State Conference 2023

It’s the final countdown ….

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 putting together the final touches to make this a wonderful event for all. 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 in their classrooms.

The Friday sessions will begin at 1:15 pm with Whitney Mayo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Music Education, UND on the subject “Examine your Narrative: Considering the story of your program”. What is the story of your music program? In this session, Mayo will discuss the importance of narrative and engage participants in the exploration of program narratives from various perspectives, including the teacher, the students, administrators, and community stakeholders. In addition to Whitney Mayo’s presentation, we will have a session starting at 2:30 pm from Justin Montigne, DMA Assistant Professor of Voice, UND on “Dynamic Vocal Warmups for the Choral Rehearsal”. Montigne's presentation will focus on BBVB (Body, Breath, Voice, Brain), individual technical growth through group vocalization, repertoire-focused warmup creation, setting expectations, group agreements, and building community through group vocalization. Session attendees should be prepared to sing ! A full list of session presenters and the conference session schedule can be found online at ndacda.com. We have a wonderful lineup of presenters and a wide variety of presentation topics for the 2023 conference you’ll not want to miss!

A big thank you goes out to Poppler's Music in Grand Forks for providing our reading session packets and to all the presenters for their preparation of session material.

See you February, 3rd!

Connie Stordalen Horizon Middle School NDACDA President-Elect/Conference Chair connie_stordalen@bismarckschools.org