Award Winners

View the awards press release for details about the winners.

Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by J.D. Scott.

   
The Chorus America/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming were given to Cantori New York, directed by Mark Shapiro (pictured far left); the Los Angeles Master Chorale, directed by Grant Gershon (pictured center left with LAMC executive director Terry Knowles); and the Young People's Chorus of New York City, directed by Francisco Núñez (pictured second from the far right). The awards were presented by Krystal Jones (pictured far right) of ASCAP.
     
The 2010 Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award was given to WomenSing. Artistic director Martin Benvenuto (pictured center) accepts the award along with members of WomenSing from presenter Krystal Jones of ASCAP (pictured left and back of Benvenuto) and Alice Parker (pictured right of Benvenuto).
     
H. Royce Saltzman (center) received the first Chorus America Distinguished Service Award, presented by Michael J. Anderson (left) and Ann Meier Baker (right). View a short video about Royce Saltzman.
 

The 2010 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence was given to Choral Arts of Seattle, WA. The award was accepted on behalf of the ensemble by artistic director Robert Bode (left) and presented by Susan Knight (right). View a short video about Choral Arts.

     
Jordan Sramek (right), founder & artistic director of The Rose Ensemble, received the 2010 Louis Botto Award for Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal. The award was presented by Jonathan Miller (left). View a short video about Jordan Sramek.
 
The 2010 Chorus America Philanthropy Award was given to The Halle Foundation. Executive director Marnite Calder (pictured left) accepted the award from presenters Todd Estabrook (center) and Norman Mackenzie (right). (Photo: Robin Perry.)
 
Conspirare and composer Eric Banks received the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission Award. Pictured left to right: Eric Banks, Fran Collmann and Ann Hume Wilson of Conspirare, Dale Warland, and presenters Gayle Ober and John Nuechterlein. View a short video about Conspirare and Eric Banks.
 
 
DC arts patron Jean Riddell (left) received the 2010 Michael Korn Founders Award for Philanthropic Contibution to the Arts. Donald McCullough (center) accepted the award on her behalf from presenter Hugh Davies (right). View a short video about Jean Riddell. (Photo at left submitted by the family of Jean Riddell.)
     

Chanticleer received the 2010 Chorus America Education Outreach Award. Chanticleer's director of education, Ben Johns, accepted the award on behalf of the ensemble from presenter Mary Lyons. View a short video about Chanticleer.

 
Robert Simpson (left), founder & artistic director of the Houston Chamber Choir, received the 2010 Michael Korn Founders Award for Development of the Professional Choral Art. The award was presented by John Alexander (right). View a short video about Robert Simpson.
 


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