Gary Weidenaar: You have all given countless hours to the organization, but what do you feel ACDA has given you?
Scott Peterson: ACDA has given me the discipline to be the best choral musician I can be. It has exposed me to the greatest minds in the choral art, both in our country and abroad. I have experienced the highest quality performances and been inspired to work for that. It has been my privilege to be in contact with all sorts of choral musicians.
Richard Nance: ACDA has provided me with great inspiration over the course of my career. I have been fortunate to be able to attend practically every state and divisional conference related to where I have worked since I joined, and I don’t think I have missed any national conferences since the early ‘80’s. I have heard life-changing performances through ACDA, and have had the honor and thrill of conducting my own choirs in front of very appreciative audiences made up of my peers. Above all, I think it’s the personal contacts I have made through ACDA. Most of my best friends are also my choral colleagues, and I have met most of them through the ACDA network.
Solveig Holmquist: Scott and Richard have said it so eloquently. I would concur with every statement they've made, and present this metaphor: Choral music is who I am. I can't think of myself as separated from it. So it's me, and ACDA is the actual lifeblood that flows through me, giving me strength, nourishment, and energy. Everything and everyone that is ACDA combines to create that blood. I can't think of myself as separated from it.
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