Above, members of the Notre Dame Chamber Choir perform at a festival concert last Sunday.
More than 100 students in three different choirs from Notre Dame Prep will be competing today as part of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association District Festival, which will be held at Waterford Kettering High School.
The Women’s Chorus, the Band of Brothers and the Chamber Choir will each perform two classical selections before judges at the event. The student-vocalists also will attend clinics and be judged on their ability to sight-read music they have not seen before.
“Festival is a great experience for our students,” said Notre Dame Director of Choirs David Fazzini.
Last Sunday in an effort to prepare his vocalists for today’s competition, Fazzini said he surprised his chamber choir students at the concert by handing them unfamiliar music and having them demonstrate their sight-reading process to the audience.
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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." The Marist Fathers and Brothers sponsor NDPMA's Catholic identity and manages its educational program. Notre Dame is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.