O'Neill Choir Students Selected For Several Honor Choirs

O'Neill choir students have been on the road the past few weeks performing in honor choirs across the state. 

Blake Johnston and Makenzie Petersen (above) performed on Monday, Jan. 11 in the Doane College Vocal Festival Honor Choir.  They joined 250 students from 70 schools in preparing and performing an amazing selection of choral pieces under the direction of Dr. Kurt Runestad.  

Samuel Carstens and Christopher Jennings joined 150 students from across Nebraska in the Singing Youth of Nebraska Honor choir held in North Platte on Jan. 23. 

The workshop and concert were directed by Dr. Bret Amundson, the Director of Choral Activities and General Education at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN. 

Seven students were selected by audition for the Honor Choir, Festival Choir and Women's Choir comprised of over 700 students from across Nebraska. 

The concert took place on UNK campus on Jan. 25.  The choirs were directed by UNK faculty and the much sought after Jing Ling-Tam, Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Arlington. 

Savannah Otto, Makenzie Petersen, Aleigha Holz, Vionne Trizila, Blair Langan, Grant Johnston, Blake Johnston.

This last weekend, Blair Langan had the honor of being one of only 125 students selected by audition to perform as part of the UNO BOCH Festival Honor Choir. 

​The students worked for two days preparing high level choral selections under the direction of Professor Shannon Gravelle.  The concert was held in the brand new Baxter Arena in Omaha.