Past Leadership
Founded in 1963, the New Hampshire Chapter has had a rich history celebrating and serving the Choral Directors of New Hampshire's Granite State.
Our Past NHACDA Presidents:
2021-2022 Alex Favazza, Director of Choral Activities, University of New Hampshire
2019-2021 Will Gunn - Music Teacher, Plymouth Regional High School
2017-2019 Krystal Morin - Music Teacher, ConVal Regional High School - Peterborough, NH
2015-2017 Jamie Bolduc - Music Teacher, Ellis School, Fremont, NH
2013-2015 Esther Rhoades - Choral Director, Monadnock Waldorf High School & Keene Unitarian Universalist Church
2009-2013 Jay Chandler - Music Director, Pelham High School
2007-2009 Madelyn Gearheart - Choral Director, NH Youth Chorus
2005-2007 Gwendolyn Baker - Choral Director, Portsmouth MS, HS
2003-2005 Sophia Santerre - Choral Director, Nashua High School South
2001-2003 Maria Courtney - Choral Director, Manchester Memorial High School
1995-2001 Tom Martin - Choral Director, Keene High School
1993-1995 Scott Lounsbury - Choral Director, Belmont MS, HS, Dir. Suncook Valley Chorale
1991-1993 Stephen Kushner
1989-1991 Priscilla French
1987-1989 Stephen Denson
1985-1987 Lisa Wolff - Director of the Manchester Choral Society
1983-1985 Melinda O’Neal
1981-1983 Carroll Lehman -Choral Director, Keene State College
1979-1981 Jean P. Nelson - Choral Director, Keene High School, Chamber Singers of Keene
1976-1979 Terrance Anderson - Choral Director, Keene State College
1971-1976 Cleveland L. Howard
1968-1971 Theodore W. Garland
1966-1968 Kendrick Munsey
1963-1966 Walter P. Smith
Special thanks to Christina Prucha at ACDA National Headquarters for researching the Archives to compile this list. - ed.
Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society. NHACDA was founded in 1963 and has had a rich history in NH choral music.
Our Past NHACDA Presidents:
2021-2022 Alex Favazza, Director of Choral Activities, University of New Hampshire
2019-2021 Will Gunn - Music Teacher, Plymouth Regional High School
2017-2019 Krystal Morin - Music Teacher, ConVal Regional High School - Peterborough, NH
2015-2017 Jamie Bolduc - Music Teacher, Ellis School, Fremont, NH
2013-2015 Esther Rhoades - Choral Director, Monadnock Waldorf High School & Keene Unitarian Universalist Church
2009-2013 Jay Chandler - Music Director, Pelham High School
2007-2009 Madelyn Gearheart - Choral Director, NH Youth Chorus
2005-2007 Gwendolyn Baker - Choral Director, Portsmouth MS, HS
2003-2005 Sophia Santerre - Choral Director, Nashua High School South
2001-2003 Maria Courtney - Choral Director, Manchester Memorial High School
1995-2001 Tom Martin - Choral Director, Keene High School
1993-1995 Scott Lounsbury - Choral Director, Belmont MS, HS, Dir. Suncook Valley Chorale
1991-1993 Stephen Kushner
1989-1991 Priscilla French
1987-1989 Stephen Denson
1985-1987 Lisa Wolff - Director of the Manchester Choral Society
1983-1985 Melinda O’Neal
1981-1983 Carroll Lehman -Choral Director, Keene State College
1979-1981 Jean P. Nelson - Choral Director, Keene High School, Chamber Singers of Keene
1976-1979 Terrance Anderson - Choral Director, Keene State College
1971-1976 Cleveland L. Howard
1968-1971 Theodore W. Garland
1966-1968 Kendrick Munsey
1963-1966 Walter P. Smith
Special thanks to Christina Prucha at ACDA National Headquarters for researching the Archives to compile this list. - ed.
Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society. NHACDA was founded in 1963 and has had a rich history in NH choral music.
