High School Festival
Save next spring's dates:
April 27, 28, 29, 2010
at Rutgers University
New deadlines:
Regular registration: Dec. 1, 2009
Late registration: Jan. 15, 2010
The 2009 NJACDA High School Festival was hosted this year for the first time solely at Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Our site hosts were Rutgers choral directors Dr. Patrick Gardner and Mark Boyle. The entire music program for all three days is available via a link below. 2009 photos just posted.
NJACDA's oldest event
See Festival Page for details, and links to 2009 Photos and materials.
What is ACDA?
The American Choral Directors Association is the world’s largest organization for choral directors. Its 20,000-plus members are leaders of choruses of all kinds, elementary school through university choruses, church and temple choirs, community choruses and professional choirs, plus representatives of the music industry. Continued ...
Seventh Annual
Summer Conference
July 28 and 29, 2009
Summit, NJ
Brochure
Z.Randall Stroope, clinician
2008 photo (click to enlarge
2008 Conference photos
Coming
Elementary and Junior High
Honor Choirs
Concert: May 3, 2009
J. P. Case Intermediate School,
Flemington
News
Directory of Community Choruses
Steven A. Russell, NJACDA R&S Chair for Community Choruses, has posted a new database directory of New Jersey's many community choruses. It is hoped that this will be a useful resource for community chorus members and directors around the state. You can connect here, or in the future, through our Links Page.
ELECTION RESULTS: NEW NJACDA OFFICERS
Laurie Lausi, choral director at Cherry Hill High School East, took over the Presidential chair of New Jersey ACDA on July 1. She succeeds Lorraine Lynch of Roxbury High School, who has been president since July, 2007, and who now become Vice President. As a result of the recently announced results of statewide elections, Trish Joyce, longtime director of the New Jersey Youth Chorus in New Providence, NJ, will become our new President-Elect for two years, and will succeed to the presidency in 2011. Our State Board page has been updated to reflect these and other changes on your 2009-10 Board. Congratulations to all, and thanks to Lori Lynch for her tireless and excellent work.
New Online Magazine
ChorTeach is national ACDA's new online magazine for music educators looking for practical solutions and suggestions for working with singers in schools, churches, and communities. Current articles treat:
Vocal health for teachers
Rhythmic Integrity in the Choral Rehearsal
Beyond the “Bass-ics” in Junior High/Middle School
Warm-Ups, Repertoire, and Resources for Male Choir
Note: Members will need to sign in online. If you have trouble with the instructions, contact national ACDA.
Save the date
2009 Multicultural & Ethnic Workshop
Dr. Marian Dolan, Headliner
October 10, 2009
Rutgers Preparatory School
See 2008 photos
NJersey Music IMMERSION
Co-sponsored with Rowan University.
The NJ Music Immersion workshop in June was a huge success! Forty NJACDA members met at Princeton United Methodist Church for a jam-packed day of reading through an enormous amount of music chosen by the workshop leader Dr. Z. Randall Stroope. We all left with over 80 octavos to add to our collection of pieces we hope to perform someday. I personally have already ordered 12 titles for my upcoming school year and look forward to using more of them in future years!
Our sincere thanks go to Dr. Stroope for providing such a valuable and very enjoyable day for our members. We wish him well as he begins his new position at Oklahoma State University in the fall. He will truly be missed!
- Laurie Lausi
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