Students selected for OPUS choir

Kevin Flannery, Alecia Goff, Allison Rees, and Bailey Rees, sixth grade students at Washington Middle School, were recently selected for participation in the 31st annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Over 3,000 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 Shelly Schaeufele, Waukee Community Schools, fifth-and sixth-grade elementary Honor Choir; Andrew Tadlock, Davenport Community Schools, seventh-and eighth-grade Bass Clef Honor Choir; Sarah Bouska, Mason City Community Schools, seventh-and eighth-grade Treble Clef Honor Choir; and Luke Johnson, Iowa Western Community College, ninth Grade Mixed Honor Choir. The 2016 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4 p.m. Nov. 17 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.