Welcome to the OkMEA Children’s Chorus page!
Vendor Information
OkMEA
Attn: Children’s Chorus
PO Box 886
Muskogee, OK, 74402
Click here to download a W9 for your financial office!
Children’s Chorus Conductor – Ruth Dwyer
Ruth E. Dwyer is internationally recognized as a youth and children’s choir specialist and Kodály educator. She has been the guest conductor for the OAKE National Children’s Choir, numerous ACDA All-State Choirs, and NAfME. She is the Founder of the Hoosier Hills Choral Festival in Southern Indiana. Mrs. Dwyer has been a frequent guest conductor with the Texas International Choral Festival, MidAmerica Productions, the New England Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and guest lecturer in São Paulo, Brazil where she conducted the GRAN FINALE Festival Nacional de Corais Infantis e Jovens.
Eligibility
The All-State Children’s Choir is an opportunity for exceptional music students to work with guest choral clinicians from around the world on challenging music with other students from across the state. For other goals and teacher/school eligibility, click here.
Deadlines
First Deadline – October 31, 2026
– $15.00 per student
Second Deadline – November 7, 2026
– $25.00 per student
Emergency Deadline – After Second Deadline
– Emergency Application(s) must be completed by November 12
– Emergency fees must be paid by credit card.
Click here for more information regarding preparation and procedures.
Practice and Audition Tracks
Practice Tracks with a vocal model are available for your student(s) to use in preparation of their audition. The Audition Tracks are what you use to record your student(s) audition(s).
Click here to access the tracks download page.
Recordings and Application
Click here to access the Audition Format for the All-State Children’s Choir auditions.
Click here to access the online Audition Application Form.
Once you are finished with your auditions, check out the Application Checklist to make sure you are ready to upload your recordings.
OkMEA Music Library
To encourage teachers to use quality literature with their choirs, OkMEA has set up a lending library of music that will be available to all OkMEA members. The music used by the All-State Children’s Choir is available (through 2023). Click here to learn more!
Stephanie Stephens, Children's Chorus Assistant
