NC Middle School Honors Chorus

North Carolina Middle School Honors Chorus Information 

When: Auditions (Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025) - Event (November 8-9, 2025)

Where: Auditions (Memorial Baptist Church - Buies Creek) - Event (Winston-Salem)

Audition Piece: "Hallelujah, Amen" by G.F. Handel

Who: Any 6th, 7th, or 8th Grade Chorus student who is 100% confident in singing alone in front of a judge, and who is comfortable and successful in completing a four- to eight-measure sight-singing example (containing quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, and solfege ranging from Do to Sol)

Cost: $25 (covers cost of audition)

In order to audition for Honors Chorus, you must...

• • • ...be a 6th, 7th, or 8th Grade Chorus student at MGMS.

    • ...have previous experience singing in a choral group.

    • ...be comfortable singing your voice part (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, or Bass) alone in front of a judge. Your voice must be loud enough to be heard over a pre-recorded accompaniment track.

    • ...be able to sing on pitch without the help of a piano or voice assisting.

    • ...be able to sight-sing a simple melody that may contain quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, eighth notes, and solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc.) containing steps and skips. 

    • ...be willing to put in a lot of rehearsal time at school (during after-school rehearsals and Mastery time) and at home (practice your audition piece and sight-singing examples at least 30 minutes every day).

    • ...be able to commit to the weekend of November 8 & 9, 2025. If you audition and are selected to be a part of the North Carolina Middle School Honors Chorus, you will be required to attend the rehearsals and performance at the North Carolina Music Educators Conference in Winston-Salem on these dates. If MGMS has students selected, I will send home information regarding additional music to be learned for this event, as well as hotel/lodging information.

If you are interested in committing to this audition process, please contact Mrs. Wood for an information packet, and if necessary, a vocal audition (only for students who were not in Chorus at MGMS last year). You will also have to sign up for Honors Chorus Mastery class in order to learn the music and practice sight-singing examples.

Mastery Rehearsals (8:30-9:00AM) - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays

Rehearsal Schedule (After School @ 3:40-4:30PM in Room 403)

Thursday, Aug. 28

Tuesday, Sept. 2

Thursday, Sept. 4

Tuesday, Sept. 9 - REGISTRATION FEE & CONTRACT DUE!

Thursday, Sept. 11

Tuesday, Sept. 16

Thursday, Sept. 18

Tuesday, Sept. 23 - MOCK AUDITIONS

Thursday, Sept. 25 - MOCK AUDITIONS

Friday, Sept. 26

Monday, Sept. 29

Tuesday, Sept. 30 - FINAL REHEARSAL

Wednesday, Oct. 1 - AUDITION DAY!!

***Audition results will be released some time on October 3!

Honors Chorus Info

Honors Chorus Contract