Notre Dame choir members round up awards at competitons, perform numerous times over four-day span.
Notre Dame’s Band of Brothers choir. More photos below.
The various groups that are part of Notre Dame’s choruses, choirs and ensembles recently earned a number of awards and accolades at competitions last month — which they managed to squeeze into a fairly short time frame.
According to Dave Fazzini, who directs the schools choir program, the four-day intensive schedule of concerts and competitions began with a State Solo and Ensemble Festival on March 19, which led to six awards, including Joe Issac (12), who received a superior at district and an excellent at state; Rowland Scheessele (9), who received an excellent at district and an excellent at state; Emily Macks (10), who received a superior at district and an excellent at state; Emily Finn (10), who received an excellent at district and a good at state; Laura Lund (11), who received an excellent at district and an excellent at state; and Faith Knill (10), who received a superior at district and an excellent at state.
The following day, on March 20, choir members were back at work performing and tuning up at the Notre Dame Pre-Festival Concert in the school’s cafeteria. On the following Tuesday, March 22, three groups, The Women's Chorus, The Band of Brothers and the Chamber Choir participated in the MSVMA (Michigan School Vocal Music Association) district choir festival at Waterford Kettering High School.
About 125 students participated at this event, which involves choirs performing for judges evaluate them based on various aesthetic and technical abilities, including tone, pitch, rhythm, diction, expression, presentation and sight reading.
The Women's chorus received a good rating (93 out of 120 possible points), the Band of Brothers received an excellent rating (101 out of 120 points) and the chamber choir participating at the intermediate level received an excellent rating (106 out of 120 points). The chamber choir missed a superior rating by just six points.
State Solo and Ensemble participants from Notre Dame.
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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.