ACDA - University Of South Carolina

It was a great day for choral music! We’re grateful to the educators who spent their last Saturday of summer with us at the first Summer Reading Session, hosted by ACDA at USC! We read over 40 pieces, learned how to evaluate repertoire, and discovered new resources for finding repertoire. Thank you to Dr. Jabarie Glass for presenting today. We’re looking forward to presenting this event again next year!

We hope you all are having a great summer or at least as much fun as we did at FACETS. FACETS is a leadership retreat for female conductors. Two of our executive board members joined Dr. Walker and attended the retreat in Highlands of North Carolina. Dr. Walker facilitated a fantastic retreat on “Becoming an Extraordinary Leader,” including several valuable sessions, conducing coachings, reading sessions of pieces from Jocelyn Hagen’s “Compose Like a Girl” initiative, and a Q&A with composer Jocelyn Hagen! What better way to enjoy summer than with the mountains and gaining tools to become a successful leader!!

Join us on Saturday, August 3 for the first Summer Reading Session, hosted by ACDA at USC! Meet us at the School of Music to read through a variety of middle and high school repertoire of various voicings and hear sessions on mindful repertoire selection, presented by Dr. Jabarie Glass! Registration closes soon - click the link below by July 15 to secure your spot today!

Only $40 for teachers and $20 for students. Lunch is provided!

https://tinyurl.com/acdareadingsession

We don’t want to think about heading back to school yet, but we DO want to get excited for the first Summer Choral Reading Session! You’ve got less than one month to register - save your spot TODAY!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/acdareadingsession

Join us on August 3 to discover an array of repertoire, from middle to high school choirs, treble to low-voice to SATB groups, a capella to accompanied… your library will surely expand!

Only $40 for teachers and $20 for students. Lunch is provided! Register by July 15 to secure your spot:

https://tinyurl.com/acdareadingsession

Another reason to come to the Summer Reading Session: presentations on repertoire selection with Dr. Jabarie Glass, Associate Director of Choral Studies at USC!

Join us on Saturday, August 3 to read through a variety of middle and high school repertoire of various voicings and gather resources for the upcoming school year!

Only $40 for teachers and $20 for students. Lunch is provided! Register by July 15 to secure your spot:

https://tinyurl.com/acdareadingsession

Join us on Saturday, August 3 for the first Summer Reading Session, hosted by ACDA at USC! Meet us at the School of Music to read through a variety of middle and high school repertoire of various voicings and hear sessions on mindful repertoire selection, presented by Dr. Jabarie Glass!

Only $40 for teachers and $20 for students. Lunch is provided! Register by July 15 to secure your spot:

https://tinyurl.com/acdareadingsession

Join us as we celebrate a fantastic school year with lots of food and loads of fun! Scan the QR code if you plan to attend🤗

Join us tomorrow for our March Meeting featuring two special guest🤗

2nd meeting of the year + a Kahoot with some chapter member trivia= A GREAT MEETING🤗 Meet our Kahoot winners🎉

Kicking off 2024 ACDA Southern Region conference with a USC selfie! Were so proud of for his wonderful performance in the Undergraduate Conducting masterclass this afternoon. Excited for wonderful days to come!

We’ve kicked off the Spring semester with new faces!! Meet our NEW officers for the year!! If you see a familiar face feel free to shout them out in the comment section🤗

Members of our ACDA chapter went caroling for a delightful “Walk and Sing” on Bull St. today! We hope to turn this into an annual tradition. It was fun to share music for our final event of the semester!

Today!! Head to Tio’s Mexican Cafe between 4-8pm for a Percent Night to help send ACDA to our National Conference. Hope to see you there! 🌮🎶

Thank you to our graduate conductors for presenting a man excellent panel for our chapter meeting this week! Contact us if you would like to view the video.

We’ll see you at our next meeting on October 31st!

Next Monday! Head to Sweetwaters Tea & Coffee for a Percent Night. Proceeds will help support members of our chapter attend the February 2023 National ACDA Conference.

Join our ACDA chapter next Monday as we hear from some of our esteemed graduate choral conducting students! Kevin Crowe, Peter Haley, Bryon Black II, Augie Gil, and Michael Ballard will be sharing the various career paths available to choral music education majors, based on their incredible experiences.

We look forward to having you join us next Monday, 9/26 at 5:15pm!

Join us for the UofSC ACDA Student Chapter Kickoff Meeting! Next Monday 8/29 at 5:15pm, we will discuss PD, networking, and essentials for the choral educator. This includes info on the February 2023 National Conference! Hope to see you there.

A huge thank you to Arreon A. Harley-Emerson for speaking to our ACDA student chapter today! He gave us incredible insight into the work of the ACDA Diversity Initiatives Committee, guiding resources on inclusion for educators, equity vs. equality, preparing our thoughts on diversity for jobs & interviews, and so much more! Thank you, Mr. Harley-Emerson, for imparting your wisdom with our chapter today.

A huge thank you to Ms. Lindsey Cope and the USC Women's Choir for beginning our clinic this morning with beautiful performances of "Prayer of the Children" and "Sisi Ni Moja!"

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Welcome to Beer Choir!

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that tonight is our (Root) Beer Choir end of the year celebration for ACDA tonight at Dr. Walker's house! Make sure to check the google doc that was sent out to sign up for snacks and/or drink to bring! Attached is the link to the Beer Choir sheet music! Looking forward to seeing everyone at 7:00PM!!

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Come see local high school students in performance with the University of South Carolina's Concert Choir today in the Johnson Performance Hall at 4:00PM! We're making beautiful music on our Honor Choir Day!

ACDA - University Of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina chapter for ACDA will be having their first meeting of the semester on Monday, January 23rd from 5:15-6:30PM in the choir room (RM 006)!! ACDA stands for American Choral Directors Association, and is a student-led organization on campus that promotes leadership opportunities for future Music Educators. This year we are a part of a new initiative called CHORtransform in which we are partnering with local schools to observe and work with Music educators in our very own community. We are also fundraising for our members to attend ACDA's National Convention that will be held this Spring in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you're interested in being a part of our organization, please come to our first meeting of the semester for more information!!

The University of South Carolina chapter for ACDA will be having their first meeting of the semester on Monday, January 23rd from 5:15-6:30PM in the choir room (RM 006)!! ACDA stands for American Choral Directors Association, and is a student-led organization on campus that promotes leadership opportunities for future Music Educators. This year we are a part of a new initiative called CHORtransform in which we are partnering with local schools to observe and work with Music educators in our very own community. We are also fundraising for our members to attend ACDA's National Convention that will be held this Spring in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you're interested in being a part of our organization, please come to our first meeting of the semester for more information!!

ACDA - University Of South Carolina

The USC Student Chapter of ACDA is doing amazing things! I'm proud to sponsor them and support their attendance at the National Conference in Minneapolis!

Hello Friends, Family, and Collegues!

The ACDA Student Chapter at the University of South Carolina is currently raising money to go to the National ACDA Conference Spring of 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Our student chapter will be piloting ChorTransform, a Service Learning Program that connects undergraduate and graduate students with choral programs in local secondary schools. This program serves to connect future teachers to underserved schools in their community, as well as provide teaching experience in secondary schools. We hope to continue this program in the years to come at our University, and eventually take it national, to ACDA student chapters all over the United States.

Your donation goes towards funding our student members' trips to the National Convention, where we hope to spread the word about ChorTransform.

Any donation is a great donation. We thank you for your support!

https://www.gofundme.com/2njrruhr

ACDA - University Of South Carolina

I am so proud of the these excellent young choral directors! They are raising funds to attend the national ACDA Conference in Minneapolis.

Hello Friends, Family, and Collegues!

The ACDA Student Chapter at the University of South Carolina is currently raising money to go to the National ACDA Conference Spring of 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Our student chapter will be piloting ChorTransform, a Service Learning Program that connects undergraduate and graduate students with choral programs in local secondary schools. This program serves to connect future teachers to underserved schools in their community, as well as provide teaching experience in secondary schools. We hope to continue this program in the years to come at our University, and eventually take it national, to ACDA student chapters all over the United States.

Your donation goes towards funding our student members' trips to the National Convention, where we hope to spread the word about ChorTransform.

Any donation is a great donation. We thank you for your support!

https://www.gofundme.com/2njrruhr

ACDA - University Of South Carolina

Click here to support USC ACDA Student Chapter by Caroline Renner

Hello Friends, Family, and Collegues!

The ACDA Student Chapter at the University of South Carolina is currently raising money to go to the National ACDA Conference Spring of 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Our student chapter will be piloting ChorTransform, a Service Learning Program that connects undergraduate and graduate students with choral programs in local secondary schools. This program serves to connect future teachers to underserved schools in their community, as well as provide teaching experience in secondary schools. We hope to continue this program in the years to come at our University, and eventually take it national, to ACDA student chapters all over the United States.

Your donation goes towards funding our student members' trips to the National Convention, where we hope to spread the word about ChorTransform.

Any donation is a great donation. We thank you for your support!

https://www.gofundme.com/2njrruhr

gofundme.com Hello Friends, Family, and Collegues! The ACDA Student Chapter at the University of South Carolina is currently raising money to go to the National ACDA Conference Spring of 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our student chapter will be piloting ChorTransform, a Service Learning Program that conn...