Adam N. Popovich Distinguished Director Award
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1995 Award Recipient S.S.F Choral Festival |
Adam Popovich became the director S.S.S. Sloboda Choir at the St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Adam was a very talented musician who led the choir at church services and social events. He arranged and translated many pieces of music. In 1976, he organized a tamuritza orchestra to accompany the Sloboda Choir. Adam N. Popovich fell asleep in the Lord on June 16, 2001. |
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1998 Award Recipient Slobodan Zelich S.S.F Choral Festival |
Slobodan Zelich directed the Petar Krstich Serbian Orthodox Choir at the Holy Resurrection Church in Steubenville, Ohio from 1961 until his retirement in 2008. He was a well-known arranger and composer of Liturgical and Folk music and he won numerous honors and awards within the Serbian Singing Federation. Many of his compositions and arrangements are used by choirs throughout the SSF. Slobodan Zelich fell asleep in the Lord on February 5, 2013. |
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| 1999 | Milan Medich | South Bend, Indiana | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 2000 | Nada Milosevich | Lackawanna, New York | Steubenville, Ohio | |
| 2001 | Very Reverend Milan Bajich | Kansas City, Kansas | Omaha, Nebraska | |
| 2002 | Dr. Stevan R. Zivic | Cleveland, Ohio | Schererville, Indiana | |
| 2003 | Dusan Saula | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | |
| 2003 | Most Reverend Milan Markovina | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | |
| 2004 | Dr. Nikola Resanovic | Akron, Ohio | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 2005 | Milutin Lazich | Monroeville, Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
| 2009 | Mildred Beaver | Midland, Pennsylvania | Joliet, Illinois | |
| 2010 | Elizabeth Neskow | Chicago, Illinois | Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2011 | Protinica Mira Stojsavljevich | Hamilton, Ontario - Canada | Steubenville, Ohio | |
| 2012 | Ann Renard | Omaha, Nebraska | San Diego, California | |
| 2013 | Milka Chuk | Windsor, Ontario - Canada | Lansing, Illinois | |