R&S Chair Duties

National R&S Chair Duties:

• Write and submit two articles to be published in the Choral Journal: Due March 1 and October 1, annually.

• Submit annual report to National R&S Chair on or before June 15. Submit annual budget report to National R&S Chair and ACDA National Treasurer on or before June 15.

• Collect yearly division reports due to you on or before May 15.

• Take a leadership role in communicating with Division and State Chairs, and ACDA constituents.

• Communicate regularly with the National R&S Chair.

• Attend yearly National R&S Committee meetings and leadership conferences on even years.

• Attend National Conferences and National R&S Committee meetings preceding each National Conference. Limited compensation is available for National R&S Chairs who attend National Conferences.

• National Conference-related responsibilities:
  -Preside at genre-specific R&S Committee meetings
  -Choose the music that is to be read on the reading session
  -Organize and preside at genre-specific reading sessions
  -Gather and submit interest session proposals
  -Organize and preside at genre-specific roundtables
  -Organize and execute National Honor Choir (if applicable)

• Serve on division and national audition panels for the selection of choirs to perform on the National Conference.

• Encourage outstanding choirs in your area of expertise to submit honor performance recordings.

• Submit web page information to National ACDA R&S website.

• Attend Division and State Conferences, and encourage and support your Division and State Chairs in all their endeavors.

• Oversee projects that you and your Division and State Chairs deem necessary to enhance choral education in your area of R&S expertise.

• Contact Division Presidents/President-Elects for new and renewed Chair appointments.

• If Chairs aren't in place by June 1, it is the responsibility of the National Committee Chair to appoint an incoming Chair, and notify the President of the appointment.

• Send all appointment contracts to Division Chairs and encourage them to do the same with the State Chair appointments. Appointees may return them to you or to the National R&S Chair for distribution to the National R&S Committee Chairs.

• Be a contributing member to projects that are proposed by the National R&S Committee and/or National R&S Chair.

Division R&S Chair Duties:


• Contact State Presidents/President-Elects for new and renewed chair appointments.

• Collect yearly State Chair reports, due on or before April 15.

• Submit division report and all state reports to the National Committee Chair on or before May 15.

• Take a leadership role in communicating with State Chairs.

• Communicate regularly with the National Chair.

• Promote and organize Division Honor Choirs, interest sessions, reading sessions, and roundtables at Division Conferences.

• Encourage projects listed above at the state level, and assist with the organization process in order to train constituents.

• Attend National and Division Conferences and subsequent Division and National Committee meetings called by the Division President and the National R&S Chair.

• Submit articles and news briefs to the division newsletters.

• Serve on audition panels for National, Division, and State Honor Choirs and choral honor performances submitted by constituents.

• Encourage outstanding choirs in your area of expertise to submit performance recordings.

• Take an active part in National Conference activities including round tables, reading sessions, interest sessions, and assisting the National Chair with the organizing and executing National Honor Choirs.

• Submit web page information to your division website.

• Oversee projects that you and your division constituents deem necessary to assist in enhancing choral education in your area of R&S expertise.

State R&S Chair Duties:

• Submit a yearly report on all R&S activities within the state, to the Division Chair on or before April 15.

• Take a leadership role in communicating with constituents.

• Communicate regularly with the Division Chair.

• Promote and organize State Honor Choirs, interest sessions, reading sessions, and roundtables at State Conventions.

• Attend State and Division Conferences and State and Division Committee meetings that are called by the State President and Division Chair.

• Submit articles and news briefs to the state newsletter.

• Serve on state level audition panels for State and Division Honor Choirs and choral honor performance recordings submitted by 
constituents.

• Take an active part in Division Conference activities including roundtables, reading sessions, interest sessions, and assist the Division Chair with the organizing and executing of Division Honor Choirs.

• Submit web page information to your state website.

• Oversee projects that you and your state constituents deem necessary to assist in enhancing choral education in your area of R&S expertise.

Prepared by Nancy Cox, National Chair Repertoire & Standards Committee, November 2003