Elaine Hagenberg’s music “soars with eloquence and ingenuity” (ACDA Choral Journal). Her award-winning compositions are performed worldwide and frequently featured at American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conferences, All-State festivals, Carnegie Hall and other distinguished international concert halls from Australia to South America and throughout Europe. In addition to composing full-time, Hagenberg actively engages in bringing her music to life as the guest artist and featured clinician for professional conferences and festivals both in the United States and abroad as a composer, conductor and accompanist of her work. With over fifty commissioned works, she has composed new music for the American Choral Directors Association, professional choirs, colleges and universities, community choirs, high schools and churches. I Am the Wind was named the winner of the 2020 ACDA Brock Competition for Professional Composers.