LSU High School Choral Festival

Monday, September 28, 2026 // 9:00am – 4:30pm
LSU Baton Rouge Campus

Guest Clinician: Dr. Shannon Jeffreys, Georgia Southern University

Dear Choir Directors and Students,

We're thrilled to invite you to join us for this year's High School Choral Festival–a day of music, inspiration, and connection with singers from across the region! Last year, more than 400 students joined us and we can't wait to see even more choirs lift their voices with us this year.

Throughout the day, students will dive into selected repertoire in rehearsals while collaborating with LSU's A Cappella Choir in a reading choir setting. All culminating in a performance at the day's end. In addition, the LSU A Cappella Choir will perform for the students during the day along with LSU faculty and guests!

Registration: $30 per student
Deadline: September 18, 2025 (to allow for finalizing schedules, room assignments, and meals)

Repertoire for the festival is listed below. We ask that all participating students & choirs purchase the music ahead of time and bring it with them to learn while they are here. Lunch will be provided.

We sincerely hope that you'll join us for this unforgettable day of artistry, learning, and community. Can't wait to see you there!

Dr. Alissa Rowe
Galante Chair and Director of Choral Studies

REGISTRATION LINK WILL BE LIVE SOON

Repertoire
Let Me Ride (SAB)	Traditional Spiritual; Arranged by: Rollo Dilworth Hal Leonard Corporation	Purchase Music Here
San'bonani/Namhla Kudibene (SATB)	Traditional Zulu & Xhosa Songs; Arranged by: Michael Barrett Santa Barbara Music Publishing	Purchase Music Here
I Believe (SATB)	By Mark A. Miller Choristers Guild	Purchase Music Here

Please note that registration is set up differently this year as ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER THEMSELVES. If it is necessary that you to pay as a school via check on the day of the event, we are able to accommodate that. All checks should be payable to Louisiana State University.

The registration fee to attend the LSU High School Choral Festival is $30 per student. All students/choirs must be registered by September 18, 2025. Registration link will be live soon!

REGISTER FOR THE FESTIVAL

For any questions about the LSU High School Choral Festival, please contact Alissa Rowe at alissarowe@lsu.edu.

Dr. Shannon Jeffreys

Dr. Shannon Jeffreys is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the Georgia Southern University Gretsch School of Music in Statesboro, Georgia. Her focus is the Southern Chorale, teaching in the undergraduate and graduate conducting and music education curriculums, along with directing Southern Gentry barbershop ensemble. Dr. Jeffreys maintains an active schedule as a presenter, adjudicator, lecturer, and guest conductor from secondary to collegiate institutions throughout the United States. She serves as an international choral adjudicator with Meeting Music and on the faculty of Harmony University with the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Choirs under Jeffreys’ direction have been featured on multiple state, national, and international conventions, most recently performing at the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s National Conference. Internationally, Southern Chorale has won prizes and received acclaim at prestigious competitions in Austria, Hungary, the United States and Germany, including the famous International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany. In 2019, Dr. Jeffreys received the Conductor’s Award from the Ave Verum International Choral Competition in Baden, Austria.

Before coming to Georgia Southern, Jeffreys served as Director of Vocal Studies at Erskine College and Theological Seminary. She holds degrees in music performance and conducting from Birmingham Southern College, the University of Mississippi, and the University of South Carolina.