Welcome to the EHS Choir!
EHS Choir Achievements
2023-24 Honors
- Varsity Treble won the prestigious Mark of Excellence Commended Winner Award given by the Foundation for Music Education. Half of all choirs who apply win this award.
- Varsity Treble won the prestigious Mark of Excellence Commended Winner Award given by the Foundation for Music Education. Half of all choirs who apply win this award.
- Varsity Mixed won the Best in Festival Award at the Bluebonnet Classic in San Antonio in April 2024.
- EHS had sixteen students go to State Solo and Ensemble, with fifteen of them earning a medal at the event.
- Five students earned a spot in the All-State Choir in January. That is the highest number of students for Elkins HS choir in its 32-year history.
- EHS had thirty-two students participate in the TMEA Region 13 All-Region Choir in November.
- EHS Choir had five choirs participate in UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation in April, and all of them earned highest marks from the judges and sweepstakes awards.
- The Varsity Mixed Choir earned the Performance of Distinction at Celebration of Excellence in April, the fifth straight time they have earned that honor.
- The Varsity Mixed Choir performed at the “Hear the Future” clinic with the Houston Chamber Choir in January 2024!
2022-23 Honors
- Varsity Mixed won the prestigious Mark of Excellence National Winner Award given by the Foundation for Music Education. Only 25% of all choirs who apply win this award, and we are the first FBISD Mixed Choir to earn this honor.
- Varsity Treble won the prestigious Mark of Excellence Commended Winner Award given by the Foundation for Music Education. Half of all choirs who apply win this award.
- EHS had twenty students go to State Solo and Ensemble, with seventeen of them earning a medal at the event.
- Three students earned a spot in the All-State Choir in January, with two being in the prestigious Mixed Choir.
- EHS had twenty-six students participate in the TMEA Region 13 All-Region Choir in November.
- EHS Choir had six choirs participate in UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation in April, and five of them earned highest marks from the judges and sweepstakes awards.
- The Varsity Mixed Choir earned the Performance of Distinction at Celebration of Excellence in April, the fourth straight time they have earned that honor.
- As a result of the performances last year, the Varsity Mixed Choir has been invited to receive a clinic with the Houston Chamber Choir in January 2024!
Honors in the last seven years:
- Varsity Mixed has been invited to perform with the University of Houston Concert Chorale and Houston Christian University Schola Cantorum on their respective college campuses.
- Five Performance of Distinction Awards and Celebration of Excellence since 2018.
- EHS Choirs have earned 23 Sweepstakes trophies at UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation since 2017.
- Twenty placements in the All-State Choir since 2017.
- Consistently high number of Region Choir members.
- Consistently high number of Division 1 performances at Solo and Ensemble.
- Grown from one hundred students in 2016-17 to 155 students in 2023-24.
- Coffeehouse performances each year for the community.
- Performances for the Missouri City Police Department and Sugar Land Rotary Club.