2026 High School Honor Choir
The Idaho International Choral Festival is pleased to offer an opportunity for Idaho high school students to participate in the 2026 Idaho International Choral Festival, held in Pocatello, Idaho, as part of the High School Honor Choir. Past participants have given glowing reviews of their festival experience as profoundly enriching and exhilarating! Applicants will be chosen based on available space for each voice part and by recommendation provided by a choir director.
Student Recommendations
CHOIR DIRECTORS: Use the link below to submit a recommendation of a quartet of students (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) to participate in the High School Honor Choir. Please submit a separate recommendation form for each quartet.
Dr. Scott Anderson, Guest Conductor
Scott Eric Anderson conducted the ISU Chamber & Concert Choirs, the Camerata Singers, and taught Choral Conducting, Choral Methods, and voice until 2024. Dr. Anderson received Idaho State University’s Master Teacher and Outstanding Public Service awards on three occasions. He was awarded the Idaho State University Alumni Association’s Faculty Achievement Award in 2011, and Idaho State University’s Distinguished Public Service Award in 2013.
Anderson received the Bachelor of Arts in Music from Whitworth College, the Master of Music from Westminster Choir College, and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He studied conducting with such eminent teachers as Eph Ehly, Joseph Flummerfelt, Allen Crowell, Frauke Hassemann and many others.
Choirs under Dr. Anderson’s direction traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America. As Director of Choral Activities at Idaho State University, Anderson led the Idaho State University Chamber Choir or Camerata Singers on performance tours of more than 22 countries over two decades. He led the Camerata Singers on a performance tour of Spain and Portugal in July 2013. Dr. Anderson conducted the ISU Chamber Choir (one of six invited University choirs) in performance at the Northwest Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Seattle, Washington in March 2014. Anderson conducted the Idaho State Civic-Symphony, the Camerata Singers, and the ISU Concert Choir in performances of the Verdi REQUIEM in April 2014.
Anderson served as the Artistic Director of the Idaho International Choral Festival where choral groups from around the world join together in Pocatello, Idaho for a week of choral performances, conducting master classes and artistic and cultural exchange. He conducted more than 100 choral festivals, including All State Festivals, Regional MENC or ACDA Honor Choirs in 16 states and Canada. He served the American Choral Directors Association in state, divisional, and national offices, and was featured as a guest conductor, lecturer and teacher throughout the United States and abroad.
