Circle the State with Song

Tracy Skinner, CHAIR 2008-2009

As state Chair for the Fifteenth Annual Circle the State with Song (CTSWS) festivals, we invite your participation in one of this year's most outstanding musical opportunities!

Each of the fourteen regions across Oklahoma will present an individual festival in January or February of 2009.

Click here to find information about your region and festival site.

To register students, the teacher must be an active member of OMEA. Check or purchase order must also be included with registration form. Please read all instructions carefully. Deadlines will be strictly enforced. Complete information and application forms for CTSWS are available below, and the All-OMEA Children's Chorus forms are available here. OCDA will sponsor a reading session for this music at the summer convention in July, and OMEA will sponsor a reading session at the fall in-service conference, October 19, 2006 (Thursday, Western Heights HS, OKC)

The goals of Circle the State with Song are to provide an opportunity for:

1. exceptional music students to work with guest choral clinicians on challenging music for an exciting choral experience with other students;
2. music teachers to observe and learn as the clinician works with the students and to share vocal pedagogy ideas with other teachers;
3. students to perform children's choral repertoire of excellent quality;
4. both students and teachers to participate in the 2009 All-OMEA Children's Chorus.

Repertoire for the 2009 All-OMEA Circle the State with Song Festivals

School eligibility- Any school in Oklahoma whose enrollment includes grades four, five, six, seven or eight may have their students participate in one of the CTSWS Festivals. In this context the word school will also apply to ‘home school’. (This is only applicable to CTSWS and All-OMEA Children’s Chorus auditions and participation.) Participants must be students of OMEA members.

The music teacher(s) in each school may bring the following total number of students per school, according to their school’s population in grades four through eight:

School Size Number of Students

1 - 300 12

301 - 601 24

601 - 900 36

901 and larger 40