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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, […]

In the September Collegiate R&R column in Choral Journal, the spotlight will be on non-major/open enrollment collegiate choirs! By the proposed definition, a non-major/open enrollment choir is any ensemble (1) with students who are new to singing or in their first few years of music/voice study, (2) with a significant percentage of non-music majors or instrumental […]

Deadline for Nominations: August 31, 2024 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. The following criteria for selection were approved […]

The ACDA Soprano-Alto Choirs National Commission Consortium consists of treble choirs that pool their resources to commission new works for treble choirs.  The call for participating choirs opens on May 22, 2024. The call for participation closes on August 15, 2024.  This Consortium was started in 2007 by Debra Spurgeon (the SSAA chair at the […]

ACDA is seeking Composition Initiatives Committee (CIC) members. All interested and qualified individuals are invited to submit a curriculum vitae and letter of application to Robert Bode, CIC chair, by Thursday, September 5, 2024. About the Composition Initiatives National Standing Committee The Composition Initiatives Committee of the American Choral Directors Association aims to support and advocate for […]

ACDA is seeking  Diversity Initiatives National Standing Committee (DIC) members. All interested and qualified individuals are invited to submit a curriculum vitae and letter of application, including a vision statement for ADEIBR in the Association, to Arreon A. Harley-Emerson, DIC chair, by Thursday, September 5, 2024. About the Diversity Initiatives Committee The Diversity Initiatives Committee […]

Each year the Julius Herford Prize Subcommittee of the Research and Publications Committee accepts nominations for the 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 the project as a “dissertation,” “document,” “thesis,” or “treatise,” etc. The submitted […]

Call for Choral Journal Editorial Board Members There will be two openings on the Choral Journal Editorial Board for terms starting in January 2025. Choral Journal Editorial Board members are volunteers recommended for a four-year term and may be reappointed once, for a maximum of eight years. Members are responsible for reviewing article submissions while […]