CHS junior Anna Lowry, left, and senior Morgan Whitaker recently were invited to be a part of the prestigious Georgia Music Educators Association All-State Chorus, an audition-based program recognizing the best high school vocalists in the state.

Julie Lowry, CHS choral director, notes the audition process to make All-State is “grueling,” with competitors going through two rounds that require vocalists to sing in a foreign language, sight read, and perform selections on the spot without prior knowledge of what they will be asked to sing.