Creating a Choral Community – At a Glance
Providence, RI, February 15-18, 2012
2012 Conference Links
Registration
Online registration: To register on line (if you have an ACDA Member ID):
- go to www.ACDA.org and Log In at Member Login on top right.
- click the appropriate Division you would like to attend from the Registration bar on the left-hand side of the front page.
Mail-in registration: Members of professional organizations who are not members of ACDA and others who do not have an ACDA Member ID, please use the PDF registration form, which is located here.
PDF Registration Form
Face to Face Interviews
- Schedule your Face to Face interview with a selected choral conductor here!
COMMUNITY
A choral “Community” refers to all beings who have a shared love or interest in choral music. Often, as choral professionals, we become so focused on our own ensembles and our own musical involvement we forget the tremendous influence music has on others. The Eastern Division Conference, Creating a Choral Community, will open all our eyes, ears, and hearts to the varied impact music has on society in the hope of creating bridges and roads to the many disparate members of our community.
PERFORMANCE
- A full performance of Verdi’s Requiem directed by Ann Howard Jones of Boston University
- I Fagiolini- one of Britain’s most outstanding choirs
- Auditioned Choirs– The very best of Collegiate, High School, Middle School, Elementary, Jazz, and Community Choirs – 20 choirs in all
- Creating a Choral Community – Welcome Concert
- Brock Commission – Distance can’t keep us two apart – Dr. Chen Yi
- Some of the best talent in the Eastern Division
- Nationally respected leaders and musicians
Including Music of other Cultures
- An Honor Choir focusing on Latino Repertoire
- Interpretation and Performance Practices of Latino Repertoire
- Muslim music
- Arabic/Jewish connections
- African music and others
EXPANDING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
Building Communities With Song, a mini-series:
- Choral music for the terminally ill and their families, for the homeless, incarcerated, and those with special needs
- Festival Choir – singers with intellectual and developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries rehearse with Allison Fromm, Alice Parker, and Nick Page. Application deadline extended to November 15, 2011.
- A presentation demonstrating the impact of music on those with special needs
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Institute for Renaissance Studies
- Undergraduate Conducting Master Class
- Music in Worship – Sound as Prayer -Paperless Worship:
- Collaborations
- Soundtable
- Research Gallery
INFORMAL NETWORKING AND SHARING
- Free continental breakfast each morning right outside the exhibit area
- Farewell Gala and Buffet with Syncopation
- A single concert venue
- A schedule designed to encourage sharing and exchange
- Opportunities to just have fun singing together!
- Morning Yoga and Tai Chi
- College Credit and PD credit available
OUR ROLE IN THE ENVIRONMENT
- Paperless reading sessions
- USB Keys for everyone containing all the PDF files for music for all eleven reading sessions, as well as additional scores, repertoire lists and an interactive program
- Online application forms
- Complete conference information online
Don’t miss this unique and exciting event. You will surely be rewarded professionally, musically, and in your heart.
