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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.

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5-411: 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

10-689: 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. Their official publications are the Choral Journal , as well as the scientific research journal International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (online only). As of 2020, Robyn Hilger

15-406: 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. Their official publications are the Choral Journal , as well as the scientific research journal International Journal of Research in Choral Singing (online only). As of 2020, Robyn Hilger was serving as

20-410: The field of choral music . Its membership comprises approximately 22,000 choral directors representing over a million singers. 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,

25-517: The organization's executive director. 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." Choral Journal The American Choral Directors Association ( ACDA ), headquartered in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting

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