March 18, 2024

Clarke choir members participate in honor choir

Sixteen members of the Clarke High School Concert Choir and Chamber Choir participated in the 72nd Creston Little All State Honor Choir held at Creston High School on Jan. 26.

The students prepared the honor choir music with their director Ms. Ann March before attending the festival. They spent the afternoon rehearsing with other students and presented a 7 p.m. concert at Creston High School auditorium.

Guest director for the day was Dr. John Wiles, assistant professor of choral conducting at UNI where he conducts Cantorei, the UNI Singers, and the Varsity Men’s Glee Club and teaches graduate students in choral conducting.

Prior to his appointment he was on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin.  Dr. Wiles’ choirs have toured internationally in Austria, France, Germany and Mexico. He has sung tenor professional in theaters and opera companies in Arizona, Idaho, Maine and Texas.