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SCHOOLS April 14, 2006 Seven Lakes Times Page 29
Pinecrest choirs place in NYC competition
Pinecrest High School Chamber
Ensemble and Sotto Voce
was awarded the opportunity
to participate in Heritage’s “Festival
of Gold” National Choral
Competition March 15-20 at
Riverside Church in New York City
based off the performance of
last year’s Sotto Voce and Chamber
Ensemble in Washington,
D.C.
Both groups from last year
received “Superior” ratings and
Certificates of Excellence and
Invitation to this year’s “Festival
of Gold.” Heritage holds two
other choral “Festival of Gold’s”
in a year, one in Chicago and the
other in San Francisco.
This year’s Sotto Voce and
Chamber Ensemble competed
against each other, as well as 17
other choirs across the country,
making a total of 19. In addition
to groups from North Carolina,
the other groups that
participated in the event came
from California, Utah, Idaho,
Wisconsin, Georgia, Alabama,
Ohio and Texas. The scoring
was based on a scale of 100 possible
points. Pinecrest’s 28-member
Sotto Voce tied for third with
two groups from Texas, one a
women’s ensemble of over 130
members, and an a capella choir.
Chamber Ensemble tied for
fourth with a chamber group
from Idaho. The group that took
first place had a final score of
94.33 points. Sotto Voce had a
total of 93 points and Chamber
Ensemble a total of 92.
“This truly is a great feat for the
Choral Program at Pinecrest,” said
director James Brown. “In addition
to the competition, a number
of my students were involved
in an Honors Choir that was
made up of selected students
from all of the choirs that participated
in the competition. These
students were responsible for
learning five pieces on their own
before arriving in New York.”
The students participating in
the Honors Choir from Pinecrest
were Ashley Brown, Rebecca
Harrison, Natalie Whitescarver,
Kala Flittner, Julia Shively,
Amber Thompson, Josiah Conely
and Andy Nelson.
In addition, one of Pinecrest’s
band students, Douglas Mehlenbacher,
also participated. “After
the Winter Choral Concert in
December that Doug was
involved in, I asked if he would
be interested in touring with us
and being a guest soloist on
two of the pieces that I had chosen
for my groups to perform in
New York - one that already had
a part, and the other for which I
arranged a part,” said Brown.
“In addition to Doug playing for
Pinecrest High School’s Sotto Voce recently tied for third place
in choral competition at Heritage’s “Festival of Gold” in New
York City. The women’s ensemble, made up of tenth through
twelfth graders, is directed by James Brown.
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