to present women's choir festival October 3-4, 2008...Info>
(posted May-2008)
Preaching To The Choir:
Right-brained thinkers and the need for more arts education

Tina L. Groom, SW Region Chair, Ohio Choral Directors Association
Reprinted by permission from OCDA's Bulletin of the Ohio Choral Directors Association, Fall, 2008, Rowland Blakeley, Editor
Society for Catholic Liturgy call for papers on liturgy, music, other topics
(posted by Ed Schaeffer)
  Guide for Jazz and Scat Vocalists: A Resource Revisited
by Jim Jirak, R&S Chair for Jazz Choirs (May-2008)

A Gloomy Time…A Time for Action
by Karen Garrett, R&S Chair, Women's Choruses, CA-ACDA
(reprinted by permission, CA ACDA's newsletter, "Cantate," Douglas Lynn, Editor)

10/18/08

 
  Jazz Pedagogy: the textbook we never had
by Jim Jirak, R&S Chair for Jazz Choirs

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD
IN HIS HANDS
(or, Making Spirituals Work for the Rest of Us)

by Cliff Ganus, Editor "Accent," Arkansas' ACDA newsletter and director of choral music at Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas, used by permission

 
 

College scholarship auditions: tips from an insider
by Giselle Wyers, University of Washington

The three I's that don't include me: involvement, investment, (through inside-out rehearsing), independence...leading to integrity
(compiled by Rick Bjella,
richard.l.bjella@lawrence.edu)
1/7/09
 
 

SNARL & SNORE in Choir!

by Ken Berg, Alabama ACDA President

6/30/08

 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   
 
     
   
 
 
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