Topics include diversity and inclusion, creating and sharing recordings of performances, and sharing strategies for continued online singing. Session Titles in full schedule below.
ACDA Friends Track: Sessions available beginning at 8:00AM
Open to all regardless of membership status with ACDA
Sessions are pre-recorded and are available for all on our YouTube Channel.
Interest Sessions:
Matt Hill: Community Choirs: From Music to Money and Everything in Between, Session 1 – The Music Side
Matt Hill: Community Choirs: From Music to Money and Everything in Between, Session 2 – The Business Side
Kerry Wilkerson: Careers for Vocalists in the US Military
Nathan Reiff: Leading and Growing with a Hospice Choir in the Time of COVID
Matthew Clear: Designing a Concert Series to Serve Your Choir, Congregation, and Community
Cody Miller: Musical Maps: Are We There Yet?
Ashley Conway and Emily Williams Burch: Using Technology to Spark Passion in the Classroom Post-Pandemic: Keeping your Technology L.I.T.
Repertoire: Resources from Area Directors, compiled by C.J. Redden-Liotta
Seminar Track – “Masterclasses with Michael John Trotta”
Open to all ACDA Members; suggested registration fee of $5 per session).
Compete this Google form to participate (last day to register is July 24). You will not be registered for the masterclasses until you complete the Google form.
The suggested donation is $10 per masterclass. Please add to the total cost in the PayPal link if you are able.
The first 12 participants will be emailed masterclass information in advance. If space is filled, registrants will be notified.
Members attend live. Space is limited to 12 participants on a first-registered basis.
10:00-10:45AM – Collaborating with a Composer
11:00-11:45AM – Funding Collaborations and Commissions
1:00-1:45PM – The Anatomy of Creativity in Composition
2:00-2:45PM – The Conductor as Voice Teacher
SAVE THE DATE: State Chapter Conversations: Friday, August 6, 5:00PM
Network with ACDA members from YOUR chapter! Separate online gatherings for VA ACDA, MD/DC ACDA, and DE ACDA.
Not from around here? You are welcome to network with any of our state chapters!
Links to these meetings will be provided separately.
Saturday, August 7
Conference Track
Open to all ACDA Members; suggested registration fee of $35
Each session is 45 minutes, with a 15-minute break between.Members can register to attend live or to receive a link to view within one month after conference.
9:00 – Panel: In-Person Singing: Tips for Sharing Live Performance in Virtual Spaces. Pam McDermott, with Jane Morison, Max Nolin, and McKenna Stenson
10:00 – Panel: Biases, Barriers, and Boundaries: Establishing Affirming Choral Spaces. Andrew Trites, with Arreon Harley-Emerson
11:00 – Michael John Trotta:The Power of Story
12:00 – Lunch
1:00 – Panel: What Is Equity? The Variety of Challenges Facing Today’s Choral Director.Sherlee Glomb, Dr. Marshaun R. Hymon, Kari Adams, Daniel Jackson, and A.J. Rodriguez
2:00 – Michael John Trotta:Empowering Singers through Peer Modeling
3:00 – Panel: Extensions of Virtual Singing. Alice Boyars, with David Mann, CJ Redden-Liotta, Bonny Tynch, and Pat Vaughn
4:00 – Ysaye Barnwell:What is the “Negro Spiritual”?
5:00 – Happy Hour / Headliner Q&Awith Michael Wu
Ways to participate:
Register and participate in our live, online sessions ($35; ACDA members and their guests)
Register and receive a one-time link to view our live sessions ($35; ACDA members and their guests)