Washington American Choral Directors Association

07/17/2026

Summer Institute 2026 was a SUCCESS! Thank you so much to Victor C. Johnson for sharing your wealth of knowledge with our Washington ACDA membership. We hope to see you next Summer (save the date!) with our next headliner, Dr. Julie Yu!

07/17/2026

Congratulations to this year’s WA ACDA award winners!
Outstanding Emerging Choral Director: Melissa Maañao, Outstanding Choral Director: Barbara Tappa, Spiritus: Carol Pederson, Leadership & Service: Dean Luethi

07/17/2026

GOOD MORNING from WA ACDA! We hope you are as excited as we are for Day 3 of Summer Institute!

05/25/2026

Dr. Lamartine is sure to give an amazing presentation and wonderful repertoire suggestions for our tenor/bass singers! We hope to see you at her session on Thursday at Summer Institute. Register at the link in our bio!

05/21/2026

We are getting so excited for our AMAZING 2026 Summer Institute Presenters to share their repertoire choices with us this summer! This is a “can’t miss” session for treble choir directors run by Katrina Turman! Have YOU registered yet? Link in bio!

02/27/2026

Tacoma/South Sound, we can’t wait to see you tomorrow for Sip & Sing! It’s not too late to register if you would like to join - link in bio! Please see your email for reminders about location and how many copies to bring. The NW/Bellingham event has been, unfortunately, canceled. We hope to reschedule for a later date!

12/08/2025

07/21/2025

Holly Chase had great things to say about her experience at Summer Institute! Check it out! “Just had an awesome week at WA ACDA Summer Institute. I got to meet so many new people, and get to know a few other colleagues a little better. Great learning and reading sessions, as usual, but the highlight was for sure getting to learn from Dr. Jose Rivera We’ve gained so many great tools to take into the next school year!

The other highlight was getting to spend the week with my friend Jen. There are very few people that I could spend nearly every minute of 4 days with, and not drive each other crazy! Thanks for being my travel buddy and mutual introvert support person, Luis Jennifer!”

07/20/2025

See what collegiate member, Michael Lim, had to say about his experience at Summer Institute this year! “Yesterday marked my 2nd ACDA Summer Institute! It was good to see friends, colleagues, and old teachers again. These events remind me how small yet mighty the WA choir scene is. So many amazing headlining/reading sessions, announcements, and connections made! Every year always inspires me and reinforces why I chose to do what I do. Hope to see you all again next year!

If any of you reading this are my UW Society of Music Educator people, YOU NEED TO ATTEND WITH ME NEXT YEAR! It is so much fun and the connections you make are so special, especially when you are trying to build them as a collegiate. (You could find your future student teaching placement!)”