NMACDA Youth All-State Festival
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The Youth All-State Festival is presented by the New Mexico American Choral Director's Association (NMACDA). It is an opportunity for young singers to perform challenging music in a highly selective ensemble. Being selected to participate in All-State is a huge honor.
There are two Youth All-State Choirs. The Elementary All-State Choir is made up of students in grades 4-6. The Youth All-State Choir is made up of students in grades 7-9. This event is often confused with the State Choir Contest. The State Choir Contest is a competition. All-State is an intensive educational weekend for choir students from across the state. The Youth All-State Festival usually takes place at the Las Cruces Convention Center in late January. All-State participants get to experience a fun overnight trip with their peers. There is a fee for this trip, but the Boosters try to keep the costs low so that every student selected for this honor can participate. EMS Choir has not participated in All-State since the 2019-202 school year, but we hope to participate again this year! |
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Auditioning
There is no fee to audition. Interested students must submit an audition video recording featuring their performance of the following:
All-State auditions happen in the fall, and Mr. Gonzales encourages every EMS Choir student to audition. All choir students will record an All-State audition solo for a class grade. Students are not required to go on the trip or to submit their audition for consideration, but we hope many of our students will choose to do so.
There is no fee to audition. Interested students must submit an audition video recording featuring their performance of the following:
- “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” a cappella.
- Annually assigned audition piece.
All-State auditions happen in the fall, and Mr. Gonzales encourages every EMS Choir student to audition. All choir students will record an All-State audition solo for a class grade. Students are not required to go on the trip or to submit their audition for consideration, but we hope many of our students will choose to do so.