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Class overview
Choral music develops musicianship through study of vocal technique, music/sight-reading skills, and listening experiences in analysis and description. Periods of music history and the music of many cultures are explored. Unison, two- three-, and four-part choral literature is prepared and performed publicly. Attendance at performances and rehearsals outside school hours is required and included in grades. Within one music strand, students are encouraged to follow the sequence of courses to complete a Humanities and Fine Arts endorsement. Choir students participate in Varsity and Non-Varsity UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Evaluations in the Spring semester. Singers are encouraged to perform at UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest and audition for TMEA All-State Choir. Please click here to pay the annual Austin High Choir fair share fee.
Incoming Maroons (rising 8th graders and transfer students) interested in joining choir should complete this form and current Maroons (9th-12th grade AHS students) should complete this form for more information.
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Meet the Teacher
Mrs. Turner-Creel is entering her fourteenth year in music education, and her fourth year as choir director at Austin High School. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas Tech University with a Bachelors of Music and minor in Spanish. In 2010, she performed at Carnegie Hall under the direction of Dr. Richard Bjella as a member of the Texas Tech University Choir. In 2018, she toured internationally in Estonia, Finland, and Sweden as a member of the Dallas Symphony Chorus under the direction of Joshua Habermann. She earned her Masters in Music Education with a Choral/Vocal emphasis from The University of North Texas in 2022. She sings Soprano in the Conspirare Symphonic Chorus under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson. Mrs. Turner-Creel is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, and Texas Guitar Directors Association.
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