NW Notes and NW Site Online Archives
NW Notes, as a separate online publication, was discontinued by board action
in August, 2006
Members may now get their news directly from headlines and other links
on the NW ACDA web site,
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7-14-2004
Brunson
sums up Boise convention
10-4-2004
The
Power of We...
Communication, Commitment, Contribution
by Michael Frasier, President, NW ACDA
2-10-2005
State
of the Division:
A Presidential Update
on NW ACDA
By Michael Frasier, President, NW ACDA
5-5- 2005
Nine
months and we're trying to deliver!
by
Mike Frasier, President
9-12-2005
Ahhh...Retirement!
Michael Frasier, President, NW ACDA
10-12-2005
My
dear choral community...
by Julia Kole, President, ID-ACDA
10-12-2005
Honoring
Ed Harris In Song
by Kevin Allen-Schmid, President, MT-ACDA
10-12-2005
May
the lack of force be with you
by Hal Eastburn, President, OR-ACDA
10-12-2005
rejuvenate -
1 a. to make young or youthful again : REINVIGORATE b: to restore
to an original or new state
by Linda Hamilton, President, WA-ACDA
10-12-2005
Greetings
from Wyoming
by Roy Dahlinger, President, WY-ACDA
10-12-2005
A
report from Alaska
by Pualeilani Monds, President, AK-ACDA
1-10-2006
Collaboration and the production
by Michael
Frasier, President, NW ACDA
5-6-2006
It's a
wrap
by Michael Frasier,
Outgoing president
5-10-2006
Message from the President-Elect
by Scott Peterson
10-5-2006
Thank you for being a friend
by Pualeilani Monds, ACDA President, Alaska
2-26-07
In search of a new year
by Hal Eastburn, OR-ACDA President
5-1-2007
Greetings from Wyoming
by Roy Dahlinger, President, ACDA, Wyoming
5-15-2007
National Convention Report
by Scott Peterson
8-29-2007
Tribute to Gene Brooks
by Scott Peterson
3-1-2008
President's Message
Scott Peterson, President (includes Scott's messages leading up to Vancouver,
BC convention)
3-4-08
Solveig
Holmquist elected president-elect for NW ACDA
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1-1-2005
Tests
change things!
by Ted Totorica, President, Idaho ACDA
1-1-2005
Rest
and renewal: reflections and questions
by
Leslie Guelker-Cone, President, Washington ACDA
1-1-2005
In
other words...
by
Diane Hultgren, President, Wyoming ACDA
5-1-2005
What
is a community chorus?
by
Paul Schultz
5-1-2005
Literature
Resources for the Female Jazz Choir
by Jim
Jirak, Vocal Jazz R & S Chair
5-1-2005
Music
Selection for the 21st Century Church
By Paul A. Aitken, R & S Chair
Music In Worship
5-1-2005
Music Advocacy
by
Dr. Giselle Wyers, R & S Chair for Youth and Student Activities
5-1-2005
The
Internationalization of the music program
by Peter Wordelman, R & S Chair for Multi-Cultural
Music
5-1-2005
Volunteer!
It'll do great things for you...and your organization
by
Helen Deitz, R & S Chair for Middle/Junior High Choirs
9-30-2005
An interview with Northwest
ACDA Women’s
Choir Conductor
Z. Randall Stroope by Marcia Patton
NWACDA Women’s R & S
9-30-2005
Kurt McKee interviews Jerry Blackstone
by Kurt McKee, R & S Chair for Men's Choruses
2-20-2006
Coping With the Stress of
Music Ministry
Paul A. Aitken, NWACDA Music in Worship Chair
2-20-2006
Thoughts for your community chorus
by Paul Schultz, R&S Chair for Community
Choirs
2-20-2006
Articles on two-year colleges
in ACDA publications in short supply, but there are some gems
by April Duvic, R&S Chair for Two-Year Colleges
2-20-2006
Sopraltos?
by Marcia Patton, R&S Chair for Women's Choruses
8-1-2006
Linda Berg, R&S for Children's Choirs, offers literature suggestions...this
could be just what you need!
9-12-2006
Transcending the ordinary
through the search for learning and the art
of music-making
by Peter Wordelman, R&S Chair for Multi-cultural
music
9-12-2006
Three Perspectives –
Planner, Choral Director, Parent
by Tom Isaacson, R&S Chair for High
School Choral Music
11-02-2006
Thoughts on Motivating Your Choir
by Paul Schultz
2-19-2007
Repertoire suggestions from Helen Deitz,
R & S Chair for Jr. High/Middle School Choirs
by Helen Deitz
2-19-2007
Greetings and Repertoire Suggestions from
your new R&S Chair for Music in Worship
by Benjamin Brody, R&S Chair for Music in Worship
9-2-07
Jazz Pedagogy, The Textbook We Never Had
Jim Jirak, R & S Chair for Jazz Music,
reviews book by Dunscomb and Hill
3-15-08
College
scholarship auditions: tips from an insider
by Giselle Wyers, University of Washington
5-15-08
Guide for
Jazz and Scat Vocalists: A Resource Revisited
by Jim Jirak, R&S Chair for Jazz Choirs (May-2008)
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7-14-2005
On
Being Mute
(by Marie Lerner-Sexton)
2-20-2006
What good are websites, anyway?
By David Topping, Webmaster for AzACDA
(used by
permission, excerpted)
2-20-2006
These Things I Believe
by Robert Russell
Eastern Division ACDA Youth & Student R/S
2-20-2006
ALEX GOT CAUGHT SINGIN' IN THE HALLS AGAIN TODAY
Ken
Berg (reprinted from the Alabama Reprise)
2-20-2006
Our Inch of Space in our Moment
of Time
UAB Department of Music Orientation
August 17, 2004
by Jeff Reynolds
5-2-2006
Why
Do We Sing?
William Hatcher
6-15-2006
Good to Great
by Eric Kauffman
8-1-2006
Technology
and Music Literacy in Church Worship
by Chris Fenne
8-10-2006
"Keep 'em Singing!"
by Janet Kidd, inspires this list of tips and reminders, by Kim Ward
8-10-2006
Steve Siemens, Des Moines, Iowa, inspires top ten quotes and food for thought
as new choral year begins,
by Mary Beth Riewerts
10-1-2006
What I Learned from Jack
by Jan Smith, R&S Chair for Junior High Choirs, Oklahoma ACDA
reprinted by permission from John Gerber, Editor,"Sooner Style" (newsletter)
11-02-2006
Thoughts on the conductor's role
by Joseph Flummerfelt
12-15-2006
Against Loneliness in
the Sacred Music World
by Chuck King, R&S Chair for Music in Worship for Central Division, ACDA
reprinted from Resound, Fall 2006 (Central Division Newsletter, edited
by Bill Niederer)
9-26-07
Books on Beth’s Desk
Beth Klemm
Repertoire & Standards Chair – Children’s Choir – California
Chapter ACDA
9-26-07
Ten Positive Things to Do for Yourself
This Year
Jo Anne Stoddard
Regional Representative – Central Coast – California Chapter ACDA
10-1-07
Originally printed in Alabama's ACDA newsletter, "Reprise"
SNARL & SNORE in Choir!
by Ken Berg, Alabama ACDA President
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1-26-2005
Honor
choir for adult singers...is it time?
by Ken DeJong
1-26-2005
Portland
Symphonic Girchoir programming earns 2003 Chorus America/ASCAP Award
5-29-2005
So Be It! (An essay on the loss of certain faculties)
by Howard Meharg
7-14-2005
Touring
with the King's Singers
On the road
again….. by Doug Anderson
7-14-2005
You can learn to
scat sing
by Scott Fredrickson
6-1-2006
Connie Branton receives service award at NW Convention
by Howard Meharg, Editor
8-15-2006
John Cobb, former director of choral music at Eastern Oregon University, dies
on July 4
by Howard Meharg
10-05-2006
An Invitation
to the Future Leaders of our Division
by Scott Anderson
3-29-07
The Sound of Music Lost - the retirement of Marvilla
Davis, director of the Alaska Chamber Chorale
by LJ Evans
5-1-2007
Must there be a battle over traditional
vs. "contemporary"
music?
by Solveig Holmquist, Director of Choral Activities, Western Oregon
University, Monmouth
1-25-08
Special
feature articles: Why I Got Into Choral Music and Why I Stay in the
Field Today - articles by NW ACDA members
3-2-08
Howard Meharg
presented Leadership award at NW Convention
4-3-08
PLU
hires Dr. Brian Galante as Associate Director
5-10-08
Special
feature articles: Why I Got Into Choral Music and Why I Stay in the
Field Today - articles by NW ACDA members
5-11-08
Another
way to look at vowels, by
Howard Meharg, NW Notes Editor
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