Region Recap: May 2023
WELCOME TO THE REGION RECAP! The REGION RECAP celebrates the excellent work and resources of the Eastern Region State Chapters. In this inaugural issue, state chapters share events and resources …
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Happy New Year, treble choir enthusiasts! Have you ever programmed a concert around the texts of a single poet? Today’s post is centered around some treble choir settings of the …
Conference Conversations: Edryn Coleman
President-Elect Amanda Hanzlik speaks with Dr. Edryn Coleman, choral music educator at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland, about his conference appearance.
Basso Continuo: Organization
Greetings ACDA Eastern Region! I hope that your holiday season has provided the rest that we all need following the busy Christmas concert season! As the new year approaches and …
Ask the Experts: Contemporary A cappella in Professional Contemporary Vocal Ensembles
Meet the Experts: Highline Vocal Jazz Highline is an award-winning vocal jazz quintet comprised of five friendly friends who really like singing. They were founded in December 2017 and have …
Combined Choir Ideas
Combined Choir rep from your high school, middle school, and elementary r & R chairs We are often charged with combining older and younger choirs together for a culminating song. …
Winter & Seasonal Favorites
Your R & R Chairs and Officers have shared below some of their favorite rep ideas for the season. Take a look and peruse their suggestions. You might just find …
Getting Into Treble: Reasons to Sing Hildegard with Your Treble Ensemble
Today’s post was written in collaboration with my good friend and colleague, Dr. Katie Gardiner, the Interim Director of Choirs at the College of the Holy Cross, a Hildegard scholar, …
Getting Into Treble: A Conversation with Alison Wahl
Today’s post is a follow-up to my last post about Spes by Mia Makaroff, a piece that incorporates both bel canto style and a vernacular style, borrowed from joik, a …