County students take part in All-East Choir
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The mixed choir during their performance of “Ave Maria” by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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All East Choir participants from ACHS. From left, Alexandra Stroud, Rayvn Smelcer, Mason Hatmaker, Luke Overton, Micah Sawyer, Ila Coker, Courtney Neer, Josie Lo- gan, Maddi Maggi, and Gretchen Hollaway.
Saturday, Nov. 23, the East Tennessee Vocal Association hosted it’s annual All-East Honor-Choirs performances at Maryville College.
Students from high schools all across East Tennessee audition and are only admitted to the choir after a rigorous selection process involving a prepared accompaniment and a sight-reading test.
If students pass their first audition, they are given music to learn, and then they must audition again at a later screening to show they have learned they have practiced sufficiently and learned their music. Judges from the East Tennessee Vocal Association act as judges during these screenings.
Anderson County High School performers: Mason Hatmaker, Josie Logan, Maddi Maggi, Courtney Neer, Luke Overton, Micah Sawyer, Rayvn Smelcer, and Alexandra Stroud. Clinton High School performers: Ashton Arndt. Oak Ridge High School performers: Devin Loflin, Brianna Marcopulos and Marian Vacaliuc. Norris Middle School performers: Sonia Bean, Sophie Coble, Jeremiah Flatford, Eddie Harshbarger, MaryJo Mattingly, Katreena McGrew, Eden Norris, Paige Smith, Amelia Tharpe, and Caleb Ward.