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Collegium musicum is a Renaissance-style costumed ensemble of high school singers in grades 9 - 12 in Ona, WV. The ensemble was directed by Ed Harkless, now retired, the original founder of the group (initially started as a before school ensemble at Barboursville High School) and 41 year veteran teacher in the Cabell County School System. Mr. Harkless began his teaching career 1979-1984 in the Meigs Local (Ohio) School system before coming to Cabell County. He taught at Barboursville Junior High 1984-1989 and Barboursville High 1989-1994 prior to being one of the original staff members of Cabell Midland High School in 1994.
Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, Christa Navy, a Cabell Midland and Marshall University alum will take over the ensemble.
Students in the ensemble are selected by competitive audition in early spring each year during scheduling for the next school year. Each year, these singers present up to 40 programs to the community.
Additionally, they have traveled each spring since the opening of the school in 1994. Performance venues have included such diverse locales as the Washington Cathedral, Washington, DC; St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland; Casa Loma,Toronto, CA; San Francisco and San Diego in addition to local community and civic presentations as well as an annual trip to and performance at the Carolina Renaissance Festival (where Mr. Harkless was Knighted in 2014 in recognition of many years of Collegium musicum performing "for the Queen")
Collegium musicum presents the Annual Christmas Madrigal Dinner on the second full week-end in December each year.
Collegium musicum first toured Ireland in April 2006, performing in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Blarney Castle and Knappogue Castle and returned to Ireland in April of 2011 performing a joint concert with friend and organist Mr. Timothy Waugh at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin and at Bunratty Castle, Shannon and again in 2014 to visit and perform at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin on St. Patrick's Day and Bunratty Castle.
Collegium musicum traveled to New York City in March 2016, returned to Ireland in 2017, Boston, NYC and Philadelphia in 2018 and again to Ireland in 2019.
Then, when post Covid made travel possible again, Collegium musicum returned once more in March 2023 to Ireland. They gave a concert in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, sang in St. Michan's, Dublin, and returned to Bunratty Castle for a performance at the Medieval Banquet. They also performed for the guests at Killarney Towers.
Visit our photo gallery for slide shows of our events.
THANK YOU!
2014-2015 Senior 4th year members
 
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Awards and Recognitions:
2025 WV Arts Alive
Mallorey Harris, Ariyanna Lewis
"Prepare Thyself Zion" duet selected
for feature, Hannah Vance selected
to perform the traditional closing
of "My Home Among the Hills"
Collegium musicum asked to
participate in production number
medley from Greatest Showman.
2025 WV ACDA High School
Honor Choir
Logan Harris, Hannah Kotalic
Tobias Sigmon, Hannah Vance
2025 WV All State Chorus
Hannah Vance, Tori Meade,
Brookelynn Miller, Hannah Kotalic,
Tobias Sigmon, Logan Harris,
Zachary Stovall
2024 ACDA Southern SSAA
Honor Choir - Louisville
Gracie Davis, Acashala Lewis,
Brookelynn Miller
2024 WV All State Chorus
Hannah Vance, Madyson Kirtley
Acashala Lewis, Logan Harris
Andreas Adkins, John Riffe
2024 WV ACDA High School
Honor Choir
Gracie Davis, Logan Harris,
Madyson Kirtley, Acashala Lewis
2024 WVACDA JrHi/MS Honor Choir
Bailey Fink, Hannah Kotalic
2023 Ireland Tour #6
performances at St. Michan's and Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin;
Bunratty Castle Banquet, Bunratty, Killarney Towers, Killarney
2023 National ACDA Honor Choir - Cincinatti
Acashala Lewis
2023 WV All State Chorus
Payton Cook, Acashala Lewis,
Brookelynn Miller, Micah Sanns
Julion Grace, Jayson Salmons
2023 WVACDA High School Honor Choir
Acashala Lewis, Micah Sanns,
Samuel Ward-Gardner
2023 WVACDA JrHi/MS Honor Choir
Lyvia Kirtley, Liz White
2022 - Music In the Parks - Kings Island -
4th successive year -
1st Place HS Choir
and 1st place Overall Choir
2022 WV All State Chorus -
Kate Sullivan, Josie Plumley,
Karleigh Morrone, Raine Hensley,
Sam Ward-Gardner,
Jayson Salmons, Elijah Henry
2022 WV ACDA Honor Choir:
Kate Sullivan, Josie Plumley
Raine Hensley, Karleigh Morrone
2022 ACDA Southern HS Honor Choir - Raleigh
Kate Sullivan
2022 WV ACDA Junior High MS Choir -
Anna Elkins, Hannah Vance
2021 WV All State Chorus -
Lyndsey Keaton, Kate White, Braedyn Clagg,
Kate Sullivan, Eleni Zerie, R. J. Blankenship
Karleigh Morrone
2021 WV ACDA Honor Choir:
Kate White, Kate Sullivan
2020 Southern Region ACDA HS Honor Choir - Mobile
Kate White, Elijah Henry, Johnathan Edwards
2020 - WV ACDA HS Honor Choir - R J Blankenship, Kate White,
Faith Mundstock, Kate Sullivan
2019 - WV State Choral Festival
Scored I for Repertoire and I for Sight Reading
2019- Ireland Tour #5 - performances at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Merry Ploughboys,
Blarney Castle, St. Mary's Cathedral, Killarney, Galway Cathedral
2019 National ACDA Men's and Women's Honor Choirs - Kansas City
Madeline Blake, Jadon Hayes
Ethan Niebergall, Joshua McCallister
2019 WVACDA All State HS Choirs
Madeline Blake, Jillian Blake, Bilen Zerie,
Krystin Oehlers, Faith Mundstock, Kate White,
Ethan Niebergall, Joshua McCallister,
Jadon Hayes
2019 WVMEA All State Chorus
Madeline Blake, Macy Music, Krystin Oehlers,
Jadon Hayes
2019 - Music In the Parks - Kings Island - 3rd successive year - 1st Place HS Choir
and 1st place Overall Choirs
2018 - WV State Choral Festival
Scored I for repertoire and I for Sight Reading
2018 - WVMEA All State Chorus
Madeiline Blake, Jillian Blake, Taran Watts,
Caleb Dorsey, Jadon Hayes, Matt Adkins
2018 - Southern Division ACDA High School - Louisville
Honor Choir - Jillian Blake, Laura Clagg,
Olivia Lingenfelter, Krystin Oehlers, Bilen Zerie,
Caleb Dorsey, Jadon Hayes, Joshua McCallister, Ethan Niebergall,
Taran Watts
2018- WV ACDA All State Chamber Choir -
Laura Clagg, Bilen Zerie, Jillian Blake, Caleb Dorsey, Ethan Niebergall, Joshua McCallister, Jadon Hayes
2018 WV ACDA Junior High MS Choir - Lyndsey Keaton, Kate White
2018- Music In the Parks - Kings Island - 2nd year - 1st Place HS Choir
and 1st place Overall Choirs
2017 - WV State Choral Festival
Scored I for repertoire and I for Sight Reading
2017 WVACDA All State Chamber Choir -
Laura Clagg, Tyler Call, Max Creasy, Caleb Dorsey, Joshua MCCallister
2017 WVACDA Junior High MS Choir -
Grayson Nash, Johnathan Edwards, Faith Mundstock,
Ellie Fisher, Emilie Charles
2017 WV ARTS ALIVE - invitation to perform at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV
2017- Music In the Parks - Kings Island - 1st Place HS Choir
and 1st place Overall Choirs
2017 - Ireland Tour #4 - performances at Merry Ploughboys, Christchurch Cathedral,
Galway Cathedral, Bunratty Castle
2016 - WV State Choral Festival
Scored I for repertoire and I for Sight Reading
2016 - Southern Division ACDA Honor Choirs -Chattanooga
Laura Clagg, Ainsley Pruitt, Mary Zarilla,
Ben Schelling, Tyler Call, Caleb Dorsey,
Christian Hatfield, Conrad Wallace, Max Creasy, Matt Boggs, J. D. Chapman
2016 - WVACDA All State Chamber Choir -
Laura Clagg, Ainsley Pruitt, Caleb Dorsey, Tyler Call, Max Creasy
2015 - National ACDA Honor Choirs - Salt Lake
Corey Adkins, Sawyer Adkins, Max Creasy, Tanner Pope
2015 -WVMEA (NAfME) All State Chorus -
Kayelin Ryder, Tyler Call, Karenann Flouhouse, Erik Bruce
2015 - WVACDA High Chamber Choir -
Kayelin Ryder and Erik Bruce
2015- WVACDA Junior High Middle School Choir -
Laura Clagg, Brianna Ring, Olivia Sweeney, Caleb Dorsey,
Isaac Meadows, Taran Watts, Bethany Weekley
2014 - Brooke Alexander selected to WV Governor's Honors Academy
2014 Marshall University Choral Festival - perfect scores from all three adjudicators!
2014 - WV ARTS ALIVE Celebration - selected to represent choral music in WV!
2014 - Ireland Tour - accepted to present performances at Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin and Bunratty Castle. Shannon as
well as other informal performances
2014 - Southern Division ACDA Honor Choirs - Jacksonville
Tanner Pope, Palmer Moehling, Sawyer Adkins,
Max Creasy, Joe Browning, Amos Parlock, Jared Ross, Damon Noel
2014 - WV ACDA All State High School Chamber Choir
Joe Browning, Corey Dorsey, Damon Noel
2013- National ACDA Honor Choir, Dallas, TX
Damon Noel
2013 - WV All State Chorus
Lauren Cheslick, Jacob Gue, Kellan Sanns, Amos Parlock, Damon Noel
2013- WV ACDA HS Chamber Choir
Alyssa Morris, Lauren Cheslick, Jacob Gue, Kellan Sanns, Damon Noel
2012- Marshall University Choral Invitational
perfect scores all judges!
2012- Damon Noel selected to attend WV Governor's School for the Arts!
2012 - Betsy Pettit - 1st Place Marshall University S.C.O.R.E.S. Academic Competition - Vocal Soloist
2012 - San Diego, Ca. Gold Award Winner and Judges' Achievement Award at the 2012 San Diego Heritage Music Festival
2012 - WV MEA All State Chorus
Betsy Pettit, Rebecca Pettit, Travis Pierson,
Kellan Sanns, Daniel Parlock
2012 - WVACDA All State Chamber Choir Members
Betsy Pettit, Rebecca Pettit, Felicia Sargent,
Travis Pierson, Damon Noel, Kellan Sanns
2012 - WVACDA All State JrHi/Middle School Choir
Tanner Pope, Breeann Bays
2012 - Southern Division ACDA Honor Choir - Winston-Salem, NC
Betsy Pettit, Jacob Gue, Travis Pierson,
Kellan Sanns, Damon Noel, Daniel Parlock, Luke Creasy
2012 - Capitol High School Choral Festival -
2nd Place Concert Choir.
NAFE (formerly MENC) National Magazine -
feature story about their 2011 Ireland Concert Trip
2011 - Betsy Pettit selected to attend WV Governor's School for the Arts!
2011 - WV Dept. of Education Arts Alive Honor Choir - Clay Center,Charleston, WV performance
2011 - Ireland Tour - including formal programs at
Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin with Timothy Waugh/organ and at Bunratty Castle, Bunratty, Co. Clare
2011 - West Virginia's only National ACDA Honor Choir Members - Chicago, IL
Doni Lemley, Daniel Parlock -
2011 - Capitol High School Choral Festival -
1st Place Concert Choir!
2010 - Capitol High School Choral Festival
1st Place Concert Choir!
2010 - Marshall University Choir Invitational
perfect scores all judges!
2010 - Southern Division ACDA HS Honor Choir - Memphis, TN
Blake Creasy, Betsy Pettit, Katy Pettit, Morgan McMicken, Doni Lemley, Daniel Parlock
2009 - Marshall University Choir Invitational perfect scores all judges!
2008 - Heritage Music Festival - Atlanta
Gold Award
2008 - Southern Division ACDA Honor Choir - Louisville, KY
Katy Pettit and Rachel Parlock
2007 - Heritage Music Festival - San Francisco
Silver Award
2006 - Ireland Tour - including formal concert at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dubin,
and Knappogue Castle Medieval Banquet, Quin, Co. Clare
2006 - Southern Division ACDA Honor Choir - Charleston, WV
Rachelle Thompson, J. D. Evans
1998 - Southern Division ACDA Honor Choir - Charleston, SC
LeeAnn Jordan
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