HIGH SCHOOL | SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Finalist Music
Your repertoire, Conductor's notes, and sheet music will be posted here when available. We will send you an email update whenever items are uploaded to this page.
Sheet Music & Rehearsal Aides
Sheet Music & Rehearsal Notes
Click the links below to access the sheet music and your Conductor's rehearsal notes for all pieces:
Honors Choir Sheet Music Conductor's Notes
Honors Orchestra Sheet Music Conductor's Notes
Honors Band Sheet Music Conductor's Notes
Please Note: Honors Choir Finalists in the US and Canada will receive their sheet music by mail in June. All other performers (including instrumentalists and choral Finalists in other countries) are expected to download and print their sheet music, which they should bring with them to Sydney.
Rehearsal Tracks (Honors Choir Only)
Click the links below to access rehearsal tracks that will assist as you rehearse the program repertoire.
Honors Performance Series Rehearsal Tracks - Instructions and Tips
High School Honors Choir Rehearsal Tracks
A Reminder for All Ensembles
Finalists are expected to bring a simple, black binder or folder to Sydney in which they will keep their music. A simple paper presentation folder, three-ring binder, or similar is acceptable, as are more formal music folders.
Program Repertoire
Your Conductors are looking forward to making beautiful music with you this summer and have selected a number of pieces to highlight your talent and range. Sheet music and part assignments will be shared in early May; we encourage you to begin familiarizing yourself with online recordings of each piece so you are familiar with the repertoire when the sheet music is sent out.
Click here to access the program repertoire for the 2019 High School and Young Adult Honors Ensembles at Sydney Opera House.
Tickets to the Honors Performance Series at Sydney Opera House
Please note that the Finalist package does not include a ticket to the Honors Performance for friends or family members. While each loved one participating in an Honors Family Program receives one Priority Seating ticket to the performance, we recognize that other family and friends may want to purchase individual tickets or sit elsewhere in the hall. Individual, non-priority tickets may be purchased through the Sydney Opera House Box Office. Tickets (as available) will go on sale in June at https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events.html. We will advise via email when we receive an official on-sale date from the Opera House.
Instrument Rental
Finalists are expected to bring their instruments with them (exclusions: pianos and percussion will be provided). If two instruments are listed on your acceptance letter, please bring both. Music stands and sheet music will be provided. The Honors Performance Series encourages instrumentalists to bring their own instruments to Sydney. We have found that students perform their best when playing the instrument that they practice with year-round, which helps ensure the quality of the performance. For additional information about traveling with your instrument, as well as a list of instrument rental companies recommended by the Series, please visit www.honorsperformance.org/instruments.
About Your Conductors
Dr. Lynne Gackle
Conductor, High School Honors Choir
Dr. Lynne Gackle currently is Associate Professor of Ensembles and Associate Director of Choral Activities at Baylor University, where she conducts the Baylor Bella Voce (Women’s Ensemble) and the Baylor Concert Choir, and teaches courses in choral literature and choral conducting. Lynne is an active clinician, conductor and adjudicator for choral clinics, honor choirs, workshops and festivals throughout the United States and abroad. Dr. Gackle has conducted All-State choirs in 28 states, several divisional ACDA honor choirs and two ACDA national honor choirs. Internationally, she conducted the Australian National Choral Association’s High School Women’s Choir in Brisbane, the Alberta Choral Federation’s High School Honour Choir in Calgary, the DoDDS-Europe Honors Music Festival Mixed Choir, (Wiesbaden, Germany), the Haydn Youth Festival in Vienna, and the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) International Women’s Honor Choir in Beijing, China. Dr. Gackle is an active author and editor, currently serving on the editorial board for the Choral Journal, and was awarded the Florida ACDA chapter’s Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award for dedicated service, leadership, and excellence.
Kirt Mosier
Conductor, High School Honors Orchestra
Kirt Mosier recently retired as Director of Orchestras at Lee’s Summit West High School in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and has also taught orchestration and arranging as an adjunct professor at UMKC Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. Not only is he a sought after composer, but also has twice won national composition awards. In 1993, his original work, Baltic Dance, won the National School Orchestra Association Composition Contest, and in 2004, American Reel won the 2004 Merle J. Isaac national composition contest. From 1990 to present, Mr. Mosier has conducted numerous orchestras throughout the United States and internationally. In addition, he has frequently served as keynote speaker at various conferences and events. Mr. Mosier has been the past orchestra vice-president for the Missouri Music Educators Association, and is currently the president-elect of American String Teachers Association for the state of Missouri. Mr. Mosier was also a quarterfinalist for the 2016 Grammy Music Educator of the Year award.
H. Robert Reynolds
Conductor, High School Honors Band
Mr. Reynolds is a Principal Conductor at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where he holds a professorship in his name. He previously served as the Henry F. Thurnau Professor of Music and Director of the Division of Instrumental Studies at the University of Michigan. For over 25 years, he has been the conductor of The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. During his distinguished career, he has conducted throughout the world at notable venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center (New York), the Kennedy Center (Washington, D. C.), Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), the Tonhalle (Zurich), and the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam). He has won the praise of many esteemed composers, including Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, and Michael Daugherty for his interpretive conducting of their compositions.
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