Kennesaw Mountain High School Chorus
About Us
The Kennesaw Mountain Chorus program is a group of 9-12th grade students who share a passion for music and choral performance. We also value the social community, teamwork skills, and individual growth that can come from participating in chorus. Our four ensembles (listed below) prepare a variety of musical styles, which they showcase in multiple performances each semester. In addition to concerts, we also have multiple social events each semester for students to enjoy our chorus community.
Our Ensembles
Beginning Treble Chorus
All freshman and new treble (Soprano and Alto) singers will be a part of the Beginning Treble Chorus in the fall semester, then will move to the Advanced Treble Chorus in the Spring semester. The beginning treble chorus focuses on establishing a quality singing tone, while building a baseline of music theory knowledge to set the singers up to move into the Advanced Treble Chorus in the Spring Semester. This group will perform a variety of repertoire throughout the semester.
Advanced Treble Chorus
The Advanced Treble Chorus is comprised of Soprano and Alto singers in 10th-12th grades in the fall, with 9th grade singers joining in the spring. This ensemble focuses on the continued development of proper vocal and choral techniques. Students will continue to develop music sight-reading skills to an intermediate to advanced level, and will sing intermediate to advanced- level music with expression and technical accuracy. This group will perform a variety of repertoire throughout the semester.
Chamber Singers
Chamber Singers is an advanced mixed choral ensemble at KMHS. This ensemble includes 10th- 12th grade Sopranos and Altos and 9th-12th grade Tenors and Basses. This ensemble focuses on the continued development of proper vocal and choral techniques. Students will continue to develop music sight-reading skills to an advanced level, and will sing advanced- level music with expression and technical accuracy. This group will perform a variety of repertoire throughout the semester.
KM Cappella
KM Cappella is an extra-curricular, auditioned a cappella group open to 10th- 12th graders. This group meets after school twice a month and prepares unaccompanied selections of various genres. Auditions for KM Cappella take place in the spring semester.
Our Director
LeAnna Iddings
Dr. Iddings is so excited to be in her first year as the Chorus director at Kennesaw Mountain High School! She previously taught at Dodgen Middle School for three years, and was the choral director at Rome High School for four years prior to that. Over the course of her career so far, Dr. Iddings has conducted various ensembles, including high school and middle school concert choirs of all levels, musical theatre, literary team, and competitive show choir. Dr. Iddings’s choirs have consistently received superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation.
Dr. Iddings grew up in Albertville, Alabama, where she participated in her school’s choir and band programs, and was a member of the varsity tennis team. She also participated in fourteen years of ballet, tap, and jazz training at a local studio. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in music education from Jacksonville State University and her Master’s Degree in music education from Bowling Green State University. Most recently, Dr. Iddings completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education from Georgia State University. Dr. Iddings’s research has been published in the Visions of Research in Music Education academic journal.
Dr. Iddings lives in Marietta with her husband, Sam, and they will soon be welcoming a baby girl into their family. In her free time, she loves cooking, spending time with family, enjoying Lake Allatoona, traveling, and singing!
