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Congratulations to A. J. Keller
Winner of the 2020 Julius Herford Dissertation Prize for
“Poor in Material, Non-Dramatic, Without Pathos: Elements of the Danish
New Simplicity in the Choral Works of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen”
Committee members’ comments include:
“An extraordinarily well-organized and clearly written paper...an absolute tour-de-force”; “Interesting insights into
the compositional style of this unknown composer and [this] musical style”; “Super paper -- setting Gudmundsen-
Holmgreen apart from his ‘new simplicity' colleagues while also planting him in their midst.”
Prize Description: Each year the Julius Herford Prize Subcommittee accepts nominations for the outstanding doctoral
terminal research project in choral music. Projects are eligible if they comprise the principal research component of the

degree requirements, whether the institution defines the project as a “dissertation,” “document,” “thesis,” or “treatise.”
Evaluation: The submitted projects are evaluated entirely blind with regard to dissertator, assisting faculty, institution,
and any other identifying material, by an unpaid panel of choral conductor-scholars.
The Award: The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and a commemorative plaque. The prize will be presented at
the upcoming ACDA Midwestern Region conference.
A.J. Keller is an active performer, conductor, and educator throughout the Chicagoland area.
He currently serves on the choral faculty at Northwestern University, directing two of the three
major choral ensembles and teaching the graduate seminar in choral literature. He is also the
founder and artistic director of Stare at the Sun, a Chicago-based, 24-voice professional cham-
ber choir specializing in the curation and commissioning of contemporary music. A.J. has been
actively involved in various projects both within and beyond Chicago. He served as chorus
master for the Chicago premiere of Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick with Chicago Opera Theater and as assistant
chorus master for the world premiere of David Lang’s prisoner of the state with the New York Philharmonic.
This season, he’ll join COT again to chorus master the world premiere of Quamino’s Map by Errollyn Wallen.
He has also been internationally active, conducting the Danish chamber choir Ensemble Edge in performances
of David Lang’s the little match girl passion in Aarhus and Holstebro. A.J. holds a DMA and an MM in Choral
Conducting from Northwestern University and a BME from Illinois Wesleyan University.
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