JACKET SING-SATIONS ELEMENTARY CHOIR
The Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir is made up of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students from all four elementary schools in the Oxford City School System in Oxford, Alabama: Coldwater Elementary (K-4), DeArmanville Elementary (K-4), Oxford Elementary (K-4), and C.E. Hanna Elementary (5-6). Auditions are held each spring. The choir began in 2008 under the direction of music teachers Lorraine Busby and Kristina Sisco. The group was created to give Oxford’s elementary students the opportunity to continue their education in music reading and performance skills beyond their weekly 30 minute music class. The choir began with 45 members in the 4th and 5th grade and has grown into a 70 member choir, with 6th grade being added this year. The Jacket Sing-Sations perform for various community and school system events throughout the year. The 4th grade members attend the AMEA Elementary Music Festival annually. The 5th graders attend the Jacksonville State University Honor Choir annually. The 6th grade choir members will add solo and ensemble to their annual events this year. The Jacket Sing-Sations rehearse once a week after regular school hours. They perform a variety of choral literature and styles.
Kristina Sims Sisco
has been co-director of the Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir since its beginning in 2008. She has been teaching in the Oxford City School System for eight years. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Jacksonville State University in 2003. In the fall of 2003 she began the elementary music program at Coldwater Elementary while continuing the program at C.E. Hanna Elementary. In 2006 she was transferred to DeArmanville Elementary to start a new music program there as well. She is currently teaching music at Oxford Elementary School. Kristina is a member of Music Educators National Conference. She is married to Ben Sisco, the music teacher at Stemley Road Elementary in Talladega County.
Holly Smith Luke began her first year as a co-director of the Jacket Sing-Sations Elementary Choir in 2010. She also began teaching in the Oxford City School System that same year. Holly received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Jacksonville State University in 2007. While attending JSU, she performed with the JSU A Cappella Choir, Encore! Show Choir, JSU Opera Theatre, and the Calhoun County Civic Chorale. Holly also has served as the choreographer for JSU Opera Theatre and Encore! Show Choir. She is currently the general music teacher at DeArmanville Elementary School and Coldwater Elementary School. Holly enjoys singing with her church choir at Golden Springs Baptist Church in Anniston, Alabama. She is a member of Music Educators National Conference.
Concert Program Thursday, Jan. 19, 4:30 pm
Allunde, Alluia
.........................................arr. Margaret
Campbelle-Holman...................................Benchmark Press, IIc 2:32 Swahili Lullaby/Prayer
Peaceful
River.Arranged, with new words and music, by Mary Donnelly and George L. O.
Strid....Alfred Choral Designs 2:27 A Partner Song with the Traditional Spiritual “I’ve Got Peace Like a River”
Didn’t
My Lord Deliver
Daniel................................arr. Mark
Patterson................................................Choristers Guild, 2:20 African-American spiritual
Born to Be Somebody ......................Words and Music by Diane Warren, Arr. Mike Taylor Alfred Pop Series; Realsongs, Diane Warren Music Publishing, 3:03
Zither, Zinga, Zing!
.................................Vicki Tucker Courtney and John Parker.........................Heritage Music Press, 2:10
In This Ancient House (Momoshiki Ya)
....................Ruth Morris Gray...........................................Heritage Music Press, 3:19 Anonymous Japanese Poem
Firework ...............Words and Music by Katy Perry, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, and Ester Dean Arranged by Alan
Billingsley.........................................Alfred Publishing, 4:00
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