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.
EXTENDED to 11:59pm Friday, 12/13/24.
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, $110 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.
Tara Mason
I have the best job in the world- teaching elementary general music and choir at Roosevelt Elementary! I was also previously the director of the Kiwanis Boys’ Honor Choir for 10 years. I am a Boise native and graduate of Boise State University. I recently finished a Masters of Education in Integrated Teaching Through the…
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
Dr. Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah is a Full Professor of Music serving as Director of Choral Activities at Eastern Washington University. She has earned degrees from Edmonds Community College (AAS), Central Washington University (BME), Eastern Washington University (MM), and the University of Kentucky (DMA). She was the Artistic Director of the Spokane Area Youth Choirs (2002-2015), and…
Jessica Hull
With over two decades of experience in music education at the middle school level, I have dedicated my career to nurturing young musicians and fostering a love for music. Throughout my 21 years of teaching at the middle level, I have had the privilege of mentoring numerous first-year teachers, guiding them through their initial steps…
Daniel Gutierrez
Daniel Gutierrez, head choir director at Nixa secondary schools, is an active conductor, clinician, and presenter nationwide. His accolades include multiple Teacher of the Year awards, state TOTY finalist, Springfield Rotary Award, inclusion in Springfield Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, twice the Missouri Choral Directors Association Podium Award, and current semi-finalist for the national Grammy…
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…