Welcome to LNHS Choir!

Letter from Your Teacher

Dear LNHS Singers and Parents/Guardians,

Welcome to the beginning of an exciting year! I am thrilled to be back this year and cannot wait to see where this program will go. My goal for the LNHS Choir program is to nurture students’ interest, ability, and creativity in the area of vocal music. Our body of repertoire will include choral music from all corners of the world, by a diverse set of composers, and from a diverse set of peoples. This includes but is not limited to: world, pop, folk, western classical, sacred, African Diaspora, secular, broadway, and ancient and contemporary music. A variety of languages and singing techniques will be used in the performance and study of music. Emphasis will be placed on helping individual singers develop sound vocal technique, skills as ensemble singers, creativity and improvisation, and music reading and audiation skills. The choirs will have the opportunity to demonstrate these skills in daily rehearsals, in assignments and tests, at concerts, music festivals, and other school events.

 

This website is intended as a communication tool to benefit students, parents, and friends of the LNHS choirs.  Whether you are a choir student looking for concert dates and announcements or a parent looking for information regarding tours, solo/ensemble contests, or volunteering and fundraising opportunities, we hope this website will be helpful.

 

Again, I welcome you to the LNHS choral program and I hope that your year is filled with enjoyable music experiences, whole-person learning opportunities, and that you leave each day with a sense of accomplishment and pride!

Sincerely,

Mr. Austin Meyer (he/him)
austin.meyer@isd194.org 
952-232-3660
 

OUR CHOIRS

CHORALE

Treble and bass voices in grades 11 and 12 with prior singing experience at LNHS or with vocal placement. Chorale performs in four major home concerts, the South Suburban Conference Choir Festival, and students can go on an overseas tour on alternate years

 

KAPELLA:

Treble voices, grades 9-12.  Performs in four major home concerts, the South Suburban Conference Treble Festival, and possibly one performing field trip.  

    

CANTO FIERO

 9th - 12th grade tenors and basses.  Canto Fiero performs in four major home concerts, a collegiate men's festival, and possibly one performing field trip. 

 

NOW & THEN SINGERS:

Select mixed ensemble, specializing in the performance of a cappella music.  Performs regularly at community functions, home choir concerts, regional vocal acapella festivals, hosts a Disney cabaret and carnival in January and presents a Cabaret Night Dessert Show each May.  Auditions are held in the late May for the following year.

    

 

 

  

  

Co-Curricular Activities

 

 

Solo/Ensemble Contest:

Choir members have the opportunity to participate as soloists, ensemble members or both at the Region 1-AA Solo/Ensemble Contest in April.  Performances are heard by qualified adjudicators who give constructive comments and score each performance to  determine a rating for a possible medal or certificate - a great learning experience for singers.  Participants may also perform at a local recital.    All soloists must have their literature selected by winter break.

     

Regional Festivals:

Select individuals will have the opportunity to participate in major festivals in the area, including the Dorian Vocal Festival in early January.

 

MMEA All-State Choir:

Auditions are held for sophomores and juniors in February for the All-State Choir program.  Audition involves performing a prepared solo.  Singers who are selected spend one week in August on a college campus as a member of an elite Tenor/Bass Chorus, Soprano/Alto Chorus or Mixed Choir and perform again in February with their group at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.  Audition and participation fees apply.

     

9-10 Minnesota Honor Choir

Audition recordings will be made in mid-October for select 9th and 10th grade students.  Recordings will be sent in and judged by members of ACDA.  Selected students will perform with the Honor Choir in February at the Minnesota MidWinter Clinic in downtown Minneapolis.

www.mnhonorchoirs.org