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ACDA NATIONAL
2025 Audition Guidelines for Interest Sessions 2025 ACDA National Conference pg 3

March 18-22 Dallas, TX

IV. Selection Process

All adjudications are “blind”; that is, the Adjudication Committee will not know the identity of the applicant. There are two
levels of screening:

1. An initial or first screening level at which finalists will be selected; and

2. A final screening level at which only those recommended from the first screening will be considered.

Level 1: Led by the National R&R Chair, an Adjudication Committee will be formed in each R&R area. The committee will
consist of no fewer than seven members selected from the following: National R&R chair of the area, National & Region R&R
Coordinator of the area, current and/or former Region R&R chairs, choral directors who have previously presented at an ACDA
Region or National Conference, past Region Presidents, past National Officers, National Standing Committee members and
others appointed by the National R&R chair to ensure a diverse evaluation committee.

No person submitting an interest session application for the 2025 National Conference may serve on the Adjudication
Committee. The online submissions process automatically tabulates responses from adjudicators and generates a list
indicating the collective top ten submissions in ranked order, plus five alternates.

Level 2: The National Conference Committee will review the top 10 submissions in each R&R area, unless fewer than ten
are submitted in that area, in which case all submissions will be reviewed by the National Conference Committee.

Every effort will be made to represent a broad range of interest sessions for each R&R area.

V. Schedule of Dates & Application Link

• Application portal opens: February 1, 2024

• By April 17, 2024: Interest Session application, uploads, and payment completed by 11:59 pm CDT

• • Help desk support is available until 5pm central time on April 17, 2024. After that time, no support will be
provided, even if technical issues are encountered. Applicants are encouraged to plan ahead to ensure they can
complete the submission process. Late submissions will not be accepted for any reason.

• By June 15, 2024: National applications review completed

• By July 1, 2024: Applicants notified of results

Application available February 1, 2024, online through the Submittable platform at acda.org/conferences.

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