Treble Honor Choir Deadline

Happy Monday, KCDA!

Just a friendly reminder that THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014 is the deadline for audition submissions for the KCDA Treble Honor Choir.  All tracks and student forms must be submitted at www.kansaschoral.com no later than 11:59pm.

Please carefully read the following, as the new online audition process includes some changes to past procedures.  Full details (with pictures!) on how to submit an audition can be found by clicking here: Audition Submission Instructions.  Please note that the tracks MUST BE NAMED in the following format for verification purposes: FirstNameLastNameSchool.

We hope you find this process user friendly, but if you should have any problems, feel free to email me at thompson.tiffani@ymail.com.

Tiffani N. Thompson
KCDA Webmaster
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General Audition Info:

• All auditions must be submitted ONLINE at www.kansaschoral.com before 11:59pm on Friday, October 3, 2014. Please DO NOT mail CDs, as they will not be accepted.
• Student information will be completed as a part of the online submission process.  Please DO NOT mail in the registration forms.
• Payment ($5 per student) should be postmarked to Treble Honor Choir Chair Christine Freeman by Friday, October 3, 2014.
• Auditions submitted to both the KCDA Statewide Treble Honor Choir and KMEA Middle Level Honor Choir will be disqualified.

Notes about the online submission process:

• Go to www.kansaschoral.com and click the Treble Honor Choir icon.  From the Treble Honor Choir page, click "Submit a Treble Honor Choir Audition" to submit a student's audition track.
• All submitted tracks should be one of the following file types: .aac, .aif, .mp3, .m4a, .wav
• Audition tracks MUST BE NAMED in the following format: StudentFirstNameStudentLastNameSchool (ex: AmeliaSmithCentralMS)
• The student's name on the uploaded track and the student's information on the same page MUST MATCH.  Auditions that do not match are subject to disqualification.
• After you submit the audition, a confirmation page will appear on your screen if the form and track have been accepted.  This is the only confirmation you will receive, so please wait for it.
• Please DO NOT submit duplicate tracks for each student.  Only the earliest submission will be accepted.

Helpful Links:

View information about the choir here: Treble Honor Choir

Audition specifics here: Audition Guidelines

Submit a track by clicking here: KCDA Treble Honor Choir Audition Submission

Help yourself - complete details on how to submit an audition track: HERE

Treble Honor Choir Auditions are Now ONLINE

We are pleased to announce that auditions for the KCDA Treble Honor Choir are now ONLINE.  Please read the following, as there are several changes to this year's submission process.  Full details (with pictures!) on how to submit an audition can be found by clicking here: Audition Submission Instructions

General Info:

• All auditions must be submitted ONLINE at www.kansaschoral.com before 11:59pm on Friday, October 3, 2014. Please DO NOT mail CDs, as they will not be accepted.
• Student information will be completed as a part of the online submission process.  Please DO NOT mail in the registration forms.
• Payment ($5 per student) should be postmarked to Treble Honor Choir Chair Christine Freeman by Friday, October 3, 2014.
• Auditions submitted to both the KCDA Statewide Treble Honor Choir and KMEA Middle Level Honor Choir will be disqualified.

Notes about the online submission process:

• Go to www.kansaschoral.com and click the Treble Honor Choir icon.  From the Treble Honor Choir page, click "Submit a Treble Honor Choir Audition" to submit a student's audition track.
• All submitted tracks should be one of the following file types: .aac, .aif, .mp3, .m4a, .wav
• Audition tracks MUST BE NAMED in the following format: StudentFirstNameStudentLastNameSchool (ex: AmeliaSmithCentralMS)
• The student's name on the uploaded track and the student's information on the same page MUST MATCH.  Auditions that do not match are subject to disqualification.
• After you submit the audition, a confirmation page will appear on your screen if the form and track have been accepted.  This is the only confirmation you will receive, so please wait for it.
• Please DO NOT submit duplicate tracks for each student.  Only the earliest submission will be accepted.

Helpful Links:

View information about the choir here: Treble Honor Choir

Audition specifics here: Audition Guidelines

Submit a track by clicking here: KCDA Treble Honor Choir Audition Submission

Help yourself - complete details on how to submit an audition track: HERE

We hope you find this process user friendly, but if you should have any problems, feel free to email me at thompson.tiffani@ymail.com.

Hope that your Monday is off to a fantastic start!

Tiffani N. Thompson

KCDA Webmaster

Kansas Choral Composition Prize

KCDA,

Please see the following news release from the Wichita Chamber Chorale announcing their Kansas Choral Composition Prize.  Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2015.  For full details, click here.

Hope you're enjoying this beautiful weekend!

Tiffani N. Thompson
KCDA Webmaster

All-State Preparation Clinics

The following schools are hosting All-State Audition Preparation Clinics.  Please see below for information.

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Bethany College: September 25, 2014
Bethany College is once again hosting the Bethania Pre-Audition Choral Workshop, September 25th, 2014 . Registration is FREE and lunch is provided for directors and students. Rehearsals begin at 8am and finish up at 2:30. Register by clicking here.

Friends University: Saturday, September 27, 2014
All-State Choir Audition Prep Day, 9:45am-3pm.  Please register by clicking here.  Contact Director of Choral Music, Mark Bartel, for more information: bartel@friends.edu

Wichita State University:  Friday, October 3, 2014
The Annual WSU All-State workshop to learn the audition selections is Friday, October 3.  Registration in Wiedemann Hall begins at 8:30am and concludes at 3:00pm.  Throughout the day participants will sing in a variety of section rehearsals with the WSU voice and choral faculty.  The workshop is free, but students are responsible for their own lunch.  To participate, directors must email a list of their students and their assigned voice parts one week prior to the event to tom.wine@wichita.edu.  More detailed information can be found here.

Baker University: Friday, October 17, 2014
Join Interim Director Cathy Crispino and the Baker choral faculty and help your students learn the three state audition pieces. Register before October 10 by clicking here.

Kansas City Kansas Community College: October 25, 2014KCKCC will host their annual All-State Audition Rehearsal on Saturday, October 25 from 10am-12pm in the Choir Room.  This event is free of charge. Both students and instructors are welcome to join. Please contact Prof. Stafford at 913.288.7137 or jstafford@kckcc.edu to register for the event. 

State Audition Prep Clinics

State audition music preparation clinics:

Baker University: Friday, October 17, 2014
Join Interim Director Cathy Crispino and the Baker choral faculty and help your students learn the three state audition pieces. Register before October 10 by clicking here.

Bethany College: September 25, 2014
Bethany College is once again hosting the Bethania Pre-Audition Choral Workshop, September 25th, 2014 . Registration is FREE and lunch is provided for directors and students. Rehearsals begin at 8am and finish up at 2:30. Register by clicking here.

Wichita State University:  Friday, October 3, 2014
The Annual WSU All-State workshop to learn the audition selections is Friday, October 3.  Registration in Wiedemann Hall begins at 8:30am and concludes at 3:00pm.  Throughout the day participants will sing in a variety of section rehearsals with the WSU voice and choral faculty.  The workshop is free, but students are responsible for their own lunch.  To participate, directors must email a list of their students and their assigned voice parts one week prior to the event to tom.wine@wichita.edu.  More detailed information can be found here.


Have a wonderful Monday!

Tiffani N. Thompson
KCDA Webmaster

Treble Honor Choir Auditions

KCDA,

Please see the following message from Christine Freeman, co-chair for the Kansas Statewide Treble Honor Choir.  Please note that auditions for this ensemble have moved online this year.  Information about submitting auditions will be available to you in the next few days.

Have a great weekend!

Tiffani N. Thompson

KCDA Webmaster

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Greetings!

I am Christine Freeman, and will again be coordinating the Kansas Statewide Treble Honor Choir.  I would also like to introduce you to my co-chair, Josh Wildin.  Hopefully, you have already checked out all the information on the KCDA website, www.kansaschoral.com/treble-honor-choir.html.  If not, I would like to invite you to look into this fabulous opportunity for your unchanged voice singers!

All students participating in a choir of KCDA members in grades 5-9 with unchanged voices are eligible to audition.  Please note that students MAY NOT audition for both the KCDA Treble Honor Choir AND the KMEA Middle Level Honor Choir.  Please choose the choir that is most appropriate for your singer and submit an audition for only one honor group.  

Selected students will prepare five pieces to rehearse and perform with a recognized clinician at the KMEA In-Service in Wichita on February 27.  

This year, all auditions will be submitted electronically.  Electronic submission guidelines will be available in the next week. 

All electronic submissions of your students' auditions must be submitted before 11:59 pm on Friday, October 3, 2014.  The deadline is one month away!  All the information you need can be found on the KCDA website.  Details for recording the auditions can be found on the Audition Guidelines link on the webpage.  Please read them thoroughly to avoid disqualification of your students' auditions.

Our clinician is Meredith Bowen, DMA candidate at Michigan State.  She is an active clinician and has been the Artistic Director for both the Battle Creek Girls Chorus and Battle Creek Community Chorus. We are so fortunate to bring her to Kansas to work with our kids!

If you have any questions, please email me at freecee81@gmail.com. I look forward to receiving your auditions! 

Please forward this email to your colleagues who might be interested in submitting student auditions this year!

I hope that your school year is off to a great start!

Christine Freeman