HIGH SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR APPLICATION

Forty auditioned high school students will be selected for the 2022 Ad Astra High School Honor Choir. In addition to rehearsals and a culminating performance, the three-day program includes cross-discipline workshops delving into the contexts of the music being performed. This immersive approach to learning music makes this honor choir unique. This year's primary clinician is Shelby Laird. She is from Hays, Kansas, and was a Young Artist at Ad Astra in 2015. She graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2018 with a degree in choral music education where she served as NAU’s Student Chapter President of ACDA and planned the Student Symposium for the state of Arizona in 2017. She was awarded the Outstanding Future Choral Educator of the Year for the state of Arizona in 2018. She has been teachig choir at WIlliam Chrisman High School in Indpendance Missouri for the past two years. This fall she will be moving to Oregon to recieve her Masters in Choral Conductiong a the University of Oregon. The dates are July 13, 14, and 15 with the performance the evening of July 15. Daily transportation is provided to and from Salina and Hays.

Application Deadline: July 12, 2022

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Number of years in choir, number of years of private voice study and teacher's name, instruments played, number of years of private instrumental study, honor choirs

Recording

Provide a link (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, ec.) to an a cappella audio or video recording of "America, the Beautiful" in whatever key best suits your voice.

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Write a paragraph (150–200 words) explaining why you're interested in the Ad Astra Music Festival honor choir.

Submitted information is confidential. By applying, I understand that, if selected, I will pay a non-refundable $100 participation fee (covering scores, rehearsal lunches, and a festival T-shirt) and that I am committing to attend all rehearsals and the performance.

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