Tenor/Bass Choir
This honor choir opportunity is open to singers currently enrolled under the direction of a KCDA member in grades 9, 10, 11, or 12 in a junior high, high school, or community choir program in the state of Kansas.
This ensemble performs as part of the KCDA Summer Convention on July 11, 2025.
2022 Tenor/Bass Choir (pictured above)
Summer 2025 Honor Choir Information
Event Timeline 2025
February 24, 2025 - Ready to Receive mp3 files on Festival Score
March 24, 2025 – Online Application Completed (mp3 upload deadline)
March 31, 2025 – Audition Fees Due, ***$11 per student*** (postmark deadline)
April 12, 2025 – Judging Completed
April 14, 2025 – Website Notification of Accepted Singers
May 5, 2025 – Participation Fees Due, ***$60.00 per student*** (postmark deadline)
July 10-11, 2025 – Honor Choir Rehearsals & Performance at 2025 KCDA In-Service Workshop
Important Information & Links:
Tenor/Bass Ensemble Roster 2025
Audition Repertoire & Starting Pitches
The KCDA All-State Summer Honor Choir auditions are now live on the Festival Scores website through March 24, 2025. Directors or Students can upload audition mp3s again this year. If students decide to upload auditions on their own to Festival Scores, please double check with your student that their recording follows the guidelines so that their audition is not disqualified.
For students to participate, the choral director needs to be a member of ACDA. When auditions are uploaded, students and directors will need access to your ACDA member number to complete their submission. Click here to become a member today!
We also have a Jazz Choir opportunity for your students! Singers can audition for BOTH options (Jazz and Tenor/Bass). However, singers who choose to submit auditions for both ensembles will be required to pay two audition fees. If a student is accepted to both choirs, jazz choir acceptance will take priority.
To pay for audition fees, you may utilize PayPal or a check. Payments should only be submitted by directors and preferably in one batch. You will only need to mail an invoice and check if you cannot access Paypal (Paypal payments can be sent to: kansaschoral@yahoo.com). All other audition materials and permission forms will be electronic.
Please send paper payment(s) to:
Janie Brokenicky
14270 Liberty Circle
Wamego, KS 66547
Tenor/Bass Choir Chairs:
olivia.henning@usd497.org
Dr. Maggie Burk, Clinician 2025
Margaret (Maggie) Burk is a conductor, composer, and vocalist committed to the transformative power of choral music. A proud native of Lawrence, Kansas, Burk is currently assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where she oversees a robust program of four choral ensembles, serves as artistic director for the Carthage Christmas Festival, and teaches coursework in choral conducting and literature. Under her direction, the Carthage Choir has toured Washington, D.C., Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, and the United Kingdom. In demand as a clinician throughout the country, she has recently led All-State and District honor choirs as well as church music festivals in Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.
In addition to her conducting work, Burk is an active composer and professional chorister. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, Hal Leonard, Selah Music Publishing, and MorningStar Music, and has been featured on BBC Radio 3 as well as at conferences, colleges, and churches throughout the country. Her setting of “Set Me as a Seal” was performed by the National High School Honor Choir at the 2023 American Choral Directors’ Association National Conference in Cincinnati, OH (Eugene Rogers, conductor); recently, her setting of the carol “What Cheer?” was included in Oxford’s seminal publication Carols for Choirs 6. She sings with professional choral ensembles throughout the country, recently appearing with the Yale Choral Artists (New Haven, CT), the New Earth Ensemble (Chicago), Musica Atlantica (Savannah, GA), and Audivi (Detroit, MI).
Burk holds degrees from the University of Michigan (D.M.A.), Yale University (M.M.), and St. Olaf College (B.M.). She spent four years teaching public school choral music in Sartell, MN, and Lawrence, KS. When she’s not working, you can find her at her local CrossFit gym, cooking for friends, or playing with her two rescue cats.
