UALR’s Department of Music hosts the Little Rock School District All-Region High School Choir Clinic from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept 26, bringing to campus 150 students from five area schools for a day of choral music intensive coaching.

The clinic at the Fine Arts Building will prepare the students for the upcoming All-Region Choir auditions on Oct. 31 at Cabot High School. Winners of the regional auditions will be eligible to compete for the All-State Choir auditions on Feb. 5 in Jonesboro.

This is the second time UALR’s music faculty has hosted the clinic. Faculty members participating in the workshop include Bevan Keating, director of choral studies, Kira Keating, director of women’s choir, and Ed Crafts, director of the UALR Opera Theatre. Also participating are the choir directors of the five participating schools.

Participating directors and their schools are Carolyn Foreman, Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School; Scott Whitfield of Central High School; Keith Heansberger of J.A. Fair High School; Doug Hoffman of McClellan High School, and Kelly Rush of Hall High School.

For more information, call Susan Belcher of the UALR Music Department at 501-569-3294.

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