One City One Sound Set for December 7

By: Michigan City Area Schools Last Updated: November 30, 2023

Festive music will fill the air as close to 1,000 vocalists and instrumentalists kick off the holiday season at Michigan City Area Schools’ “One City, One Sound” concert on Thursday, December 7. The event will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Michigan City High School gymnasium. Admission is free, however all who attend are encouraged to bring a canned good/non-perishable food item for The Salvation Army. Monetary donations to The Salvation Army will also be accepted that evening.

This year’s “One City, One Sound” will feature:

560 voices in a choir of 5th and 6th graders from all eight MCAS elementary schools.
145 voices in a chorus of students from Barker and Krueger Middle Schools.
85 voices in the Michigan City High School Beginning Chorus, Concert Choir, Treble Chorale, and City Singers.
200 instrumentalists (grades 7-12) playing in MCAS middle and high school concert bands, the MCHS percussion ensemble, and the MCHS jazz band.

Each group will perform individually, and the closing number will involve all bands and choruses in a selection called “A Holiday Sing Along.” Other numbers will include “Carol of the Bells,” “Sleigh Ride,” “African Alleluia,” and “’Zat You Santa Claus?” Music teachers from throughout the

Michigan City Area Schools will lead their groups; the combined numbers will be under the direction of MCHS choral director Michelle Howisen and band director Frank Gast.

“One City One Sound is a wonderful opportunity for the community to see and hear the talented students of our district’s music program,” says Howisen. “It also gives our younger performers a chance to see what is possible for them at higher levels.”

This year’s concert will be broadcast live on the Michigan City Area Schools YouTube Channel and on Access LaPorte County Channel 98. It will also air live on Michigan City radio station WEFM (95.9 FM).

Note: Following the concert, traffic departing the high school on Pahs Road using the East drive will exit only to Johnson Road. The West drive will exit only to Woodland Avenue.