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 excellence in the field of choral music. Its membership comprises approximately 20,000 choral directors representing over a million singers.
ACDA is organized in seven Divisions, i.e., Central, Eastern, North Central, Northwestern, Southern, Southwestern, and Western. Every year, conventions of conductors are held - in even years, a divisional convention is held in each division, and in odd years one massive national convention takes place in a major city somewhere in the country. Conductors can apply to have their choirs perform at these conventions through a blind audition-tape process. Being accepted to sing at an ACDA convention is considered a great honor for a choir.
Their official publication is the Choral Journal.
In addition to the divisional organization, a similar break out is done along specialization lines. The specialties are:
Boychoirs Children's Choirs College & University Choirs Community Choirs Ethnic & Multicultural Choirs Jazz Choirs Junior High & Middle School Choirs Male Choirs Music in Worship Show Choirs Senior High School Choirs 2-Yr College Choirs Women's Choirs Youth & Student ActivitiesEach specialty is organized under a Repertoire and Standards (R&S) Committee system, with a National Committee, Division Committees, and State chairpersons. The National Chairperson for each specialty is also a member of the National R&S Committee which meets annually to discuss issues common to all specialties.
The Divisions are organized by state chapters as follows:
Central Division:
Illinois Indiana Michigan OhioEastern Division:
Connecticut Delaware Maine Maryland & District of Columbia Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island VermontNorth Central Division:
Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota WisconsinNorthwestern Division:
Alaska Idaho Montana Oregon Washington WyomingSouthern Division:
Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West VirginiaSouthwestern Division:
Arkansas Colorado Kansas Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma TexasWestern Division:
Arizona California Hawaii Nevada Utah
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