Contact Information

Annabelle Mills

Middle School Honor Choir Chair

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Philip Keirstead

Middle School Honor Choir Audition Chair

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2025 Event Details

  1. Book your discounted hotel room or make other arrangements for lodging.

    1. Book here by Friday, April 11th to get the discounted rate: Reservations for Delta

  2. Order your sheet music:

    1. Click here to order: Treble Choir (SSAA) Packet

    2. Click here to order: Mixed Choir (SATB) Packet

  3. Acquire your rehearsal/performance attire.

    1. Thursday attire: School-appropriate clothing of your choice

    2. Friday attire: All-VA t-shirt (will be provided on Thursday), jeans or black pants (no large rips or holes), and close-toed shoes of your choosing

    3. Saturday concert attire: Solid black dress shirt/top (shoulders and midriffs covered), full-length black dress pants, and close-toed black flat dress shoes (no sandals or sneakers)

      • Full-length black choral gowns are also acceptable

  4. Practice your music using the provided materials

    1. Access the practice materials here: google document with practice tracks

Last updated 2/26/25

Pre-Event Checklist

Event Schedule

Locations:

Map of Greater Richmond Convention Center (GRCC) - 403 N 3rd Street Richmond, VA

Map of Marriott Richmond Downtown - 500 East Broad Street Richmond, VA

Treble Choir (SSAA)

Thursday, April 24th

  • 12:45-5:45 pm: Rehearsal (GRCC Room E11 B&C)

  • 8:00-9:00 pm: Optional college choir concert (Marriott Salons A-J)

Friday, April 25th

  • 8:00-11:30 am: Rehearsal (GRCC Room E11 B&C)

  • 1:00-4:15 pm: Rehearsal (GRCC Room E11 B&C)

  • 5:45-6:45 pm: Stage rehearsal (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

  • 7-8 pm: MS/HS share concert (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

Saturday, April 26th

  • 7:45-8:45 am: Rehearsal (Marriott Salons F-J)

  • 8:45 am: Walk to performance space in concert order

  • 9:00 am: Concert (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

  • 9:45 am: Option to stay for Mixed Choir concert (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

Mixed Choir (SATB)

Thursday, April 24th

  • 1:00-6:00 pm: Rehearsal (GRCC Room E10 D&C)

  • 8:00-9:00 pm: Optional college choir concert (Marriott Salons A-J)

Friday, April 25th

  • 8:15-11:45 am: Rehearsal (GRCC Room E10 D&C)

  • 1:15-5:30 pm: Rehearsal (GRCC Room E10 D&C)

  • 7-8 pm: MS/HS share concert (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

Saturday, April 26th

  • 7:30-8:30 am: Stage rehearsal (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

  • 9:00 am: Watch Treble Choir concert (GRCC Ballrooms A-C)

  • 9:45 am: Concert (GRCC Ballrooms B21 A-C)

Audition Song Materials

View sheet music:

Soprano

Tenor

Alto

Bass

Listen to or download accompaniment tracks here:

Download accompaniment track files:

Soprano

Tenor

Alto

Bass

Scholarship Application

Virginia ACDA is offering a limited number of need-based scholarships to cover the $90 registration cost. This application form is due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, February 5th. Scholarship recipients will be notified upon acceptance into the group.

Concert Media

Treble Ensemble

Directed by Coty Raven Morris

Accompanied by Daniel Stipe

Mixed Ensemble

Directed by Dr. Elizabeth Hogan

Accompanied by David Schwoebel

Important Dates

January 10, 2025 | Registration window opens.

February 5, 2025 |Two important events must be completed by 11:59pm on Wednesday

  • All applicants must be registered by the teacher (students should not register themselves) and paid for in OpusEvent. We are only accepting credit card payments. 

  • All scholarship applicants must have submitted the google form.

February 11th, 2025 | If snow January 27-30th, this is the new deadline for submission of recordings.

February 24th, 2025 | Notification emails of acceptance into the 2025 Virginia ACDA Middle School Honor Choir will be sent to directors and guardians.

March 7th, 2025 | Participant registration deadline, $90 per singer.

April 24, 2025 | Participants travel to the Richmond area for registration and the first afternoon of rehearsal under the guest conductors. Schedule TBA. 

April 25, 2025 | Full day of rehearsals and shared evening event with HS All-VA. Schedule TBA. 

Morning of April 26, 2025 | Performances at the Greater Richmond Convention Center (403 N 3rd St, Richmond, VA 23219) in ballrooms A-C. Parking at the convention center is $8 per entry. Exact performance times TBA.

Registering your auditions in OpusEvent

Registering your auditions in OpusEvent

  1. Go to OpusEvent.com

  2. Click Opus Audition at the bottom

  3. Select All Virginia Middle School Honor Choir

  4. Create an account; you will need your ACDA membership ID number and e-mail address or If you are not a current member or your membership has expired, it may take several days after renewing for the membership database to be fully updated

  5. You may need to add a location (this would be your school or other organization)

  6. Login and click New Application

  7. Select the singer’s choir and then the voice part

  8. Type in the singer’s name and parent information

  9. *PLEASE* type the parent e-mail address carefully

  10. Click Save and Close

  11. You cannot upload their recordings until the registration fee is paid