photo courtesy of Dan Hansen
Superior Ratings for A Cappella & Bella Voce at State Festival updated May 27, 2018
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Congratulations to the members of our A Cappella and Bella Voce Choirs who performed at the first ever Utah State Junior High School Choir Festival at Snow College on Saturday, May 5, 2018.
These plaques represent a total of 16 superior ratings--8 ratings per choir over 3 separate adjudications during March-May 2018--from 8 independent judges. AMAZING WORK EVERYONE! The Saturday of the festival was a busy one for many of our students, so these final superior ratings were earned with 25% of each choir missing. We are so thankful for substitute singers from Concert Choir (who also qualified for the festival but who did not attend) who learned A Cappella's and Bella Voce's music on their own personal time! We couldn't have performed nearly as well without them. These are the first plaques we've earned and we sure are happy! Now where to hang them... |
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Jazz Choir Next Year
In August 2018 we will be celebrating our 5th year of singing a cappella pop, rock, jazz, Pentatonix and Pitch Perfect-style music! 8th and 9th graders are welcome to participate, no audition necessary. We hold Jazz Choir as a Flex-time Squad usually on Thursdays and Fridays. You only need to attend Jazz Choir once a week in order to remain in the squad.
This year we were so lucky to collaborate with Orem Junior alum Talmage Sanders, a recent 2018 graduate of Mountain View HS. We performed his brilliant arrangement of Try Everything (from Zootopia), and for the end of the year concert we commissioned him to arrange a Greatest Showman medley for us! We loved learning and singing his arrangement. In February, Talmage and members from MVHS's a cappella group Motive came and did a choral exchange and clinic with us. Such a fun day, and the start of an awesome new tradition!
This year we were so lucky to collaborate with Orem Junior alum Talmage Sanders, a recent 2018 graduate of Mountain View HS. We performed his brilliant arrangement of Try Everything (from Zootopia), and for the end of the year concert we commissioned him to arrange a Greatest Showman medley for us! We loved learning and singing his arrangement. In February, Talmage and members from MVHS's a cappella group Motive came and did a choral exchange and clinic with us. Such a fun day, and the start of an awesome new tradition!
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Reasons You Should Sing In A Choir
Did you know that an estimated 42.6 million Americans regularly sing in choruses today? More than 1 in 5 households have at least one singing family member, making choral singing the most popular form of participation in the performing arts for both adults and children. Click here to read more about the benefits of participating in a choir from this Chorus America study (go to the pdf).
This article talks about how singing in a choir reduces feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and depression. When you sing with others, you literally get a "singer's high!"
Read here about how the heartbeats of people in a choir almost immediately synchronize once they start singing together. "It's a beautiful way to feel. You are not alone but with others who feel the same way."
This article talks about how singing in a choir reduces feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and depression. When you sing with others, you literally get a "singer's high!"
Read here about how the heartbeats of people in a choir almost immediately synchronize once they start singing together. "It's a beautiful way to feel. You are not alone but with others who feel the same way."