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Repertoire & Resources

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music supported the undergraduates as leaders of ACDA.
is a large school of music housed within the flagship
campus of an R1 university. We serve over 1,600 music
majors along with offering courses, ensembles, and oth-
er programming for non-majors. Our student chapter Please share chapter recruitment ideas and
is composed of approximately twenty students, many strategies that have worked well for students
of whom are undergraduate choral music education at your institutuion.
majors. We have a few instrumental and general music
students as well.
SUNY Potsdam: We participate in Potsdam’s Wel-
come Weekend Carnival allowing us to “table,” meet
Ithaca College is a comprehensive college of ap- new students, and add them to our weekly email chain.
proximately 6,000 students, including a School of Mu- Additionally, we are very active on social media (@
sic Theater and Dance with about 450 undergraduate craneacda) posting our monthly calendar of events,
music majors and 50 graduate students. At one time we weekly lab choirs, and information on guest speaker
had a strong master of music in conducting program. events. Keeping our social media up to date helps our
The graduate choral students were active in ACDA and members plan and attend our events. Another huge

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