TMHS Wildcat Choir
Winter Break
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! We hope you have a wonderful and relaxing Winter Break, and look forward to seeing you in 2024! It has truly been a fantastic Fall semester, and we are so excited for what is to come in the Spring!
The Music Man Tickets
Tickets for The Music Man will go on sale tonight at 8pm! Click the link below to purchase!
Pop Show Auditions Results
Pop Show audition results are below in no particular order. Please submit the google for acknowledging your solo and your acceptance of the solo in pop show. Please note if you have been given a song change. Please complete the information google form at your earliest convenience. This is important to fill out for our MCs!
All solo/group choreography will be due by Friday, February 2nd. This must be presented to the directors and pop show judges.
Congratulations to all who auditioned, and those who have made the show!
Chineye Nichols - Don't Rain on My Parade from Funny Girl
Angela Zamia - Flowers from Hadestown
Camille Hannam and Catie Seal - What is This Feeling? from Wicked
Drew Tripp - Stars from Les Miserables
Julius Hernandez - Hello Dolly from Hello Dolly
Zachary Carroll, Julius Hernandez, Drew Tripp, Colin Pinkasavage - Sincere from The Music Man
Tito Portillo - Like Love from Charlie Girl
Camille Hannam, Catie Seal, Jenny Williamson, Claire Sellers, Mikayla Ross, and Kira Miller - Ex-Wives from Six
Zachary Carroll - New York, New York from New York, New York
Abigail Acosta - Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease
Maria Prieto - Times are Hard for Dreamers from Amelie
Joe Moreno - Johanna from Sweeney Todd
Chloe Dietz - Gotta Get Out from Ordinary Days
Andria Walls - Burn from Hamilton
Bryce Box - Heart of Stone from Six
Hoang Vu - Never Getting Rid of Me from Waitress
Jacob Leatherman and Madi Mouirhead - Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors
Jennifer Williamson - Roxie Hart from Chicago
Maddie George - So Big, So Small from Dear Evan Hansen
Elina Chatterjee - Simple Joys from Pippin
Jordan Potts - Good Morning Baltimore from Hairspray
Liz Elam - Anything Goes from Anything Goes
Jeanice Froylan, Melanie Ola, Lindsey Stewart, Miranda Torres, Bryce Box - Candy Store from Heathers
Shelby Rowan - If I Could Tell Her from Dear Evan Hansen
Pop Show Choreographers and Class Songs
Opener: There's No Business Like Show Business
Belles: Gimme Gimme Gimme from Mamma Mia! - Maria Prieto and Evelynn Bennett
Dudes: Seize the Day from Newsies
Bel Canto: A Hard Knock Life from Annie - Hailey Baddock, Olivia Brooks, and Ariel Brown
Chorale: We Go Together from Grease - Jeanice Froylan, Melanie Ola, and Lindsey Stewart
Chamber: Seasons of Love from Rent
Closer: You Can't Stop the Beat from Hairspray - Jacob Leatherman, Catie Seal, and Jenny Williamson
Choreography must be complete when we return from Winter Break!
Worlds Finest Chocolate
The following students have not turned in their Worlds Finest Chocolate Money. Please return $60/box checked out in an envelope in the Spring.
Grace Ives
Aubreonna Smith
Madison Mouirhead
Chloe Reed
Olivia Brooks
Evelynn Bennett
Area Auditions
Good luck to our 4 Area candidates as they compete in the final round of the Texas All-State Choir process - Jenny Williamson, Abby Acosta, Drew Tripp, and Colin Pinkasavage!
Area Auditions are Saturday, January 6, 2024 at The Woodlands High School. Students will meet at TMHS at 6:45am to drive together to TWHS. Breakfast will be cooked and provided for Area candidates to eat at TMHS together.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE: Each candidate will go to the table designated for their section in order to register and receive an audition badge. The badge will indicate the singing order for the day. Students must verify the badge number by initialing the registration form. You must wear your badge at all times. Once a student has received a badge, no further contact is permitted with their director until the conclusion of the total audition. ALTERNATES - In the event an alternate must be called before 10 PM on Thursday night, the alternate must come from the region where the vacancy occurred.
AUDITION PROCEDURE: Students will receive the cuts for the audition following registration. After registration is closed, singers will be taken to the audition rooms to sing through the audition cuts twice. After the rehearsal of the cuts, students may ask any questions they might have at that time. From this point on there can be no further rehearsal of the cuts in any manner. Students may study silently; however, anyone who sings or plays the cuts may risk disqualification. Directors should make this clear to all students. Students will then return to the holding room where their audition number will be called. Students must listen carefully to numbers called and follow instructions as they are led through the audition. Once a student’s number is called, they will be escorted to the warm-up room where each student is allowed a five-minute warm-up. Students may vocalize, but the audition music may not be sung. After the warm-up period, students are taken directly to their audition rooms. Students will audition solo with recorded accompaniment in an order determined randomly by the computer program. At the conclusion of the first round, students will eat lunch before the sightreading audition begins. No director contact may be made. After lunch, the students will be escorted back to the holding area and given sightreading instructions. The holding room is not used prior to sightreading. Students will be called by number and escorted directly to the audition room. All students who have completed the sightreading round will be sequestered until the conclusion of the audition. Families will meet their student there once everyone is released at the conclusion of the auditions. No electronic devices may be used or accessed by a student participant until the auditions for the student’s section have been concluded. Failure to comply with this regulation may result in student disqualification. The list of non-allowable electronic devices includes, but is not limited to, phones, smart watches, electronic games, computers, cameras (within an audition room), and playback systems. The Contest Chair may establish a cell phone use area monitored by an adult contest official for the purpose of allowing a student to initiate a call.
JUDGING: A five-member judging panel will score each section. Judges will use two separate judging forms – one for each round of auditions (morning: literature cuts – afternoon: sightreading). Judges will remain at the audition site for the entire day and no changes will be made on any panel. Literature Round: Students will perform the three literature cuts in order announced at registration. There will be no verbal communication between the judging panel and the student. When finished with the third literature cut, please take your music and exit. Judges will not dismiss you. The singing round counts for 80% of the audition.
Sightreading Round: Students will sightread a melody written for the contest and sent from the TMEA state office. You will turn the folder over on the stand WHEN INSTRUCTED, hear the tonic triad and the starting pitch. Students will have a 30-second study period. You may study out loud or silently on your preferred method of sightreading. After 30 seconds, you will be instructed to “stop”. Then the tonic triad and starting pitch will be played. You will then sing the sightreading to be judged. When finished, turn the sightreading folder over and exit the room. Again, judges will not dismiss you. The sightreading round counts for 20% of the total audition score.
ALTERNATES: Should an alternate’s status change between now and January 6th, the director of record will be contacted and they will notify the student. If the director is unable to be reached, the student will be contacted directly by the Area F Chair or the TMEA office. No alternates will be called to audition after 10:00 PM on the Thursday (01/04/2024) before the audition. Alternates will only fill open audition slots if the opening is created by a vacancy in that alternate’s region. There will be NO ALTERNATES on site the day of the contest who has not been called prior to that day.
LUNCH: Lunch will be available on campus for students. Each student should bring money and is asked to support our host school. Please refrain from ordering/bringing in outside food as a group.
STUDENTS MAY NOT LEAVE THE CAMPUS FOR ANY REASON; THERE WILL BE NO CONTACT BETWEEN STUDENTS AND DIRECTORS ONCE THE STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR BADGES AT REGISTRATION.
AUDITION RESULTS: Of the twenty students auditioning on each part, Soprano/Alto singers ranking #1-4 will be selected as members of the Texas All-State Mixed Choir. The next two treble singers (#5 & #6) in each section will be the 1st and 2nd alternates to the Mixed Choir respectively. Sopranos and altos ranked #5-10 will be selected as members of the Texas All-State Treble Choir. Treble singers ranked 11 and 12 will be 1st and 2nd alternates to the Treble Choir.
Of the twenty students auditioning on each part, tenor/bass singers ranking #1-5 will be selected as members of the Texas All-State Mixed Choir. Singers #6 & 7 will be 1st and 2nd alternates to the Mixed Choir respectively. Tenors and basses ranked #6-8 will be selected as members of the Texas All-State Tenor/Bass Choir. Tenors and basses ranked 9 and 10 will be 1st and 2nd alternates.
Following the conclusion of the auditions, directors will have time to verify results. Students will be contacted by their directors or have the opportunity to view the results following the verification period. Results will list all students in alphabetical order indicating selection to an All-State ensemble. Ranking will not be included.
ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBERS FEES: The All-State fee of $30 will be paid online. The Area/Region Chair will not be responsible for collecting All-State fees.
SUPPLEMENTAL MUSIC: Directors will be given supplemental music packets and housing information to distribute to students selected for an All State choir.
8:00-8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM Registration Closes
8:45-9:00 AM Warm-Up/Instructions
9:00 AM Sections escorted to Audition Rooms to sing through the cuts twice
9:30 AM Audition Begins: Literature Round
11:30 AM Lunch for Singers and Directors
12:00 PM Sections escorted to Holding Rooms for the Sightreading round.
12:15 PM Audition Resumes: Sightreading Round
2:30 PM Results Posted for directors. Approximate conclusion of auditions. Students will be released to parents or will wait for directors.
Upcoming Events
January 6 - Area Auditions
January 8 - First Day of Spring Semester
January 8 5:00-7:00 - Chorale Rehearsal
January 9 7:00pm - Booster Club Meeting
January 12 - Girls Night Social with WWJH and GLJH
January 19 - Guys Night Social with WWJH and GLJH
January 22 5:00-7:00 - Chorale Rehearsal
January 25, 26, 27, 29 - The Music Man!
February 2 - Pop Show soloist choreography due
February 3 - UIL Solo and Ensemble
February 5 5:00-7:00 - Varsity Treble and TB Rehearsal (Bel Canto, Dudes, Chorale)
February 6 - High School Night at the Opera
February 7-10 - TMEA Convention
February 10 - Flag pickup
February 12 - Pop Show costumes DUE in class
February 12 - Pop Show soloist tech rehearsal
February 13 - Pop Show Tech Rehearsal
February 14 - Pop Show Dress Rehearsal
February 15 - Pop Show Night #1
February 16 - Pop Show Night #2
February 17 - Pop Show Night #3
February 23-24 - Chamber Mad Fest in San Antonio
February 25 - Flag drop off
February 26 5:00-7:00 -Varsity Treble and TB Rehearsal (Bel Canto, Dudes, Chorale)
February 29 - NYC parent meeting
Bolded events are required of all choir students
NYC Payment Schedule
The official final price of the NYC trip is below. Please check your Charms account to see the balance you owe for the NYC trip, and if you have any questions please email Mr. Ragsdale and Ms. White.
Final costs:
Student cost: $2,585
Parent Chaperone (double): $2,585
Parent Chaperone (quad): $2,085
Students and chaperones should be paid up to $2400 by the end of November.
Remaining payments listed below:
Final Balances!
If you have missed previous months payments, you can make multiple purchases of the current month to catch up. Several families are way behind on payments and will be receiving emails this week. We have large payments coming up to TMF, MidAmerica, and Southwest Airlines and do not have enough money to float payments. It is imperative that all families catch up on payments ASAP. Unfortunately, each month's link expires at the end of the month.
Paying through schoolcashonline does include a service charge of approximately $15 per $300 payment
Volunteer Application
If you plan on volunteering with the TMHS Choir at some point in the school year, or traveling with us on any trips, including NYC trip, please complete the volunteer application below.
Section of the Week
Section of the week will return in the Spring during UIL season! During pop show, be ready for Dancer of the Week!
TMHS Wildcat Choir
Website: tmhschoir.com
Location: 19100 Northpointe Ridge Lane, Tomball, TX, USA
Phone: 281-357-3230 1106
Twitter: @theTMHSchoir