ACDA News

Are you an educator currently working in or have previous experience with K-12 or community choirs? ChorTeach is a publication of the American Choral Directors Association, published four times per year, online. We are looking for practical articles, written by practitioners, who can share about their current experiences related to teaching, singing, conducting, performing, and […]

Are you a faculty advisor, a student president, or do you otherwise know about an ACDA student chapter doing excellent work? Please consider nominating it for ACDA’s Outstanding Student Chapter Award. Previous award winners include the student chapters at Ithaca College, the Northern Arizona University, and the University of Southern California. This award was created […]

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Dear Members, Our hearts are saddened and troubled that, once again, we write to you to address violence in our communities. The American Choral Directors Association is heartbroken to learn of the shooting that took place at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado. While no motive for this attack has yet […]

The candidates running for national president-elect for the term beginning July 1, 2023, have been announced: Pearl Shangkuan and Brian Galante. Statements Pearl Shangkuan: “Six months after being sent home suddenly as everything shut down, singing a simple warm up at our first rehearsal back, albeit masked and distanced, caused our emotions to overflow. I […]

ACDA congratulates members Jesse Cannon III (TX), Sara Cowan (NE), and Trey Jacobs (TN) for being named 2022 Music Teachers of Excellence by the Country Music Association’s CMA Foundation. Awards are “based on their dedication to bringing a high-quality music education to their students and the impact they’ve had on their school community through music.” […]

The American Prize winners in the Composers category were announced last week, and we’re delighted to share that ACDA members feature. Ellen Gilson Voth is the 2022 prize winner in Composition – shorter choral works for her work Across the empty square. She was also the 2022 winner of ACDA’s Pearl Prize, for her work […]

ACDA members are well represented among this season’s winners of The American Prize. We offer congratulations to these prize winners, as well as those who placed in the competition. American Prize Winners Choral Conducting – The Dale Warland Prize Wei Cheng (UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus) won the American Prize’s Dale Warland Award in Choral Conducting […]

Dr. Derrick Fox has been elected president-elect to ACDA’s largest region. He will step into Midwestern Region leadership immediately, serving as president-elect through June 2024, then as region president on the National Board for two years, beginning in July 2024. Fox is the Director of Choral Activities and Distinguished Associate Professor of Music at the […]

Six members have been accepted into ACDA’s International Conductors Exchange Program (ICEP) and are set to exchange with six of their counterparts in Germany. ACDA is pleased to announce the following 2022-23 fellows: John McDonald, McKendree University Jeffrey Murdock, University of Arkansas Erin Plisco, Missouri State University Jennifer Sengin, Georgia State University Meg Stohlmann, Gonzaga […]

ACDA has announced two new appointments to national positions, one to the Research & Publications Committee and another to the National Board. Dr. Elizabeth Parker, Associate Professor of Music Education at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University, has been named to ACDA’s Research & Publications Committee. The committee, chaired by Dr. […]