<p>I agree with Violadad. If there is a higher level chorus available in the area - most likely an auditioned one - then I would choose that over all state. My D goes to a performing arts high school that doesn’t do choral work so she didn’t have to make the choice for high school, but she elected to take an instrument in middle school rather than the chorus because she was already in a local children’s chorus. None of her friends who are going to college as music majors did all state and it didn’t seem to impact them in any way.</p>