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2025 Composition Competition Announced

3/30/2025

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Choral Composition Competition is open to composers of all ages.
Composers must be a resident of Pennsylvania or currently enrolled as a student in a PA college or university.
Entry deadline: July 1, 2025
Winning composition award: $500.00
Texts may be sacred or secular and can be in any language. An English translation should be included for any text that is not in English. Pronunciation guides may also be provided if needed.
Compositions must be 3-5 minutes in length, scored for SATB (no divisi). Compositions can be accompanied by piano or a cappella with the option of adding one obbligato instrument.
Composition must be an original work (not an arrangement). The piece must have not been previously published, commissioned, or performed.
Texts must be free from copyright restrictions, either public domain or written permission from the poet/copyright holder included with the application.
Composers will retain the copyright of their compositions.
Previous winners may not participate for four years after the year that they have won. (Example: The winner of 2023 may not submit to this competition until 2028.)

Winning piece will be added and performed as part of the Reading Session for Self-Published Composers and will be provided and sung through by all choir directors in attendance at the 2025 ACDA-PA Summer Conference. You may work with the R&R Chair to provide information for directors to have the ability to purchase the score if requested at a later date.

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2025 Choir for All Honor Choir

3/30/2025

The ACDA-PA Choir For All is a one-day honor choir festival for singers ages 8-98, at West Chester University on Monday, August 4, 2025, led by guest conductors Anton Armonstrong and Pearl Shangkuan. The goal of this choir is to foster intergenerational and intercultural dialogue through choral music. The day will be divided into age-appropriate rehearsal segments, but combine to make the "Choir For All" in the final concert:

Young Singers: ages 8-10
Middle Singers: ages 11-14
Festival Singers: ages 15-98

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2025 Composition Competition Announced

2025 Choir for All Honor Choir

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