Sneak Peek

North Dakota ACDA conference will be in Bismarck, ND February 3rd and 4th, 2023! Honor Choir rehearsals and teacher conference sessions will be held at Bismarck High School. The NDACDA board and honor choir chairs are working diligently to organize this event. We are creating opportunities not only for your amazing students to learn and grow as musicians, but for teachers to share and spark new ideas.

We have several sessions lined up for our 2023 conference. Here’s a sneak peek into some of our session topics: • Developing Elementary Choirs and fostering young singers to start singing at an early age • Engaging the choral community • Recruitment and retention in our music programs • Music literacy—switching from learning by rote to sight-reading new music • K-12/Class B panel discussion • The physical singer and how to get the whole body involved in the voice and choir • Guiding students during the changing voice stage and grow into their new voice • Music reading sessions highlighting music from Music in Worship – Contemporary Music in Worship – Traditional Ethnic/Multicultural Vocal Jazz Senior High Choirs Children’s Choirs Show Choir • More to come …

I have learned something new at every conference I have attended. The opportunity to expand and share knowledge is something we all look forward to and value as choral educators! I encourage you to attend the conference and take the opportunity to grow and collaborate with colleagues. If you have an idea you

would like to share or a topic you would like highlighted at conference, please reach out! Continuing education credit opportunity will be posted on our NDACDA website leading up to the conference and will be offered through NDSU.

See you in February!

Connie Stordalen Bismarck Horizon Middle School NDACDA President-Elect/Conference Chair