Choir Students to Perform in Area All State, All County, RPO Ensembles
Several of our talented NRW choir students have been selected to perform in prestigious ensembles in the coming weeks and months:
- Eighth grader Kit Wanek was named to the NYSSMA Junior High Area All State Chorus, while three NRWHS choir students – seniors Sam Vanderlinde and Alston Anaya-Hernandez and junior Marcus Haffner – were named to the Senior High Area All State Mixed Chorus. These students were chosen based on their spring 2024 NYSSMA All State solo auditions and will perform with their respective Area All State ensembles in November.
- Marcus, Sam and Alston will also be singing with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for the Gala Holiday Pops concert season in December, along with seniors Lacey Vitch and Elijah DiRenzi. The RPO’s holiday concert series features fun holiday music and a choir made up of area high school students. Only 145 students were accepted out of 225 applicants. They will take part in four performances on the weekend of December 20-22. Tickets are available at the RPO’s website, rpo.org.
- Additionally, Marcus, Sam, Alston, Lacey and sophomore Anna Madison were recently accepted into the Wayne County Music Educators Association’s 2025 All County Chorus to be held at Gananda High School. Our students auditioned for All County in October, worked very hard and represented NRW well!