By Rob Sharp Alessandro Striggio’s 1566 mass, performed by 40 choristers, sees voices, strings and brass meld into a jaw-dropping harmony. The mass was first performed in the 16th century, touring Europe, before being lost in the mists of time. Several years ago, the work, Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno, was rediscovered in the […]

  The Robert Shaw Award is the most prestigious award given to a choral musician by the American Choral Directors Association. The honored recipient of the Robert Shaw Choral Award is chosen only every two years by ACDA’s Past President’s Council, and presented to the recipient at our National Conference. Past recipients of this award […]

By LaTria Garnigan Students and faculty at Fayette County High were recently honored with a grand visit. Sir Winston Churchill’s great grandson, Duncan Sandys, visited the school to personally invite the chorus to perform in the London International Choral Festival in London, England Dec. 27 to Jan. 4, 2012. Choral Director Richard Prouty received an […]

ACDA has recently completed content lists of the Archive’s holdings which are available on the ACDA website at http://acda.org/archive/finding-aids.  The lists contain brief descriptions of the materials held by ACDA which include the personal collections of directors such as R. Wayne Hugoboom and other early ACDA leaders, Colleen Kirk, Harold Decker, Walter Collins, and Charles […]

2011 ILSTU-ACDA Collegiate Retreat “The Young Choral Professional”   September 30th – October 1st, 2011 Friday Afternoon to Saturday Evening Illinois State University Normal, IL   The ACDA Student Chapter at Illinois State University is proud to host a Collegiate Chapter Retreat for student chapters of the American Choral Directors Association! ***Conference Headliner***Brody McDonald Kettering […]

Lee Hoiby, Master of Opera and Song, Dies at 85    It is with the deepest sadness that we report the death of composer Lee Hoiby, one of the greatest masters of opera and song of our time. Mr. Hoiby died on March 28, 2011 at Montefiore Hospital in New York City, following a short […]