2010 ACDA-ED Honor Choir General Information
The general information below applies to all honor choirs. For more
specific information, please visit the links on the bottom of this page.
A. Choirs
- Children's Choir (treble voices age 10 and up to and including
age 16)
- High School Men's Choir (grades 9-12)
- High School Women's Choir (grades 10-12)
- Jazz Choir (grades 11-12, collegiate)
B. Application
- Singer applications must be sponsored by a current ACDA member.
Members should encourage their best singers to apply.
- The complete application includes an application form, compact
disc/cassette, and application fee of $30.00. The "Sponsor
Application Form" must accompany all singer applications.
- Singers may choose to apply for more than one choir if they meet
the eligibility requirements for those choirs. They can use one
application form and denote their preferences, but a
separate compact disc/tape for each choir must be
included. A $30.00 application
fee for each choir (i.e. 1 choir = $30, 2 choirs = $60, 3 choirs =
$90) must accompany the application form.
- It is preferred that all forms, compact discs, and fees from one
ACDA sponsor are sent in ONE mailing.
- Application fees may be paid by individual check, organization
check, or money order. ACDA-ED cannot accept credit cards, purchase
orders or cash for application fees.
- All applications must be postmarked by June 15, 2009. Send all
application materials to:
Stuart Younse
24 Allen Street
New Britain CT 06053
C. Acceptance
- Acceptances will be emailed to ACDA sponsors on or before
September
1, 2009. Rosters will subsequently be posted on the ACDA-ED website.
- Accepted participants will be expected to register online and make
online hotel reservations by September 21, 2009. (Specific
information about registration and housing will be available upon
acceptance.)
D. Arrival
- Singers and their sponsors/parent representatives should be prepared
to arrive in Philadelphia during the day on Wednesday, February10,
2010 and remain until Saturday, February 13
after the choirs have
performed. (Specific arrival times and concert times for each choir
will be available upon acceptance.)
E. Housing

- The two hotels used for the conference, including the honor choirs,
are the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (Marriott) and the Marriott
Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown (Courtyard). These hotels are
adjacent. The Marriott is the host hotel for the High School Men's
Choir, the High School Women's Choir, and the Jazz Choir. The
Courtyard is the host hotel for the Children's Choir.
- All honor choir participants must stay in the assigned hotel for
their choir. (See asterisk* below.)
- Participants in 8th-grade and below must have a parent
representative staying with them in the room at the Courtyard.
- Participants in 10th-grade and above, including collegiate
participants, will be housed in quad, triple or double rooms at the
Marriott. Singers in 10th-12th grades will be supervised by ACDA
chaperones.
- *Singers in the Children's Choir who are in 9th grade and above, and
singers in the High School Men's Honor Choir who are in 9th grade,
may choose EITHER to stay with a parent representative OR be housed
with the high school singers at the Marriott where they will be
supervised by ACDA chaperones.
- Participants supervised by ACDA chaperones must have an ACDA sponsor
(or a representative named by the sponsor) staying in either the
Marriott or the Courtyard.
F. Communication
- All correspondence with honor choir participants will be sent to the
ACDA sponsor. The majority of information will be communicated by
email and/or be posted on the website. It is the responsibility of
the ACDA sponsor to communicate honor choir information to
participants in a timely fashion.
- There will be a dedicated page on the ACDA-ED website (acdaeast.org)
for honor choir information where general correspondence can be
found (choir rosters, deadlines, etc.). Both sponsors and
participants should periodically check this page for communication
updates.
G. Music
- All music will be mailed to the ACDA sponsor. ACDA sponsors are
expected to distribute the music to the honor choir participants.
H. Costs
Please click on the following links for more information
Honor Choir Sponsor's Information
Children's Honor Choir
High School Men's Honor Choir
High School Women's Honor Choir
Jazz Honor Choir
Housing Information
Kegerreis Honor Choir Scholarship Information
Venues -
Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square; Wanamaker Organ; and Independence Mall
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Last revised
June 26, 2010