Notre Dame Vocalists Get Excellent To Superior Ratings

Notre Dame vocalists, who performed at last weekend’s solo and ensemble festival sponsored by the Michigan School Vocal Music Association, are, from left, Laura Lund, Mary Lund, Cara Bonanni, Brittany Johnson and Tessa Masgoudi.

Five Notre Dame choir members participated in a district solo and ensemble festival last weekend with all receiving either a superior or excellent rating for their work.

Seniors Mary Lund and Brittany Johnson, junior Cara Bonanni and freshmen Laura Lund and Tessa Masgoudi sang classical repertoire for collegiate judges at Howell High School.

Johnson received a superior rating for solo, Mary and Laura Lund received a superior rating for a duet, and Mary Lund, Laura Lund, Masgoudi and Bonanni all received excellent ratings for solos.

All five entries have been invited to the state solo and ensemble festival in March. The NDP choral program is a member of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association, which sponsors a variety of district and state wide festivals each year. NHP choirs and soloists participate in many of these events each season.

About the MSVMA: The Michigan School Vocal Music Association, founded in 1937, is a non-profit professional organization of vocal music educators whose purpose is to improve, promote and assist vocal music education in the middle, junior high, and senior high schools of the state through a program of clinics, festivals, workshops, and conferences, regulated by legitimate and effective means.

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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy

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." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by 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.