Focusing on practicing their sight reading in class, the choir prepares for ISSMA and their March 6 concert. They are also preparing by rehearsing for live audiences as well.
“When we go to ISSMA as a group, we have to do a lot of sight reading,” Mia Bozic, junior said. “There’s a portion where they give you stuff to read and you have to sing it as a group. We need to practice our sight reading, so he (Mr. Luke McGinnis, choir director) gives us it a lot.”
“(The songs) rotate, they’re always changing,” Omar Aftab, junior said. Usually they sing choral pieces, but they also perform pop songs once in a while, as well as disney and other varieties of songs.
“This year we get to do a heavier, emotional piece as well as an upbeat spiritual (piece),” Josie Speckhard, junior said.
The choir has added a dance to their piece Tuba, an African spiritual piece. The combination of the choir with a dance performance allows the singers to branch out as well.
“I’ve always thought about music as another layer of communicating a story or feeling, so having a dance really helps us understand and portray the meaning and vibe of the song,” Josie said.
