1. New Teachers
High School Choral

2. Contents How to join! (MPA)Solo/Small - Ensembles. Contacts
(MPA)Solo/Small - Solo.
Websites
Other Activities
Mentoring
Helpful Hints and Sites
Student Events
Honors Chorus
Honors Chorus 2018
All-State Chorus
All-State Chorus 2019
(MPA) LARGE ENSEMBLE

3. How to join!
You must be a current member in good standing of NCMEA for your school to participate in any of the following events!
To Join:
Participating students must be enrolled in a scheduled choral class receiving one unit of credit in the current school year.
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4. Contacts Choral Section Chair: Eddie Adams – hschoral_chair@ncmea.net
Past Section Chair/Hall of Fame: Ed Yasick –
Honors Chorus Audition Chair: Ross Broadway -
Honors Chorus Event Chair: Carol Earnhardt –
All-State Chorus: Sarah McLamb –
MPA: Michelle Sullivan, Choral Activities Chair – - for general information
your MPA Site Chair for details about your district’s MPA
Grievances: Sarah Fulton:
Public Relations/Educational Affairs: Jeffery Danielson Contents
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5. Contacts Teacher of the Year: Jenny Patchett - jpatchett@wcpss.net
New Teachers: Richard Butler –
Mentoring Program: Richard Butler (above) or Windy Fullagar –
Music List Revisions: Heather Copley -
Sight Singing: Bethany Jennings -
Teacher of the Year: Jenny Patchett -
Technology: Roman Brady -
Constitution: David Brooks -
MPA Revision: Brad Bensen -
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6. Websites http://www.ncmea.net/sections-2/high-school-choral/
- for Honors Chorus ONLY
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7. Mentoring
NCMEA has a mentoring program for new teachers! Go to http: for details
Contact: Windy Fullagar -
Sign up for a mentor, sub money is available for mentor/mentee visits
Mentoring Pre-Conference: Will pay for room (with a roommate) or half room price (if private room) and lunch Saturday if you are a participant!
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8. Student Events
Go to the “Student Events” tab on the website and you will find information on all our student events
Honors Chorus
All-State
MPA’s (Large Ensemble and Solo/Small Ensemble)
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9. Honors Chorus
Register at pay, and postmark registration by midnight, Sept.10
Audition fee of $20.00 per student, school/booster check or money order only.
You can bring up to 10% of your CHORAL enrollment
(Ex: 1-14 enrolled=1 audition, enrolled=2 auditions, enrolled=3 auditions, etc.)
Count each student only once no matter how many classes they are in!
Audition sites alternate yearly:
Odd Years – East: Thursday, Central: Friday, West: Saturday
Even Years – West: Thursday, Central: Friday, East: Saturday
Sites:
East: Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Central: UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
West: St. Luke United Methodist, Hickory, NC (West sites vary year-to-year)
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10. ** For Schools with Seated Singers **
Honors Chorus
Auditions (about 6 minutes) include: Vocalizing (for range only), Singing vocal part from audition piece, and sight singing (tracks are available for download to practice the sight singing audition process)
Audition results will be sent by , send $20.00 registration fee per student postmarked by Honors Chorus Coordinator’s designated postmark deadline.
** For Schools with Seated Singers **
J.W. Pepper will send music packets directly to your school – you don’t have to order, but you do have to pay! You may need to secure a PO number.
Honors Chorus convenes Saturday and Sunday at the beginning of Conference (early November in Winston Salem)
Singers are mixed and screened – so make sure your students know their stuff!
for details
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11. Honors Chorus 2018 Chair: Ross Broadway - nchonorschorus@gmail.com
East Audition – Thursday, September 26, Meredith College
Central Audition – Friday, September 27, UNC-G
West Audition – Saturday, September 28, St. Luke’s UMC
Rehearsals: November 9th and 10th, 2019
Performance: November 10, 2019 at UNCSA Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 3 p.m. – free of charge
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12. All-State Chorus
To benefit NEW TEACHERS, deadline for registration is December 1
Register at
$30.00 non-refundable registration fee for each choir
These fees will be applied to your total fees, which are $30.00 per seated student due by All-State Coordinator’s designated postmark deadline.
Allotments are assigned by enrollment. You’ll know by Feb. 1
When submitting chorus program enrollment, count each student only once no matter how many classes they are in!
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13. All-State Chorus All-State convenes in Charlotte in April/May Contents
You choose which choirs you participate in.
You select your singers for up to three choirs this year:
TTBB (9-12), SSA (9-12), SATB (9-12)
You must assign one student to each voice part in a choir before you can duplicate a voice part assignment.
Programs with 24 or fewer students may not be guaranteed a slot in every choir, and will be refunded registration fees if their enrollment is not sufficient to allow for one slot in every choir.
Your students must attend a three hour District Rehearsal.
All-State convenes in Charlotte in April/May
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14. All-State Chorus
Your school must have participated in an MPA within the last two years: Solo/Small Ensemble or Large Ensemble
Two exceptions: 1. New School or 2. Teacher’s 1st year at the school – if the school went to MPA last year and you have the information, go ahead and submit it!
Once you receive your allotments, select your students and order your music. J.W. Pepper has the repertoire lists, but you are responsible for acquiring the music.
Singers are screened, so make sure they know their stuff!
See for details.
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15. This year All-State convenes April 26-27, 2019 at the
All-State Chorus 2019
This year All-State convenes
April 26-27, 2019 at the
Charlotte Convention Center
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16. Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) LARGE ENSEMBLE
Register with your Site Chairperson by February 1
Registration is ONLINE ONLY
See and click on MPA Calendar for dates and contact information and to download the MPA Approved Repertoire List
$ per ensemble
No size limitation (small ensemble is considered up to 24)
Perform two memorized selections: One MUST be from the MPA Approved Repertoire List, the other can be off the list, but of comparable difficulty (exception: Comments Only or Grade 1, in which case BOTH songs should be OFF the list)
Sight singing is optional: one rhythmic exercise and one singing exercise in a voicing/difficulty level selected by the choral director, The difficulty levels do not need to be the same for both types of sight singing.
“Retired” sight singing is available online through Bethany Jennings.
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17. Music Performance Adjudication (MPA)
Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) Solo and Small Ensemble: ENSEMBLES
Register with your Site Chairperson by February 1
Registration is ONLINE ONLY
See and click on MPA Calendar for dates and contact information.
$20.00 for ensembles of 2-4, $50.00 for ensembles of 5-24
Size limitation: A small ensemble is considered 2 to 24 singers
2 to 4 singers: 1 memorized selection
5 to 24 singers: 2 memorized selections
Does not have to be from MPA Approved Repertoire List, but Broadway, Gospel, and Pop selections are not suitable
Sight singing was offered at three sites as a pilot program in 2017
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18. Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) Solo and Small Ensemble: SOLOS
Register with your Site Chairperson by February 1
Registration is ONLINE ONLY
See and click on MPA Calendar for dates and contact information
$15.00 per soloist
Up to 2 memorized selections if under time limit of 6 minutes total
Broadway, Gospel, Pop are not considered suitable
No sight singing
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19. Other Activities
All-County Chorus – see your local school district for information, there are multiple formats from massed choirs to director auditioned/selected to county-wide auditions
Performance at NCMEA Convention – section chair for information
Adjudicators – there is a training seminar at Convention
You must complete the training seminar
Must have taught in North Carolina for 2 years
Solo/Small Ensemble adjudicators must be either voice
majors or collegiate instructors
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20. Helpful Hints and Sites
– an educational “Facebook”
- have students enter a code, click record simultaneously, and video record each individual in your choir individually while they are singing in the choir! All at once!
– create your own website (if your district allows)
– a great way to send group texts to parents and students
– great resource with excellent graphics
– upload videos and imbed questions for students
– collect topical links on a related image for your students
- needs to be activated at a district level!
– easy way to create rehearsal tracks!
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