IDACDA presents All-State for Elementary and Jr. High School Choirs at Timberline High School, in Boise, on March 7-8, 2025. IDACDA is proud to present Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah and Daniel Gutierrez as our guest conductors.
Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah
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.
Auditions due by 11:59pm Sunday, 11/24/24.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
Daniel Gutierrez
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 tuition is due at registration. Pay by credit card or PO.
Auditions due by 11:59pm Sunday, 11/24/24.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
Schedule
The event is March 7-8, 2025 at Timberline High School. Rehearsals, deadlines, schedule is coming soon.
Meet our Conductors and Coordinators
Special thanks to past-president Sidney Hudson and Elementary choir coordinators Amy Wickstrom and Jr. High choir coordinators Chris Dunbar and Jessica Hull 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.…
Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah
Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah is currently a full-time Associate Professor, serving as Director of Choral Activities at Eastern Washington University, and Artistic Director of the Spokane Area Youth Choirs (formerly the Spokane Area Children’s Chorus). Previously in Spokane, Kristina taught Choral Methods at Gonzaga University and observed student teachers for Whitworth College as well as teaching Middle…
Daniel Gutierrez
Daniel is an active conductor, clinician and presenter throughout the country. Daniel has received accolades for his work as a teacher, being named Teacher of the Year for Springfield Public Schools and Southwest Missouri (also a finalist for the state TOTY award), Springfield “Hometown Hero” by KOLR, Springfield Rotary Award for Outstanding Community Service, honoree…
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…