The youth choir would like to congratulate our one ACDA State Honor Choir participant, Claire (aka Mama's Girl). Yesterday was the culmination of months of hard work on six songs, two of which we will sing at Mass next year. The rest of the songs? They were well-executed, but not Sacred, so just a good experience in musicianship. Rehearsals began for this 35-minute performance by the 140-member Honor choir on Thursday night. All day Friday, and Saturday morning, they worked with their conductor, Dr. David M. Childs.
Thursday night brought a chance encounter with some of our Junior Youth Choir members, Mary K., and Luci, who were participating in the Elementary State Honor Choir this year. Congrats to the juniors!!!!! (I hear tell that Jason was there, too, but only in an official sibling capacity)
For the videos of the Honor Choir performing:
- CLICK HERE for Sicut Cervus
- CLICK HERE for Laetatus Sum
- CLICK HERE for I Want to Be Where Your Bare Foot Walks
Why do I keep auditioning us for Honor Choirs? Because it is one guaranteed set of songs every year that can be taken all the way to performance level. The nature of singing at Mass, the heavy music load, often prevents us from ever really FINISHING the work on a song, so we don't get "there" until two or three years of singing it at Mass. Honor choirs help us understand both the process of finishing a piece, and how to apply that process as quickly as possible to our Mass Anthems. It's all about quality at home.
Congratulations to Claire and Mary K. and Luci. Good luck next year to ALL SRYC auditionees. NOW we know what it is we MUST do to increase our participation level next year.
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