Just a few months after earning a performance spot at one of the most distinguished choral conferences in the nation, Concert Choir has been named a winner of a 2024 American Prize in Choral Performance in the “college/university chorus—larger program” category.

The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is one of the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. The American Prize was founded in 2010 and is awarded annually in many areas of the performing arts.

Earlier this summer, the American Choral Directors Association announced that Concert Choir was invited through its peer-review process to perform at the national conference in Dallas, Texas. One of the highest honors in choral music, Concert Choir will perform on March 19, 2025 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and at the Winspear Opera House. This is the second such recent invitation for Concert Choir, as the ensemble was also selected to perform at the 2022 Wisconsin Music Educators Association Convention.

Under the leadership of Dr. Mariana Farah since 2021, Concert Choir is the premier choral ensemble at the School of Music. This advanced-level flagship group performs works that span the entire breadth of the choral literary tradition and requires an advanced level of musicianship and ensemble skills from its members.