The J.J. Pearce High School Choral program is rich in a tradition of excellence and quality in musical performance and experience. The success of the choral program is centered on students who are committed to excellence, and that excellence earned the Pearce A Cappella choir the highest choral honor in the state of Texas: 2008 State Honor Choir.
Students willingness to establish short and long-term goals for improvement in vocal technique and music reading are rewarded. The program offers many opportunities for our students, daily voice training, choral contests, social events, music theory, vocal performance, and camaraderie with friends while making music.
The J. J. Pearce Choral Department Handbook for 2008-2009 gives specifics about the program and RISD music guidelines. We invite you to keep up to date with our program and music on this web site. Keep singing!
Views from Rome
June 23, 2009
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Italy on June 9, 2009
June 06, 2009
The Pearce Choirs parepare to leave for their tour of Rome, Florence and Venice in the coming week. Pictured here, they practice in the Pearce entry vestibule where the acoustics are wonderful! The tour consists of current students, alumni students, and families.
Choir Placement for 90-10
July 04, 2009
Here are the results of the choir placement proceedure for the 09-10 year. Please click on the download button to open the document. Congratulations to all!
Choir families and students gathered at the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza to celebrate the choir year and honor graduating seniors! Wonderful food, awards, presentations, skits, and a slide show were part of the fun.
ALL STATE CAMPS AVAILAB LE
Get a head start on the Fall Contests
April 23, 2009
Each Summer, universities across the state offer summer camps to begin reviewing the music for the all-state choir contest process that starts with eliminations up to all-region and then continues to all-area and all-state. Meet other choristers, get a head start on the music, see living conditions at different universities, and have fun all in one! The download shows the camps, dates, and web sites for more infomation.
The Texas All-State Repertoirre list will be available on the TMEA website (www.tmea.org) after May 8. Click on:Division, Vocal, All-State. Individual packets can be obtained at www.jwpepper.com.
This year the Pearce Choir as well as other RISD music classes are using a system called CHARMS for communications and official student information. Below is the log-in instruction sheet that was passed out in class.
Parents, make sure your contact information is correct as the CHARMS system takes the place of the old system of registration cards. This information is private, controlled by a password, and controlled by the directors. We have the link listed on our "Links" page as well.
RISD is not responsible for and does not endorse or support content that is hosted on Web sites and servers that are not part of the RISD computer network.
This web site is sponsored by the Pearce Area Choir Booster Club and is intended to provide information on the choral department programs and activities of the J. J. Pearce choir. You can download documents as indicated in the stories with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Get it free on our links page. Please note: it is NOT necessary to use the "log in" button the web site. The entire content is available for public viewing.
Pearce High School is located at 1600 North Coit Road in Richardson, Texas, 75080. 469.593.5000
