2012 ACDA All-State Honor Choirs

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Cal ACDA Honor Choir Chair: Shirley Nute
California All State Honor Choir
937 Cornell Drive, Burbank, CA 91504
818-845-2683

2012 All-State Honor Choir will be March 22, 23, 24

• The 2012 All-State Honor Choirs will convene in Pasadena with singer registration taking place Thursday morning, March 22, 2012.
• Rehearsals will take place at Pasadena Presbyterian church or Pasadena First United Methodist Church.
• The performance will be Saturday afternoon, March 24, 2:00 pm in the Sanctuary of the Lake Avenue Church.

ALL-STATE SINGERS

DOWNLOAD THESE THREE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:

2012 ACCEPTANCE INFORMATION

2012 MEDICAL PERMISSION FORM AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY (MANDATORY FORM!)

2012 RULES OF CONDUCT

 

FYI: Download this list of Honor Choir Schools listed by Region (.pdf file)

Conductors for the All-State Honor choirs:

Women’s Honor Choir – Bruce Rogers, Mt. San Antonio College

Professor Bruce Rogers is the Director of Choral Activities at Mt. San Antonio College, in Walnut, California. In this role, he oversees the department’s various vocal and choral programs, which span the entire spectrum of music – from classical to jazz. He personally directs Mt. San Antonio College’s award-winning Chamber Singers and the elite vocal jazz ensemble, Singcopation.

Choirs under his direction have won numerous awards and first place honors throughout the United States and Europe. Mr. Rogers' choirs have had the honor of performing at five California State Conventions, eight American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Regional and National Conventions as well as performing at three International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) National Conventions. In the year 2001, Mr. Rogers became the first choral director in United States history to have two different choirs perform at both the IAJE National Convention and the ACDA National Convention, and in 2005, he achieved this special honor once again. His choirs have won top rankings in national and international competitions throughout the world, including performances in Concert Halls throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Scotland, Wales, England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

Professor Rogers’ most recent guest conducting ventures outside of the United States, includes conducting at the “AMIS International Honor Band and Choral Festival” hosted by the International School at The Hague, in the Netherlands; conducting at the “ACCET Choral Conductor’s Workshop” held in Melbourne, Australia; guest conducting the music of Franz Joseph Haydn in Vienna and Budapest with a Festival Choir and Orchestra honoring the 200th Anniversary of Haydn’s death; and was the headline clinician and guest conductor at the "Australian National Choral Association" (ANCA) Convention in Port Macquarie, Australia. He has guest conducted the New York Chamber Orchestra and Festival Chorus at Carnegie Hall on four different occasions and has performed by special invitation at Lincoln Center. In 2007, Professor Rogers was invited to conduct the ACDA National Two-Year College Honor Choir at the ACDA National Convention in Miami and the MENC Northwest Jazz Honor Choir in Portland. Mr. Rogers has presented lectures, adjudicated, or conducted All-State and Collegiate Honor Choirs in twenty-two states, Canada, Austria, Hungary, Australia, and the Netherlands.

Mr. Rogers was awarded the prestigious “Best Conductor” prize at the “International Grand Prix Choral Competition” held in Varna, Bulgaria and his vocal jazz group, Singcopation, has been honored with numerous awards from Downbeat Magazine including “Best Collegiate Vocal Jazz Group” in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 & 2006, along with a special performance award in 2008 & 2009. For his many achievements, Mt. San Antonio College presented Professor Rogers with its prestigious “Faculty Member of the Year” award and the Upland Community Foundation honored him as a recipient of their 2010 "Spotlight Award" for Outstanding Educator. He has also recently signed with Gentry Music to publish the “Bruce Rogers Choral Series”, which strives to discover challenging new choral works from various countries and languages.

 

Men’s Honor Choir – Dr. Daniel Bara, University of Georgia

Daniel Bara is the Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia, having served as Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina. While at ECU, his university choirs were invited to perform for state, regional, and national conventions of ACDA and MENC, and the ECU Chamber Singers completed two professional recordings for the Gothic Records label (Greater Love, 2007; Eternal Light, 2010). His conducting students have consistently advanced into the live rounds of the ACDA National Conducting Competition, and several of his former MM conducting students now hold collegiate conducting appointments at New England Conservatory, Miami University of Ohio, University of Idaho, and William Jewell College.

At ECU, Dr. Bara was the recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award and the Robert L. Jones Award for Outstanding Teaching. Prior accolades include the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize given at the Eastman School of Music, and the ACDA National Student Conducting Competition (Graduate Division) awarded at the National Convention in San Antonio, TX in 2001. Dr. Bara is Past-President of NC-ACDA, has held the Artistic Directorship of the New York State Summer School of the Arts – School of Choral Studies (2007-2009), and has served as conductor of the World Youth Honor Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp (2004-2006). He is in increasing demand as a guest conductor and clinician, with recent or upcoming engagements with all-state, regional honor choirs, and conference appearances in California, Texas, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida.

Dr. Bara holds the DMA degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, organ and conducting degrees from the University of Michigan, and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. He is the Youth and Student Activities Chairman for the Southern Division Chapter of ACDA. At UGA he oversees the graduate choral conducting program, and conducts the UGA Hodgson Singers and the UGA Men's Glee Club.

Mixed Honor Choir – Dr. Jefferson Johnson, University of Kentucky

Jefferson Johnson is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kentucky where he conducts the University Chorale and Men's Chorus. He also teaches advanced choral conducting, choral methods and literature, and directs the graduate program (MM and DMA degrees) in choral music. A native of Atlanta, Johnson received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Georgia (magna cum laude, 1978), the Master of Music from the University of Tennessee (1981), and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado (1992). While living in Atlanta, Johnson was also a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw.
University of Kentucky choirs under Johnson’s direction have performed at fourteen conventions of choral music educators, including national conventions of American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and Intercollegiate Male Choruses (IMC). Most recently the UK Men’s Chorus was featured in performance at the 2011 ACDA National Convention in Chicago. The UK Chorale has toured extensively with recent performances in Paris (Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres Cathedral, American Cathedral, and Cathedral of La Madeleine), Washington, D.C. (Kennedy Center), the Bahamas (private performance in the Presidential Palace), and New York City (Carnegie Hall). The UK Choirs have collaborated with numerous artists including The King Singers, violinist Mark O’Connor, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and tenor Ronan Tynen. Each June UK hosts a national workshop for choral directors called the Summer Choral Workshop.

Johnson is presently Music Director of the Lexington Singers. The 180-voice community chorus annually performs major works with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra. The Singers have toured internationally, most recently to Brazil, France, Italy, and Austria. In 2000 the chorus performed Mozart’s Requiem with the Vienna Mozart Orchestra in the famous Hofburg Palace and sang the evening mass at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. In 2003 the chorus performed in St. Marks Cathedral in Venice and sang mass at St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City. In 1999 the Lexington Singers celebrated its 40th anniversary with a performance in New York City as Johnson made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Singers and orchestra in Faure’s Requiem.

Dr. Johnson’s recently released video "Ready...Set...Sing!" is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing. It has been featured at music educators’ conventions from Ohio to Hawaii. In addition, Johnson maintains an active schedule as an adjudicator and guest conductor for high-school and collegiate choirs throughout the United States. He has conducted honor choruses in 30 states and has appeared as a featured clinician at ACDA or MENC conventions in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Dates for the 2013, 2014, 2015 All-State Honor Choir Activities

2013 – March 21, 22, 23 (Coastal Region)
2014 – March 20, 21, 22 (Central Region)
2015 – March 26, 27, 28 (Southern Region)