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2026 High School All-State Prep Day

Register now and join us on the K-State campus on Thursday, September 24 for All-State Prep Day! High school students auditioning for the KSMEA 2027 All-State Choir will join K-State faculty and students in learning their music in sectionals and combined mass rehearsals and participating in lively community singing together. Workshops for teachers with K-State Music faculty will be held concurrently with student rehearsals. Teachers are invited to bring their students and students are also welcome to register and attend individually.

All-State Prep Day Schedule

• 8:00-9:00am: Check-in, Forum Hall, K-State Student Union
• 9:00-10:00am: Welcome, Warm-ups, and community singing with Dr. Jamie Bunce, Forum Hall
• 10:00-11:30am
  • SA sectional rehearsal with Dr. Bunce, Forum Hall
  • TB sectional rehearsal with Prof. David Simmons Wood, room TBD
  • Teacher Professional Development Workshop with Dr. Adam White, Big 12 Room
    • From Routine to Results: Tools for Daily Sight-Singing Growth
      • Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran director, this session will help you refresh and refine your approach to teaching sight-singing. We will explore research-based strategies and discover engaging ways to integrate sight-singing into daily rehearsals. Teachers will leave with practical activities, assessment ideas, and ready-to-use techniques to help students become more confident and independent musicians.
        
• 11:30am-1:00pm: Lunch break on your own at the K-State Union or nearby Aggieville.
• 1:00pm-2:30pm
  • SATB rehearsal with Dr. Bunce, Forum Hall
  • Teacher Professional Development Workshop with Prof. Simmons Wood, Big 12 Room
    • Practical Polyphony: Renaissance Music in High School Choirs
      • A review of recent conference and all-state choir performance repertoire throughout the U.S. shows a distinct lack of programming or Renaissance choral music, once a staple of choral education. In this session we'll discuss reasons why this tend may be, how to approach the music in a fresh way, resources for repertoire selection and performance, and we'll read a few fun pieces together!
• 2:30-3:00pm: Performance by K-State choral ensembles and final community sing, Forum Hall
• 3:00pm: Depart

Please note: Music will not be provided. Schools/singers must provide their own copies of the KSMEA 2026-20267 All-State Choir audition repertoire.

About the Choirs

Since the founding of K-State on February 16, 1863, instruction in music has been a feature throughout the history of the school. From the earliest performance of the "Choral Union" in 1865, Kansas State University Choral ensembles have been a vital and visible entity to the more than 20,000 students at K-State every year.

Since 1966, the choir has been selected thirty-five times to appear at state, regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Association for Music Education, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization.

The K-State Choirs have worked with notable conductors: Robert Shaw, John Alldis, Roger Wagner, Aaron Copland, Simon Halsey, Owain Park, and Stephen Layton. International performances are an important aspect to the choral program at K-State. International performance tours occur every other year. International travel has included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Wales.

Currently, the Choral Music Division is led by Dr. Joshua Oppenheim (on leave Fall 2026), Dr. Jamie Bunce, and Mr. David Wood.

For audition information, click "Auditions & Scholarships" above.