All-Collegiate Honor Choir 2026

All-Collegiate Honor Choir

​February 4-5, 2026
Kentucky Center for the Arts | Louisville, KY

2026 Conductor
Dr. Joe Miller

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Recognized as a visionary conductor and creative artist, Joe Miller maintains an active performance schedule. Miller currently serves as Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Studies at CCM. In addition to his work at CCM, Miller is artistic director of choral activities for the renowned Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, and since 2016 he has served as conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra Symphonic Choir.

Miller made his conducting debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021, conducting Handel’s Messiah. Recent collaborations with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra have included premier performances of Kevin Puts’ The Hours with Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara and Jennifer Johnson Cano, along with premier performances in Carnegie Hall of Gabriela Franks’ Pachamama Meets and Ode. Past seasons' engagements have also included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra and Chorus and Poulenc’s Stabat Mater with the CCM Choirs and Philharmonia.

Miller’s ensembles have performed throughout the world, giving concert tours in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, England, China and Spain, as well as participating in the World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona. His choirs have toured extensively throughout the US performing for the American Choral Director’s Association National and Regional Conferences, and including groundbreaking performances of Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthracite Fields at the historic Roebling WireWorks as part of Westminster’s Transforming Space project.

Miller has collaborated with some of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, earning him critical praise. His degrees include Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) and Master of Music (MM): University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Cincinnati, Ohio; Bachelor of Science (BS): University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee.

Rehearsal

Saturday, January 17
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Memorial United Methodist Church
631 N. Miles Street, Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Performance Venue

Kentucky Center for the Arts
Louisville, Kentucky

Repertoire

Lajos Bardos | Dies Irae
Felix Mendelssohn | Verleih’ uns Frieden
Barbara Strozzi, ed. Kothe | Silentio nocivo
Eriks Esenvalds | Stars
John Wykoff  | Look Up, Look Down
Shawn Kirchner | I’ll Be on My Way

Registration Fees

Registration is $50 per student. 
You may pay with PayPal (linked below) or check.
​Please make checks payable to KY-ACDA and note “all-collegiate choir” in the memo line.

Schedule

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All-Collegiate Choir Leadership

KATIE BARTON

College and University Choirs Chair