High School Choir

2025-26

Clinician
TBA

Important Dates
Oct. 12 - Audition Registration Deadline - $5 per audition
Oct. 26 - Audition Registration - Late Deadline #1 - $25 per audition
Nov. 7 - Audition Registration - Late Deadline #2 - $50 per audition
Nov. 8 - Audition Registration - Late Deadline #3 - $100 per audition
Nov. 8 - Auditions @ Pittsburg High School
Dec. 6 - Clinic & Concert @ Pittsburg State U. - $15 participation fee per selected student

Audition Registration
Auditions must be entered online in the KMEA Members site. Each school will be a member of the KSHSAA or a KSHSAA Approved School and be in good standing with the organization.

Fees
Use the SEKMEA Invoice Generator to create your fee invoices. An invoice print-out must be included with each payment. Make checks payable to Southeast KMEA.

Audition Rotations - Group 1 will be scheduled first.

• Group 1: Pittsburg, Fredonia, Parsons, Yates Center, Chetopa, Riverton, Burlington, Baxter Springs, Erie, Madison
• Group 2: Columbus, Oswego, Eureka, Labette County, Chanute, Caney Valley, Coffeyville, Erie, Moran, St. Paul, Mound City, Waverly, Girard
• Group 3: Northeast, Frontenac, Garnett, Colgan, Galena, Ft. Scott, Cherryvale, Southeast, LaCygne, Altoona-Midway, Pleasanton, Sedan, Neodesha, Independence, Uniontown, Iola

Audition Procedure

• Students will audition on the required state literature.
• Students meet in the auditorium/gym for instructions. They will go through the audition passages for each voice part.
• Students names and numbers are posted at their respective audition rooms.
• Auditions are to be blind with the student behind a screen
• The door monitor will announce the student' number to the judges.
• There will be a person designated to start the CD The student performs their audition without director and without stopping or re-starting the CD.
• There will be 3 judges per room and will score the student's audition on a rubric which will be stapled together and sent to the tabulation room where the scores are totaled by one director and double-checked by another director for accuracy.
• Results will be posted on the district website as soon as they are available.
• Every school with students auditioning for band or choir will be guaranteed at least one student placed in either the band or choir.
• Auditions for SEKMEA High School Honor Ensembles will be live auditions with the following exception: The only allowable exception is for students unable to attend district auditions due to participation in NAfME All-National Ensembles. The procedure for a recorded audition will be as follows:
  1. Teacher will take a video recording of the student performing the entire audition material in one take.
  2. Submit to the district President no later than 7 days before auditions.
  3. The district President will review the audition to ensure the correct person auditioned and done in one take.
  4. The President will then forward an audio-only copy to the appropriate ensemble chair who will be responsible for playing the appropriate cut of the audition for judges on audition day.

Concert Attire
Black & White

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Audition Selections

TBA