The choir is back and bigger than ever. On October 5, Liberty choral participated in the KC Metro all district choir auditions. Fifteen hard working students made it through the all districts audition making them the second biggest number of students to make it to all state auditions.
“We started working on the music and going over the solos a few weeks ago,” senior Jackson Ritchie said. “We go through our solos once a week maybe and then we do the sight reading everyday as like a warm up because one, for the audition and two, it makes you a better musician so we do a decent amount of practice.”
The 15 people who made all districts that are moving on to all state include: junior Bailey Agness, senior Bret Beebe, senior Brigid Burroughs, senior Caroline Craven, junior Savon Hayes, sophomore Kaeli Helmich, junior Hans Heruth, senior Chris Morgan, sophomore Zac Pitts, senior Jackson Ritchie, junior Miguel Roman, senior Turner Staton, senior Ashley Stuck, senior Amy Taylor and senior Lauren Wrigley.
All districts are just the beginning for what lies ahead for all state.
“We practice until mid-October, then we have our all district audition and then we have our all state audition in early November,” said senior Ashley Stuck. “Now we get to go audition for all state which means only six people get picked for each part of each section so it’s a big deal to make it.”
The students have been working hard to perfect sight-reading notes and sing their pieces to the best of their abilities. Their efforts have paid off and these 15 students are ready to move on to the next step.
“It’s really exciting for me because this is actually the first year I’ve made it with the mixed all district choir and I’ve been working really hard so I’m excited about that,” senior Brigid Burroughs said. “For the whole choir, it’s a pretty big deal because 15 people made it and about 5 or so made it into the woman’s choir, so we did really well this year.”
The bar is set for the students competing who are moving on to all state to do as well as they did at the all districts audition.
“We’ve got a shot at all state and basically only juniors and seniors can do it, so there are only 13 kids that are eligible to audition,” choir teacher Dr. Heruth said. “But of those 13 kids, I know that we’ve got strong contenders in every section and I’ve got really high hopes for them.”
