In 1996, the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN) created the F. Melius Christiansen (FMC) Endowment Fund to foster Minnesota’s reputation for choral excellence by awarding scholarships to undergraduate and graduate choral conducting students from private and public Minnesota colleges and universities.
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FMC Endowment Fund provides annual scholarships to the national and division conferences hosted by National ACDA and North Central ACDA across the U.S. in alternate years. These conferences feature choral performances, workshops, choral reading sessions, and many opportunities for professional growth.
Graduate students and collegiate juniors and seniors who are pursuing a […]
FMC Endowment Fund provides annual scholarships to ACDA-MN Summer Dialogue, an annual professional conference held every August in conjunction with the Minnesota All-State Choir camps. Membership in ACDA is not required. Undergraduate students and previous recipients are ineligible. Scholarships are awarded to Minnesota conductors in the following categories:
FMC Endowment Fund provides a scholarship to the World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM), a prestigious international choral festival, hosted by the International Federation for Choral Music every three years.
ACDA members who have been active choral conductors in Minnesota for at least five years may apply for a scholarship of up […]
ACDA-MN’s F. Melius Christiansen (FMC) Endowment Fund provides support for the continuing education of Minnesota choral conductors by offering scholarships for graduate study in choral conducting.
ACDA members who have at least two years of conducting experience in Minnesota may apply for a $1,400 scholarship for part-time graduate study or a […]
On the 85th anniversary of Alice T. Larsen’s birth, a scholarship was established in her memory through the ACDA-MN’s F. Melius Christiansen (FMC) Endowment Fund. The Alice T. Larsen Memorial Scholarship is awarded to an ACDA-MN female conductor/educator who is pursuing a graduate degree in […]
An endowment fund is a permanent source of funding. Endowment assets are invested. Each year, a portion of the value of the fund is paid out to support the fund’s purpose – our scholarship programs – and any earnings more than this distribution are used to build the fund’s market value. In this way, ACDA-MN’s […]