Chattanooga Boys Choir Middle School Choral Festival
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
To register your choir, please review the information below and click on the registration link button to register your middle school choir for the Chattanooga Boys Choir Middle School Choral Festival on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. Registration due by Friday, December 6, 2024.
REFRESH. RENEW. RESOUND.
Join the Chattanooga Boys Choir and renowned guest clinician Dr. Martha Shaw on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 for a fun, remarkable, and memorable experience of choral music-making especially designed for middle school choirs!
- Full ensemble festival format - no auditions required!
- Bring singers and choirs of any experience and middle school grade level.
- Students should prepare music with the aid of provided part-learning materials in advance of the festival.
- The day culminates in an evening performance with festival participants, Dr. Shaw, and members of the Chattanooga Boys Choir.
- All events take place at First Baptist Church - 401 Gateway Ave. in Chattanooga
SPACE LIMITED! Registration opens October 28, 2024
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(click on the image for a PDF of the poster)
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WHO: Middle School choral singers in grades 6-8 are invited to participate from choral programs in public and private schools in the following counties (public schools in either city or county school systems are welcome to participate): * TN - Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie, Grundy, Bradley, Polk, Bledsoe, Rhea, McMinn, Monroe, and Meigs counties * GA - Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield WHEN: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - closing performance at 6:00pm REGISTRATION: October 28, 2024 - December 6, 2024 (registration closed) LOCATION: First Baptist Church - Chattanooga 401 Gateway Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37402 COST: No registration fee for the festival! * schools provide and arrange sheet music, transportation, and meals for thier participants CLINICIANS: Dr. Martha Shaw, Reinhardt University & Spivey Hall Children's Choir SPECIAL GUESTS:
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REPERTOIRE (with links to publisher and JWPepper ordering information):
Come Travel with Me (SAB) by Scott Farthing / Walton WLG162 / JWPepper #10850205
The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky (3-part mixed) by Victor C. Johnson / Hal Leonard 00147376 / JWPepper #10557592
Howdidow, deediddleumday (3-part mixed), Vicki,Tucker Courtney / Carl Fischer CM9595 / JWPepper #10990717
Blue Skies (3-part mixed) George Gershwin, arr. Emerson / Hal Leonard 08551489 / JWPepper #3276862
Be the Change Marc Kaplin & Colin Britt http://songs.justicechoir.org/BeTheChange
Come Travel with Me (SAB) by Scott Farthing / Walton WLG162 / JWPepper #10850205
The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky (3-part mixed) by Victor C. Johnson / Hal Leonard 00147376 / JWPepper #10557592
Howdidow, deediddleumday (3-part mixed), Vicki,Tucker Courtney / Carl Fischer CM9595 / JWPepper #10990717
Blue Skies (3-part mixed) George Gershwin, arr. Emerson / Hal Leonard 08551489 / JWPepper #3276862
Be the Change Marc Kaplin & Colin Britt http://songs.justicechoir.org/BeTheChange
- There is no fee for participation in the festival. The Chattanooga Boys Choir provides all costs associated with clinicians, space, accompanist, and other required expenses. However, schools should make their own arrangements to secure transportation, legal copies of sheet music (four pieces), and meals (lunch and dinner) for all singers. The CBC will advertise to registered choirs a dinner option (i.e., delivered pizza) in January 2025 at a nominal cost per singer that will need to be secured and paid prior to the festival;
- Sheet music ordering information will be shared with all registered schools no later than the week of December 9-13. All singers should arrive with their parts securely and confidently learned;
- Practice learning tracks on the repertoire will be made available to registered schools upon the return from winter break in January;
- All participants should arrive at FBC by 9:15am on the morning of Tuesday, February 25;
- All students should be supervised and chaperoned throughout the event, with a representative from each school in rehearsal during the day;
- The final concert begins at 6:00pm in the sanctuary of FBC-Chattanooga - it will include some selections performed by members of the Chattanooga Boys Choir and the festival pieces presented by participants in the day's festival, and last approximately 35-40 minutes. The community - including family members and friends of your singers, as well as representatives of your school - are invited to the performance;
- Please complete a form entry for each choir participating from your school.
- Sheet music ordering information will be shared with all registered schools no later than the week of December 9-13. All singers should arrive with their parts securely and confidently learned;
- Practice learning tracks on the repertoire will be made available to registered schools upon the return from winter break in January;
- All participants should arrive at FBC by 9:15am on the morning of Tuesday, February 25;
- All students should be supervised and chaperoned throughout the event, with a representative from each school in rehearsal during the day;
- The final concert begins at 6:00pm in the sanctuary of FBC-Chattanooga - it will include some selections performed by members of the Chattanooga Boys Choir and the festival pieces presented by participants in the day's festival, and last approximately 35-40 minutes. The community - including family members and friends of your singers, as well as representatives of your school - are invited to the performance;
- Please complete a form entry for each choir participating from your school.