Hawk Choir Reminders

On October 9th, from 1:30-4:00, we will have our first MS Region Choir Audition Clinic for students participating in the TMEA Region 18 MS Region Choir Auditions Saturday, October 10th.

Members of the Choir's Leadership Team (and students who would like to join them) will have the opportunity to help students prepare for their auditions.

Students who would like to help with this event, can email Mr. Flores for the link with music scores/sound files.

Want to Get More Involved with Hays Choir?

We’d love to have you join the Hays Choir Boosters! There are lots of ways to get involved — serve as a board member, join a committee, chair a committee, or simply help when you can.
No experience necessary — just a desire to support our amazing choir students!

We’d love to have you on our team! Email us today to learn more about how you can help make a difference for our choir students. hayshawkchoirboosters@gmail.com

Students from the Hays HS Hawk Choir represented at the TMEA Region 18 Mixed Choir Auditions at Bowie HS this weekend!

Seventeen students placed across all eight sections with six students (and four alternates) moving on to the Pre-Area Auditions at Johnson HS to determine who moves on to the ALL STATE CHOIR auditions in January.

Thank you, Ms. Crites, Ms. Allred, Mrs. Aelvoet, Mrs. Wascom, and Mrs. De Leon, for being chaperones for these amazing student musicians at this event!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to our students who auditioned for the TMEA Region Choir this weekend!

There will be no TMEA practice this week.

We will continue work on music skill sets as we prepare for Winter Concert music!

Students will be expected to sing the do hexachord and its intervals by Oct. 13/14.

We have been singing this as a part of warm ups in class since school began.

A rubric will be used to assess students. I have shared it below.

We have begun learning the la hexachord/intervals, with assessments for this scheduled for November.

Students helping with the BMS/WMS Concerts (and their parents) received an email with information about Monday. Thank you for helping out with these concerts!

I have been in contact with Note-able Travel regarding Spring Trip 2027 and hope to present it at the Parent Meeting next week.

The 2627 Hawk Choir T-Shirts have gone out to students! The Choir T-Shirt is covered by the Choir Fair Share Fee.

The Choir Fair Share Fee Information is below. You can also pay by cash, check, money order, or REVTRAK. See information below.

The Hawk Choir Fair Share Fee is paid by each member of the Hawk Choir Program and covers the following:

• Participation in a competition/festival event
• Accompanist/Instrumentalist Fees
• Uniform Maintenance
• T-Shirt (add $3.00 for XXL XXL for a total of $133.00)
• Hawk Solo and Ensemble

This fee is due Friday, October 30th.

It can be paid by

1. (exact) CASH
2. CHECK (Student Name/ID # in the Memo
3. Money Order (Student Name/ID # in the memo
4. REVTRAK

Students who have not paid the Choir Fair Share Fee by November 13 will be referred to the Front Office as a School Debt.

If you are having trouble paying this fee, it is important that you communicate with Mr. Flores before October 30th so that arrangements can be made-possibly, help.

• ANY TIME payment to the Choir or Choir Boosters is presented, it must go into an envelope, located on the HAWK CHOIR LOCK BOX, on the right side of the Choir Office Door.
• See example envelope below for details.
• Students have an opportunity to take care of payments as part of their passing period/prep time before class.
• NEVER PLACE MONEY (CASH OR CHECK) ON MR. FLORES' DESK OR IN HIS OFFICE.
• CASH MUST ALWAYS BE EXACT (cash is not kept in the Choir Office)

Mr. Ojeda is a product of Lehman HS and a graduate of Texas State University, where he earned his BS in Sound Recording Technology and sang with the University Singers and the Texas State Opera Theatre. Mr. Ojeda has worked as a professional singer in churches throughout the Central Texas area and has also been a successful private lesson teacher, music theatre director, and section leader.

If you are interested in more information about lessons from Mr. Ojeda, you can reach him at andresojedamusic@gmail.com.

Students who need help with their music can make an appointment with me by email (floresc@g.hayscisd.net). Tutoring can be done one on one or in a group.

Please request your tutorial time at least 1 day out so that I can check my availability.

During the second nine-weeks, I will not be available before school (AM Duty) on BLUE DAYS.

Thank you.

Charles M. Flores, Jr.

Kodály Specialist

Choir Director/AP Music Theory Instructor

Hays CISD Secondary Choir Team Leader

4800 Jack C. Hays Trail

Buda, Texas 78610

512. 268. 2911 ext. 46261

210. 504. 6987 work cell

charles.flores@hayscisd.net

floresc@g.hayscisd.net

Hays Hawk Choir Website