High School Honors Choir
Honors Festival Announcements
The District 1 Honors Festival audition entries and forms are due Thursday, November 10. Be sure to submit your information well in advance to avoid any complications.
District 1 OMEA Honors Festival
January 22, 2023
Stranahan Theater and Great Hall - Toledo, Ohio
High School Honors Band
The High School Honors Choir is chaired by Jeremy Davis (jdavis@sylvaniaschools.org) of Sylvania Northview High School.
Auditions
- Directors must fill out the Director's Form. (The link for the Dropbox folder will be sent to you within 48 hours after filling out this form.)
- Directors must fill out the Student Application Form.
- Students must record the following requirements:
- Sing an 8 note descending scale a cappella showing the lowest pitch a student can comfortably sing.
- Sing an 8 note ascending scale a cappella showing the highest pitch a student can comfortably sing.
- Sing My Country Tis of Thee" a cappella performed at the following pitch levels:
- Soprano I and Tenor I – B-flat major
- Soprano II and Tenor II – A-flat major
- Alto I and Bass I – E-flat major
- Alto II and Bass II – C major
- Directors must upload student recordings via Dropbox.
CHECK CURRENT FESTIVAL DEADLINE DATES ON THE HONORS FESTIVAL PAGE.
Directors must submit proof of OMEA membership, student medical forms, and the required participation fee of $40 per participant.
Students will not be allowed to participate if the fee is not received by the first rehearsal.
IMPORTANT FESTIVAL DEADLINES
- October 1: Online applications open. Application and recorded audition instructions for each ensemble available on District 1 website. Email sent by Festival Chair via District President notifying membership of the opening of the application process.
- November 10: Online application deadline; recorded audition submission deadline
- December 5: Notification of selected students to directors. Ensemble announcement package.
- December 12 (or next school day): Last day to withdraw accepted student without financial penalty.
- 3 weeks prior to festival: Participating directors submit student acceptance forms, fees and emergency medical forms to ensemble chairs.
Rehearsals and Guest Director Information
REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE INFO
Thursday, January 19 6pm-8:30pm @ Sylvania Northview HS
Saturday, January 21 9am-4pm @ Sylvania Northview HS
Sunday, January 22 Rehearsal Call 4:45 pm; 7pm performance @ Stranahan Theatre, Toledo
Dr. Dara Gillis received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ohio University in 1993 and 2002, respectively and recently completed her D.M.A. in Conducting at The Ohio State University. Her dissertation, Can You Move Me? Artistry, Expression and Education through the African American Spiritual in the Public-School Classroom addresses the ways in which African American spirituals can be used to foster empathy, tolerance and positive racial relations through music.
Dr. Gillis is in her twenty-eighth year as a music educator. The director of choirs and theater at Delaware Hayes High School since 2002, her ensembles have received consistent superior ratings at both district and state level adjudicated events. Dr. Gillis is an active adjudicator for the Ohio Music Education Association and has served as Creative Events Chair for the organization. She has served the Ohio Choral Directors Association as President, Vice President, East Central Region Chair and Membership Chair and currently serves as High School R&R Chair for OCDA. Dr. Gillis has one adult daughter, Jessica, and lives with her husband and their boxer, Emmett, in Powell, Ohio.
REPERTOIRE INFORMATION:
In Te Domine Speravi (PROVIDED BY CLINICIAN)
Voicing/Format: SATB
Composer: Buxtehude, Dietrich
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE
Lacrymosa from Requiem in D
Voicing/Format SATB
Composer W A Mozart
Publisher Theodore Presser Co
Catalog # 392-03065
Price: $1.95
Peze Kafe
Voicing/Format: SATB
Publisher: Walton Music Corp
Catalog# WW1484
Price: $2.55
I Loved All Lovely Things
Voicing/Format SATB
Composer Andrea Ramsey
Publisher Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Catalog # SBMP950
Price: $2.15
Roll Jordan, Roll
Voicing/Format SATB
Desc A Cappella Jg2398
Arranger Stacey V Gibbs
Publisher Gentry Publications
Series Paul A Smith
Catalog # 08749958
Price: $2.55
