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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. Among its services ACDA offers the Choral Journal, a multi-national professional network and annual conventions. National conventions occur in odd-numbered years and alternate with seven division conventions in even years. Membership in national ACDA automatically includes membership in a regional division and a state chapter or affiliate.

NJ-ACDA, the New Jersey Chapter, offers its 420-plus members professional contact, assistance and activities at the local level. In addition to the Choral Journal, members receive the state newsletter, Canticum Novum, and the Eastern Division Troubadour. NJACDA annually sponsors a two-day summer convention, a successful High School Choral Festival of long standing, and the excellent Elementary/Junior High Honor Choir Festival, the last in cooperation with NJMEA. NJACDA also offers periodic workshops in specific area, e.g. for Men's Music, Choral Workshops for Women, or for Ethnic and Multicultural Music.

Please join us! If you are involved in the choral music in New Jersey we invite you to become a member of NJACDA. We want to welcome and work with you.

2008 Festival at

Rowan University and Caldwell College
April 29, 30 (South), May 2 (North)

NJ ACDA's oldest continuing state event

LINKS / FORMS:

General Information
2008 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Participation Instructions
Festival Handbook
Sightsinging Pamphlets Order Form

See photos of the 2007 Festival.

HOME PAGE

President's Message

Concert: May 8, 2008

at J. P. Case Intermediate School
Flemington

2008 Handbook

See 2007 photos

UPCOMING EVENTS

Fall 2007 Go to President's page

Eastern Division Convention a big success

New Jerseyans play major role

Division President Brent Miller and his Convention Committee brought off a well attended and most successful 2008 Eastern Division Hartford Convention, Feb. 14 through 16. There were concerts by six invited ensembles--Amarcord, Lumen valo from Finland, musica intima, Pomerium, the Woodley Ensemble, and Vocalogy--and eleven concerts by well prepared auditioned choirs from seven states. This was the first Eastern convention with four different honor choirs (ACDA's first ever Gospel Honor Choir added to Junior High, High School, and College/University choirs.) The no fewer than thirty-five separate interest sessions covered a wide range of interest and topics, and involved additional choruses and performances. There was a healthy contingent of NJACDA members, both as general delegates and as active particpants.

Thanks to the many participants from NJACDA:

Performers:

The Semi Tones
Rebecca Elpus, director

New Jersey Youth Chorus
Trish Joyce, director

Terrific performances!

In the trenches:

Brent Miller: Division President and Convention Chair, David Lockart: Auditioned Choirs Chair, Judith Nicosia: Program Booklet and Accompanist, Marily Berrie and Jack Idenden: Co-Chairs of the Junior HS Honor Choir, Anne Matlack: Community Choir R&S Chair and Reading Session leader, Fred Ford: Presiders Chair and Accompanist