MISSISSIPPI ACDA
American Choral Director’s Associaion
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We are MSACDA — inspiring excellence in choral music in Mississippi through education, performance, composition, & advocacy.
We are MSACDA — inspiring excellence in choral music in Mississippi through education, performance, composition, & advocacy.
We are MSACDA — inspiring excellence in choral music in Mississippi through education, performance, composition, & advocacy.
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Membership matters
Representing current and future music educators, MSACDA works to support the future of music education in Mississippi. Your membership matters.
UPCOMING EVENTS for 2024-2025
MS All-State Showchoir
Students audition to be selected for a weekend intensive of learning from the show choir community’s expert choreographers and directors.
Date: October 3-5, 2024
Location: Biloxi High School Fine Arts Wing
Mississippi ACA-Fest
High energy and exceptional vocals are experienced by attendees at ACA-Fest held on Pearl River Community College’s Poplarville campus.
Date: November 15, 2024
Location: Brownstone Center for the Arts (Poplarville, MS)
ACDA/MMEA State Conference
The annual joint in-service conference for the Mississippi Music Educators Association & the Mississippi American Choral
Directors Association.
Date: January 23-25, 2025
Location: The University of Southern Mississippi
MSACDA Summer Conference
All rehearsals and interest sessions will occur in the beautiful music facilities at Mississippi State University.
Date: June 16 - 18, 2025
Location: Starkville, Mississippi
Ernestine Ferrell Award
The Ernestine Ferrell Award for Excellence in Choral Music in Mississippi
is a prestigious award established to honor the memory of Mississippi’s longtime State Supervisor of Music.
To be selected as a recipient of this award, one must have been active in Choral Music in Mississippi for at least twenty years, should have made significant contributions to the choral art, and should have the respect and admiration of colleagues and students alike. There are many distinguished choral musicians who deserve to be nominated for this award. The recipient of this award is selected by a committee made up of ACDA members. Please submit your nomination no later than November 15, 2024.
2024 - Carrie Owens
2023 - Don Trott
2022 - Holly Beck
2021 - Lisa Clark
2020 - Bob Taylor
2019 - Timothy Coker
2018 - Angie Rawls
2017 - J. Reese Norris
2016 - Tammy Carney
2015 - Regina Weeks
2014 - Kathy Smith
2013 - Nancy Robertson
2012 - Ruth Randle
2011 – Milfred Valentine
2010 – Brad Johnson
2009 - Nancy Moore
2008 – Mark Malone
2007 - Martha Neilson
2006 – Robert Sims
2005 – Bruce Lesley
2004 – James Hawkins
2003 – Richard Joiner
2002 – Lillian Lee
2001 – Rose Longwitz
1998 – Donna McCommon
1997 – Rolland Shaw
1996 – Martha Murray
1995 – Joanne Edwards
1994 - Geneva Reeves
1993 – Jack Donovan
1992 – Leonard Metts
1991 – James Leslie Reeves
1990 – Peggy Felder
Mrs. Ernestine Ferrell
2024 Award Recipient
Carrie Owens
SATB Choir
Jordan Durham, SATB Honor-Choir
Treble Choir
Keely Kelso, Treble Honor Choir
HS Showchoir
Toney Keeler, HS Honor Showchoir
MS Showchoir
Sam Lovorn, MS Honor Showchoir
All-Collegiate
Don Trott, All-Collegiate Choir
Sight Reading materials
MSACDA Leadership
PResident
Libby Hearn
Email
PResident-elect
Dale Beech
Past-president
LaDona Tyson
Email
Treasurer
Secretary
Jonathan Kilgore
Terrell Hall
Email
Treble All-State
Keely Kelso
SATB all-state
Jordan Durham
HS Honor Showchoir
Toney Keeler
JH Honor Showchoir
Showchoir All-state
Sam Lovorn
Hannah Morris
Showchoir all-state
Susan Cokely
Summer conference
Summer conference
Children & Community
Jennifer Davis
Nick Cummins
Amy Touchstone
jr. high Youth Choirs
Kimberly Hunsucker
Sr. high Youth Choirs
Jayne Doolittle
College & University
Don Trott
Two-Year College
Student activites
Kelvin Towers
Philip Stockton
Lifelong choirs
Debra Atkinson
Music in Worship
Creighton Holder
world Music & Cultures
Brandon Cash
Tenor-Bass choirs
Joel Barron
Soprano-alto choirs
Contemporary choirs
Allen Sanders
Jeffery Coulter
Conference Registrar
Joel Hill
Membership
MMEA President
Drew Trautman
Andy Beasley
student Rep
Lydia Dees
Digital designer
Benton Donahue
