American_Choral_Directors_Association

American Choral Directors Association

American Choral Directors Association

Non-profit organization


The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting excellence in the field of choral music. Its membership comprises approximately 22,000 choral directors representing over a million singers.[1]

ACDA is organized in six regions: Midwestern, Eastern, Northwestern, Southern, Southwestern, and Western. Every year, conferences with topics pertaining to choral conductors are held. In even numbered years, a region conference is held in each region, and in odd numbered years, a national conference takes place in a major U.S. city. In 2021, ACDA organized its first virtual national conference in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, the organization returned to an in person conference, with Cincinnati serving as the host city. Each year, a different university hosts the yearly ACDA chapter.[citation needed]

Their official publications are the Choral Journal, as well as the scientific research journal International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (online only).[citation needed]

Robyn Hilger is the current executive director.[2]

Brock Commission

Since 1991, the ACDA awards the "Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission" to "a recognized composer to write a choral composition in an effort to perpetuate quality choral repertoire."[3]

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See also


References

  1. "American Choral Directors Association". acda.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  2. "American Choral Directors Association". Acda.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. Make (2012-02-17). "2012 Brock Commission – ACDAEast". Acdaeast.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-02-18.

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