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All-State Children's Choir
The Kentucky Baptist All-State Children’s Choir is an auditioned choir made up of young musicians from Baptist churches throughout Kentucky. Members are chosen by audition and, once selected, may continue to participate through sixth grade. The choir meets together for one weekend in late April. Members receive music several weeks ahead of the rehearsal weekend, and local church choir directors help the children to prepare the music. When the choir comes together, they spend several hours “polishing" the music and preparing for concerts presented in churches on Sunday.
Click here to download a pdf with all the details for 2012.
General Information (for participants, parents and church leaders)
For returning members: Please download BOTH medical/permissions forms below. Return them to the Worship and Music Department by April 1. The KBC form must be notarized.
Schedule
- Rehearsal Retreat
Begins Friday, April 20, 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Cedarmore Baptist Camp & Conference Center
3083 Cedarmore Road, Bagdad, KY 40003
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- Concerts, Sunday, April 22
- 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Campbellsville Baptist Church
420 N. Central Avenue, Campbellsville, KY
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- 3:00 p.m. (CDT)
First Baptist Church
621 E 12th Street, Bowling Green, KY
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Audition Information
Singers in grades 4-6 who are active in the music program of a Kentucky Baptist Church are eligible to audition. Auditions are submitted via recording (cassette or cd) and singers must be recommended by their Minister of Music, Children's Choir director or Pastor. Audition details will be posted in August 2011. Auditions are due in early February 2012
Click here to register for auditions. The cost is $10 per church.
This video will gives basic audition information for the Minister of Music:
This video is for singers who are auditioning for the 2012 ASCC
There are two more video links available with more details for music leadership ONLY. Send an email to receive the links.
History
The choir began in 1994 when June Bailey was serving as Preschool/Children’s Music Consultant in the Church Music Department of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The choir met at Cedarmore Baptist Assembly in Bagdad for rehearsal and then presented concerts in the Louisville area with June Bailey serving as director. Twenty churches were represented in the 60-voice choir. In 1998 the choir was divided into two groups in order to allow more singers to participate. The EAST choir continued to rehearse at Cedarmore with June Bailey as director. The WEST choir rehearsed at Jonathan Creek Baptist Assembly in Hardin with Louie Bailey serving as director.
Following the resignation of June Bailey in 1999, Roxanne Nanney began working as Preschool/Children’s Music Consultant in September of that year. In the transition year of 2000, June and Louie Bailey continued as directors of the EAST and WEST choirs. In 2001 and 2002 Roxanne Nanney served as director for the EAST choir and Janie Benjamin directed the WEST choir. In 1999 and 2002 the EAST and WEST choirs joined together for a combined final concert. In 2003, 2006 and 2009, both choirs joined together for a final concert. In 2010, thirty-nine churches were represented in the 133-voice choir.
In our history, 113 different churches have participated at least one year. Three churches have participated each year since 1994: Highland Baptist Church (Louisville), Rich Pond Baptist Church (Bowling Green) and Versailles Baptist Church (Versailles). Hundreds of children have had the opportunity to lift up their voices in praise to God through the Kentucky Baptist All-State Children’s Choir. May there be many more voices in years to come!
Children's Choir in Your Church
Children's choirs are excellent tools for discipleship and worship. We recommend LifeWay Christian Resources' Children's Music Series. The series is designed to provide musical training and teach biblical truths to children: Music Time, for ages 4 – Kindergarten; Music Makers for Grades 1-3 and Young Musicians for Grades 4 – 6. Materials are easy to use and appropriate for church, school, and home school settings.
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