Vocal music

On January 29th the show choir group traveled to Emmetsburg to perform competitively. Their experience and thoughts were captured through various students about this year’s group. Caitlin Thilges, a senior at Bishop Garrigan, was asked what it was like to perform competitively. She said “We have never done show choir competitively so to do it at this level was a lot more intense than previous years”. Show Choir started practicing in the middle of November. Director Dave Fog said “The students…

men from a small town in Massachusetts united and established the Stoughton Choral Society. Oblivious to the idea, this organization became the first official music society in the United States, a fact that many of today’s residents still do not apprehend. In addition to that, they also produced the first constitution of any American music group, written in the October of 1787 by a small number of group leaders.…

Once I was watching ‘’The Voice’’ and this girl is up stage to sing. She was little, and seemed to be really nervous about it and she was carrying a little teddy bear on her pocket. Right away I was like ‘’oh she’s too nervous which will make her sing bad and get disqualified’’. As she was getting ready I was leaving the room because I ‘’knew’’ what was going to happen. When I’m on the hallway she starts to sing a really hard song but she completely hits every note so well and I turned around…

"You just didn't have a sparkle in your eye." Only a few weeks after my seventeenth birthday, I sat in front of a panel of adults I had once adored as they told me why they had crushed my lifelong dream. For obvious reasons, I did not like the answer. My entire life I had dedicated to performing- singing, dancing, and acting. I always had a desire to be a star someday, and when I was awarded the voice scholarship at my high school and given featured roles in the musical every year, I thought my…

Elmira, N.Y.(WENY)-- One local high school choir is gearing up to sing at a historic venue in New York City. The Notre Dame Choir will perform in a concert at Carnegie Hall in March. While that's a few months away, they're holding a fundraising concert Monday night with some special guests. "They were able to do this because of the fact that they have gotten gold ratings in different compeititions they have done, different festivals that they have gone to in 2015 and 2016," says Susan…

“Please state your name, age, and which piece you will be auditioning with today,” said the woman behind the table as she picked up her pen to take notes. I squeaked out the information she asked for, nervously shifting weight from one leg to the other and picking at the bottom of my dress. I performed the piece that I had practiced every night for a week leading up to this moment, making awkward eye contact with the director after the song had ended, and I scurried back to my seat to watch the…

Miranda and Me The start of my YouTube craze began with a simple, humorous video of Miranda Sings. Miranda, a bizarre, comically talentless and narcissistic internet character created by Colleen Ballinger, sings popular songs with a peculiar accent and excessive use of vibrato, performing various satirical parodies of musical artists. Resembling a child who inappropriately applied her mother’s make-up, Miranda lavishly smears her face with superfluous lipstick and wears purple cat sweaters and…

Ever since I joined choir, I knew from the start I knew the goal to make the Regional and Allstate Choirs. My first year I auditioned, which resulted in a poorly fashion. Consequently, the next year I put more effort into my preparation. While I had prepared a great amount for the audition, the score came back resulting me staying out. Feeling upset, I continued to work hard on achieving this goal. My Junior year of high school I auditioned and was one point from making alternate. I was upset.…

In any singer’s life, the formation of vocal nodules on the vocal cords can bring about feelings of fear and devastation. Though treatment is available, vocal nodules have the potential to permanently damage or change the voice, making singing painful and almost impossible. However, if one seeks treatment immediately, nodules can be eradicated. Nodules are formed when the voice is continuously abused, and among other symptoms, may cause throat inflammation, hoarseness, and the feeling of a lump…

Music, or more specifically lyrical music, is an inseparable part of the average American's lifestyle. It’s in our cars, it’s in the stores we frequent, it’s on our phones, computers, and tablets, it’s in the shows we love and the commercials we love to hate, billions of dollars are made off of streaming services and contracts each year. However, for the majority of American’s, the extent of their own singing exposure is serenading the soap bubbles in the shower or crooning to their favorite…