OMEA All-State Children's Chorus
OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus
Margaret Ann Adams and Kathy Gossen, Co-Chairs (Contact Information in directory)
On behalf of the Oklahoma Music Educators Assocation, we invite you to participate in the 2011 OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus. This outstanding group of young Oklahomans is an auditioned chorus of unchanged voices in the fourth through eight grades. The State Children’s Chorus provides exceptional elementary and middle school students with the opportunity to grow musically under the guidance of an internationally known clinician. They perform quality choral literature with students from across the state of Oklahoma, and receive encouragement to keep pursuing music as a lifelong endeavor. In addition, it provides music educators the opportunity to observe and work with internationally known conductors, and allowing them to develop stronger singers within their own choirs.
The OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus began in 1995 as an expansion of Circle the State with Song, (a series of region choral festivals found across the state). Students who participate in their region’s Circle the State with Song Festival may audition for the OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus. Approximately 140 singers from across the state are selected to participate in this prestigious group that performs at the General Session of the January, 2011 OMEA Conference in Tulsa. The performance includes compositions from the Circle the State with Song repertoire, as well as music chosen by the Children’s Chorus conductor. The OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus members are also given the opportunity to perform at the Oklahoma State Capital in March for a special Music in Our Schools Event.
For 2011, we have the distinct privilege to have Jean Ashworth Bartle as our guest conductor. Founder and conductor of the Toronto Children’s Chorus in Canada, Bartle is a popular lecturer, clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor for children’s choirs around the globe. She has received numerous awards and honors including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, Order of Ontario and that country’s highest honor, the Order of Canada. Her choral influence has set the standard for children’s choirs around the globe and raised Canadian choral literature for children to an unprecedented artistic standard. This will be her second appearance as guest conductor for the OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus.
For audition regulations, procedures, an audition form, and a copy of the audition CD, please see the links provided below.
2010 Deadlines for the 2011 OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus
October 8: All-State Children’s Chorus First Deadline ($5)
October 15: All-State Children’s Chorus Second Deadline ($15)
October 21: All-State Children’s Chorus Emergency Deadline* ($100)
*Hand delivered to the OMEA All-State Chair at the
October In-Service Conference by 9:00 a.m.
2011 OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus Concert Dates
January 21: January Convention General Session, Tulsa Convention Center
March 8: Music in Our Schools Month Concert, State Capital
NOTE: Beginning with the 2012 OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus, auditions will be a compact disc (CD) ONLY audition; we will no longer accept audio tapes. As such, you may want to begin making the transition to a CD recording device for the 2011 OMEA All-State Children’s Chorus auditions. For your convenience, we have provided a list of possible recording devices available to teachers to record next year’s auditions in CD form. Click HERE to download in Adobe pdf format.**
LINKS!!!!
All-State Children’s Chorus Audition Regulations and Procedures
Go to the AUDITION REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES page to download the free Audition Audio tracks. (m4)
All-State Children's Chorus Audition Form (MSWord format)
All-State Children's Chorus Sample Adjudication Form (MSWord format)
All-State Children’s Chorus Medical and Media Release Form
Rollo Dilworth, 2010 All-State Children's Chorus Conductor, rehearses the group on Friday