About
Nā Leo Hou: Hawai‘i All-State Choral Festival, is cosponsored by the Hawai‘i chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association (HI-ACDA) and the Hawai‘i Youth Opera Chorus (HYOC). The event’s mission is to:

• provide local high school singers with a high quality choral experience with a nationally renowned clinician;
• create a venue for adjudicated individual school choir and mass ensemble performances;
• foster collaboration, socialization, and cooperation between singers

Singers spend two and a half days in rehearsal and communion with an outstanding clinician that culminates in a free public concert.  Singers also learn a hula, complete an adjudicated sightreading experience, and have the option of performing as an individual school choir for adjudication. For a sample of the sightreading and performance adjudication sheets, please click here.

Contact: naleohou@hawaiiacda.org

Next Festival
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Recent History
To see the programs of the events below, please click here.
2014: January 17-18, 2014 (as Ho‘olokahi) — Dr. Ron Kean, clinician
2015: February 13-14, 2015 (as Ho‘olokahi) — Dr. Cristian Grases, clinician
2016: February 11-13, 2016 — Mr. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, clinician
2017: February 16-18, 2017 — Dr. Karen Kennedy, clinician
2018: February 15-17, 2018 — Ms. Susanna Saw, clinician
2019: February 14-16, 2019 — Dr. Derrick Fox, clinician
2020: February 13-15, 2020 — Dr. Andrea Ramsey, clinician