Grades 9–12, a select choir of 100 students

directed by Kristina Boerger

Kristina Boerger received her formative musical training from pianist Annie Sherter and holds the doctorate in choral conducting and literature from the University of Illinois. Having directed independent choirs in Urbana-Champaign and New York City, public school choirs in Wisconsin and Illinois, and college choirs at Lake Forest College and the Millikin University of Music, she is currently in her third year on the faculty of Carroll University.

As associate professor of music and director of choral activities, she directs the Concert Choir and coaches the Vocal Collective, also teaching the core choral conducting curriculum and supervising the voice program. In the summer she serves the Madison Early Music Festival as faculty soprano, choral conducting instructor, and conductor of the All-Festival orchestra and chorus.

Boerger has appeared as guest conductor at the invitation of the New York Summer Music Festival, the Chicago Children’s Choir, the Kalamazoo Bach Festival, the University of Illinois Chamber Singers, the Schola Cantorum of Syracuse, the Christopher Caines Dance Company, and Alarm Will Sound.  She has also served as guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician at festivals and conferences in several U.S. cities, in Quebec City, and in Mar del Plata, Argentina. 

Throughout the year, she concertizes as a soprano with Pomerium, the Rose Ensemble, and the Heartland Singers. Boerger’s self-published choral arrangements are performed widely, and her settings of poertry by Sarah White – “Ballade with Christine de Pisan,” “Song from Cymbeline,” and “The Silver Buckle on Mozart’s Shoe” – are forthcoming from Boosey & Hawkes.

To read more about Kristina Boerger, please visit: www.kristinaboerger.com

The All-State Women’s Choir will perform in Shattuck Auditorium at Carroll University on Saturday, January 14 at 5:30 p.m.

WCDA will form a select state choir of approximately 100 outstanding high school women, grades 9-12, to present an exceptional repertoire of women’s choral literature. Each director may submit up to 8 names. 

APPLICATION: We appreciate your assistance in forming the choir by giving your professional and accurate opinion of the singers’ abilities on the application form.

PREPARATION: Students are expected to have the music fully prepared to ensure a musically satisfying experience for all. WCDA encourages each high school choir director to assist his/her students in this preparation. The All-State experience will begin in sectionals to ensure that students have arrived prepared for rehearsal with the All-State conductor. It has been the experience of previous WCDA All-State Choir guest directors that careful preparation is crucial for the overall success of the All-State experience. 

The Application period, November 1 to November 15, has ended.

By November 29
The All-State Choir Committee will send Letters of Acceptance via email.

UPON ACCEPTANCE: You will receive an email with attachments containing a Registration Form, rehearsal notes, schedule, and other details.

By December 9 
Return Registration Form(s) and the non-refundable Registration Fee of $125.00/student, postmarked by December 9. This fee includes Friday night's lodging, three meals, concert music, transportation to rehearsals and concert, All-State Choir T-Shirt, and participation expenses. 

If you would like a Director’s Packet, you may order it on the Registration Form, and it will be sent to you with the students’ music.

REGISTRATION: The All-State Women’s Choir will register on Friday, January 13, at Shattuck Auditorium on the Carroll University campus, Waukesha, between 12:00–12:30 p.m. Rehearsals and activities will follow. Selected students must attend all scheduled activities on Friday and Saturday, January 13–14, up to and including the 5:30 p.m. performance of the Women’s Choir. 

The All-State Concert begins at 4:00 p.m. and will conclude at 6:00 p.m.
The Women’s Choir portion begins at 5:30 p.m.

REMINDER: REGISTRATION FEES FOR ACCEPTED STUDENTS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.