Registration opens August 1, 2025.
More information coming soon.
About this event
Georgia ACDA will host an honor choir for students with treble voices in grades 5-9 on Friday, October 3, 2025, during the annual GA-ACDA Fall Conference. Students from across the state will enjoy a day on the Kennesaw State University campus in choral rehearsals with Coty Raven Morris. At the conclusion of the day, honor choir participants will present a concert showcasing their talent and hard work. Come join us for a wonderful day of music making.
Eligibility
Georgia ACDA Members are invited to bring up to six 5th-9th graders who show excellent, mature rehearsal behavior, a strong work ethic, and musical talent to the 2025 GA-ACDA Conference Honor Choir. All students will be expected to conduct themselves in a polite and professional manner. When registering, teachers may request voicings for their students (S1, S2, A, whatever is needed). Teachers may request to have their students all on the same voice part or on different voice parts. Voicing preferences will be honored on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close on Wednesday, September 15 or when we reach 100 singers. When registering, directors may indicate if they would like to nominate more than 6 students if space allows. Directors will be contacted directly if we are able to accommodate additional singers.
HONOR CHOIR COST
The cost to participate in the event is $40 per singer. This will include the event, practice tracks, and catered lunch on Friday, October 3rd. Practice tracks with quality vocal models will be emailed to directors after registration. Dinner is not included (see suggestions below). Music is not included (see link below), but students should have their own copy of each piece of music as well as a pencil during rehearsals.
CHAPERONES
Nominating directors are encouraged to attend the GA-ACDA Fall Conference and will receive a registration discount for nominating students. Honor choir students will need to be supervised during breaks and meals by a responsible adult from each school while on the KSU campus. Directors who attend the GA-ACDA conference should plan on supplying a chaperone for their honor choir students.
Conference Registration Discount
$65 conference registration (normally $75-$100) when you register 3 honor choir students. You may choose at checkout if you would like to include director registration on your invoice.
All discounts end on Wednesday, September 15.
Honor Choir Repertoire
TBA
*Music should be memorized prior to the event.
Honor Choir Schedule- Friday, October 3rd
8:35 Registration Opens
9:00 Rehearsal
10:15 Break
10:30 Rehearsal
11:30 Lunch
1:00 Rehearsal
2:30 Break
2:45 Rehearsal
3:45 Break
4:00 Sound Check in Morgan Hall
5:00 Dinner
7:00 Concert Session begins
7:30 Places
8:00 Concert
Student Dress
School-appropriate comfortable and casual attire during the day - students may wear school shirts if desired and we recommend close-toed shoes. Performance attire will be all black: floor length black bottoms (pants, skirt, dress, etc.), black shoes, and a black short or long-sleeved top. If possible, please refrain from wearing tank tops, ripped jeans, or tennis shoes to the performance. School embroidered uniform tops are permitted, so long as they are solid black in all other areas but the logo.
Hotel Information
Coming soon.
Friday Night Dinner Suggestions
Note: There is a KSU home football game on the evening on October 3rd. We recommend that Honor Choir students avoid eating dinner on Chastain Road as they may experience delays in service and road closures to and from dinner. There are plenty of dinner options on Wade Green Road or in Downtown Kennesaw.
Information needed when registering:
ACDA Membership Number
Director’s First & Last Name
School
Email Address
Contact Phone Number
Student’s First Name, Last Name
Student Voice Part S1, S2, or A
Student Height in Inches
Dietary Restrictions
Driving Directions / Parking information
Car Parking
KSU Central Parking Deck located at 525 Parliament Garden Way NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144 (circled in red). Please park on the 3rd floor or higher to avoid getting a citation. The Bailey Performing Arts center (488 Prillaman Way, Kennesaw, GA 30144) is approximately a 6-minute walk from the Central Parking Deck. Head west on Prillaman Way and look for signs that say GA-ACDA Conference.
Handicapped Parking: Any guests with a handicap tag may legally park in any handicap designated parking spot in any campus parking lot (including Lot D & E) – no KSU parking permit required.
Bus Drop-off:
All honor choir attendees arriving by bus should plan on being dropped off along Prillaman Way on the Bailey Center/Zuckerman Museum side - between Lot E and the 4-way stop at Owl Drive - across from the Visitor Lot. If needed, loop around: take Owl Drive south, turn right on Bartow Ave, turn right on Campus Loop Rd, through the roundabout onto Prillaman Way again. See attached map.
Bus Idling:
Buses will need to idle at the back of the First United Lutheran Church parking lot located at 3481 Campus Loop Rd Kennesaw, GA 30144. Signage for this parking lot may be labeled “West Economy Lot”. See map.
Note: There is a KSU home football game on the evening on October 4th. Parents, attendees, and spectators of the concert should avoid using Big Shanty 75 express lane to access campus and rather proceed to Chastain Road to avoid road closures due to the football game.
Coty Raven Morris
Coming soon.
Robyn Reeves Lana
Interpreting choral music for diverse audiences in a way that is relevant to young people while maintaining the highest standards of music education and performance sums up the work of Robyn Reeves Lana.
When not leading the Cincinnati Youth Choir, Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, over the 30 years, Mrs. Lana has served as conductor and clinician across the United States and at internationally acclaimed venues such as The Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing), The World Expo (Milan), St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City), Minatomirai Hall (Yokohama). Internationally she has served as a clinician in Malacca, Malaysia; Singapore; Italy; Ireland; and China. Closer to home, she has been a featured guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Cincinnati’s Music Hall. She has served as clinician or guest conducted state and regional choral events in over 25 states. Lana has served on the choral faculty at Xavier University, has been a guest professor in the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s choral department, and is currently a visiting professor on the choral faculty at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio .
Lana is the editor of a choral series with Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Her book, Voices in Harmony, published in 2017, is a collaborative effort that celebrates many successful philosophies in choral education. She also is also published in Chorister Guild’s The Chorister, Chamber Music America’s CMA Matters, and ACDA’s Choral Journal for which she also served as guest editor of the of three issues.
Achieving an extensive list of orchestral and operatic repertoire for children and praise from collaborating conductors including Craig Hella Johnson, John Adams, Louis Langrée, John Morris Russell, Robert Porco, Marcus Huber, James Conlon, Earl Rivers and Mark Gibson among others, Lana regularly prepares her choirs for collaborations with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, and CCM choirs and orchestras. She prepared CYC for two Telarc label recordings with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of the late Maestro Erich Kunzel.
Nationally, Lana has served ACDA as Children’s Choir and Community Youth Repertoire and Standards Chair and Chair of ACDA Advocacy and Collaboration. She currently serves on the Chorus America Board of Directors.
Robyn Reeves Lana earned her bachelor and master of degrees in music education with a cognate in voice and a concentration in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She holds Level III Orff-Schulwerk Certification and has done focused study on children’s choirs at Butler University with Henry Leck.
Ms. Lana’s work has earned many awards including CCM’s Distinguished Alumna Award (2012), a gold medal in the World Choir Games (2012) placing first in the United States, the American Prize for Choral Performance (2015), the Chorus America ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming (2016), Chorus America Award for Education and Community Engagement (2018), and Cincinnati CityBeat’s Best Local Vocal Arts Group (2015 and 2017). Most recently she was celebrated in the book Imagineers • Impresarios • Inventors: Cincinnati’s Arts and the POWER OF HER which tells the inspiring stories of the formidable influence of women in the arts throughout Cincinnati’s dynamic history.