ACDA News

Dr. Charlene Archibeque has been named the 2025 Robert Shaw Choral Award Honoree. The Robert Shaw Choral Award is given to a choral leader who has made unusual contributions to the art of choral music. The recipient is chosen by the ACDA Past Presidents Advisory Council. The Robert Shaw Choral Award is presented during each national conference. […]

Dr. Elizabeth Hern and Dr. Elizabeth Parker have been named as co-editors of the Choral Journal’s Research Report column. They will begin their term on January 1, 2025. The Research Report column in the Choral Journal  is an avenue for sharing recent research reports and translating them to practice for choral musicians. Inclusive of research […]

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) has named Saunder Choi’s “Lakbay ng Agila (Eagle’s Flight)” as the winner in the 2024 Raymond W. Brock Prize for Professional Composers. Saunder Choi is a Los Angeles-based Filipino composer and choral artist whose works have been performed internationally by various groups including Conspirare, the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Santa Fe […]

Episode #2 – September 2024 Episode 2 is live in your podcast feed. Check it out! This month’s episode features: Do you have news to share from your region or state? Email Steve at . LINKS FROM THE EPISODE: Choral Journal: ⁠https://acda.org/publications/choral-journal⁠ (log in to your ACDA account to download the digital issue) Composer/Conductor Challenge: […]

The International Conductors Exchange Program (ICEP) provides opportunities for the rising generation of choral leaders to represent the United States as ambassadors to the world in the exchange of music, ideas, and cultures. Established in 2010 and coordinated by ACDA’s International Activities Committee, the program has connected choral conductors in the United States with counterparts […]

Ever forget to renew your membership? ACDA has just launched the ability for members to join auto-renewal so that your memberships will automatically process each year! Here’s how it works: Who Can Sign Up for Auto-Renewal? If you are an Active, Retired, Institution, Organization, International, or an Associate member of ACDA, you are eligible to […]

Welcome the 2026 ACDA Region Presidents! These leaders began their term on July 1, 2024 and will serve as their Region leader through June 30, 2026. Region Presidents are tasked with leading the 2026 Region conferences, as well as, serving as the Region representative as a voting member of the National Board. Additionally, Region Presidents […]

Robert Bode has been appointed as the Chair of the Composition Initiatives National Standing Committee. John McDonald has been appointed as the Chair of the Education and Communications National Standing Committee. Both, Robert and John, come to their roles as Chair through prior service as committee members. Each will serve an initial four-year term that […]

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 reach out to someone you feel might do great work; write to . The editor of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing […]

The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, […]