IDACDA presents All-State for Elementary and Jr. High School Choirs at Timberline High School, in Boise, on March 1-2, 2024. IDACDA is proud to present Judith Herrington and Dan Davison as our guest conductors.
Guest Conductor
All-state Elementary Honor Choir
4-6th grade singers
1-step process: Teachers submit singers to participate; no audition necessary. $85 participation fee due at registration. Pay by credit card or PO.
Guest Conductor
All-state Jr. High School Honor Choir
6-9th grade singers
2-step process: Teachers submit audio audition and $10 for each singer. If selected, $115 participation fee due at registration. Pay by credit card or PO.
Schedule
Nothing from December 14, 2023 to April 14, 2024.
Meet our Conductors and Coordinators
Special thanks to past-president Sidney Hudson and Elementary choir coordinators Becky Duggan and Amy Wickstrom and Jr. High choir coordinators Kerry Calverly and Megan Kotter for their service in presenting this All-State event.
Sidney Hudson, Past-president
Sidney Hudson is currently in her 40th year of teaching choral music in the secondary schools, currently director of Choirs at West Junior High School in Boise. After graduating from Boise State University, in 1983, she began her teaching career in Spokane, WA. From there she moved to Colorado where she taught for 25 years.…
Kerry Calverley, Youth Choirs R&R Chair
Kerry Calverley has been working with children’s and youth choirs of all levels for 30 years. Kerry is the artistic director for the Opera Idaho Children’s Choruses and the Kiwanis Boys Choir in Boise. Previously, Kerry taught at East Junior High School in the Boise School District. Also in the Boise area, she has been…
Judith Herrington
Judith Herrington is the Founder and Artistic Director of the highly acclaimed Tacoma Youth Chorus, a choral education program serving young people in the south Puget Sound region of Washington since 1991. She conducts the Treble Choir, Chorale and Chamber Choir. The chorus is recognized throughout the Northwest-Puget Sound area for their performance of outstanding…
Dan Davison
Dan Davison is a composer and choir director from the state of Washington, where he spent his entire 40-year career teaching junior high choir. Although now retired from public education, Dan continues to compose music and perform professionally with Male Ensemble Northwest. Dan has more than 50 titles in print from publishers such as Walton,…
Becky Duggan
Becky Duggan is the K-6 General Music Specialist and choir director at Grace Jordan Elementary School in the Boise School District. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and a minor endorsement in English from Boise State University and a Master’s Degree in Integrated Arts Education from Lesley University. She has also worked with…
Amy Wickstrom
Amy Wickstrom is the Director of Choirs, Guitar and Music Appreciation at Hillside and North Junior High Schools in the Boise School District. She holds Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Music Education and Master of Education in Early and Special Education from Boise State University. Amy taught elementary music for 10 years, she currently…
Megan Kotter
Megan Kotter is the Director of Choirs and teaches Student Leadership at West Middle School in the Nampa School District. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree from BYU-Idaho and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Northwest Nazarene University. Megan has been teaching choir for 3 years. Before teaching choir, Megan taught English at the middle…