South Festival, May 23, 2023, Rowan University (Tuesday)
Central Festival, May 24,25 2023, Rutgers University (Wednesday, Thursday)
North Festival, May 26 2023, Montclair University (Friday)
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2023 Festival Adjudicators
Christine Bass
Christine Bass is a distinguished choral director, guest conductor, and clinician, and the Choral Director for the Women‘s Choir at Temple University. A teacher for almost three decades, she has presented workshops on vocal technique, recruiting male singers, and differentiated instruction for NJEA, NJMEA and ACDA (American Choral Director’s Association) high schools and universities. She was named New Jersey MENC Master Music Teacher and received the Governor‘s ...read more...
Vinroy Brown
VINROY D. BROWN, JR. holds credits in conducting, sacred music and music education. He is a member of the conducting, organ and sacred music faculty at Westminster Choir College, where he conducts the Westminster Jubilee Singers and teaches African American Choral Literature. He was most previously Lecturer of Music in the College of Communication & Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University where he developed
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Hannah Carr
Originally from Ireland. Hannah Carr is a DMA candidate in conducting at Rutgers Mason Gross School of Music, where she studies with Patrick Gardner, teaches undergraduate conducting and is director of The University Choir, a 100-voice mixed ensemble. She holds an MM in conducting from Yale University‘s Institute of Sacred Music, an Advanced Diploma from the Liszt Academy in Hungary and a BA in composition from Trinity College Dublin. At Yale, ....read more...
Paul Head
As director of choral studies at the University of Delaware, Paul D. Head directs the internationally renowned University of Delaware Chorale, the community-based Schola Cantorum and the UD Symphonic Chorus, which performs frequently with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Head is a native Californian where he taught in the public schools for eight years before ...read more...
Brandon Williams
Brandon Williams is an Associate Professor of Choral Music and Choral Music Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He conducts the Rutgers Voorhees Choir (Carnegie Hall 2019, Eastern ACDA 2020) and teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses related to choral music education. Dr. Williams also appears internationally as a guest conductor, clinician, and presenter. ...read more...
TImothy Urban
Dr. Urban supervises and coordinates the undergraduate aural skills courses and teaches all Advanced Aural Skills sections at the Mason Gross School of the Arts. In addition, he teaches for both Westminster Choir College and RIder University’s Graduate Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Program. ...read more...
New For 2023!
- North, Central, and South Jersey locations!
- 20-minute off-stage clinic with a master conductor!
- Adjusted sight reading component that reflects your teaching! (click here to learn more and register for our October 25th Zoom event)
- One ensemble fee: $250 per ensemble
- A commemorative plaque is included in the fee!
- To register, you must be a member of ACDA.
Festival Coordinators and Advisor
Dr. John Wilson
