 The Choir of the West won First place in the Anton Bruckner choral festival in the summer of 2015, and in the 2015 - 2016 school year the choir will sing the St. Matthews passion with Soprano Angela Meade as well as perform at the NCCO conference with Simon Carrington as a guest director and mentor.He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, presently serving as state president for Washington and as the Choral Review Editor for the Choral Journal.Three choirs under his direction have appeared at ACDA regional conventions.