Richardson North Junior High Choir
Richardson North Junior High is one of the two feeder campuses for Pearce Area Choirs. North singers go on to sing at J.J. Pearce High School.
Hayley Hudgens
Director of Choirs · Richardson North Junior High · (469) 593-5408
Hayley.Hudgens@risd.orgHayley Hudgens is the Director of Choirs at Richardson North Junior High. Prior to directing at North, she was the student teacher at North and MST Elementary in RISD, and was briefly the permanent substitute teacher for the Highland Park Junior High Choir. She also taught private voice, cello, and piano lessons for several years. Ms. Hudgens graduated from Tomball High School in Tomball, TX where she was an active member in choir, orchestra, and theatre and earned a position in the 2021 Texas All-State Mixed Choir. She then graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, majoring in Music Education. During her time at SMU, Ms. Hudgens sang with the Chamber, Chorale, and Concordia choirs including solo performances with on-campus worship bands. In the summer of 2024, she also had the unique opportunity to perform opera in Siena, Italy while studying music abroad. Ms. Hudgens is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association. In her spare time, Ms. Hudgens loves to cook, travel, watch movies, and spend time with her friends and family. Her goals include maintaining excellence in the choir program and a positive choir community in the classroom.
Choirs at North
Four choirs
7th/8th Varsity Treble Choir — for singers with choral experience; performs as a varsity group at UIL Concert and Sight-reading.
7th/8th Non-Varsity Treble Choir — the beginning group, for singers new to choir.
7th/8th Tenor/Bass Choir — with attention to the changing male voice.
Encore — North’s auditioned pop mixed choir. Auditions are held at the beginning of the year and are open to any 7th or 8th grader enrolled in choir. Members rehearse at least once a week outside the school day and sign a full-year contract.
What Families Need to Know
Choir fee — $75 for the year
Covers T-shirts, supplies, social activities, and alterations and dry cleaning of formal attire. Region and District audition fees are separate.
Paid in your Membership Toolkit account: $25 at signup, then $25 each quarter.
Uniforms
Girls wear a black A-line dress rented through the choral department; students provide their own black closed-toe dress shoes.
Boys wear a white tuxedo shirt, black vest and bow tie — rented or their own — and provide black dress pants, shoes and socks.
Private voice lessons — $25 per lesson
Due in advance at the first lesson of each month, payable to the private lesson teacher. First come, first served; the sign-up form is available from Ms. Hudgens.
Cancellations must reach the teacher or the choir room at (469) 593-5408 before 8:00 a.m. on the day of the lesson, or the lesson is still owed.
Supplies and absences
Students bring a pack of pencils (mechanical preferred), a package of copy paper, and a box of tissues.
Anticipated excused absences need written notice at least two days in advance.
Richardson North Choir Handbook 2026-2027
The handbook is the governing document for fees, uniforms, grading, attendance, eligibility and travel. Students and parents acknowledge it in Membership Toolkit — there is no paper form to return.
Calendar
North choir dates will be posted here. In the meantime, see the Pearce Area Choirs calendar →
Questions? Email Hayley Hudgens at Hayley.Hudgens@risd.org.
