Robert Shaw Award

The Robert Shaw Choral Award

The Robert Shaw Choral Award will be presented to a choral leader who has made significant contributions to the art of choral music. The recipient shall be chosen by the ACDA Past President’s Council.  The Robert Shaw Choral Award will be presented during each National Conference.

Guidelines for Robert Shaw Choral Award

The following criteria for selection were approved by the Past President’s Council in November, 1990.

1. The recipient should be a member of ACDA (though there may be exceptions).
2. The recipient should be someone whose primary career is/was in the United States.
3. The recipient has made a significant contribution to the cause of the choral art in America.
4. Such contributions may have been made through teaching, conducting, or leadership.

Past Winners

1991 Charles C. Hirt
1993 Roger Wagner (presented posthumously)
1995 Howard Swan
1997 Harold A. Decker
1999 Weston Noble
2001 Colleen J. Kirk
2003 Warner Imig
2005 Paul Salamunovich
2007 Dale Warland
2009 Gene Brook
2011 Ann Howard Jones