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2026 ACDA Eastern Region Conference

February 25-28, 2026 • Providence, Rhode Island

Vocal Jazz
2026 ACDA Midwestern Region Conference

February 25-28, 2026 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin from the Archives

ACDA’s national chairs for repertoire
& resources contribute content to Choral
Journal on a rotating basis. This month’s
R&R column on pages 43-49 features
2026 ACDA Northwestern Region Conference an article from John Stafford, National

March 4-7, 2026 • Tacoma, Washington Chair for Vocal Jazz. As a complement,
the following section includes article
excerpts from the June/July 2015 issue
of Choral Journal, which was a focus on
vocal jazz guest edited by Patrice Madura
Ward-Steinman. Dr. Ward-Steinman was
2026 ACDA Southern Region Conference a professor of music education at Indiana

March 4-7, 2026 • Memphis, Tennessee University’s Jacobs School of Music who
passed away in June 2020. She wrote in her
guest editor’s column: “The joy of music
is that we can always keep learning about
it, and the same is true about vocal jazz.”
We hope readers interested in vocal jazz
who may not be aware of that focus issue
2026 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference will enjoy excerpts from the articles featured
March 4-7, 2026 • Albuquerque, New Mexico in that issue, and those who read the issue
when it came out in 2015 may appreciate
the reminder of this resource. To view the
full issue, including reviews of vocal jazz
arrangements and a review of a book on
improvisation for choirs, visit acda.org/
choraljournal, log into your membership
2026 ACDA Western Region Conference account, and choose the June/July 2015
issue from the archives.
March 4-7, 2026 • San Jose, California

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