ACDA News
ACDA Member Among Winners of HerVoice Emerging Women Composers Competition
ACDA member Kira Rugen was named one of three winners of Chicago a cappella‘s 2022 HerVoice competition and mentoring program for emerging women composers. In its second year, the HerVoice competition received 59 submissions from composers on four continents. Along with winners Brittney Benton and Inna Onofrei, Rugen will receive personal mentoring from one of […]
Call for Nominations for ACDA’s Julius Herford Dissertation Prize
Nominations are being accepted for the next Julius Herford Prize, which will be awarded for a dissertation by a student earning their degree in 2021. This award recognizes an outstanding doctoral terminal research project in choral music. Projects are eligible if they comprise the principal research component of the degree requirements, whether the institution defines […]
Call for Nominations & Applications for ACDA’s International Journal for Research in Choral Singing
Editorial Board and Associate Editor/Editor Openings Deadline: September 15, 2022 For questions and to submit, contact Patrick Freer at Do you know someone who has contributions to make to choral research and to ACDA publications? See below for how you can formally nominate them . . . or you can simply request that we […]
The Choir and Conductor – a new documentary on conductor Anne Tomlinson
The documentary The Choir and Conductor by Oscar winner Freida Lee Mock, is out Tuesday, April 12 on VOD platforms. The film tells the story of visionary conductor Anne Tomlinson and her extraordinary impact on children through the world-renowned Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC). Billie Eilish, who appears in the film as an alumnus of the LACC, learned to sing starting at age eight when she, like thousands of […]
ACDA Voices United Call for Interest Session Proposals
The ACDA Voices United planning committee is looking for engaging choral professionals to present at their 2022 conference being held August 5 and 6 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA. We are looking for a diversity of topics from technical tips for leading a better rehearsal to information about neglected or under-represented […]
Catch a Free Livestream of VocalEssence with The Aeolians March 4 at 10 CST
VocalEssence WITNESS: Rejoice! Young People’s Concert will be a free, livestream event this year on March 4 at 10:00 a.m. Central – or watch on demand after the event. The Aeolians of Oakwood University, named the “2017 Choir of the World” at the World Choir Games and “stars” of the 2019 ACDA national conference, will […]
Ellen Gilson Voth, Winner of the 2022 ACDA Pearl Prize
From the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Composition Initiatives Standing Committee: Ellen Gilson Voth has been named winner of the 2022 ACDA Pearl Prize. The ACDA Pearl Prize, named for the beauty yet simplicity of a pearl, seeks to foster new works for volunteer choirs (community or church choirs, as well as school choirs) that […]