MPCMS students make honor choir

Eight students were recently selected for participation in the 28th annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Over 3,300 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition.

Pictured above are seven of the eight students from Mt. Pleasant Middle School who were selected for an Opus honor choir. Front row, from left: Noel Stewart, Adam Bodenham, Callie DePriest and Claire Holtkamp. Back row, from left: Riley Kempker, Dalton Krum and Lucas Lee. Not pictured is Wyatt Carlston.

The 2013 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4 p.m. on Nov. 21, in the C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames.

The Opus Honor Choir Festival is under the auspices of the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc.