Treble Clef Choir
Grades: 9-12
Dates: Friday & Saturday, January 8-9, 2027 (Registration 11:30 am on Friday; Concert is at 3:00 pm on Saturday)
Location: Eau Claire, WI (Rehearsals & Concert Pablo Center)
Coordinator: Emma Milton trebleclefallstate@wischoral.org
Nominations: WCDA will form a select state choir of approximately 150 outstanding high school treble clef voices, grades 9-12, to present an exceptional program of soprano-alto choral literature. Each director may submit up to 8 singers. Students should be ranked 1-8, 1 being the highest-ranked student.
Nomination Form: Nominations open September 1. CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE.
Special Note for Nominations:
WCDA will select students for All-State ensembles by entity. Schools with multiple directors should coordinate nominations as a team. Our goal is to ensure the most equitable representation possible across all participating schools and directors. Directors who teach at more than one school or entity may submit nominations for each entity they represent. If you have questions, please contact the All-State Chair.
Registration Fee: $235
Guest Conductor-Clinician: Dr. Erin Plisco
Erin Plisco is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University, where she conducts multiple choirs and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and literature. She is a frequent guest clinician across the United States and abroad and currently serves as President-elect for the Southwestern Region of the American Choral Directors Association. She has been involved in ACDA leadership at various levels since 2018, and since 2022 has served as the national repertoire and resource chair for soprano/alto choirs. In that role, she recently led a national commission consortium for treble choirs, which saw record participation of over 130 ensembles and produced 13 new commissioned works in a single cycle. Her choirs recently performed at the 2022 and 2026 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference, the 2022 and 2025 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference, the 2023 National ACDA Conference, the 2023 National NCCO conference, and at Carnegie Hall. Upcoming performances include the 2027 National ACDA Conference and the 2027 MMEA Conference.
Dr. Plisco completed the DMA in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, where she studied conducting with Bruce Chamberlain and voice with Elizabeth Futral. She also studied at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and worked with Grammy-nominated conductor Stephen Layton. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance with a minor in Leadership Studies from Christopher Newport University.
Dr. Plisco has conducted choirs of all ages, most notably serving as Director of Choral Studies at Pinecrest High School (NC). Under her direction, the choirs received numerous awards at national festivals and competitions, and her chamber choir was the winner of The American Prize for high school choral performance. She has also held positions at the University of Arizona, East Carolina University, and Simpson College. Dr. Plisco is a past recipient of the Colleen Kirk Award, given by southern ACDA in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a young conductor, and has spent three summers as a choral fellow with the Yale School of Music -Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut under the direction of Simon Carrington.
Plisco was elected President-Elect of the Southwestern Region of ACDA, beginning a six-year term on July 1, 2026, serving two years as president-elect, two years as president, and two years as past president. She has been involved in ACDA leadership at various levels since 2018, and since 2022 has served as the national repertoire and resource chair for soprano/alto choirs. In that role, she recently led a national commission consortium for treble choirs, which saw record participation of over 130 ensembles and produced 13 new commissioned works in a single cycle.
2027 Repertoire:
Crowded Table by Andrea Ramsey
Ikan Kekek by Yu Hang Tan
Ascribe to the Lord by Rosephanye Powell
Sie Liebten Sich Beide by Schumann/Payant
Let It Be You by Brent Wells
*Subject to Change
Dates: Friday & Saturday, January 8-9, 2027 (Registration 11:30 am on Friday; Concert is at 3:00 pm on Saturday)
Location: Eau Claire, WI (Rehearsals & Concert Pablo Center)
Coordinator: Emma Milton trebleclefallstate@wischoral.org
Nominations: WCDA will form a select state choir of approximately 150 outstanding high school treble clef voices, grades 9-12, to present an exceptional program of soprano-alto choral literature. Each director may submit up to 8 singers. Students should be ranked 1-8, 1 being the highest-ranked student.
Nomination Form: Nominations open September 1. CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE.
Special Note for Nominations:
WCDA will select students for All-State ensembles by entity. Schools with multiple directors should coordinate nominations as a team. Our goal is to ensure the most equitable representation possible across all participating schools and directors. Directors who teach at more than one school or entity may submit nominations for each entity they represent. If you have questions, please contact the All-State Chair.
Registration Fee: $235
Guest Conductor-Clinician: Dr. Erin Plisco
Erin Plisco is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University, where she conducts multiple choirs and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and literature. She is a frequent guest clinician across the United States and abroad and currently serves as President-elect for the Southwestern Region of the American Choral Directors Association. She has been involved in ACDA leadership at various levels since 2018, and since 2022 has served as the national repertoire and resource chair for soprano/alto choirs. In that role, she recently led a national commission consortium for treble choirs, which saw record participation of over 130 ensembles and produced 13 new commissioned works in a single cycle. Her choirs recently performed at the 2022 and 2026 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference, the 2022 and 2025 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference, the 2023 National ACDA Conference, the 2023 National NCCO conference, and at Carnegie Hall. Upcoming performances include the 2027 National ACDA Conference and the 2027 MMEA Conference.
Dr. Plisco completed the DMA in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, where she studied conducting with Bruce Chamberlain and voice with Elizabeth Futral. She also studied at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where she was a recipient of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and worked with Grammy-nominated conductor Stephen Layton. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance with a minor in Leadership Studies from Christopher Newport University.
Dr. Plisco has conducted choirs of all ages, most notably serving as Director of Choral Studies at Pinecrest High School (NC). Under her direction, the choirs received numerous awards at national festivals and competitions, and her chamber choir was the winner of The American Prize for high school choral performance. She has also held positions at the University of Arizona, East Carolina University, and Simpson College. Dr. Plisco is a past recipient of the Colleen Kirk Award, given by southern ACDA in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a young conductor, and has spent three summers as a choral fellow with the Yale School of Music -Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut under the direction of Simon Carrington.
Plisco was elected President-Elect of the Southwestern Region of ACDA, beginning a six-year term on July 1, 2026, serving two years as president-elect, two years as president, and two years as past president. She has been involved in ACDA leadership at various levels since 2018, and since 2022 has served as the national repertoire and resource chair for soprano/alto choirs. In that role, she recently led a national commission consortium for treble choirs, which saw record participation of over 130 ensembles and produced 13 new commissioned works in a single cycle.
2027 Repertoire:
Crowded Table by Andrea Ramsey
Ikan Kekek by Yu Hang Tan
Ascribe to the Lord by Rosephanye Powell
Sie Liebten Sich Beide by Schumann/Payant
Let It Be You by Brent Wells
*Subject to Change
