NAU Meets National Standards
"The mission of the American Choral Directors Association is to inspire excellence in choral music through education, performance, composition, and advocacy."
2014-2015 was an incredibly productive academic year for NAU ACDA! Our chapter follows the mission statement (above) as well as the National Standards for Student Chapters (below, chaired by Dr. Amanda Quist at Westminster Choir College, Rider University).
Perhaps our biggest accomplishment was our fundraising. Together, through 7 fundraising events including our thriving Carolers program, we raised over $7,000 to send our membership to the National Conference in Salt Lake City, UT!
Our members enjoyed reading sessions run by senior music education majors, presentations and workshops by each of our 6 graduate students in Choral Conducting and both Dr. Holder and Dr. Copley, four social events, a symposium that featured 10 sessions/250 performers and a full house/headliner Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, and more. We even started the annual ACDA Curry Summer Music Camp scholarship, which benefits a promising young musician attending camp during the gorgeous Flagstaff summers.
Perhaps our biggest accomplishment was our fundraising. Together, through 7 fundraising events including our thriving Carolers program, we raised over $7,000 to send our membership to the National Conference in Salt Lake City, UT!
Our members enjoyed reading sessions run by senior music education majors, presentations and workshops by each of our 6 graduate students in Choral Conducting and both Dr. Holder and Dr. Copley, four social events, a symposium that featured 10 sessions/250 performers and a full house/headliner Dr. Jo-Michael Scheibe, and more. We even started the annual ACDA Curry Summer Music Camp scholarship, which benefits a promising young musician attending camp during the gorgeous Flagstaff summers.
Members can check out a full list of accomplishments in our shared Google Drive by navigating to NAU ACDA Members -> Minutes: NAU Student Chapter -> 2014-2015 Accomplishments List. Remember that you can also access all of the handouts from previous conferences and years from this folder, too! If you do not know how to do this, please contact one of our officers.
COMING UP: State conferences; don't miss out!
July 9-11, 2015: AzACDA Summer Conference
Headliners: Dr. Joe Miller, Henry Leck
Camelback Bible Church, 3900 E. Stanford Dr., Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
July 20-22, 2015: Summer Workshop
Headliners: Juan Tony Guzman, C. Michael Hawn, James Jordan
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood, CO 80113
July 26-29, 2015: California ACDA Summer Conference at ECCO
Headliner: Dr. Edith Copley!
Evergreen Conference Center Oakhurst (ECCO), 43803 Hwy 41, Oakhurst, CA 93644
July 22-24, 2015: WA-ACDA Summer Institute*
Clinician: Elena Sharkova
Kilworth Chapel, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416
*This is where I'll be!
Congratulations to our seniors who have moved on to student teach and complete other requirements for certification. Classes begin again on August 31st, 2015...so until then, please have a R&R (restful & rockin') summer!
Zach Moore
2014-2015 President, NAU ACDA
COMING UP: State conferences; don't miss out!
July 9-11, 2015: AzACDA Summer Conference
Headliners: Dr. Joe Miller, Henry Leck
Camelback Bible Church, 3900 E. Stanford Dr., Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
July 20-22, 2015: Summer Workshop
Headliners: Juan Tony Guzman, C. Michael Hawn, James Jordan
Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave., Englewood, CO 80113
July 26-29, 2015: California ACDA Summer Conference at ECCO
Headliner: Dr. Edith Copley!
Evergreen Conference Center Oakhurst (ECCO), 43803 Hwy 41, Oakhurst, CA 93644
July 22-24, 2015: WA-ACDA Summer Institute*
Clinician: Elena Sharkova
Kilworth Chapel, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416
*This is where I'll be!
Congratulations to our seniors who have moved on to student teach and complete other requirements for certification. Classes begin again on August 31st, 2015...so until then, please have a R&R (restful & rockin') summer!
Zach Moore
2014-2015 President, NAU ACDA