Members of the Notre Dame choir, “The Irishmen,” perform last week at Brighton High School as part of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) district festival. More photos below.
MSVMA hosts district and state festivals throughout the state. Choirs that participate are required to prepare two selections to be performed for three judges and to sight-read an unfamiliar selection of music for a fourth judge. Each judge may award a choir up to 30 points creating a possible combined total of 120. In addition, choirs may participate at one of three levels: primary, intermediate or advanced.
“Our Honors Chamber Choir received an excellent rating with a score of 107 at the advanced level,” said Dave Fazzini, Notre Dame’s choir director. “The Irishmen received an excellent rating with a score of 98 at the primary level and the women's chorus received a good rating with a score of 94 at the primary level, just missing the ‘excellent’ threshold by two points.”
He said the school’s two choirs that received an excellent rating will be singing at the state festival in May.
Congratulations to the Notre Dame choir program and please enjoy the video below of the Chamber Choirs performance of “Dirait-on” by Morten Lauridsen.
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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.