Repertoire & Standards Committee Reports: Two-Year College Choirs - A Showchoir/Two-Year College Choirs Collaborative Effort

Realizing the need to place greater emphasis on vocal production in Two-Year College show groups, a grant proposal was submitted to the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) to secure funding to develop an assessment form for the first-ever adjudicated festival featuring showchoirs in community colleges. A pilot study was enthusiastically received by the National Repertoire & Standards (R&S) Chair, who continues to encourage innovation and creativity in raising the standards of excellence for choral music. The Ken Thomas Showchoir Showdown, a non-adjudicated festival in Mississippi, was selected for the ACDA pilot study. Two-year college directors eagerly accepted the challenge to participate in the project that would provide adjudicators' comments with regard to Musical Effect, Choreography, and Overall Effect. Responses from the directors following the Showchoir Showdown were enthusiastic.