7-9 All State Choir
The choir is for children in grades 7-9. Previously known as the Middle School/Jr. High Honor Choir.
WVACDA 7-9 All State Choir Process:
Step 1 – Become a member of ACDA by joining here https://acda.org/membership
Step 2 – Request singer allotments
Step 3 – After receiving your allotments register your singers
Step 4 – Order the music and teach it to your students
Step 5 – Make sure you are registered for the conference
Step 6 – Get hotel accommodations
Step 7 – Attend the conference with your singers
Note – the chair will email additional and more detailed information once you have registered your singers.
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Closes October 11th
Register by Dec 19th!
2026 Conductor: Connie Drosakis
Connie Drosakis, received the Bachelor and Master of Music Education/Choral Conducting degrees from Florida State University. In June 2022, after 37 years of teaching middle school choral music, Connie retired from the choral classroom. However, she remains active teaching choral music. Since 2002, Connie has served as Assistant Conductor for Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, a community based youth choir with 330 members in 6 choirs ranging in ages from 8 to 18. Choirs under her direction are regularly invited to perform at ACDA State, Division and National Conventions including the 2002 and 2004 Southern Division Conventions and 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2017 National Conventions. Ms. Drosakis served the Florida ACDA Chapter for six years as Membership Chair and assisted for many years as the Co-Coordinator of the Boys Honor Choir at the State Conference. In November of 2008, Ms Drosakis received the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from the Florida Chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association for dedicated service, leadership and constant examples of excellence in Choral Music in Florida.
Ms. Drosakis is an active adjudicator and clinician for district and state evaluation festivals and county honor choirs throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Ms. Drosakis has conducted All-State Choirs in North Carolina and Alabama as well as the ACDA Middle School Honor Choir in Missouri. Connie has served as the Middle School Chair and Treasurer for District 14 of the Florida Vocal Association and as the FVA State Middle School Chair, assuming primary responsibility for the organization of many All-State Choirs. She has served as President of Florida ACDA and President of the ACDA Southern Region. Choirs under her leadership have been invited to perform with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of James Judd, and in festival choruses under the direction of Doreen Rao and Henry Leck. Choruses under her direction have been honored to perform at many halls throughout the United States including Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York City.