Mt. Pleasant students to sing in Opus Honor Choir Festival

Mt. Pleasant High School and Middle School announced that several students were recently selected for participation in the 35th annual Opus Honor Choir Festival.

Those students are Bryton Weir (9th grade), Michael Tansey (7th grade), Isaiah Denning (8th grade), Olivia McCormick (8th grade), Caleb Reyes (8th grade).

Over 2,100 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition. Guest conductors of the choirs include Nancy Ewing, LeMars Community Middle School, 5th & 6th Grade Honor Choir; David Fog, retired, 7th & 8th Grade Bass Clef Honor Choir; Cheryl Thompson, Atlantic Middle School, 7th & 8th Grade Treble Clef Honor Choir; and Samantha Robillard, Pella High School, 9th Grade Mixed Honor Choir.

The 2021 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4 p.m. Nov. 18 in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is made possible by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc.

For more information on the concert, contactAdam Orban, 2021 Opus Chair opus@iowachoral.org.