American Choral Directors Association

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Founded in 1959, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) is a nonprofit music-education organization whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching.  In addition, ACDA strives through arts advocacy to elevate choral music's position in American society.

Membership & Benefits

  • Members of the USC Thornton Student Chapter are a eclectic mix of majors from linguistics to organ performance to choral music. Regardless of major and background, all are here to learn about choral music in all its forms. Anyone with an interest in choral music is welcome to attend meetings!  

    • In order to experience the full benefits of being a member, the student chapter encourages everyone to become a member of ACDA. Student membership costs only $35 dollars a year.
    ACDA membership has numerous benefits such as: 
         -- Regular newsletters from the ACDA, each one a great source of  
            wisdom and information from choral directors in the field
         -- Access to all archived newsletters from the past 50 years
         -- Discounts at conferences and workshops
         -- Being part of the largest professional choral network in the 
            country
         -- ...and so much more! Click here for more info on membership. 
            More and more benefits continue to be added every year.
    The student chapter also collects chapter fees of $15 a semester to help fund its activities and provide the best choral experience possible for all its members. Please Contact Us for more information.

USC Thornton ACDA Student Chapter

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The USC Thornton ACDA Student Chapter is the ACDA's representative body at the USC Flora L. Thornton School of Music, as well as the university community as a whole.  The Student Chapter's mission is to create opportunities for all students to explore and learn more about choral music outside of the normal choral activities and curriculum; promote student membership and participation in the ACDA and its activites; provide additional support to the Thornton Choral Music Department in any way possible; and to promote choral music at USC.

Activities & Events

The Student Chapter plans and hosts many various activites and events:
     -- Guest lectures and masterclasses
     -- Reading and listening sessions to share and discover new 
        choral repertoire
  •      -- Providing host duties for the Thornton High School /             
  •         Community College Choral Invitational
  •      -- Attending ACDA conferences and workshops
  •      -- Group concert trips