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The Advanced Mixed Ensemble

2022-2023 Concert Choir

Soprano
​Mia Cisneros
Payton Fraser
Savannah Groh
Maegan Gualberto
Zinnia Manning
Gracie Mitchell
Brianna Ocampo

Tenor
Ethan Fry
​Trent Hughey
Dylan Lee
Alto
Amari Davis
Marie Hohisel
Holli Holt​
Emma Jolly
Natalie Lopez
Hailey Pasteris
Nari Tate
Sophia Taylor
Riley Wylie

Bass
Aidan Crawford
​Brody Johnson
Joel Klima
Camari Lewis
Avram Savage
​Mason Simpson
​Devin Thomas

Insidious - Timothy C. Takach

Learned and recorded in quarantine, here's the Concert Choir's rendition of Timothy C. Takach's "Insidious".  Takach refers to "Insidious" as choral horror music.  It helped make our quarantine Halloween a lot more fun!  Click below to give it a look.

General Information

The Concert Choir features primarily Juniors and Seniors, and is an auditioned ensemble.  The Concert has traveled to St. Louis, Cincinnati, Nashville, and Memphis.  The Concert Choir features literature ranging from Renaissance to Modern and Multicultural works.  The Concert Choir features a rigorous rehearsal and performance schedule, featuring studies in music theory, ear training, the biology of singing, and rehearsal technique.

ILMEA Audition Info

Each Fall, around Columbus day, ILMEA (Illinois Music Educator's Association) has auditions for its district (and subsequently All-State and All-State Honors) choir.  To audition, you have to sing short excerpts from three prepared selections along with scales and triads.  Each school in district 1 is permitted to have 4 students per section (S1, S2, A1, A2, T1, T2, B1, B2) audition.

Below are linked practice recordings for the scales and triads.  The recordings give four "clicks" on the starting note, then play the scale or triad.  They proceed as major scale, natural minor scale, harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale, major triad, augmented triad, minor triad, diminished triad.  There is also a pdf linked below for how to use solfege for each of these.

For more information about the auditions, please click here.
ilmea_scales_soprano.mp3
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ilmea_scales_alto.mp3
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ilmea_scales_tenor.mp3
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ilmea_scales_bass.mp3
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ilmea_scales_and_triads.pdf
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