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Composition Competition Expands for 2021-22

8/31/2021

 
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This just in: in 2022, ACDA-PA will hold not 1 but 2 Composition Competitions - student and non-student. Complete guidelines for both competitions can be found here. Be sure to share with aspiring composers! Both compositions will be premiered at our 2022 Summer Conference, July 31-August 2 at Messiah University (save the date!).

Conference Feedback Survey

8/3/2021

 
Dear colleagues,

Thank you to all who attended ACDA-PA's Summer Conference over the past two days.  I hope you left inspired, encouraged and refreshed.  Perhaps now your creativity can flow a bit more freely going into the new academic year.

Conference recordings are being added to Whova and all content will remain available to you until October 31st.

Please take a moment to complete our post-conference survey.  Your input is valued!  
https://forms.gle/5oZPm33puQ7Rkkn4A

Thanks for your resilience and patience with a virtual conference this year.  I hope to see you next August at Messiah University for Summer Conference 2022.  

Gratefully,

Joy Meade
​President-Elect, Conference Chair

2021 ACDA-PA Award Winners Announced

8/2/2021

 
Congratulations to our 2021 ACDA-PA Award Winners, who were announced in a video compilation by outgoing Past President, Susan Medley, at the virtual summer conference on August 1, 2021.

Outstanding Young Conductor Award
MARK HELMS
Mark Helms is an active conductor based in southeastern Pennsylvania. Mark is currently the Director of Music and the Arts at Doylestown Presbyterian Church (Doylestown, PA), where he oversees a comprehensive music ministry involving 200 participants of all ages in a variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles. Mark also recently served as the Director of Choral Activities and Liturgical Music at DeSales University (Center Valley, PA), where he conducted three choral ensembles and taught additional courses in music.
 
Mark moved to Pennsylvania following the completion of his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY). Mark is also a graduate of Furman University (Greenville, SC), where he completed a Bachelor of Music summa cum laude in Church Music. This fall, Mark will be returning to school to begin the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Maryland (College Park, MD).

Elaine Brown Award for Choral Excellence:
O. DAVID DEITZ

O. David Deitz retired as a choral music educator/vocal music department chair for the Central Dauphin School District in Harrisburg PA, and as an adjunct choral and music education professor for Bucknell, Mansfield, Lebanon Valley, Susquehanna and Penn State Universities. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Mansfield State College, where he was selected to the Music Alumni Honor Roll, and a master’s degree from Penn State University. A 1999 finalist for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year and featured director for the Fall 2004 issue of Choral Director magazine, Deitz served as president of ACDA-PA 2003-2005 and as Eastern Division Conference Chair 2010. Mr. Deitz currently serves as the Fine Arts Education Consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Education and was named 2019 Educator of the Year by the non-profit organization Little Kids Rock. 
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Outstanding Young Conductor: Mark Helms
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Elaine Brown Award for Choral Excellence: David Deitz
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  • Awards
    • Elaine Brown Award for Choral Excellence
    • Outstanding Young Conductor Award
    • Eileen M. Hower Memorial Award
  • Events
    • State-wide Events >
      • Composition Contest
      • Undergraduate Conducting Competition
    • Regional Events >
      • Mucho Macho Music
      • Sweet Harmony Festival
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      • May Motivator 2021
      • January Jumpstart 2021
      • Resilient Leadership 2020
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