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Welcome To Honors Choirs!

Southeast Minnesota's Premier Youth Choirs

The Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota is a nonprofit organization of five youth choirs for grades 3-12. Founded in 1992, its mission is to promote the highest standard of excellence in the preparation and performance of choral music, seeking to provide artistic challenge and growth opportunities for youth throughout the region and enjoyment for the community at large. Membership is by audition and is open to all students who live in southeast Minnesota.

This past season, 230 singers from 24 southeast Minnesota communities and 50 different area schools sang in the choirs. Our ensembles weekly throughout the academic year in Rochester preparing challenging repertoire, learning music history and theory, and practicing ear training techniques.

News and Upcoming Events

2010-2011 Season Set to Begin!

We have 270 singers all signed up and ready to sing in our five choirs!  They are coming to us from 27 different communities in southeast Minnesota and represent 58 different schools and 224 families!  It will be our 19th year of bringing talented young people and wonderful choral music together!

First Event of the Season - Children's Choral Festival - Sunday, Nov. 7
Dr. Sandra Peter, guest clinician, and 6 Minnesota Choirs!

Our fifth festival for Children's Choirs will be hosted by our own Children's Chorus and Treble Choir.  They'll be joined by the Cantabile Choristers of St. Cloud, the Mankato Children's Choirs Youth Choir, the Northfield Youth Choirs Treble Choir, and Con Brio of the Rochester Homeschool Choir.  It will be a great afternoon of sharing and singing, all culminating in a 4:00 p.m. concert that you won't want to miss!