Author: Luke McGinnis

Are you planning to have students audition for any of the 2027 ACDA National Honor Choirs? If so, there are some critical updates to the application process that warrant your immediate attention.  We’ve gone through another update since the 2026 Region Conferences. We want to ensure you can navigate the system without any hiccups. To have a successful application process, you need to start planning TODAY for your submissions. All Honor Choir Applications now require that you log-in through your ACDA member portal account. There are two ways to access the application: Go to www.acda.org; Click Sign In in the upper right. Sign in. Click “My Profile” in the upper right. Click “Calls” on the left navigation. Go to https://my.acda.org/s/calls. Follow the same sign in process. You will only be able to see…

ACDA National Honor Choirs are seeking experienced choral educators to serve as application screeners for the 2027 National Conference Honor Choirs. Volunteers must be current ACDA members with at least three years of teaching experience who currently teach or have taught the grade level of the respective Honor Choir.  Selected screeners will review approximately 100–150 applications between September 29–October 15, 2026, listening to each submission and completing a screening rubric through the application platform. Share your expertise and help select the next generation of outstanding Honor Choir singers! Complete the volunteer form by Monday, August 24, 2026.  Questions? Contact National Honor Choir Chairs Jared Berry & Andrea Galeno at [email protected]. Click Here to Volunteer

Webinar: Thursday, August 27pm Central TimeFree! Event Registration Required Get ready for the new school year in this interactive reading session and workshop focused exclusively on SAB arrangements for show choirs!  We’ll dig into the latest and greatest SAB music for show choirs, explore resources to help you find music that fits your show theme, and hear directly from some amazing arrangers (to be announced soon!). Hosted by Garrett Breeze, ACDA National Show Choir Chair Click here to Register

American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) has named Amy Gordon’s “Finding Your Voice” as the winner in the 2026 Raymond W. Brock Prize for Professional Composers. Anuj Bhutani’s “Oaks and Roses” named Runner-Up. Amy Gordon is a composer, arranger, songwriter, and vocalist in Los Angeles, CA. She is an active choral composer and has been commissioned to write and arrange pieces for numerous ensembles and choirs, including Loyola Marymount University Choirs, SACRA/PROFANA, and Arlington Master Chorale. She loves collaborating with choirs of all types to create meaningful musical experiences that promote belonging, community, music education, and mental health advocacy. She loves setting poetry to music and writing her own texts and lyrics for her choral works and songs.  She is an active educator and teaches Music Theory, Composition, and Songwriting classes at Río…