Chippewa Valley and Dakota High Schools shine in Fine Arts competitions

Congratulations to the Chippewa Valley High School Band Wind Ensemble for receiving a Division 1 rating for both Stage Performance and Sight Reading at the State Band Festival at Warren Woods Tower High School on Friday, April 25th. These exceptional young musicians were the only group to receive this highest rating all day.

Also, Laura McCarron, a student at Dakota High School, was recently selected to sing as a soloist in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival Solo and Ensemble Recital on May 9th in the Dalton Recital Hall at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. In addition, an ensemble of 17 Chippewa Valley High School students was selected to sing in the same recital.

Performing in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival (www.myaf.org) is the highest honor available in the State of Michigan for Soloists and Choral Ensembles. In order to be chosen, an ensemble has to get Division I ratings at Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) District and State Solo & Festivals, and must sight-read at the intermediate level at the state festival. There are up to a total of thirty ensembles chosen as finalists (six from each of the 5 State Solo and Ensemble sites), and only twelve ensembles are chosen for the whole state of Michigan out of those thirty. Here are the names of the students from Chippewa Valley High School in the ensemble that was selected:

Matt Beverst
Dylan Broome
Ashley Carbary
Janlynn Feaster
John Godlewski
Kyle Herbert
Kara King
Lindsay Maron
Laurenne McDougall
Carla Musico
Tom Oloff
Dominic Pacini
Zach Schmidt
Lindsay Terrell
Kelsey Tremberth
Alex Walker
Charles Zorn
Kent Wattleworth, Director