Three choirs from LaPorte High School recently competed in Organizational Contest sponsored by the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA). Each choir's overall rating is determined by the combination of scores from three performance judges and one sight-reading judge.
On April 21, the combined Beginning and Intermediate Women's Chorus competed at Concord High School in Group III. (High School ensembles can enter in Group I through IV, with Group I being the most difficult.) The Women's Choir received three gold ratings for performance and one for sight-reading. This was the first time this group, comprised primarily of Freshmen girls, took part in any type of ISSMA competition.
Members of the Beginning/Intermediate Women's Choir include:
Abby Alexander, Shelby Attar, Payton Berg, Vivianne Cartagena, Roseva Cheeks, Kristen Cole, Jocelynn Coleman, Alexia Cook, Katrina Cooper, Adonai Cornelio, Callie Cunningham, Emily Day, Caitlin Favia,
Madilyn Favia, Breanna Foster, Andréa Franklin, Jessica Gamez, Jenny Gaona, Jaylin Gilmore, Brooke Gliva, Brianna Graffis, Lianna Lewis, Makia Masterson, Alyssa McFadden, Alyssa Mendoza, Brittany Miller, Elisabeth Novak, Elizabeth Patchin, Rachel Porter, Caitlyn Smith, Angel Thomas, Ruth Togbe, Natalie Tuholski, Antionette Yasko, Rebecca Wawok, Miranda Yon
On April 30, the Advanced choirs, Chorale and Treble Chorale, competed in the ISSMA Group I State Qualification Contest. Although their scores were not high enough to move on to State Finals, both choirs received three gold ratings for their performance. Each choir also earned the same score of 43.5 out of 44 points for their sight reading.
The members of the Advanced choirs who performed at contest are as follows:
Chorale:
Jack Boardman, Riese Bornell, Amie Decker, Angel Egmer, Vanessa Evans, Lexie Goodwin, Paris Gunter, Alex Gushrowski, Matthew Hatala, Daniel Hatfield, Lilly Hooley, Taylor Jump, Trent Kaercher, Madeline Livinghouse, Alyson Love, Alec Mace, Gabriel Page, Cassie Postelmans, Max Principe, Emily Richardson, Bailey Roberts, Jack Saunders, Josh Smith, Daniel Sobecki, Marcus Spradlin, Payton Stevens, Geovanny Tapia, Taneele Tidey, Caitlyn Tuholski, Cameron Wells, Natalie Williams, Amanda Wolfe, Rachel Wright, Madeline Zeman, Percussionists: Noah Carter, Adam Smith, Jacob Noll
Treble Chorale:
Katlin Alexander, Lauren Anglin, Reid Bello, Savannah Braman, Cami Colwell, Bethany Gunter, Hannah Hamilton, Ashlyn Hendrickson, Alexus Hine-Holzapfel, Joslyn Holt, Briannan Leone, Erica Lynch,
Alexis Martinez, Brie Membrila, Rylee Menke, Emily Miramontes, Jenny Noll, Jayme Osowski, Nikki Parsons, Brianna Perz, Tamara Pitts, Shania Povlock, Hattie Rudnick, Mariah Sanders, Brianna Sawyer, Mariah Sharp, Linda Tharpe, Julie-Ann Theim, Jessica Thornton, Courtney Trapp, Alazra Walker, Danielle Walsh, Stephanie Wuthrich
The mixed choir and two women's choir are under the direction of Thomas Coe, accompanied by Jane DeVries.
These choirs, along with the Beginning Men's Chorus and Show Choir will perform together at their Spring Concert on Tuesday, May 10. The performance begins at 7:00 in the High School auditorium and is presented with free admission.