Announcing the Inaugural Tennessee ACDA Honor Choir

Tennessee ACDA is pleased to announce its first collegiate honor choir with special guest conductor, Dr. Jason Max Ferdinand. Included in your registration cost is your student membership to ACDA, the cost of your music, which you keep, and two meals while you are in attendance. Additionally, you are invited to stay for the third day of the conference where there will be sessions specifically geared toward college music education majors, free of charge. Sign up now to secure your spot in the choir!

Athena Choir of Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, TN.

Tennessee ACDA is proud to announce Athena, the treble choir from Stewarts Creek High School has been selected as a performing demonstration choir for the National Convention in Dallas, TX. We are so proud of their accomplishments and special congratulations to Dr. Brian Russell and Dr. Susan Kelly for this great honor.

Welcome to Our New Board Members!

Nita Smith

Nita Smith

Junior High/Middle School Choirs
Cresswell Middle Magnet School, Nashville
middleschool@tnacda.org

Mark Statler

Mark Statler

State Choral Performance Assessment Coordinator
University of Tennessee, Martin
statecpa@tnacda.org

Summer Conference 2024 Highlights

Preston Wilson accepts the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award given posthumously to Paul T. Kwami (1952–2022). The award was presented by Robert King, 2023 LAA honoree.

Lynn Brinckmeyer inspires attendees during her headliner sessions

Conducting Masterclass with student conductor Sophia Bennett and Preston Wilson, clinician

See our Events/Conference page for more pictures and highlights.