Standing in the Center
Choral Leaders Write
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ACDA Events/Membership
Serendipity - Gary Weidenaar-7-10-12
ACDA is about affirmation - Leora Schwitters 3-15-08
Reading session serves 70 (summary of the first Summer Institute, 1996) - Howard Meharg - 9-15-96
Memo to choir directors who are not members of ACDA - Sue Green - 8-15-09
Tacoma for you in 2002 - Karen Fulmer - 9-1-2001
Auditions (Job applications, Honor Choir Auditions, and Scholarship Applications)
Success in higher education-before and after the interview -Giselle Wyers - 5/15/2002
College Scholarship Auditions - Giselle Wyers 4/15/08
Tips for making audition tapes - Mary Svenvold - 1-15-2003
The audition process; how to make your life easier - Laurie Cappello-Marcy - 2003
CHOIRS BY GENRE
Children's Choirs
Ten commandments for the children's choir director - Henry Leck - 1-15-91
Healthy singing for developing treble voices - Rebecca Rottsolk-4-15-97
The Eichenberger experiment - Judy Herrington - 1997
In the moment - Sandra Brown-Williams - 9-5-2001
Blikket Auf...look up! - Sandra Brown-Williams - 5-15-2002
How pure a thing is joy! - Sandra Brown-Wiliams - 1-16-2002
Are warm-ups really necessary for children's choirs? - Lynn Brinckmeyer - 1-15-97
Community Choirs
Community choir members...why do they sing? - Solveig Holmquist - 9-15-98
Thoughts for your community chorus - Paul Schultz - 1-16-2006
High School Choirs
Looking for multi-cultural pieces? Ten recommendations - Brian Hoskins-March 25, 2014
Five Levels of rehearsal engagement - Brian Mitchell - 10-15-13
Turn loose, allow them to take ownership - Rich Lapp - 4-15-96
You want a good rating at contest? - Connie Branton - 1-15-99
Teaching to the test - Howard Meharg - 4-15-97
Middle School Choirs
Conductor and singer health
Training for a lifetime of singing - April Duvic - 4-15-14
Energized body can change life of a singer - Solveig Holmquist - 1-15-01
Do you hear what I hear? (Hearing health for the conductor) - Matt Strauser - 1-15-2002
Education/Public schools and choral music
Confession and repentance, perceptions and realities - Howard Meharg - 9-5-95
What price existence? - Ginny Packer - 8-15-98
Let's vow...NEVER AGAIN! - Howard Meharg
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Humor
Hymns or praise choruses? (unknown author) - 4-15-2000
More answers from students taking music exams - 1-5-2001
Improve your immune system by singing -2002
Who were Christ's parents? - 1997
Individuals honored/interviews
Wayne Hertz remembered fondly - 1-1997
Maurice Skones passes away - Paul Skones - 5-15-2002
Richard Sparks conducts Swedish Radio Choir -1-15-2003
Laurie Guttormsen remembered - Solveig Holmquist - 9-2001
Karen Fulmer named "1997 Teacher of the Year" 1-15-97
Giselle Wyers interviews Sandra Snow, 2010 Summer Institute presenter - Giselle Wyers 3-15-09
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Loren Ponten writes about Dr. Robert (Bob) Scandrett who died November 30th, 2014
Inspiration
Your song - Anonymous - 4-15-2002
Building a soundtrack for life - Giselle Wyers 8/15/09
Spring cleaning...considering a fresh approach - Renie Clement - 5-2002
Lessons from the Little Red Book - Robert Ward - 10-15-97 (guest author)
Twelve quotations from Robert Shaw - 9-4-99
Keeping the cage clean; a Robert Shaw story - Rayl- 10-15-98
On having trees fall on me - Leora Schwitters - 4-15-10
Stop! Consider the impact you have had - Mark Robinson - 1-15-2003
No place I'd rather be - Mark Robinson - 9-11-2001
It really is a celebration - Pat Patton - 4-15-2000
Chronos and kairos more than Greek to Pat Patton - Pat Patton - 1-15-2001
The Seasons - Marcia Patton - 4-15-96
A commitment to Athenian values - Howard Meharg-1-15-2000
The spirit of life will flow again (a commentary on events of 9-11) - Howard Meharg - 10-15-2001
So be it! - Howard Meharg - 10-15-2004
The honor system - Howard Meharg - 4-15-98
Recreational reading recommendations for musicians - Neil Lieurance - 9-19-2001
How sweet the sound, preserving the national voice - Geoffrey Boers - 9-15-98
Parable of the talents - Paul French - 9-5-99
Time to sharpen your saw - Jane Iverson - 1-15-2002
"That's what I want to do, what I want to be, what I want to give" - Francis Gloria - 1997
The power of we - Michael Frasier - 10-5-2001
CDs, sample copies, and a book...another way to find inspiration - Jane Iverson - 1-15-2003
Music in Worship
Directions for singing - Charles Wesley 1761
What is musicianship and how do you teach it to the church choir? Matt Strauser - 5-15-2002
Good music collections for smaller church choirs - Ben Brody - 2-2005
Coping with the stress of music ministry - Paul Aitken - 2006
Multi-cultural
Tell me there's more to hear and see yahamba - Russ Seaton - 2-15-2005
Does ethnic music take you from your comfort zone? Ted Totorica - 9-15-98
REHEARSAL TECHNIQUE
Conducting
Communicative gestures: going beyond beating time - Lori Wiest, 11-15-1998
General
Choral elitism ---it's real Read more
by Chris Maunu, R&R Chair for High School Choirs, Colorado ACDA (guest article)
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Questions from the Choral Conscience - Steven Zopfi, October 16, 2011
Thoughts on successful programming - Kathryn Olson-5-15-94
The unaccompanied choral rehearsal - Leslie Guelker-Cone - 9-15-98
The rule of seven - Julie Adkins - 1996
Of mind and heart; teaching more than music in choir - Sarah Graham-Hilden - 1999
Style
Believe in the style first and the notes will come - Jim Angaran - 4-15-96
Expanded views of authenticity in music (part 3) - Paul French - 1-5-2001
Tuning
Feeling the numbers; just intonation as a practical matter - Paul French - 1-15-2000
Your musical basket, artificial or true? - Jim Angaran - 4-15-97
PREPARING FOR CONTESTS
Warm-ups
Kinesthetic approaches to vocal warm-ups - Rich Nace - 5-5-96
Sight-singing/music reading
Sight-singing...break it down - Sue Green - -5-17-10
Choral tone
At the risk of your eyes glazing over, let's talk about the fascinating subject of vowels
by Howard Meharg (NW Notes, 2020)
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The adjudicator's predominant theme---depth of sound
by Richard Nance (reprinted by permission from his article in WA ACDA's UNISON of Winter, 2000 -
Attaining good choral tone (part 2) - Chris Lamb - 9-2001
Attaining good choral tone (part 4) - Chris Lamb - 9-2001
Phrasing
Creating beautiful phrases - Leora Schwitters - 4-15-10
Text/Lyrics//Diction
Taming the text - Randel Wagner - 5-15-2002
Vocal jazz
The Waldo King listening list - Linda Fahlgren - 1997
Ideas in vocal jazz by Linda Fahlgren - Linda Fahlgren - 1999
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