Students in the Pella Community School District have been selected to a prestigious statewide choir. Pella Middle School Choral Music Director Joe Tangen says nine students from Pella Middle School and three from Pella High School were named to the Opus Honor Choir out of more than 2,600 who auditioned. The 2019 Opus Honor Choirs will perform at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday in C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in the Iowa State Center in Ames. The Opus Honor Choir Festival is organized by the Iowa Choral Directors Association.

From Pella Middle School:
Jack Conrad
Hayden DuBois
Eli Ebeling
Kaiden Hol
Olivia Hood
Ashton Huizer
Kolton Messer
Riley Thornton
Thomas Tangen (Solo Finalist)

From Pella High School:
Jake Rietveld
Eli Burrows
Braelyn Ensor (Alternate)

Also selected was Trey Voeller from PCM Middle School