Midwestern Region ACDA
Do you have questions about the schedule, parking, hotels, concert tickets, rehearsal notes, practice tracks, or something else? This document (link below) has the answers to those questions and more! If you can’t find the answer to your question on the linked document, email the chair of the honor choir in which your child is singing or the honor choir coordinator (links provided in document).
Click this link: 2018 ACDA Honor Choir Information for Parents & Chaperones
ACDA’s business and institutional partners that want to exhibit at the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Regional Conference in Chicago and advertise in the electronic conference program app are encouraged to send in your reservation in the near future. The conference begins on the evening of Wednesday, February 14, 2018 and concludes following the honor choir concerts on Saturday, February 17, 2018. Exhibits will be centrally located in the beautiful International Ballroom at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, the conference headquarters hotel. Registration, interest sessions, and choral reading sessions will also be located at the Fairmont.
Jason McKee, Exhibits Chair for the 2018 conference, reports that the International Ballroom is configured to accommodate fifty-six 8 x 10 booths . Jason will be onsite in Chicago and will assign booths on a first-come, first-serve basis as registrations are received. To reserve a booth or advertising, download and complete the reservation form (below), then fax, mail or scan and email to Sindy Hail, ACDA’s new Advertising and Exhibits Manager ([email protected]). ACDA is working with Stetson Convention Services for the 2018 conference.
Click the following links to download forms and information about exhibits and advertising at the 2018 Central and North Central Region Conference.
ACDA 2018 Region Conference Ad & Exhibit Reservation Form
Fairmont Chicago Exhibit Hall Map
Fairmont Event Shipping Instructions
2018 ACDA Conference Schedule
Questions? Email Jason McKee at [email protected].
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
1:00 pm – 6:00 p.m. Load in
Thursday, February 15, 2018
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Exhibitor lunch break
2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall open
Friday, February 16, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall open
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Break down and depart
The headquarter hotel for the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Regional Conference is the Fairmont Chicago. The Fairmont will house the exhibit hall, interest sessions, and all but one reading session, and is the best option for those wanting to be in the center of activity. If you have not yet made your hotel reservation, we encourage you to do so in the near future.
Participants of the four honor choirs are housed at and will rehearse at the Swissotel Chicago, as will the Collegiate Repertoire Choir. The Swissotel is completely booked, consequently, ACDA has secured additional rooms at a reduced conference rate in the nearby Hyatt Regency and Radisson Blu Aqua hotels, each a five-minute walk from the Fairmont and Swissotel. Click on one of the links below to book your hotel accommodations now.
TAKE ADVANTAGE of early registration prices for the February 14 – 17, 2018 combined ACDA Central and North Central Regional Conference in Chicago, Illinois (see link below). Your choice of four choral music reading booklets is guaranteed only with early registration. One-day registration will be available onsite only.
EARLY REGISTRATION (ends at midnight CST on January 13, 2018)
Attendee – $240.00*
Retired – $175.00
Student – $90.00 (+$10 to participate in Collegiate Repertoire Choir)
REGULAR REGISTRATION (starts January 14, 2018)
Attendee – $300.00
Retired – $225.00
Student – $90.00
*The previously announced early registration price of $225 was incorrect. We apologize for this error and any inconvenience this may have caused.
The 2018 conference team has created a summary of the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Conference schedule to help in your planning. If you need to print this summary please click on the link at the end of this article. We are moving away from hard-copy conference books and will be using the same electronic conference app that was used at the 2017 ACDA national conference. A printed schedule summary will be included in registration packets for those who prefer a hard copy schedule.
Registration, exhibits, interest sessions and reading sessions will be located in the Fairmont Hotel. All concerts are in the Harris Theater. The Choral Evensong will be at the historic St. James Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Chicago (less than 1 mile from the Fairmont). The honor choir rehearsals and the Collegiate Repertoire Choir will take place at the Swissotel.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
5:00 pm Registration Opens
7:30 Opening Reception (Harris Theater Lobby)
8:30 Opening Concert: Chicago a cappella
Thursday, February 15
8:00 am Registration Opens
8:30 Interest Sessions
10:00 Concert Session
12:00 Reading Sessions: College and Lifelong Repertoire & Resources Areas
1:30 Concert Session
3:30 Interest Sessions
4:45 Choral Evensong with Bella Voce (St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago)
5:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Conference Welcome
7:45 Concert Session: University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club
8:30 Headliner Concert: Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Friday, February 16
8:30 am Interest Sessions
10:00 Concert Session
12:00 Poster Session
12:00 Reading Sessions: Youth Repertoire & Resources Areas
12:00 Collegiate Repertoire Choir Session I (Swissotel Zurich Ballroom)
1:30 Concert Session
3:30 Interest Sessions
3:30 Collegiate Repertoire Choir Session II (Swissotel Zurich Ballroom)
4:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Weston H. Noble & Stace N. Stegman Award Presentations
8:00 Special Event: Chicago High School Honors Chorus, Stacey Gibbs, composer & conductor
8:20 State of ACDA Presentation: Tim Sharp, ACDA Executive Director
8:30 Headliner Concert: Shenzhen Golden Bell Youth Choir from China
Saturday, February 17
9:00 Concert Session
10:30 Interest & Reading Sessions
11:30 Reading Sessions: Repertoire Specific R & R Areas
12:30 Reading Sessions: Repertoire Specific R & R Areas
1:30 Honor Choir Concert Session I
3:00 Honor Choir Concert Session II
