AMEA 2014 Performing Groups
The purpose of the Huntsville Middle School Choir is to provide educational and enjoyable experiences for its members through music performance. The choral department offers students the opportunity to develop their musical skills through the study of vocal production techniques, music reading/sight singing, and the performance of quality choral literature. Opportunities are also provided for students to perform as soloists and small groups or ensembles. The program is the largest in the city with over 260 students participating. Students in the 6th grade enroll in the beginning treble choir. In the past, students in the 7th and 8th grades had the opportunity to continue their choral education by becoming part of the advanced girls’ or boys’ choirs. However, this year the 7th and 8th grade choirs are mixed. All of these groups are non-auditioned. The classes meet separately, but perform together at concerts and festivals. The advanced choirs have consistently received superior ratings at district and state large group performance assessment, and at national choral festivals in Orlando, New York City, and Chicago.
The Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra is the premier training orchestra for young, accomplished musicians along the Gulf Coast of Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. The orchestra performs up to seven concerts each year and regularly features world- renowned guest artists such as Midori (violin), Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar), and Yuri Rozum (piano). This season, celebrating its 60th anniversary, the MSYO has commissioned David Ludwig to compose a work for violin and orchestra. As part of the Orchestra Partner program with Young Concert Artists, Inc. of New York, this piece will receive its world premier with violinist Bella Hristova on the Season Finale concert in May. The MSYO is the flagship ensemble of the Mobile Symphony’s education programs, which have been the recipient of the Midori Orchestra Residencies program and the Bank of America Award for Excellence in Orchestra Education.
The Montgomery Academy Fifth and Sixth Grade Chorus is made up of fifth and sixth grade students to elect to rehearse during their 30 minute "silent reading time" three days a week for the entire school year. The chorus presents an annual Winter and Spring Concert along with an MA Choral Celebration, presented by all the school chorus groups in grades k-12. Select members attend the AMEA Elementary Music Festival and the Alabama ACDA Young Voices Festival, annually. The Fifth and Sixth Grade Chorus currently has 48 members and is under the direction of Susan Cooper.
Phillips Preparatory School is located in Mobile, Alabama. It is a public, college-preparatory magnet school for students in grades six through eight. There are approximately eight hundred students in attendance at Phillips and just over one third of them are in the band program. Phillips students are drawn randomly from all over Mobile County. Nearly all students enter Phillips with no prior instrumental training. There are five different ensembles – The Phillips Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, Beginning Band, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band. The Phillips Band Program has been under the direction of Ms. Heather Moore for ten years and has grown considerably during that time. In addition, the band has consistently received straight superior ratings at all District Contests and state assessments. Each year, the
Phillips band has sent numerous students to the Mobile County Honor Band, Solo & Ensemble Festival, Alabama All-State Band and Alabama All-State Jazz Band. In 2008, 2010, and 2013, the band performed in Art Fusion in Orlando, FL. In 2011, they performed in Washington D.C. at a concert event at the Lincoln Memorial. In 2012, the Symphonic Band performed on The Intrepid in New York City.
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