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Robert Shaw Award

Nominations for the 2023 award now being accepted.

Click here for the nomination form. Deadline: August 31, 2022.

The Robert Shaw Choral Award is given to a choral leader who has made unusual contributions to the art of choral music. The recipient is chosen by the ACDA Past Presidents Advisory Council. The Robert Shaw Choral Award is presented during each national conference.

The following criteria for selection were approved by the Past Presidents Advisory 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 made may have been through teaching, conducting, or leadership.

Nomination Period

The nomination period for the 2023 award is open (deadline: August 31, 2022).

Previous Recipients

(* Deceased)
(+ Wall of Honor Recipient)
2021 – Rodney Eichenberger
2019 – Doreen Rao
2017 – AndrĂ© Thomas
2015 – H. Royce Saltzman
2013 – Alice Parker
2011 – Ann Howard Jones
2009 – Gene Brooks (presented posthumously)*+
2007 – Dale Warland
2005 – Paul Salamunovich*+
2003 – Warner Imig*+
2001 – Colleen J. Kirk*+
1999 – Weston Noble*+
1997 – Harold A. Decker*+
1995 – Howard Swan*+
1993 – Roger Wagner (presented posthumously)*+
1991 – Charles C. Hirt*

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