<body><div>.The Missouri Music Educators Association is proud to announce the selection of Palmyra R-1 5th grade student, Braxton Edmondson to the 8th Annual Missouri All-State Children’s Choir.Braxton is the 5th grade son of Whitney and Tony Edmondson. He enjoys singing, acting, playing sports, camping, and being a part of his church. He is active in Jr. Singers, Drama Club, Youth Football, Youth Basketball, and Boy Scouts of America. This is Braxton’s first year for All-State Children’s Choir, and he is very excited for this opportunity.Braxton was selected from over 1,000 students that submitted an audio vocal audition. Only 100 4th and 5th grade students were selected for this prestigious choir within the state of Missouri, and Braxton is one of only 10 students selected from the northeast region. Students had to sing Ah Poor Bird in any key and were judged blindly and then given a score based on pitch, tone, rhythm, and expression out of 8 possible points per category for a possible total of 32 points. Mrs. Devon Breitling, the elementary music teacher, helped prepare, record, and submit the vocal audition.On Tuesday, January 26, 2027, Braxton, along with Mrs. Breitling, will drive to the Margaritaville resort at Osage Beach, MO to rehearse with a well-known clinician and with all the other 4th and 5th grade students from around the state that were selected. The MO All-State Children’s Choir will perform a concert for family and friends in Salon C at 4:30 pm the same day. This is a free concert, and anyone is welcome to attend.Leading up to Jan. 26, Mrs. Breitling will be rehearsing with Braxton to prepare to have all the songs memorized that will be performed on Jan. 26th at the 4:30 pm concert. Six song selections have been chosen by the clinician. All five pieces are either unison, 2-part or 3-part for treble voices. The musical selections are:J’entend le moulin, arranged by Ruth E. Dwyer and Martin L. Ellis; Ombra Mai FùScG.F. Handel, arranged by Adam and Matt Podd; Aiken Drum, Scottish Folk Song, arranged by Blake Richter; Laudate Dominum, words and music by Andy Beck Accompaniment inspired by JS Bach’s Cello Suite #1; Spinning Song from Kashmir, text adapted by David Gardner, arranged by Neil Ginsberg; and Be the Change,text inspired by Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Matthew 5:15, adapted text and music by Laura Farnell with This Little Light of Mine.The clinician for the 2027 All-State Children’s Choir is Sandy Knudson. She is the Administrative Director of Oklahoma Youth Sing! (formerly Norman Children’s Chorus) and has successfully taught K-5 classroom music for 30 years. She holds a M.M.E. and Kodály certification from The University of Oklahoma. Since 1990, Sandy has served on the faculty of The University of Oklahoma Kodály certification program where she teaches solfege, conducting, and choir. She holds National Board certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music. Well-known as a clinician, master teacher and guest conductor, Sandy has presented workshops at numerous state and national conferences. She has been guest conductor for honor choirs in Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas and has served as conductor of Circle the State with Song festivals throughout Oklahoma. In 2015, she conducted the OAKE National Children’s Choir.Sandy has earned an Artist-Teacher Diploma under the mentorship of Doreen Rao in the Choral Music Experience Institute. Recognized by OkMEA as an Exemplary Teacher in 2010, Sandy was inducted into the OkMEA Hall of Fame in 2013. In the spring of 2014, Sandy was awarded the Pam Golden Honor Award by the Oklahoma Kodály Educators chapter for contribution to Kodály music education and the children and teachers of Oklahoma. In 2018, Sandy was awarded Outstanding Educator by OAKE.Sandy is active as a dance caller in Oklahoma and loves to foster community through dance.Mrs. Breitling commented, “Every year at this time I am giddy with excitement and nervousness for my students that audition for the All-State Children’s Choir. I’m always just as excited as the students when the selection list comes out to see if any made the list for the All-State Choir. These opportunities are special for young singers because making music with other students their own age from across the state of Missouri is a rarity. This year for the first time an Honorable Mention list was posted. Evey Tobias-Moore and Aeris Yakes (both 4th grade students at Palmyra Elementary) made the Honorable Mention list for having high audition scores, but will not sing with the State Choir.When the MO All-State Choir began the year before Covid hit I was ecstatic! There are a number of music opportunities at the state level for high school students but very few opportunities for such high level choral singing for elementary students and young middle school students. It’s quite an honor to be selected, and to be one of only ten students selected from the northeast region is quite an honor!I couldn’t be more proud of each kid for having the courage to audition. I submitted 13 student auditions. It’s obvious these students love to sing and find great joy in it by pursuing it as an extracurricular school activity and at home and church. I’m just happy to be able to lead them through this musical experience. This experience is something Braxton will never forget! These top-notch choirs help young students get excited about singing good choral literature which hopefully leads them to sing in choral music groups in middle school and high school. I’m so happy to be his extracurricular music teacher!”Mrs. Breitling has been an elementary music educator for 17 years teaching grades K-5 at A.D. Stowell Elementary in Hannibal, MO, K-6 at Scotland County R-1 in Memphis, MO, K-4 at L. Mendel Rivers Elementary in Altus, OK, and 5 years teaching K-5 at Veterans Elementary in Hannibal, MO. This is Mrs. Breitling’s 5th year at Palmyra Elementary teaching PK-4 general music as well as directing the 3rd-6th grade auditioned extracurricular Junior Singers choir. Devon and her husband, Stephen, and their 2 children, Shepherd (age 13) and Eden (age 10) live in Palmyra. She has had students selected for the Missouri All-State Children’s Choir each of the eight years since it began.</div></body>

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The Missouri Music Educators Association is proud to announce the selection of Palmyra R-1 5th grade student, Braxton Edmondson to the 8th Annual Missouri All-State Children’s Choir. Braxton is the 5th grade son of Whitney and Tony Edmondson. He enjoys singing, acting, playing sports, camping, and being a part...

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