Welcome to the FT Choir Web site! You will find a variety of information within the site to enrich, enlighten, and inform you about your experience as an FT Choral student or parent. Please feel free to check the web site often as changes will be posted frequently.

About the Choirs at FTMS

Choirs at Frontier Trail are structured for excellence and excitement! New 6th grade choir members learn important skills related to choral and ensemble development, music literacy, and vocal independence. They build a sense of team through mutual respect and common experience. Choirs for 7th and 8th grade students (Belles Chansons, Bel Canto, and Chorale) are chosen in the spring through an audition process. These choirs continue to learn, grow in, and experience choral excellence. Excellent performance is reached through mutual respect, hard work, great attitudes, and trust-filled interdependence.

About the Teacher

Mrs. Harrison is beginning her 9th year at Frontier Trail Junior High and her 22nd year of teaching middle-level choral music. Mrs. Harrison loves teaching middle school and junior high choral music and is excited for a great new year! In addition to her choral responsibilities at FT, Mrs. Harrison also works with the nationally recognized Allegro Community Children's Choirs on Monday evenings. She is the principal director of the "Vivo" choir and assists with "Moto" and "Brio".

Professionally, Mrs. Harrison has been nominated for Who's Who Among American Teachers three times, has served as the middle level choral chairperson for the Northeast District of the Kansas Music Educators' Association, has been selected as a building-level Master Teacher twice (1998, 2005), and was chosen as Outstanding Middle Level Choral Music Educator in 2003. She is also an Assistant Director in the Allegro Community Children's Choir program amd directs a children's choir and a Youth choir at her church. In 2009, Mrs. Harrison completed a 2-year term as the American Choral Directors Association Kansas Chairperson for Repertoire and Standards for Junior High and Middle School Choral Music. She is the current National Chairperson for ACDA Junior High and Middle School Repertoire and Standards. Mrs. Harrison is also the Middle School Choral Co-Facilitator for Olathe USD 233.

Outside of school, Mrs. Harrison is a mom to two musical kids and wife to a busy high school band director. She also has a cat of mixed background and a Labrador Retriever. She loves to read and talk about books, too! Who needs spare time?!?

Contact Mrs. Harrison at:

gharrisonft@olatheschools.com

or

gharrison.jhms@gmail.com

 

 

 

Quote for the Moment:

"Every adult needs a child to teach: it's how adults learn."

~Frank A. Clark

GREAT NEWS!

Bel Canto and Chorale performed in competition at the 2010 Worlds of Fun Choral Festival in May 2010. Both choirs scored "I" ratings. Bel Canto's "I" was high enough to secure the Award "Best in Class". A new trophy will be displayed with pride in the choir room. Bel Canto and Chorale EACH received 3 straight "I" ratings. Way to go, choirs!

More Great News...

• Congratulations to the following studentwho was chosen for the 2010 Kansas Choral Directors Association Children's Honor Choir: Whitney Wrestler. She performed at the state music education in-service in Wichita, KS, on February 26. The Frontier Trail Choral department is proud of you!

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GREAT TRANSITIONS!

Best wishes to the new freshman and sophomore choir members at all our Olathe High Schools! Keep singing in your new schools. You've been well-trained and can be a great member of Dr. Shepard's, Dr. Dunn's, Dr. Epp's and Mrs. Williamson's choirs.