A performance on the Grand Ole Opry stage brings to mind a vision of cowboy boots and 12-string guitars, but on Oct. 29, high school students from all over the country will transform it into a different type of concert.

Radhika Gore, 16, a junior at Northwest High School in Germantown is one of the students that was chosen to participate in the National Association for Music Educations All-National Honor Choir in Nashville.

Im going to be totally honest. I didnt know what [the Grand Ole Opry] was before this, Gore said, explaining that once she looked it up she was impressed and couldnt wait to sing there because she thought the acoustics would be amazing.

The All-National Honor Choir is made up of the top high school choral performers in the country. In order to audition, one must first be accepted into his or her All-State Festival. Gore participated in All-State for the first time last year and, because of that, was given a list of different programs and choirs she could audition for. The All-National Honor Choir grabbed her attention.

In May, Gore submitted an audition online of her singing Danny Boy and He Trusted in God, both traditional choir songs that she used to make it into the All-State Festival.

We had to upload two separate videos of us singing songs for two minutes. I chose what I thought was best, Gore said.

While those who auditioned were supposed to hear back by July whether or not they had made it, July arrived and Gore hadnt heard anything. She reached out to her choral director who checked the roster online where she saw Gores name.

I was a little disheartened. I thought that it would at least be nice of them to let me know what happened, but when I did find out it was even more exciting than it would have been, she said.

Shes been listening to music ever since she was born, her father, Vivek Gore, said, explaining the family has always been very musical. She does sing a lot around the house, theres always music going on. She cant study without music.

Right now, Gore is studying the music she will have to perform with the choir. Unlike most concerts where the performers have weeks to rehearse together to get the sound just right, students at All-National only have a couple days.

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