LANSDALE – Seventh and eighth grade singers from three area school districts will participate in the 5th Annual Bux-Mont Intermediate Honors Chorus Festival. This festival includes outstanding student musicians from North Penn, Methacton and Souderton school districts who were selected to participate by their school choral director. Throughout the process, the young singers will attain the highest level of vocal quality and musicianship. In order to celebrate this year’s fifth anniversary of the Bux-Mont Intermediate Honors Chorus, the chorus will perform the World Premiere of “Get Up and Win the Race,” a commissioned piece by former North Penn High School Choral Director Dr. Davis Giersch.
The festival will culminate with a free concert on Friday, November 4th at 7:30 p.m. at Pennbrook Middle School, located at 1201 North Wales Road in North Wales. Each of the participating choral directors will conduct a selection on the program. North Penn High School’s Choral Director, Matthew Klenk, will also guest conduct.
The North Penn School District will have forty students participating in the festival. Students representing Pennfield Middle School are Brooke Allan, Monica Borzillo, Sarah Bower, Matt Chiu, Natalie Clauser, Joe Curcio, Rachel Darde, Jamie Devine, Kevin Dinh, Erin Fann, Tyra Gwalthney, Wyatt Halteman, Deanna Harris, Ben Medoff, Gabby Moyer, Julia Park, Divya Rajmohan, Daniel Snyder, Mikayla Sturgeon, Lucy Tran, Nicole Wassel, and Catherine Winner. Students representing Pennbrook Middle School are Gianna Andrews, Josh Bortz, Alex Castle, Jonathan Downs, Elizabeth Jebran, Shannon Guerin, Michaela Jones, Michael Gain, Jillian Lawrence, Liam McKee, Katja Pennypacker, Catherine Rheault, Cole Chestnut, Nick Sieberlich, Floriana Tulli, Alex Van, Kyle Waeltz, Sydney Welsh, and Malai Williams. North Penn Middle School choral directors Katie McCarter from Pennbrook, and Gloria Riley from Pennfield will each conduct a piece on the program.
Souderton Area School District will have twelve students participating in the festival and Methacton School District will have eighteen students participating in the festival.
It is the directors’ goal to expose students to a variety of instructional styles and music literature in an environment where high musicality is expected. This year, the program ranges from a beautiful setting of an inspirational text by Langston Hughes, to a song from Sweet Charity, to vocal jazz, to a rousing patriotic song and lots of other musical gems in between.
For more information please contact, please contact Pennbrook Middle School Choral Director Katie McCarter, Choral Director at 215-699-9287 or [email protected].