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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Audition Guidelines for Performance 2025 ACDA National Conference pg 2

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

The following is the list of requirements for the application:

FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS:
1. A list of your proposed repertoire for the 2025 conference. The proposed program should include the following:

a. The title, composer and/or arranger, and complete publication information for each piece, and

b. The approximate performance time of each piece. Total program time should not exceed 25 minutes total on stage,
including applause.

Accepted choirs are expected to perform the program proposed in the application, as the proposed program is evaluated
in the final screening rubric.

• The program should reflect the conference theme by presenting a historic program and/or a combination of eras
and styles. Programs highlighting historically excluded and/or twenty-first-century composers are welcomed. Only
one manuscript (not commercially available) piece may be included.
• The proposed repertoire listing must be accurate. Take care to confirm the spelling of titles and names, correct
attributions of composers and arrangers, and detailed publisher information. An inaccurate submission will impact
the final score.

• In the event of a duplicate selection, preference will be given to the application received first. Impacted conductors
will be notified and required to make a substitution in their program; failure to do so by the deadline will result in
cancellation of the invitation to perform.

• In special circumstances, the Conference Committee may consider petitions to change repertoire after invitations
have been issued, between August 15-October 1, 2024. Changes impacting more than 20% of the total performance
time will not be considered. Approval of changes are at the discretion of the Conference Committee Chair.

• The use of photocopies or duplicated music at ACDA conferences is strictly prohibited.

FOR ALL CHOIRS (EXCEPT CONTEMPORARY A CAPPELLA AND SHOW CHOIRS):

2. Three audio recordings (or six recordings for co-conductors—see Section I) in digital format are to be submitted. The
combined total duration of the three recordings should be no longer than 10–15 minutes in length (20-30 min if co-
conductors are submitting six recordings).

a. The three audio submissions (six for co-conductors) should include representative examples of the choir’s
performance in each of the last three academic years (September through August), and each submitted recording
must be conducted by the same conductor.

i. One selection from the 2023–24 academic year or 2024 calendar year

ii. One selection from the 2022–23 academic year or 2023 calendar year

iii. One selection from the 2021–22 academic year or 2022 calendar

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