Thank you again to everyone who contributed to making this year’s All-State Choral Festival a success.  This event would not be possible without so many of you being willing to serve as choir coordinators, transportation coordinators, rehearsal monitors, concert coordinators, and so many other jobs. It takes all of our wonderful directors to put on such a successful event.  I hope the festival was a wonderful experience for your students and that they brought their enthusiasm back to your choir rooms.

At our general membership meeting, we finalized our teacher panel to evaluate our All-State audition process. They will be meeting and creating a report to present to the board. If you are interested in being on this committee, please let us know.

We will be returning to the BJCC for All-State Choral Festival on April 3-5, 2025. I look forward to seeing you all there.

Fall Workshop

We had a wonderful time this past year at the University of Montevallo. For this year’s Fall Workshop, we will return to Huntingdon College in Montgomery on Friday, September 6. 

If you have anything you would like to present at Fall Workshop or any sessions you would like to see presented, please let me know.

AMEA

We will be returning to Birmingham for the 2025 AMEA Professional Development Conference on January 23-25, 2025. 

Please consider submitting to present a session or to have your choir perform at the conference.  The deadline to apply is June 1 and the application may be found on the AMEA website under the “Conference” tab under “Apply to Perform or Present.”  There were so many great performances and sessions at the conference this year, so please submit so we can continue highlighting the excellent choral music from across our state.

Honor Choir

We are so grateful that we were able to have our rescheduled Honor Choir in Huntsville in March. Our students enjoyed our clinician, Dr. Valerie Harris, and they presented an amazing concert in conjunction with the Elementary All-State Choir. We are thankful to Huntsville First Baptist Church and to the elementary division for collaborating for this performance.

ASSC

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our All-State Show Choir Festival. Thank you again to Cameron Johnson for running such a successful event as Show Choir Coordinator and to Kate Dupuis at Hartselle High School for hosting.

Summer Board

This year’s Summer Board meeting will be held on June 2-5.  If you have feedback or any items you would like me to add to our agenda for discussion and review during our meeting, please provide that to me through written feedback prior to June 1.  You may do that by emailing me at hilen.wilson.ava@gmail.com or by completing the membership survey that was sent to your email at the beginning of May.

I would like to take this time to say a huge thank you to the board for their constant support and help throughout the past two years. I truly could not have managed without them. It has been a true honor serving as your president for the last two years. The Alabama Vocal Association has given me and my students so much and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to give something back.

I hope you all have a wonderful summer and are able to find some time to reflect on this school year and to rest and refocus for this coming fall.  If I can be of help to you in any way, please let me know.

I look forward to seeing you all at Fall Workshop!

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