Treble Honor Choir at KMEA
The KCDA Treble Honor Choir is an opportunity open to students in grades 5-9 with Treble (unchanged) voices who are enrolled in a choral program in the state of Kansas. Members of this ensemble will perform in a performance as part of the KMEA In-Service Workshop.
Event Timeline & Payment Info
Sep. 1, 2023 – Ready to receive new mp3 files
Oct. 2, 2023 – Online application completed & mp3 upload deadline
Oct. 23, 2023 – Audition fees due ($10 per student) & blind judging of submissions complete
Oct. 30, 2023 – Audition fee disqualification deadline. Auditions unpaid by this date will be disqualified
Nov. 6, 2023 – Website notification of accepted singers. Directors submit participation fee ($65 per selected student) immediately due upon notification of acceptance
Jan. 5th, 2024 – Participation Fees Due
Jan. 15, 2024 – All Students with Unpaid Participation Fees will be Disqualified and Alternates will be Informed of Acceptance
Feb. 23, 2024 – Rehearsals and Performance at the KMEA All-state convention in Wichita, KS
Teachers will…
Register Students
2. Create Student Profiles in Festival Scores
3. Upload mp3 audition recordings to Festival Scores
How do I register my student(s)?
Festival Scores Directors Log In
Event Tag = K3LH3M4
Event Name = 2023-2024 KCDA Treble Honor Choir
Please send payment(s) to:
Janie Brokenicky
14270 Liberty Circle
Wamego, KS 66547
Honor Choir Information
Audition Repertoire (Color)
Audition Repertoire (Black/White)
Treble Honor Choir at KMEA Chair:
Savannah Zielinski, Chair
Director of Choral Activities
Trailridge Middle School, Shawnee Mission
(620) 465-2585
2023 Clinician
Laura Farnell has a passion for making music with singers, working with educators, and creating accessible and artistic choral compositions. After graduating summa cum laude from Baylor University (Waco, TX) with her BME in Choral Music (with a piano emphasis), Laura taught elementary music for two years in Mansfield ISD, followed by eight years of JH choir in Arlington ISD. She was honored by her schools with Teacher of the Year awards in 2000 and 2003, and she received an Excellence in Education Award in 2004 as the Arlington ISD's outstanding junior high teacher of the year.
Laura presently lives in Arlington, Texas, and serves as an invited music conference presenter, as well as a choral clinician for district, region, and state honor choirs across the country. As a composer, she especially enjoys writing and arranging music for developing choirs and is represented by several music publishers. She has more than one hundred choral compositions in publication, including many commissioned pieces and a co-authored beginning sightsinging method book. She and her husband, Russell, and their two sons, attend First Presbyterian Church of Arlington where Russell serves as Minister of Music and Laura directs the children's and youth choirs.
