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Mass ACDA MassACDA is the Massachusetts chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)

MassACDA is the Massachusetts chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Serving Massachusetts choral directors with workshops and clinics, festivals, conferences, publications, repertoire lists, networking opportunities, and advocacy to promote excellence in choral music throughout the Commonwealth.

MassACDA is excited to invite you to the 2026 Collegiate Conference & Community Chorus Festival, co-sponsored by New Ham...
10/04/2026

MassACDA is excited to invite you to the 2026 Collegiate Conference & Community Chorus Festival, co-sponsored by New Hampshire ACDA, and Lowell Center for the Arts.

🗓️ Saturday, November 14 from 9:00-3:00
📍UMass Lowell - 35 Wilder St., Lowell, MA 01450

Geared toward pre-service music educators, collegiate vocalists, and future choral directors, this conference will feature a variety of inspiring sessions from outstanding presenters including:
Kenneth Griffith (Boston Children’s Chorus) - Elementary Rehearsal Techniques, featuring the Chelmsford Children’s Chorus
Elizabeth Eschen (Voice Pedagogue) - Warm-up Toolkit for Conductors & Vocal Function for Non-Vocational Singers
Kevin Harris (Speech Language Pathologist) - Vocal Health and Anatomy

The conference will also feature a big group sing with the choirs attending the Community Chorus Festival!

Please register at massacda.ludus.com. Registration is $30 for non-ACDA members and $20 for ACDA members (and ACDA membership is only $15 for students). Reach out to [email protected] if you need to register a group and pay by check.

In-service teachers can also get professional development points (PDPs and CEUs) for attending as well.

Lastly, if you have a community chorus and have a group of singers that you would like to bring to the Community Chorus Festival, find more info on the Lowell Center for the Arts website.

A final thank you to our headlining artists this past week! Bravo Sharon Paul and Anthony Trecek-King. We can’t express ...
08/23/2026

A final thank you to our headlining artists this past week! Bravo Sharon Paul and Anthony Trecek-King. We can’t express enough gratitude for these two wonderful clinicians who each flew across the world to join us for two days and share their knowledge. Our members have expressed their absolute joy over this experience — if you were there, feel free to share more in the comments!

We also want to give a final thank you to our sponsors:
Gordon College Adams School Of Music and the Arts
BSU Department of Music
Berkshire Choral International
Graphite Publishing | Vocal Music by Living Composers
Boston Conservatory Choirs

What a great two days in Boston for our MassACDA conference! More takeaways still to come, but here are some of the grou...
08/22/2026

What a great two days in Boston for our MassACDA conference! More takeaways still to come, but here are some of the group photos we got on day 2! (Not everyone was able to be there for photos, but we got a lot of us!)

1: MassACDA 2026!
2: K-12 teacher attendees
3: Three of our 14 collegiate attendees
4: Collegiate teachers
5: Community and church conductors

ACDA East ACDA

A fun new session at our summer conference was the “conducting tune-up” session! Four conductors at various places in th...
08/22/2026

A fun new session at our summer conference was the “conducting tune-up” session! Four conductors at various places in their career prepared pieces to be coached by Anthony Trecek-King and Sharon Paul and then we opened the floor to any other attendees to conduct and receive feedback!!

Koriana Lewis Bradford Sabrina Lambros Emma Cooke

Day 1 - Part 2!So many wonderful sessions, songs, and meals! Big thanks to our afternoon presenters and conductors inclu...
08/19/2026

Day 1 - Part 2!

So many wonderful sessions, songs, and meals! Big thanks to our afternoon presenters and conductors including Melanie Trecek-King (Melanie Trecek-King), Stephen Paparo, KC Conlan, Anna Lenti, Sharon Paul, Anthony Trecek-King, Mara Noelle Walker, Sarah Labrie, Krystal Morin Dumont, and Bradford T. Morin Dumont.

Join us tomorrow for even more fun!

ACDA East ACDA

Thanks to sponsors:
Gordon College Adams School Of Music and the Arts
BSU Department of Music
Boston Conservatory Choirs
Berkshire Choral International
Graphite Publishing | Vocal Music by Living Composers

The morning is complete! A great start to the day with Sharon Paul Colin Britt Michelle Graveline Anthony Trecek-King an...
08/18/2026

The morning is complete! A great start to the day with Sharon Paul Colin Britt Michelle Graveline Anthony Trecek-King and our whole MassACDA team. More updates to come and it’s not too late to join us tomorrow!

Thanks to our sponsors:
Gordon College Department of Music
Bridgewater State Department of Music
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Choirs
Berkshire Choral International
Graphite Publishing

ACDA East, American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)

Interest Session Spotlight: MassACDA board member, Stephen Spinelli, will be presenting on Margaret Bonds’ cantata, Simo...
08/17/2026

Interest Session Spotlight: MassACDA board member, Stephen Spinelli, will be presenting on Margaret Bonds’ cantata, Simon Bore the Cross, at our MassACDA Summer Conference.

08/15/2026

A special message from Dr. Sharon J. Paul who will be headlining our MassACDA Summer Conference next week! Head over to MassACDA.ludus.com to register.

We’ve just added a special session to our lineup for next week’s MassACDA Summer Conference! Bethany Jorgensen will lead...
08/13/2026

We’ve just added a special session to our lineup for next week’s MassACDA Summer Conference! Bethany Jorgensen will lead an interest session focused on healthy, rehabilitative, and sustainable voice use for teaching professionals.

Have we convinced you to join us yet?!
MassACDA.ludus.com

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