Fall Convention

November 21 - 22, 2008

The 2008 Minnesota State ACDA Convention will be held on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield on Friday and Saturday, November 21-22, 2008.

Please note: The Saturday Awards Luncheon is SOLD OUT.

Online Registration is now closed.

Click here for schedule.
Click here for directions.
Click here to download PDF map.
Click here for Immersion Day information.
Click here for Student and Young Educator Symposium information

Please note: the Immersion Day and Student Symposium both run from 9:30 to 1:30 on Friday.

The main performance venue will be the newly renovated Boe Chapel.



Complete remodeling and acoustical treatment in 2007 have made this venerable chapel into a beautiful concert space.

All activities of the convention--Immersion Day, the Student Symposium, the honor choir rehearsals and concerts, and of course the convention itself--will be housed on campus.

The Anacrusis and Elementary Honor Choirs will be led by three outstanding conductors, Beth Holmes (7-8 girls), Bob Chilcott (7-8 Boys), and Teri Larson (Elementary Honor Choir). Our colleagues and their choirs who will perform at the convention are: Philip Brown, Hopkins High School Concert Choir, Julia Fahey, Partners In Praise Choir, Ken Hodgson, UMM Concert Choir, Christopher Aspaas, St. Olaf Viking Chorus, Steven Albaugh, Rosemount HS Concert Choir, Vicki Peters, The Summer Singers, Randi Grundahl/Rexroth, Visitation Choir, Dwight Jilek, Northfield High School Concert Choir, and Nancy Grundahl, Angelica Cantati Concert Choir. We will have a “chestnuts” reading session with Woody Johnson and our keynote address will be by the world-renowned Bob Chilcott.

Friday evening will feature a huge worship and music event at Boe Chapel. John Ferguson and the St. Olaf Cantorei, with Daniel Kallman and the Bethel Senior Choir are designing an evening based on the successful and popular Sing For Joy Hymn Festival with St. Olaf campus pastor W. Bruce Benson narrating, emphasizing anthems and hymn-singing. Come to be inspired and challenged, yet also given tools and ideas that can be directly applied in your “real world” situation.

Also at the convention: Our new A.C.E. Award recipients will be introduced, scheduled time for meeting with colleagues from your District, the annual awards luncheon and, of course, the afterglow.

Save the dates, encourage a colleague, and come prepared for two days of professional development and networking.

Blocks of rooms have been reserved at four Northfield hotels and motels.
• The Country Inn ($79 plus tax) Hotel Web site
• The Archer House ($75 for cozy rooms to $140 plus tax for larger rooms) Hotel Web site
• The Archer House is one of the oldest river inns in Minnesota.
     Each room is individually decorated.
• Super 8 ($67 plus tax for 1 bed; $76 plus tax for 2 beds) Hotel Web site
• AmericInn ($79 plus tax) Hotel Web site
      This hotel has a pool and has been reserved for use by honor choir participants.

Brian Stubbs
Brainerd High School
702 South 5th Street
Brainerd MN 56401