IMPORTANT DATES 2026-2027
TBD: Star Spangled Banner, Volleyball game, 6:00pm, Competition Gym (Freshman Chorus, Show Choir, Choraliers, & Mixed Chorus). Students should meet at 5:40pm
September 17: Tri-M Music Honor Society Induction Ceremony, 6pm, Cafeteria (tentative)
September 18: Choir's Back to School Picnic, 4:30pm, Lawn (tentative)
September 16: Deadline to notify Dr. Vermillion about intent to audition for ILMEA (you must be in the system by 4:59pm)
TBD: Star Spangled Banner, Volleyball game, 6:00pm, Competition Gym (Acappella & 8th Grade). Students should meet at 5:00pm.
September 30: ILMEA Audition Deadline (virtual auditions must be submitted by 4:59pm)
TBD: "Hello Day" at SWES, 7:20am (Show Choir & Choraliers)
October 8: Optional Field Trip to Mean Girls (Paramount Theatre, Aurora)
October 20: Fall Chorus Concert, 7:00pm, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform)
October 23 (tentative): Show Choir & Choraliers' Red Ribbon Tour (they will perform in the Apple Barn at Edward's Apple Orchard at 11:30am: this performance is FREE and open to the public)
TBD: Choir's SCARY MOVIE NIGHT and Costume Contest, 6:00pm, Chorus Room
TBD: BNHS Music Booster's "Turkey Trot" 5K, Prairie Fields (1111 Fairgrounds Road), 10am
November 7: ILMEA District Jazz Festival, Auburn High School
November 21: ILMEA District Festival, DeKalb High School
TBD: Zombie Prom Auditions.
TBD: IOU First Grade Christmas Party (Choraliers), Community Building, 12pm (NOTE: This event is by invitation only and is otherwise closed to the public)
December 5: Acappella at BCCD Holiday Walk, 5-8pm
December 6: Show Choir & Choraliers at the Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum, TBD
TBD: Show Choir & Choraliers record Sounds of the Holidays at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. NOTE: This session is closed to the public.
December 10: "Winter” Choral Concert, 7:00PM, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform) NOTE: This is a Thursday.
December 11: Deadline to apply for IHSA Solo/Ensemble
December 14: Board of Education Performance, Central Office (Acappella), 6pm
December 16: Acappella to perform for Senior Connections, 12:30pm (NOTE: This performance is by invitation only and is otherwise closed to the public)
TBD: Acappella at Anderson Japanese Gardens Illuminated, TBD
TBD: Funderberg House Christmas Party (Acappella), TBD (NOTE: This is a ticketed event; please contact the Boone County Museum of History for more information.)
December (various): Winter Chorus Tour
January 27-30: ILMEA All-State Conference, Peoria
TBD: Tri-M Induction Ceremony, 6:00pm, BNHS Cafeteria
February 19-20: BNHS Performing Arts presents Zombie Prom.
February 23: Chorus Progressions Pops Concert with BCMS, 7:00pm, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform)
March 6: IHSA Solo/Ensemble Contest, TBD (optional event)
April 16-17: IHSA Organization Contest, TBD (ALL Choirs to perform) NOTE: BNHS is hosting!
May 4: Choral Concert & Awards, 7:00PM, PAC (ALL Choirs to perform)
May 23: Graduation, BMO Center, 10am, tentative (Acappella)