The Board of Directors of the NHACDA Chapter voted in 2010 to create a yearly award to honor a New Hampshire ACDA member in one of the 12 ACDA choral genres as the Choral Director of the Year. The following awardees were nominated by friends and colleagues and recognized because they promote high quality music in the NH choral community. Congratulations! 
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2022 NH Choral Director of the Year - Sheila Cuneo

[Pictured left to right: Katie Avalos, Sheila Cuneo, Emma Forest, Blake Leister] 
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2020 NH Choral Director of the Year - Chris Belding 
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2019 NH Choral Director of the Year - Blake Leister

[Pictured left to right: Lauren Peithmann, Krystal Morin, Blake Leister, William Gunn] 
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2018 NH Choral Director of the Year - Maria Leticia González 

[Pictured left to right: Krystal Morin, Maria Leticia González, William Gunn, Lauren Peithmann, Sandra Howard]
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2017 NH Choral Director of the Year - Dr. Sandra Howard 

[Pictured left to right: Robert Harrington, Lauren Peithmann, Jamie Bolduc, Sandra Howard, Krystal Morin]
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2015 NH Choral Director of the Year - Thomas Martin 

[Pictured left to right: Esther Ruth Holland Rhoades, Tom Martin] 
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2013 NH Choral Director of the year - Kathryn Butterfield

[ Pictured-left to right: Sandra Howard, Kathryn Butterfield, Esther Ruth Holland Rhoades ]
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2012 NH Choral Director of the Year - Dr. Madelyn Gearheart
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[ Pictured-left to right: Esther Ruth Holland Rhoades, Madelyn Gearheart, Jay Chandler ]
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2011 NH Choral Director of the Year - Dr. Dan Perkins  

[ Pictured-left to right: Jay Chandler, Dan Perkins ]