LFHS Choir Newsletter

Next week is our Spring Concert, which will feature members from the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra and our music competition winners. Foresters and the Select Singers Tenors/Basses will be performing a few excerpts from the Vivaldi Gloria. They will perform the complete work on Sunday, 3/17 at Gorton. Be sure to buy tickets for this event as it is selling out. (See below to purchase tickets)

• Tues. 3/12 - Rehearsal, RMA,

• 6-7:30pm - Foresters and Select Singers T/B
• 7:30pm-8pm - Select Singers S/A & Balladiers

• Wed. 3/13 - Concert, RMA, 6pm Call, 7:30pm Concert

• Fri. 3/15 - Rehearsal with LFCO, Gorton Center, 7-8pm (Foresters and Select Singers T/B)

• Sun. 3/17 - Concert with LFCO, Gorton Center, 3:15pm Call, 4pm Concert

Extra credit for Select Singers S/A and Balladiers who attend

On March 17, the Foresters Singers and the Select Singers T/B will be performing the masterwork, Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra at Gorton Center. This is a multi-movement piece and will feature student soloists! It is a huge honor to be playing with this group and a great opportunity for our students to perform a choral classic with strings! Tickets can be purchased at https://www.lakeforestcivicorchestra.org/. Students will be performing select movements with strings at our concert on March 13. This is a concert not to be missed!

In preparation for this great event, students will be working with several guest conductors in the next couple of weeks! :)

Congratulations to our student soloists!

Laudamus Te
Alix Anderson and Nora Sharman

Domine Deus
Lexi Makowiecki

Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
Jill-Marie Berg

Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram
Siobhan Boyle

After our spring concert, students will be using class time to audition for ensembles next year. Students will have to sight read, do tonal memory, and show their musicianship skills. We will be going over further details in class next week. Click the Title link to see what will be on the audition.

If you know of any rising 8th graders, please encourage them to sign up for Select Singers in school next year. I'd also be happy to reach out to any parents/rising choir singers personally to let them know more about the choir program.

The Applause Scholarships recognize outstanding accomplishments by LFHS senior music students and encourage their further study of music. They are awarded to one student each in band, orchestra and chorus, with an additional discretionary award. All Seniors are encouraged to apply! Application Form

This past weekend, 18 choir and theater students went to New York for a cultural trip. While there the students saw three shows (Back to the Future, Madama Butterfly, and Wicked) and went to three different museums (9/11 Memorial Museum, Museum of Broadway, and the Museum of Modern Art). The students also had the opportunity to do a talk back with Mrs. Mah's friend, Chelsea Shephard, and Mr. Begale's friend, Paul Loesel. Chelsea is on the roster at the Metropolitan Opera and performed in Madama Butterfly and Paul has been the pianist for Wicked since it opened twenty years ago. For me, this was super special for students to hear how these artists started right where our students are and are now living their dreams as performers.

We are hoping to potentially run this trip again as it was a huge success. Shout out to Sue Pipal at Blueprint Tours for organizing an amazing trip!

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March

12 Choir Evening Rehearsal 7:00-9:00pm RMA

13 Choir Concert 7:30pm RMA

15 LFCO Concert Rehearsal 7:00pm-8:00pm Gorton

17 Vivaldi Gloria (Foresters/SS T/B) Collab with LFCO

4pm Gorton

Call 3:15pm

April

18-20 Musical 7:00pm RMA

26 Honors Voice Recitals 2:35-3:20pm RMA

May

2 Choir Evening Rehearsal 7:00-9:00pm RMA

3 Choir Concert 7:30pm RMA

23 Music Banquet 6:00pm Cafeteria

30 Senior Cookout lunches outside

June

8 Graduation (all Choirs) 12:45-3:15 Front Lawn