CCMS Students Selected for KMEA First District Honor Choir

Calloway County Middle School is proud to celebrate 17 students selected for the 2025 KMEA First District Honor Choir.  Students auditioned in class this fall, and after weeks of hard work during class and after school rehearsals with CCMS choir director Leslie McManus, they joined singers from 38 schools for a beautiful concert at Murray State University’s historic Lovett Auditorium on November 13th.

The 5th–6th Grade Honor Choir, which also consisted of participants from all three Calloway elementary schools, opened the event with five songs.  Two of our 6th graders, Emma Suiter and Lennon Smallwood, were chosen by recorded audition by their guest conductor to be part of a special small solo group for Al Shlosha D’Varim. 

The 7th–8th Grade Honor Choir performed four additional  pieces with their guest conductor.  The concert ended with all 398 singers combining for Be the Change, a song composed to celebrate World Kindness Day.  8^th grader Daisy Parrish was selected during in-person auditions as a member of the small solo group for the joint piece.  This marks the fourth year in a row that CCMS students have been chosen for Honor Choir solo groups. 

6^th grade Honor Choir Members:  Lennon Smallwood, Layla Phillips, Meredith Riley, Maya Hughes, Lily Carstens, Sadie Van Dyke, & Emma Suiter

7^th & 8^th grade Honor Choir Members:  Anya Fielders, Isabel Islas, Jennison Haven, Haylee Reed, Lillyahna Burrall, Gus Russell, Kayden Cortez, Rylee Hixson, Payton Hixson, & Daisy Parrish