The Robert Shaw Choral Award

The Robert Shaw Choral Award will be given to a choral leader who has made unusual contributions to the art of choral music. The recipient shall be chosen by the ACDA Past President’s Council with final approval of the recipient being made by Robert Show.  The Robert Shaw Choral Award will be presented during each National Convention.

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 made may have been through teaching, conducting, or leadership.

Previous Winners

1991 - Charles Hirt

1993 - Roger Wagner (presented postumously)

1995 - Howard Swan

1997 - Harold A. Decker

1999 - Weston Noble

2001 - Colleen Kirk

2003 - Warner Imig

2005 - Paul Salamunovich

2007 - Dale Warland

Diana Leland presents the 2007 Robert Shaw award to Dale Warland
at the 2007 ACDA National Convention

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