Junior High 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.

Junior High Choir

2025-26

Clinician
Logan Caywood
Director of Choirs, Arkansas City High School

Important Dates
Oct. 9 - Nomination Deadline - 11:59 PM (CST)
Nov. 8 - Clinic & Concert @ Norton HS - $15 participation fee per selected student

Entry Information
  • Nominations must be entered online by Oct. 9, 2025.
  • No entries will be accepted after the deadline.
  • Students nominated for JH Choir may also audition for JH Band.
    • If a student is accepted into the JH Band you may send an alternate.
    • Please send me the entry information for the alternate ASAP.
  • 6th, 7th and 8th grade students are eligible. JH Choir participants are selected by teacher recommendation. 6th Grade participation is new this year (2025-26). Please bring 6th grade students that are capable of performing at the junior high level. If the 6th grade student attends the November Convention, they are not eligible for the December Elementary Concert.
  • Nominations should be an equal number of sopranos, altos, tenors/basses as possible. (example: 2 sop, 2 alto, 2 T/B). Directors are encouraged to devise their own audition process to determine ranking and to determine who is deserving of this honor.
  • Fill out the nomination form in the KMEA Members site when it is available.
  • Please rank your students and include their year in school.
  • Fill out all necessary information (Please note that we are asking for student height in inches. This will be used for assigned seating and riser order.)
Participation Fee
  • $15 per student.
  • Due at the Nov. 8, 2025 mini-convention.
  • Purchase Orders will not be accepted.
  • Make checks to: NWKMEA
  • Fee doubles if not paid by Nov. 8, 2025.
NWKMEA Mini-Convention I
  • Nov. 8, 2025 @ Norton HS
  • Rehearsals begin at 8:30 AM
  • Concert is at 3:30 PM in the Stull Gymnasium
  • $5.00 admission
Rehearsal/Concert Attire
  • Rehearsal dress is casual/school clothes.
  • Concert dress - we want the students to look nice for this special event. No jeans, t-shirts, or flip-flops. Students are to dress-up for the concert.

Performance Repertoire

Viva
W.A. Mozart, arr. Patrick M. Liebergen
SATB

IPharadisi
arr. Brad Richmond
SATB
Traditional South African Song

Wild Mountain Thyme
arr. Andrew Parr
3 part mixed
Traditional Scottish Folk Song

Together We Sing
Leeann Starkey
SAB
  • Each student must have their own music. NO PHOTOCOPIES.
  • Teachers please help your students come well prepared so they can benefit most from the clinician.
  • Please have the notes, music and rhythm learned when they arrive
  • Please try to have as much music memorized as you can so that students will not need to use music in the performance.
 
Chairperson
Megan Riener
Stockton Schools
201 N. Cypress
Stockton, KS 67669
w: 785-425-6784
Important Dates - JH Choir
Oct. 9, 2025 - Thu
Nomination Deadline — JH Choir
Nov. 8, 2025 - Sat
Mini Convention I
JH Choir, JH Band, HS Jazz Band
Norton HS
$15 participation fee per selected student

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