All-State Elementary Honor Choir
Elementary students have the opportunity to sing with their most talented
peers from across the state. To be eligible, a student must be in fifth
grade and enrolled in a music class in his/her elementary school. Sixth
graders who attend a K-6 elementary school are also eligible to be
nominated. (Sixth graders who attend middle schools are not eligible for
this choir.) Participating students must have a treble, unchanged voice.
Conductor for the Elementary Honor Choir
- Judith Herrington
Director, Tacoma Youth Chorus and
Music Director at Charles Wright Academy Lower School, Tacoma, WA
Every school that nominates students for inclusion in the choir will have at
least one member chosen, provided that their director is a member of
OMEA/MENC and attends the convention.
The choir will rehearse Friday, January 27, 2006 in Eugene. It will perform
at the General Session of the OMEA State Conference Saturday morning,
January 28, in the Eugene Hilton. A registration fee of $130 will cover
clinician costs, sheet music, food, lodging, and administrative expenses.
Students will stay at the Phoenix Inn in Eugene on Friday night, except for
those living in the Eugene area. Registration for local students (Eugene
area) will be $110. Supervision will be provided from the time of
registration until the concert.
- Choir members should be experienced in both unison and simple polyphonic
singing. They should be able to sing in tune and hold their part
confidently.
- This treble choir is for students with unchanged voices. Selected students
whose voices change between the nominations deadline and January 1, 2006 may
be asked not to participate. Please consider this carefully as you submit nominations.
If a student�s voice is starting the changing process, it would probably be best not to
nominate him for this choir.
If you have questions, or would like to volunteer to chaperone, supervise or
assist in some other capacity, contact an Elementary Honor Choir
organizer:
 Send Email with your Question
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Timeline for Elementary Honor Choir
| NEW DEADLINE! October 5, 2005 |
Deadline for teachers to nominate their students on the OMEA web site. Nominations are accepted in a password-protected section of the OMEA website. Directors must have up-to-date MENC/OMEA membership to access this area.
- Nomination form closed. Nominations are no longer being accepted.
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| October 26, 2005 |
- Directors receive notification of selected students
- Student selections have been made! Check the lists of accepted students (login required)
- Selected students are registered online by their director to accept a position in the honor choir and reserve
lodging.
- Honor Group Packets, including required contract, waiver and medical forms are downloaded when the director completes the registration.
- Student completes forms - including required signatures - and returns them with registration fee to director.
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| November 18, 2005 |
Deadline for postmark of the following to OMEA from the director:
- Photocopy of OMEA/MENC membership card with membership current through January, 2006
- Copies of all required student forms with signatures, available in the members area
- Full payment of all student registration fees
- Deadline for director's conference pre-registration.
NOTE: Students of directors who are not current OMEA members, or who have not completed conference registration by November 18, will be replaced by students on the waiting list for membership in the Elementary Honor Choir.
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| November 29, 2005 |
Music will be mailed. Rehearsal
recordings will be made available to students. Directors will be
responsible for ensuring that the students have learned their music prior to
the first rehearsal in January |
| January 27, 2006 |
Rehearsal in Eugene |
| January 28, 2006 |
Elementary Honor Choir performance |
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