Baker University Department of Music
All-State Choir Audition Workshop
Friday, October 17, 2025
MacKenzie Wright
Director of Choral Activities
Department of Music & Theatre
Rice Auditorium | 9 a.m to 12:30 p.m.
Prepare for district and state choir auditions with Baker University’s Director of Choral Activities, MacKenzie Wright.
IMPORTANT: Registration is limited to the first 120 students, so don’t delay and sign up today!
Students must provide their own copies of the KMEA audition pieces and should bring a water bottle and pencil for the day. There is no workshop fee.
The workshop begins at 9 a.m., so please arrive on campus by 8:45 a.m. to check-in. The workshop will conclude by 12:30 p.m.
Workshop Features
- Sight-singing practice and tips to improve sight-singing success
- Clinic on audition repertoire for All-State Treble and Mixed Choirs
- Vocal technique workshops focusing on treble voices and changing tenor and bass voices
- Performances by Baker University choirs
- Demonstration and practice of All-State audition process
- Strategies for audition success and dealing with performance anxiety when auditioning
Workshop Clinician
MacKenzie Wright received her undergraduate music degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and the Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. She is currently completing a Ph.D. in music education with an emphasis on vocal pedagogy at the University of Kansas. Ms. Wright has been an active presenter at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop, and she also continues to be an active researcher, focusing on improvisation in communities. She previously served as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Kansas and as the Director of Choirs at Ottawa University. Ms. Wright is also the organist and accompanist at Keystone United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
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