Montana Choral Directors Summer Institute

So many of our NW ACDA members are working daily in school settings that are virtual, keeping our young students singing, caring for...

In times of virtual teaching and music-making, it can be harder for choral conductors to be "seen" and feel supported, to feel valued. So...

10:00: Virtual Rehearsal Techniques Join Taylor Iverson (High School) and Aly Henninger (Elementary and Middle School) as they help us...

ACDA's National Conference fast approaches! NWACDA's President Tim Westerhaus provides his Top Five Reasons why we should all attend this...

Join Symphony Tacoma Voices; A Messiah for Our Times

Four Seasoned Music Educators Share the Same Concern Among the necessary, and at the same time, egregious choices in which education...

Today I write, and we all live, under the pall of a pandemic that disproportionately affects Americans of color, amid the echoes of the...

One innovative director shares his approach to this subject. The 2020 NWACDA conference title was “Sharing our Story”. I love it when my...

Dear choral colleagues, Just nine weeks ago, we gathered as a Northwest community in Spokane for inspiring performances, innovative...

Systemic racism and racial injustice are undeniable elements of American culture. Music is not exempt from this. It is impossible to...

One moment. One breath. ​ This is the moment just before the concert begins. Here we stand, shoulder to shoulder, eyes on the director,...

As I was teaching a conducting lesson last week, we deconstructed the rehearsal segment she had led in front of one of my choirs. Tamara...

Imposter* Syndrome is where no matter what experience you have, how much education you have earned, how hard you work…..you continue to...

Curious thing, this recurring dream that a good many choral directors admit to having. Yep, it’s that one where you’re standing in front...

Many times, over the course of a long career, I’ve been asked by newly met acquaintances, “what is it that you do?” When I explain that...

Here are some of my favorite pieces for treble choir. I have taught nearly all of these compositions, and their inclusion on this list...