High School Honor Choirs

2025-2026 High 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.

Senior Honor Choir
Who is eligible to audition?	Any 12th grader enrolled in chorus
When & where are the auditions	Virtual audition on OpusEvent. Audition registration is due by September 15th. After you register, a payment link will be sent to the parent email address. The audition payment must be submitted by September 29th. You will not be able to access the audition portal until the audition fee is paid through Opus. After registering and paying the audition fee, the virtual audition window will be September 29th-October 9th.
Audition Fee	$15 paid through OpusEvent
Audition Requirements	“Sehnsucht” by Johannes Brahams & Sight Reading – NOTE: the audition song is an excerpt from a chorus song. Each voice part will be required to learn certain measures of the song, and then perform it with the 3 other voice parts without any support. Careful practice will be necessary.
Audition Resources & Info	All audition materials are available at this website, including sheet music for the audition song, accompaniment tracks and sample sight reading examples.
Audition Registration Form	If you would like to register for the Senior Honor Choir Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form.
Event Information	If you are accepted, the Senior Honor Choir the rehearsals and concert will be November 20-22 in Norfolk, VA. More details about the Honor Choir event will be shared with participating singers.

ACDA Southern Regional Honor Choir
Who is eligible to audition?	Singers in grade 6 audition for the Children’s Choir. Singers in grades 7-9 audition for the Jr. High SATB Choir. Singers in grades 10-12* with tenor or bass voices audition for the Sr. High TTBB Choir.* Singers in grades 10-12 with soprano or alto voices audition for the Sr. High SSAA Choir.
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 credit card through CutTime or by check payable to H-B Woodlawn.
Audition Requirements
Audition Resources & Info	Additional information about the audition, Honor Choir event and resources are available at this link.
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 March 4-7 in Memphis, TN 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. The participation fee will be determined soon. Additional event information can be found at the link above. HBW Scholarship Funds are not available for this event.

HS All District Chorus
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. There are two All District Choirs. The Treble Chorus is for soprano and altos in grades 9 & 10. The SATB Chorus is for tenor and basses in grades 9-12 and soprano and altos in grades 11 & 12.
When & where are the auditions	Saturday, November 8th at James Madison High School. 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: Block A = 8:00 am to 10:00 am Block B = 10:15 am to 12:15 pm Block C = 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Audition Fee	~$11 paid by credit card through CutTime or by check payable to H-B Woodlawn.
Audition Requirements	“Deep River” traditional Spiritual arranged by H.T. Burleigh
Audition Resources & Info	Click here for audition materials: sheet music, practice tracks and accompaniment tracks. Click here to see practice sight reading examples
Audition Registration Form	If you would like to register for the HS All-District Chorus Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form Complete the HS All District Chorus Commitment Form
Event Information	If selected, the choir will rehearse the evening of Thursday, February 5th, during the school day on Friday, February 6th and in the morning of Saturday, February 7th at Herndon High School. The performance will be at Herndon High School beginning at 3:00pm.

High School All Virginia Chorus
Who is eligible to audition?	Any singer who has been accepted to the All-District Honor Chorus is eligible to audition for the All-VA Honor Chorus.
When & where are the auditions	Thursday, February 5th at Herndon HS during the first rehearsal of the All-District Chorus.
Audition Fee	$15 paid by credit card through CutTime or by check payable to H-B Woodlawn
Audition Requirements	“Deep River” and Sight Reading (same audition song as the All-District Chorus but more difficult sight reading)
Audition Resources & Info	Click here for audition materials: sheet music, practice tracks and accompaniment tracks. Sight Reading examples from past audition years can be found at this link.
Audition Registration Form	If you would like to register for the HS All-Virginia Chorus Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form
Event Information	If selected, the All Virginia Music Event will be April 16-18, 2026 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. APS will cover the participation fee, and coordinate transportation, hotel accommodations and chaperone coverage. The final concert will be Saturday, April 18th at the Greater Richmond Convention Center at 3:00pm.