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American Choral Directors Association

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The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting 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]

As of 2020, Robyn Hilger was serving as the organization's executive director.[2]

Brock Commission

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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]

Year Composer Title Orchestration Duration Notes
1991 Theron Kirk O For A Thousand Tongues
1993 Carlisle Floyd A Time to Dance
1994 Daniel E. Gawthrop Sing a Mighty Song
1995 Daniel Pinkham Alleluia for the Waters
1996 James Mulholland That I Shall Never Look Upon Thee More
1997 Stephen Paulus God Be With Us
1997 Gian Carlo Menotti Jacob’s Prayer
1998 Samuel Adler A Psalm Trilogy
1999 Gwyneth Walker I Thank You God
1999 Adolphus Hailstork The God of Glory Thunders
2000 David Brunner The Circles of Our Lives
2001 Eric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine 10 min
2002 Richard Nance Psalm 36
2003 René Clausen Memorial
2004 Z. Randall Stroope We Behold Once Again the Stars
2005 Morten Lauridsen Nocturnes
2006 Mack Wilberg Dances to Life
2007 David Conte The Nine Muses
2008 Eleanor Joanne Daley Life's Mirror
2009 Dominick Argento Cenotaph
2010 Joan Szymko All Works of Love
2011 Steven Sametz Three Mystical Choruses
2012 Chen Yi Distance can’t keep us two apart A capella mixed choir 5 min Text by Wang Bo[4]
2013 Steven Stucky Take Him, Earth SATB choir and 9 instruments 13 min
2014 Alice Parker The Definition of Beauty SSAA, unaccompanied 4:45 min
2015 Jake Heggie Stop this Day and Night with Me SATBBB, unaccompanied
2016 Ola Gjeilo The River choir, piano and string quartet [5]
2017 J.A.C. Redford Homing Mixed chorus and orchestra 28 min
2018 Tarik O'Regan All Things Common Acapella SATB 5 min
2019 Jake Runestad A Silence Haunts Me SATB choir and piano 11:30 min Text by Todd Boss
2020 Ivo Antognini There is that in me
2021 Bob Chilcott Songs My Heart Has Taught Me
2022 Ēriks Ešenvalds Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
2023 Jennifer Higdon The Absence
2024 Andre J Thomas In Time of Silver Rain

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "American Choral Directors Association". acda.org. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  2. ^ Sharp, Tim. "Opinion | The pandemic shut down choirs. We're finding new ways to sing together". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. ^ "American Choral Directors Association". Acda.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  4. ^ Make (2012-02-17). "2012 Brock Commission – ACDAEast". Acdaeast.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  5. ^ "Ola Gjeilo (pronounced Yay-lo) is one of the most frequently performed composers in the choral world" (PDF). Olagjeilo.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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