American Choral Directors Association

The mission of ACDA is to inspire excellence and nurture lifelong involvement in choral music for everyone through education, performance, composition and advocacy.

Amanda Quist

University of Miami Frost School of Music

Bio: Amanda Quist is the DCA for the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. She was previously Chair of Conducting at Westminster Choir College (WCC) and is the recipient of WCC's 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award, and Mazzotti Award for Women’s Leadership. Quist’s ensemble, Westminster Kantorei, won first place in the 2018 American Prize for College & University Choral Performance. Her work with the Philadelphia Symphonic Chorus has been reviewed as “transformative, possessing an impressive immediacy and vigor.” Quist is guest conductor in the US and abroad, and she is National ACDA Coordinator for Collegiate Activities.

This content was published on: August 23, 2022