NJ ACDA is honored to announce and welcome Dr. Rollo Dilworth as our Headliner Clinician for our 2026 Summer Conference: Still We Sing! We are also elated to announce our guest conductors for the 2026 Summer Honors Choir, Amanda Hanzlik , SSA Honors Choir Conductor and Patrick Hachey, SATB Honors Choir Conductor! Rollo Dilworth is Professor of Choral Music Education and the Elaine Brown Choral Chair at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia, PA

This year’s theme, Still We Sing, calls for sessions that acknowledge our challenges, celebrate our strengths, and equip educators, conductors, and students with tools that renew purpose and inspire growth. We welcome sessions that: Offer practical strategies, innovative ideas, or research-based approaches that enhance choral teaching and learning. Promote wellness, equity, creativity, and community-building within choral spaces.– Reflect the theme by highlighting resilien