March 1, 2023 - 4th Annual OSU High School Choir Festival

Oregon State University
The LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis, Oregon

REGISTRATION

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*Registration opens on Nov 9, 2023 at 7:30 a.m.

Online registration will be limited to 23 total choirs (18 festival registrations and 5 wait list spots)

Choirs will be put onto a waiting list after the first 18 registrations have been received. If your ensemble is one of the first 18 choirs to register, you will be invoiced by Oregon State University for the $350 festival fee. Your registration will not be complete until full payment has been received, and payment must be returned to OSU by February 1, 2023. Ensembles who have submitted a registration but have not returned payment by February 1, 2023 will lose their spot at the festival. 

 

A completed and signed Campus Visit Agreement form needs to be returned either via email to music@oregonstate.eduor with your check. Payment must be received before a timeslot is assigned.

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ELIGIBILITY

An educational state qualifying festival set in the same venue as the 2020 OSAA Choral Championships. The event will be the following:

  • 20 minute performance session on the Austin Auditorium stage.
  • State qualifying scores and comments from qualified adjudicators.
  • Video/audio of performance.
  • The choice of either an OSAA state sight reading experience, or a 20-minute sight reading clinic using sight reading materials similar to the OSAA state choir championships.

 

SCHEDULE AND FORMAT

Schedule TBA.

 

CHORAL ADJUDICATORS

  • Dr. Steven Zielke: the Patricia Valian Reser Professor of Music at Oregon State University
  • Russ Christensen: Oregon State University and Sprague High School, retired
  • Dr. Sandra Babb: assistant professor of music education at Oregon State University

 

SIGHT READING ADJUDICATOR

  • Carol Stenson, South Salem High School, retired.

 

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Oregon State University will not be held responsible for valuables or any other personal property that is lost or stolen during the festival. Storage rooms are shared between schools and are not locked. Encourage students to leave their valuables at home or on the bus.

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE

February 1, 2023. A final schedule will be emailed by February 1, 2023. Choirs on a waiting list (if necessary) will be notified of their position on the list. Registration will close when capacity has been reached even if before February 1, 2023.

 

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