Chorus America announces award winners

2011 Chorus America Award Winners:

Chorus America Distinguished Service Award 
Dr. André J. Thomas, professor of choral music education and director of choral activities at The Florida State University in Tallahassee; artistic director, Tallahassee Community Chorus

Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming

• The Crossing 
  Donald Nally, conductor
• International Orange Chorale of San Francisco 
  Zane Fiala, artistic director
  Jeremy Samuel Faust, founding director
• San Francisco Girls Chorus 
  Susan McMane, artistic director

Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award
The Washington Chorus 
Julian Wachner, music director

Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal
Patrick Dupré Quigley, founder and artistic director of Seraphic Fire

Dale Warland Singers Commission Award
(presented in partnership with the American Composers Forum)
Utah Chamber Artists & composer Tarik O’Regan

Chorus America Education Outreach Award
(honoring the best emerging program no more than four years in operation)
Cantus

Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence
(honoring a children’s/youth chorus)
Boston Children’s Chorus

Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art
Robert Porco, director of choruses, Cincinnati May Festival and Cleveland Orchestra; adjunct professor, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Michael Korn Founders Award for Philanthropic Contribution to the Arts
Popplestone Foundation

Chorus America Philanthropy Award
(honoring supporters of our Conference hosts Chanticleer and San Francisco Girls Chorus)
Kary Schulman and Grants for the Arts San Francisco