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AUDITIONS ARE OPEN: 2018 Division Honor Choirs

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Prepare your students to audition for the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Division Honor Choirs.  The application deadline is Friday, September 29 (11:59 pm).

APPLICATION FORM
Audition Application Form

AUDITION INFORMATION
Elementary Honor Choir (Unchanged, gr. 5-6)
Mid-Level Treble Honor Choir (SA, gr. 7-9)
Mid-Level Changed/Changing Honor Choir (TB, gr. 7-9)
High School Honor Choir (SATB, gr. 10-12)

QUESTIONS?
Send an email to the coordinator or a chair by clicking on a name (below):

Stephanie Trump – Honor Choir Coordinator
Melanie Kjellberg – High School Honor Choir Chair
Marissa McLean – Mid-Level Treble Honor Choir Chair
Tony Rangel – Mid-Level Changed/Changing Honor Choir Chair
Susan McAllister – Elementary Honor Choir Chair

2018 Research Poster Session Call for Submissions

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ACDA will sponsor a session to disseminate the results of excellent research about any aspect of the choral art at its 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Division Conference in Chicago, Feb 14-17, 2018. Participants chosen for the presentation will be required to prepare a poster describing their research and to be available during the presentation session to discuss their work with interested conference attendees.

The intent of the research poster session is to disseminate current research in choral music to inform rehearsal techniques, performance practice, repertoire choice, etc. Of particular desire are papers about repertoire, performance practice, conducting pedagogy, rehearsal pedagogy, vocal development, social/cognitive development, editions, and analyses that will illuminate performance, and vocal or compositional practices in contemporary choral music.

A poster session is a research report format used widely in the natural and social sciences, and increasingly in the humanities. Presenters prepare a poster (usually printed on a 36 x 48 inch sheet in either portrait or landscape orientation and displayed on a board), showing the main points of their research with brief text and illustrations. Then, the presenter stands next to his/her poster during the session, answering any questions from people who come to see the displays. We also expect presenters to have handouts (e.g., an annotated bibliography or an abstract with examples) and copies of the paper upon which the presentation is based. Participants will be required to furnish 25 copies of a report summary (limited to one two-sided page). Participants may also be asked to respond to post-conference inquiries about their work that could include requests for full copies of their reports.

For instructions about submitting proposals click here: 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Division Conference Poster Call

2018 Division Conference Audition and Application Dates Announced

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Audition and application dates for the 2018 ACDA Central and North Central Division Conference have been announced by program co-chairs Mary Kay Geston, NCACDA president, and Mark Munson, Central ACDA president-elect. Performing choir applications and honor choir auditions will be submitted through OpusEvent. Information about interest session proposals and score submissions for the division composers reading sessions will be announced as it becomes available.

UNITE IN SONG!
ACDA Central & North Central Division Conference
February 14 – 17, 2018
Chicago, Illinois

PERFORMING CHOIR APPLICATIONS
Applications Open: January 15, 2017
Applications Close: May 26, 2017 (11:59 p.m. CST)
Notification: June 30, 2017
Click on the following link to go to OpusEvent website: OpusEvent
Select “ACDA North/Central Division Performing Choirs”

INTEREST SESSION APPLICATIONS
Applications Open: February 1, 2017
Applications Close: June 15, 2017 (11:59 p.m.)
Notification: July 31, 2017

CALL FOR SCORES: DIVISION COMPOSERS READING SESSIONS
Submissions Open: March 1, 2017
Submissions Close: Postmarked by May 12, 2017
Notification: July 28, 2017

2018 HONOR CHOIR AUDITIONS
Applications Open: August 15, 2017
Applications Close: September 29, 2017 (11:59 p.m.)
Notification: October 27, 2017

2018 DIVISION HONOR CHOIRS & CONDUCTORS

Elementary Honor Choir (Unchanged, grades 5-6)
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Francisco Núñez, conductor
Artistic Director & Founder of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City

Mid-Level Treble Voice Honor Choir (SA, grades 7 – 9)
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Judith Herrington, conductor
Founder and Artistic Director, Tacoma Youth Chorus

Mid-Level Changing & Changed Voice Honor Choir (TB, gr. 7-9)
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Ryan Beeken, conductor
Director of Choral Studies, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

High School Honor Choir (SATB, gr. 10-12)
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Jefferson Johnson, conductor
Director of Choral Activities, University of Kentucky, Lexington