PEOPLE'S IMMERSION CHOIR

The Latinoamérica Immersion Choir rehearsed and performed music of Latin America (Central America, Caribbean, Mexico, and South America) rich in its vibrant Spanish, Portuguese, and French inspired languages and the myriad of Latin rhythms and instrumental influences. The Latinoamérica Immersion Choir was conducted by María Guinand at National ACDA 2023.

It’s been an amazing experience to have Maria, to learn from her, to see how she approaches music, people, rhythms... Gracias Maria, Cristian y a todos los que hicieron esto posible! Besos a todos

What an engaging, embodied, freeing, creative, and challenging experience Mtra. Maria Guinand hasbroughttous!THANKYOU!

The Latinoamérica Immersion Choir has been wonderful! I really appreciated the time that Cristian (Grases) spent with us who wanted to learn the percussion instruments.

I will treasure this experience and feel emboldened to try more of this music with my students!

I really enjoyed these rehearsals. Having the musicality and the emotion since the very first moment and rehearsalisaperfectway to encourage and motivatesingers.

Everything is amazing. Please keep this forever. I will remember this forever as a Latino.

The Vocal Jazz Immersion Choir honed jazz techniques on specially crafted, instrumentally influenced arrangements that honored this uniquely American art form. The choir was accompanied by a full rhythm section, and members focused on the application of choral techniques in a style that uniquely encourages participants to be stylistically flexible and creative. The Vocal Jazz Immersion Choir was conductedbyMattFalkeratNationalACDA2023.

Such a privilege to immerse in experiential learning. It’s fast and busy in the best of ways.

Because of this opportunity, I feel that I can bring this genre back to my home choir. Thank you.

Thank you for emphasizing the process and bringing us into the spirit and joy and style of this music!

Singing in and listening to these immersion choirs has been the highlight of the conference for me. The opportunity to dive deep into a topic/style allows for real learningandgrowth.

I really enjoyed being a part of a jazzchoirespecially because I’ve never beeninajazzchoir. I’m also happy it was with Matt Falker, because he really taught me a lot about vocal jazz and how to do it properly.

The immersion jazz experience was the most influential part of the national ACDA conference thisyear.DoingsomethingI haveneverdonebefore,with Matt, will change how I approach my students on Monday and the days to come.