McGill University ACDA Student Chapter

01/25/2024

Have a few spots open for Winter '24 if you're looking to hone your technique, get a second opinion on application videos, or prepare for auditions! Email on [email protected] or DM :)

05/21/2022

✨We have two McGill students are presenting their research at PODIUM this afternoon! 🌟

3pm - Megan Batty “Putting Feminist Theory into Practice at the Podium”

3:30 - Émilie Versailles “Rethinking Choral Practices: Creating Safer and More Inclusive Rehearsal Spaces”

05/20/2022

McGill Alum Floydd Ricketts will be moderating a PODIUM panel today at 1pm entitled “making it Work: Insights on Diversity” ✨

The panel will be live streamed, so virtual delegates can attend!

05/20/2022

After a fantastic concert last night, the National Youth Choir is back at PODIUM this morning for a Masterclass with McGill mentor Andrew Hon at 10am ✨

05/19/2022

The National Youth Choir of Canada lead by Dr. Jean-Sebastien Vallee is performing tonight at 8pm at the Yorkminster Park Baptist Church in Toronto!

Six McGill students and Alum are singing in the choir: Fletcher Bryce Davis, Ryan Doyle Valdés, Matthew Adam, Bella Cuminato, Chenuka Lakwijaya and Marian Guay, along with Alum William Duffy working behind the scenes as Tour Manager. ✨

See you at this spectacular concert!

Podium 2022 Choral Festival begins today!
Le Festival Choral Podium 2022 commence aujourd'hui!

See the National Youth Choir of Canada/Choeur national des jeunes du Canada perform at ​​Yorkminster Park Baptist Church from 8:00 - 9:30 pm.
Assistez à un concert du Chœur national des jeunes du Canada à l'église baptiste Yorkminster Park de 20 h à 21 h 30.

See you there!
On se voit là-bas!

Tickets are still available: https://www.podium2022.ca/festivalconcerts.html/
Billets encore disponibles: https://www.podium2022.ca/billeteriedufestival-fr.html

05/19/2022

🌟The Choral Canada - Canada Choral PODIUM conference has begun! 🌟

We have 3 McGill choral conducting students and alumni presenting their research today:

2:00pm Justin Jalea: “Beyond Statements and Affirmations: Tracking Positive Change in Choral Organizations”

2:00pm Adam Willls Begley: “Secrets of the British Choral Training System”

2:30pm: Gabrielle Gaudreault: “Survey and Analysis of a composition Trends in Québécois Choral Music of the 20th century”

More information at the link below 👇

PODIUM 2022

05/18/2022

En route to Toronto for PODIUM 2022—don't miss presentations by Megan Batty, Émilie Versailles,
Andrew Hon, Justin Jalea, Ryan Doyle Valdés, John Guzik, Gabrielle Gaudreault, and Adam Wills Begley! We'll post more info about each session once the conference is underway; you can find the full schedule here:

https://www.podium2022.ca/conferencesessions.html

If you see a McGill conductor at PODIUM, make sure to ask about an exciting new programming resource we've developed in collaboration with the Schulich School of Music Library—the 'McGill Database of Choral Music by BIPOC Composers'. Here are a few photos from the reading session we held with The Choral Collective this spring to showcase some of the repertoire in the database!