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Extra Curricular Opportunities
Students involved in the curricular choir program may take part in a wide variety of extra curricular opportunities:
This is a fun (sometimes crazy) group singing music written for men. We rehearse once per week before school with additional rehearsals near performances. Guyz Group performs for school concerts, local churches and community organizations.
This is a highly select ensemble singing music written for women. All members must be in 11th or 12th grade and in Concert Choir. We rehearse once per week before school with additional rehearsals near performances. Triple Trio performs at school concerts, local churches and community organizations.
This is an opportunity for you to push yourself as a solo or ensemble singer. Contest this year is Turesday, April 21 in Maple Grove. At contest you perform for a judge who rates you in 8 categories including tone quality, rhythm and technique. If you need help finding a piece I am available to help you. You should have a piece selected by mid February so there is adequate time to prepare. You prepare your piece mainly on your own time. Contest is not required but it is a superb opportunity that I highly encourage you to take! All students taking private voice lessons should plan to perform at contest.
All-Conference selection is a high honor. Select singers from each school in the conference come together for two days of singing under the direction of a top regional conductor. This year's festival is at Fridley High School. There is an all-day rehearsal on Friday, January 30 and an afternoon rehearsal and final performance on Monday, February 2. This opportunity requires outside individual practice time.
This all-day select honors choir happens Saturday, October 25. Both choirs are excellent opportunities to perform with other great singers under the direction of regionally known choir directors. This opportunity requires outside individual practice time.
This is an opportunity for those who want to perform high quality music with some of the best 9th and 10th grade singers in the state. You will perform on Thursday, February 12 as part of the Music Educator's Mid-Winter Clinic. You must audition with me and then it is decided whether we will make an audition CD to send in to the state. Sending in the CD is not a guarantee of making the choir. This opportunity requires outside individual practice time.
This is an opportunity to sing some of the best music in the world with top musicians from around the state. State auditions are held in March. Auditions require preparation of a solo, tonal memory and sight reading.
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