Welcome to the Mixed and Treble Chorus page!

OkMEA has only one audition process for both the Mixed and Treble Choruses. Every interested student auditions for the Mixed Chorus. The committee will place singers after the final round.

OkMEA All-State Chorus Audition Guidelines (Revised 2022)

Mixed Chorus Repertoire List (through 2023)

Treble Chorus Repertoire List (through 2023)

Choral Business Meeting (January 2023)

The OkMEA Executive Board voted to allow choral students to audition on non-traditional voice parts (for example: a boy auditioning as an alto) as long as the student consistently sings that voice part in their school’s choral organization. If you have a student auditioning on a non-traditional voice part, you will need to complete the following steps:
  • Fill out a Non-Traditional Voice Part Registration Form for each student
  • Inform Teresa Pointer, Mixed Chorus Chair, by email of the non-traditional voice part selection.
  • Scan your form and email to to Teresa Pointer as an attachment or deliver it to your Quad Chair at the first round audition site.

Completed forms must be received before the student attempts the first round audition.

If you have further questions, contact either:

  • Margie Green, Choral Vice President
  • Teresa Pointer, Mixed Chorus Chair

Vendor Information
OkMEA
Attn: Chorus
PO Box 886
Muskogee, OK, 74402

Click here to download a W9 for your financial office!

Deadlines and Fees

First Deadline – September 16, 2023
– $20.00 per student
Second Deadline – September 23, 2023
– $45.00 per student
Emergency Deadline – Contact Choral Chair
– $100.00 per student
– Send an email with student information to both:
Mixed Chorus Chair AND Mark Cain 

Audition Dates

First Round – Saturday, October 28
Northwest (Enid High School)
– Ron Wallace and Matt Johnson
Northeast (Centennial MS in Broken Arrow)
– Mike Shimp
Southwest (Lawton Eisenhower Middle School)
– Lacy West 
Southeast (East Central University in Ada)
– Peggy Shelby

Click here to download the list of schools assigned to each quadrant

Second Round – Saturday, November 11
– University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond

Rehearsal Tracks

– Student auditions will use the official Rehearsal Tracks which can be purchased through OkCDA
– Kevin Zinn has produced the Rehearsal tracks that include pronunciation guides for foreign language pieces

Click here to access the online Rehearsal Track Order Form

All-State Registration Information

GTOMS will be available for registration beginning September 1st!

All High School students auditioning for All-State will need to be entered in G-TOMS.

*SPECIAL NOTE: If you have students who need to audition in a different quad due to a conflict, you will still enter them in your original quad. Once the entries are complete, send an email to David Gorham ([email protected]) with the list of students who need to change quads. Please include your name, school, original quad, and new quad request in the body of the email.


GTOMS Registration Information

  1. Go to G-TOMS to register as a director (Director Registration Video)
    1. Use the email address you prefer for communication throughout the All-State process
    2. As you are registering, you will be prompted to enter your NAfME membership number
      1. Your membership must remain current throughout the All-State process (through January)
      2. Messages will pop-up if your membership is about to expire or will expire during the All-State process
    3. If your school does not appear in the list OR your school is assigned to the wrong Quad, please contact David Gorham at 918.384.9731
  2. Once you are registered with G-TOMS, you may enter your students individually OR send students the student link to complete their registration (Entry Procedures Video)
    1. Please note that a Parent/Guardian Name and email will be required for all students auditions for All-State
    2. Do NOT put your name and email address as the Parent/Guardian
    3. *SPECIAL NOTE: If you have students who need to audition in a different quad due to a conflict, you will still enter them in your original quad. Once the entries are complete, send an email to David Gorham ([email protected]) with the list of students who need to change quads. Please include your name, school, original quad, and new quad request in the body of the email.
  3. You have three options to pay for your entries–credit card, purchase order, or check (Payment Procedures Video)
    1. If you are paying by purchase order or check, save a picture of the check or PO to your computer
    2. You will be prompted to upload a picture of your check or PO when using these forms of payment
    3. Invoices will not be available on G-TOMS this year
    4. OkMEA will bill all schools who did not pay by credit card after the second deadline. If you do not receive your invoice, please contact Jay Huffer at [email protected] 
    5. All Emergency Entries will need to be paid by credit card on G-TOMS

If paying by check, mail the physical check with your invoice to:
OkMEA
All-State Choral Auditions
PO Box 886
Muskogee, OK 74402

Audition Selections

Dixit Dominus (Mvt. 1) – Marianna Martines
ed. Halfaway CPDL 70190
Voicing as listed (Sop 1 and 2 separate staves)
*Auditions and rehearsal tracks will be based on the CPDL edition
*Students making the 2024 All State Mixed Chorus will need to make the stylistic changes reflected in the Stroope marked score which will be provided after 2nd round auditions

Abendlied – Josef Rheinberger
CPDL 00380
Soprano 1 sing Soprano staff
Soprano 2 and Alto 1 sing Alto 1 staff
All Alto 2 sing Alto 2 staff
All Tenor 1 sing Tenor 1 staff
Tenor 2 and Bass 1 sing Tenor 2 staff
All Bass 2 sing Bass staff
*Auditions and rehearsal tracks will be based on the CPDL edition
**Students making the 2024 All State Mixed Chorus will need to make the stylistic changes reflected in the Stroope marked score which will be provided after 2nd round auditions

Tarantella – Z. Randall Stroope
CM 9735
Divisi as written

Swans – Eriks Esenvelds
MB 1607
Divisi as written

Non-Audition Selections

Alleluia – Elaine Hagenberg
EH 1007

Song to the Moon – Z. Randall Stroope
WW 1430

Rock-A-My-Soul – Stacey V. Gibbs
WJMS 1166

Longing to Be Seen – Sherry Blevins
Commissioned for the 2024 OkMEA
Mixed Chorus by OkCDA
*PDF to be delivered following 2nd Round

Treble Chorus Repertoire

Jerusalem Luminosa – Abbie Betinis

Vocalise – Rachmaninoff/Arr. Tanner

Gloria from Mass of Joy – Ambroz Copi

Let Me Listen – Dan Forrest

Ave Marisa Stella – Mark Thomas

By Night – Elaine Hagenberg

Notes for Dixit Dominus

– Please make note of the following dynamic marking changes. In ms. 33, 35, 87, 89 the dynamic marking should be piano and NOT forte in ALL parts. This change SHOULD be observed in judging. 
 

Notes for Tarantella

– The basses and altos will be allowed to leave out a syllable and take a breath in ms. 4 -24 (bass), ms. 14-24 (alto) , ms. 129-149 (bass), and ms. 139-149 (alto). These are the repeated eighth note sections. Make sure to use “well planned” breaths.
– In the alto part, ms. 50, the text should read KOSA and not DOSA.
– ms. 77, bt. 3, the bass part should have a quarter note on the syllable “la”, (same as the tenor part) The track plays an eighth note and either the eighth or quarter note will be accepted in auditions. 


Notes for Swans

– Soprano, ms. 23-29, stay on the “Oh” vowel, do not close to “mmm”

 

Mindy Bettridge, All-State Treble Chorus Chair

Teresa Pointer, All-State Mixed Chorus Chair