Prelude Award Nominations

Nominee Criteria:

  • Successful teaching and performance in choral music in Kansas

  • Professional demeanor in interactions with colleagues

  • Potential as an exemplary professional with an extended career in choral music

  • A spirit of service through active participation and involvement in KCDA and/or KMEA 

Selection Procedure:

  • Nominations will be solicited from the general membership of KCDA

  • Nominees must be current members of KCDA in their third, fourth, or fifth year of experience as a choral director,    currently teaching in the state of Kansas 

  • Nominations must include biographical information, a letter of nomination from a current member of KCDA, and a letter of support from an administrator, supervisor, or mentor.

  • The KCDA Executive Board will serve as the selection committee for reviewing nominations and voting to select a recipient.

  • Nominations may be resubmitted anytime during the eligibility period (three to five years of experience), but are not automatically carried forward for future consideration.​​

The Prelude Award is presented at the Kansas Choral Directors Association Summer Convention in Topeka, Kansas.

Previous Award Winners

2022 - Eileen Price

2021 - Logan Caywood

2020 - Karis Nichols

2019 - Julia Miller 

2018 - Shawn Gamache

2017 - Darren Enns

2016 - Tiffani N. Thompson 

2015 - Eli Jones

2014 - Jon Duncan

2013 - not awarded

2012 - not awarded

2011 - Alex Underwood

2010 - Janie Brokenicky