EXEC. DIR. CORNER

Dear ACDA-MN Colleagues:

To everything there is a season…

At a special August 6 meeting of the ACDA-MN Board of Directors, I informed them of my intention to retire from my position as Executive Director effective June 30, 2022, at the end of the current fiscal year.

Subsequent actions of the Board and of the FMC […]

July 15 – Summer Dialogue Regular Registrations Due
July 15 – Last Day to order Summer Dialogue on-campus food and lodging
July 21 – FMC Committee Meeting
August 2 – State Board of Directors Meeting
August 3-6 – ACDA-MN Summer Dialogue

• February 15 – State Conference & Summer Dialogue Interest Session Applications Due
• April 1 – Graduate Study Scholarship Applications Due
• April 1 – Alice T. Larsen Scholarship Applications Due
• May 1 – Annual Award Nominations Due
• May 15 – Summer Dialogue Scholarship Applications Due

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Events confirmed for 2020-21

• September 21-November 21: Virtual State Conference
• May 1: State 4-5-6 Honor Choir Day–(auditions due Friday, February 19)
• May 8: State 7-8 Honor Choir Day–(auditions due Friday, Friday, January 29)
• May 15: State 9-10 Honor Choir Day–(auditions due Friday, February 12)

CANCELLED OR POSTPONED EVENTS

• 2020 Summer Dialogue – Cancelled
• 2020 State Rescheduled 4-5-6 Honor Choir – Cancelled
• 2020 (in-person) State Conference – Cancelled
• 2020 State 7-8 Honor Choir – Postponed to May 8, 2021

FMC SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE

• March 13 – State 4-5-6 Honor Choir
• April 1 – Graduate Studies
• April 1 – Alice T. Larsen Graduate Study (female conductor)
• May 15 – Summer Dialogue Scholarships

STATE CONFERENCE PERFORMANCE

• June 1 – Performance Applications Due

ANNUAL AWARD PROGRAM

• May  […]
  

2019

• September 27:  State 7-8 Honor Choir Auditions Due
• October 1: Conducting Master Class Deadline
• October 18:  State 7-8 Scholarships Due
• October 26:  FMC Committee Meeting
• November 1:  State 9-10 Honor Choir Auditions Due
• November 1: Minnesota Composer Application Deadline
• November 15-16:  State Conference, St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
• November 16:  State […]
  

• 2/22: State 4-5-6 Honor Choir Auditions due
• 3/1-8: Annual Elections
• 3/15: State 4-5-6 Honor Choir Scholarship Applications due
• 4/1: Graduate Study Scholarship Applications Due
• 4/1: Alice T. Larsen Graduate Study Scholarship Applications Due
• 4/1: Star of the North HS Choir Festival Performance […]
  

• Nov 1: deadline to receive State Conference regular registration rates
• Nov 2: State 9-10 Honor Choir auditions due
• Nov 16-17: State Conference
• Nov 17: State 7-8 Honor Choir Day
• Nov 23: State 9-10 Honor Choir scholarship applications due
• Dec 1: ACDA National […]
  

July 1 marks the start of the new academic and fiscal year for ACDA-MN, and with it, we welcome these members to new or renewed leadership positions:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• State Secretary – Sarah Abelsen, Minnewashta Elemetary School, Minnetonka
• Metro East District Chair – Amy Johnson, Coon Rapids High School

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