Waukon Choir students to attend Iowa’s most prestigious Honor Choir ...

Four students in the Allamakee Community School District have been selected to participate in the most prestigious Honor Choir in the state of Iowa for students. East Elementary School fifth grade Alto 1 singer Alice Jones (pictured in individual photo above), under the direction of Pk-5th Grade Elementary Music Teacher Caitlyn Owen, along with (left to right in photo below) Waukon Middle School eighth grade Alto 2 singer Tobias Treptau, seventh grade Alto 1 singer Eireann Goettel and freshman Soprano Annelise Ellingson were recently selected for participation in the 35th annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. The seventh through ninth grade students are under the direction of Sarah Bieber, Grades 6-12 Vocal Music Director. This is the first time in seven years that a fifth grade student has been selected for Opus.

Over 2100 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition. Guest conductors of the choirs include Nancy Ewing, Le Mars Community Middle School, 5th & 6th Grade Honor Choir; David Fog, retired, 7th & 8th Grade Bass Clef Honor Choir; Cheryl Thompson, Atlantic Middle School, 7th & 8th Grade Treble Clef Honor Choir; and Samantha Robillard, Pella High School, 9th Grade Mixed Honor Choir. The 2021 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4 p.m. November 18 in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is made possible by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc. Submitted photos.