Middle Level 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.

Middle Level Choir

2023-24

Clinician
Bryan Stenson, Columbia College

Important Dates
Sep. 11 - Business Meeting @ Lawrence HS
Oct. 12 - Nomination Deadline - $10 participation fee per selected student
Dec. 2 - Clinic & Concert @ Topeka HS

Schedule
8:00 - Check-in
8:30 - Rehearsal begins
2:00 PM - Public Concert
Tickets are $5.00 at the door for adults. Students K-12 and younger are FREE.

Nominations
  • Nomination deadline is October 12, 2023.
  • Nominations are entered in the KMEA Members site. Students are nominated by their teacher, who must be a member of KMEA. There is no audition.
  • Each school will be represented in the honor choir with a total of 6 singers.
    Please nominate an SSAATB sextet.
  • 7th-9th grade students are eligible for this choir. NOTE: This does mean your school district can send a M.S. SSAATB sextet and a H.S. 9th grade SSAATB sextet.
  • Each school may also submit 2 alternates. These will only be used to balance the choir, if needed. We can often use extra tenors and basses, so here is where to submit them.
  • READ!! - 9TH GRADE STUDENTS MUST CHOOSE ML CHOIR OR HS CHOIR. THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN BOTH.
Participation Fee
Participation fee is $10.00 per student and must be paid in full immediately after completing the entry. Checks and money orders are accepted, but NO PURCHASE ORDERS. Send payment, invoice, and a print-out of your nomination list to the chairperson.
Allison Enneking, NEKMEA ML Honor Choir
Eudora HS
2203 Church St
Eudora, KS 66025

Make checks payable to: Northeast KMEA

Festival Day Attire
Students are to wear black on bottom and white, gray, or black on top. Dresses are fine for ladies, and suits/tuxes/vests are fine for the guys (ties are optional).

Performance Repertoire
Be The Change
Laura Farnell
SATB
JW Pepper - 11203571

Malakatumba
Josu Elberdin
SAB
JW Pepper - 11348343

Non Nobis Domine
William Byrd
SAB
CPDL
Singers should use/learn open score version
Clinician included piano reduction for teacher usage

Ubi Caritas
Victor C. Johnson
3-part mixed
JW Pepper - 10512921

Music Changes the World
Jim Papoulis
SATB
JW Pepper - 10760347
Practice tracks have been posted in the KMEA Members site. Music should be memorized for the mini-convention.

KMEA Membership Requirement

The NEKMEA board voted to require membership in NAfME-KMEA in order to register students for NEKMEA honor groups. This is in line with the KMEA policy requiring membership in order to register students for KMEA All-State ensembles.

  1. Join NAfME. Indicate Kansas in your membership profile.
  2. Set up an account in the KMEA Members website. This creates a connection between your NAfME profile and KMEA's registration systems.
  3. After creating an account in the KMEA Members site, select your district affiliation so you may participate in elections.
  4. When registering students for NE district or All-State ensembles, your NAfME ID will be part of the registration.
  5. Do not wait until the deadline day to start this process!
 
Chairperson
Zach Shoemaker
Bonner Springs-Clark MS
100 N. McDaniel
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
w: 913-422-5115
Important Dates - ML Choir
Sep. 9, 2024 - Mon
Business Dinner & Meeting
Lawrence HS
5:15 PM - New Teacher Meeting
6:00 PM - Dinner
6:45 PM - General Business Meeting
7:00 PM - Breakout Sessions (Band, Choir, Orchestra)
Oct. 16, 2024 - Wed
Nomination Deadline — ML Choir, Elem. Choir
$10 participation fee per selected student
Dec. 7, 2024 - Sat
Mini-Conventions
Choir: Topeka HS
Orchestra: Topeka-Washburn Rural HS
Band: Topeka-Seaman HS

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