Choir Events and Honors

Concerts 2011-2012

 Contests

SPRING TOUR:

VOICE TEACHERS:
Dr. Sue Cruse
Elizabeth Saxe

ACCOMPANISTS:
Scott Ayers
Bradley Reznicek

2011-2012 Plano West Choir Council          

Plano West Choir Booster Club Board

The Plano West Choirs have been consistent UIL Sweepstakes winners since the opening of the school. They have placed several hundred students in Region Choir in the ten year span of time as well as 51 All-State members. The Choirs have performed in venues such as the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Rutgers University, St. Matthews Cathedral, West Point, St. John the Divine in New York,  Pepperdine University, Loyola University, and have been selected as the Best of Class in numerous national festivals. Students have received scholarships in  Universities such as Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, LSU, UCLA, Columbia, University of Texas, and UNT among others.

The choirs present a fall concert, winter or Masterworks concert, Pre-UIL concert, and Showtime, a spring show of pop, rock, Broadway, and country selections with costuming and choreography.

The specialty groups, Syncopation, a mixed ensemble, and Rhapsody, a women’s ensemble, present two concerts annually. They perform programs for local events, schools, hospitals, and are frequently called to perform for various non profit groups throughout the Metroplex. They sponsor, teach and work as counselors for the annual Summer Showtime for 5th-10th graders.

World renowned conductors including Dr. Anton Armstrong, (St. Olaf), Dr. Z. Randall Stroope, (OSU), and Dr. Donald Neuen, (UCLA) have been more than complimentary as they have worked in the clinic and concert settings with the PWSH Choirs.

*Students may enroll for honors credit in the choir program.

Choir Awards:

It begins in June and July with Choir Camp sin Universities throughout the State of Texas. There are months and months of private voice lessons, after school rehearsals, and competitions. The first contest is District in September' those who advance compete for Region in October; those students who advance perform in the Region Choir Concert and compete for the Pre-Area placement in November. The first or second Saturday in January is the final phase to decide who is placed in the Texas All-State Choir. Each phase is narrowed down to a select few.

This past Saturday was an intense and exciting competition! Ten students from Plano West auditioned and NINE were selected for the All-State Choir.This is the largest number from Plano West in the history of the school, and more than any other school in Region 25. Please congratulate:

Lisa Zhang who was selected as the number one soprano in the Area (following her entrance to MIT a few weeks ago. Wow)! Kelly Silverthorn Harrison Tsai Erin Alonzo Kelly D'Souza Wesley Parker Liz Hagag Nathan Wills Natalie Wells

These students will have the opportunity to work with outstanding conductors and perform with the best of the best in Texas February 9-12th in San Antonio. Many college conductors will talk with them about college scholarships whether or not they are music majors. This is an exciting time for the choir, these students, and their parents. They have worked diligently and are superior musicians.

• Nine years of UIL Sweepstakes Awards and First Division ratings in Concert & Sight-Reading
• 2004 TMEA Honors Choir
• Consistent All-Region & All-State Winners
• Selected by audition to perform at the US Capitol (Washington, DC), US Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), Hollywood 1st United Methodist Church (CA), Pepperdine University, West Point, Rutgers University, and St. John the Divine (NYC)
• Consistent UIL Solo & Ensemble 1st Division Medal Winners

Music Theory Awards:

• 2003-2008 – AP Music Theory Individual Competition, several Top Ten placements, including 1st Place
• 2005 – AP Music Theory Team Competition, 2nd Place
• 2004 – AP Music Theory Team Competition, 3rd Place
• 2003 – AP Music Theory Team Competition, 2nd Place