Lena Rausch selected for Opus Honor Choir Festival

Lena Rausch, a seventh grade student at Waukon Middle School and the daughter of Ben and Kris Rausch of Waukon, was recently selected for participation in the 38th annual Opus Honor Choir Festival. Over 2400 students were nominated by their directors for 720 positions in the four Opus Honor Choirs. Selections were made by means of a recorded audition. Rausch is under the direction of Sarah J. Bieber at Waukon Middle/High School.

Guest conductors of the choirs include Jennifer Ghelf, 5th and 6th Grade Honor Choir; John Hayden, 7th and 8th Grade Bass Clef Honor Choir; Rachael Wragge, 7th and 8th Grade Treble Clef Honor Choir; and Meg Byrne, 9th Grade Mixed Honor Choir. The 2024 Opus Honor Choirs performed Thursday, November 21 in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is made possible by the Iowa Choral Directors Association, Inc.