09Dec 2017 by Mary Kay Geston
2018 ACDA Central & North Central Conference Hotels

2018 ACDA Central & North Central Conference Hotels

Conference, Uncategorized
HOTEL UPDATE The headquarter hotel for the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Regional Conference is the Fairmont Chicago. The Fairmont will house the exhibit hall, interest sessions, and all but one reading session, and is the best option for those wanting to be in the center of activity. If you have not yet made your hotel reservation, we encourage you to do so in the near future. Participants of the four honor choirs are housed at and will rehearse at the Swissotel Chicago, as will the Collegiate Repertoire Choir. The Swissotel is completely booked, consequently, ACDA has secured additional rooms at a reduced conference rate in the nearby Hyatt Regency and Radisson Blu Aqua hotels, each a five-minute walk from the Fairmont and Swissotel. Click on one of the…
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09Dec 2017 by Mary Kay Geston
2018 ACDA Regional Conference Registration

2018 ACDA Regional Conference Registration

Conference, Uncategorized
TAKE ADVANTAGE of early registration prices for the February 14 - 17, 2018 combined ACDA Central and North Central Regional Conference in Chicago, Illinois (see link below). Your choice of four choral music reading booklets is guaranteed only with early registration. One-day registration will be available onsite only. EARLY REGISTRATION (ends at midnight CST on January 13, 2018) Attendee - $240.00* Retired - $175.00 Student - $90.00 (+$10 to participate in Collegiate Repertoire Choir) REGISTER FOR 2018 CONFERENCE REGULAR REGISTRATION (starts January 14, 2018) Attendee - $300.00 Retired - $225.00 Student - $90.00 *The previously announced early registration price of $225 was incorrect. We apologize for this error and any inconvenience this may have caused.
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13Nov 2017 by Mary Kay Geston
Summary of the 2018 ACDA Central & North Central Conference Schedule

Summary of the 2018 ACDA Central & North Central Conference Schedule

Conference
The 2018 conference team has created a summary of the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Conference schedule to help in your planning. If you need to print this summary please click on the link at the end of this article. We are moving away from hard-copy conference books and will be using the same electronic conference app that was used at the 2017 ACDA national conference.  A printed schedule summary will be included in registration packets for those who prefer a hard copy schedule. Registration, exhibits, interest sessions and reading sessions will be located in the Fairmont Hotel. All concerts are in the Harris Theater. The Choral Evensong will be at the historic St. James Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Chicago (less than 1 mile from the Fairmont). The honor choir…
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17Aug 2017 by Mary Kay Geston
2018 Research Poster Session Call for Submissions

2018 Research Poster Session Call for Submissions

College/University, Conference, Serve. Connect. Celebrate., Teaching
ACDA will sponsor a session to disseminate the results of excellent research about any aspect of the choral art at its 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Division Conference in Chicago, Feb 14-17, 2018. Participants chosen for the presentation will be required to prepare a poster describing their research and to be available during the presentation session to discuss their work with interested conference attendees. The intent of the research poster session is to disseminate current research in choral music to inform rehearsal techniques, performance practice, repertoire choice, etc. Of particular desire are papers about repertoire, performance practice, conducting pedagogy, rehearsal pedagogy, vocal development, social/cognitive development, editions, and analyses that will illuminate performance, and vocal or compositional practices in contemporary choral music. A poster session is a research report format…
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