Junior High Choir
Membership Requirement
For a student to participate in KMEA honor groups the sponsoring teacher must be an active member of the Kansas Music Educators Association.

Junior High Choir

2023-24

Clinician
Lance Burnett, Chanute-Royster MS

Deadline for Entries
  • Nominations must be entered online by Oct. 5, 2023.
  • No entries will be accepted after the deadline.
  • Students nominated for JH Choir may also audition for JH Band.
    • If a student is accepted into the JH Band you may send an alternate.
    • Please send me the entry information for the alternate ASAP.
Entry Information
  • Only 7th and 8th grade students are eligible. JH Choir participants are selected by teacher recommendation.
  • Nominations consist of balanced (equal number of sopranos, altos, and T/B; mark voicing as S, A, T, or B) 15% of your choir members who are deserving of this honor. (It is impossible to have a balanced choir if we do not all abide by the guidelines.)
  • Fill out the nomination form in the KMEA Members site when it is available.
  • Please rank your students and include their year in school.
  • Fill out all necessary information (Please note that we are asking for student height in inches. This will be used for assigned seating and riser order.)
  • Nomination deadline is midnight Oct. 5, 2023 (Central Time). No entries will be accepted after the deadline.
Participation Fee
  • $15 per student.
  • Due at the Nov. 4, 2023 mini-convention.
  • Purchase Orders will not be accepted.
  • Make checks to: NWKMEA
  • Fee doubles if not paid by Nov. 4, 2023.
NWKMEA Mini-Convention I
  • Nov. 4, 2023 @ Hays High School
  • Rehearsals begin at 8:30 AM
  • Concert is at 3:30 PM in Gym A
  • $5.00 admission
Rehearsal/Concert Attire
  • Rehearsal dress is casual/school clothes.
  • Concert dress - we want the students to look nice for this special event. No jeans, t-shirts, or flip-flops. Students are to dress-up for the concert.

Performance Repertoire

Bonse Aba, by Victor Johnson (SAB)
Take Five, arr. by Kirby Shaw (SAB)
Something Told The Wild Geese, by Andy Beck (SAB)
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel, arr. by Roger Emerson (SAB)
Don't Stop Believin', arr. by Alan Billingsly (SATB)
  • Each student must have their own music. NO PHOTOCOPIES.
  • Teachers please help your students come well prepared so they can benefit most from the clinician.
  • Please have the notes, music and rhythm learned when they arrive
  • Please try to have as much music memorized as you can so that students will not need to use music in the performance.
 
Chairperson
Annie Adams
Kensington-Thunder Ridge
PO Box 188
Kensington, KS 66951
w: 785-476-2217
Important Dates - JH Choir
Oct. 3, 2024 - Thu
Nomination Deadline — JH Choir
Nov. 2, 2024 - Sat
Mini Convention I
JH Choir, JH Band, HS Jazz Band
Hays HS
$15 participation fee per selected student

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