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2022-2023 Middle School Honor Choir Opportunities
- Throughout the school year, there are many opportunities for singers to audition and perform for an Honor Choir. While performing in our school choir is a great experience, performing with an Honor Choir is a really great experience. Often these choirs are much larger than our school choir, have a select group of singers and are led by a renowned conductor. In most cases, the choir rehearses for two or three days, and then features a culminating concert.
- Participation in any of these choirs is an honor and come with expectations. If a singer wishes to audition, they must accept the amount of time and effort required. Students are expected to practice their music and have it learned before attending rehearsals. Students are expected to attend all rehearsals and follow the specific rules and guidelines outlined for each event.
- These honor choir opportunities also come with a financial responsibility including the audition fee, participation fee and in some cases, travel, meals and lodging.
- The HBW Music Scholarship Fund is available to support any student who wishes to audition or participate in the Senior Honor Choir, All-District and All-VA Chorus. Due to the expensive cost, we are unable to provide financial support for the ACDA Honor Choirs. If you wish to make use of scholarship support, please speak to Bill.
ACDA National Honor Choir |
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| When & where are the auditions | Virtual Audition – all materials must be submitted by October 3rd. Bill is happy to assist with the preparation and recording of the audition requirements. Mp3 recordings can be submitted to this Canvas Assignment. |
| Audition Fee | $30 paid by check payable to ‘H-B Woodlawn’ or by credit card on the Registration Form. |
| Audition Requirements | Learn and perform an excerpt of choral music. Sheet music and practice tracks are available on the Honor Choir website. |
| Audition Resources & Info | Additional information about the audition, Honor Choir event and resources are available at this link. (Links to an external site.) |
| Audition Registration Form | If you would like to register for the ACDA National Honor Choir Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form. |
| Event Information | The ACDA Southern Regional Honor Choir will meet February 21-24, 2024 in Louisville, KY and is a tremendous opportunity to make music with singers from around the country. If you are selected, students are financially responsible for the participation fee, transportation to and from the event, hotel accommodations and chaperone supervision.
Additional event information can be found at the link above. HBW Scholarship Funds are not available for this event. |
MS All District Chorus |
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| Who is eligible to audition? | The All-District Honor Choir is an opportunity for singers from District 12 to rehearse challenging music, and work with a renowned choral conductor at an advanced level. Each year the All District Chorus performances are powerful and memorable. Any student enrolled in chorus is eligible to audition. |
| When & where are the auditions | Saturday, October 28th at Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church. There are three audition blocks, and students will be assigned to blocks based on their Registration requests. Your audition will be at some point during one of the following blocks:
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| Audition Fee | $11 paid by check payable to ‘H-B Woodlawn’ or by credit card on the Registration Form. |
| Audition Requirements | “Shenandoah” and Sight Reading |
| Audition Resources & Info | Click here for audition materials: intro tracks for the major scales, sheet music and accompaniment tracks for “How Can I Keep From Singing” (Links to an external site.) |
| Audition Registration Form | If you would like to register for the MS All-District Chorus Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form |
| Event Information | If selected, the choir will rehearse during the school day on Friday, February 9th and in the morning of Saturday, February 10th at Oakton High School. The performance will be at Oakton High School beginning at 1:00pm. |
APS Middle School Honors Chorus |
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| Who is eligible to audition? | The APS Middle School Honor Chorus is for any APS Middle School student who wishes to sing! |
| When & where are the auditions | Wednesday, November 15th at Kenmore MS. Students audition in time slots based on their grade:
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| Audition Requirements | “How Can I Keep From Singing” and perform a Major Scale |
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| Audition Registration Form | Additional audition information and the registration form can be found at this link (Links to an external site.) |
| Event Information | If selected, singers will rehearse at Kenmore MS January 24-27, 5:30-8:30pm and January 27, 11:00am-3:30pm. The final performance will be Saturday, January 27th at 4:00pm at Kenmore. |
Middle School All Virginia Chorus |
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| Who is eligible to audition? | Any middle school student enrolled in chorus is eligible to audition. |
| When & where are the auditions | Virtual audition. Bill is happy to assist you in preparing and recording your audition materials. All audition materials must be submitted by date TBD (typically in late February) |
| Audition Fee | $15 paid by check payable to ‘H-B Woodlawn’ or by credit card on the Registration Form. |
| Audition Requirements | Audition Material TBD |
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| Audition Registration Form | If you would like to register for the MS All-Virginia Chorus Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form |
| Event Information | If selected, the All Virginia Music Event will be April 25th-27th in Richmond. The cost of participating will be approximately TBD. In addition, each singer is responsible for transportation, hotel accommodations, meals and must be supervised by a chaperone throughout the event. Please read the Audition Information at the link above for more details about the audition and event requirements. |