Middle School Honor Choirs

2025-2026 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.

APS Middle School Honors Chorus
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 12th at Kenmore MS, 5:00-8:00pm.
Audition Requirements	“How Can I Keep From Singing” and a Major Scale
Audition Resources & Info	Click here for the music and accompaniment tracks for each voice part. Additional audition and event information can be found at this link
Audition Registration Form	If you would like to register, please complete the form found on the Honor Chorus webpage.
Event Information	If selected, singers will rehearse at Kenmore MS January 21-24, 5:30-8:30pm and January 24, 11:00am-3:30pm. The final performance will be Saturday, January 24th at 4:00pm at Kenmore MS.

MS 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. Any student enrolled in chorus is eligible to audition.
When & where are the auditions	Saturday, October 25th at Thomas Jefferson. 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 = 8:15 am to 10:00 am Block B = 10:15 am to 12:00 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	“How Can I Keep From Singing” and Sight Reading
Audition Resources & Info	Click here for the music and accompaniment tracks for each voice part.
Audition Registration Form	If you would like to register for the MS All-District Chorus Auditions, please let Bill know by completing this form Complete the MS All District Chorus Commitment Form
Event Information	If selected, the choir will rehearse 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 1:00pm.

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.