On March 12^th and 13^th, 24 Westfield singers participated in the District XI Chorus. These students were selected by virtual audition to join together with the other top singers from our district. This year, singers participated in a virtual workshop with composer Marques LA Garrett, and recorded his piece “Sing Out, My Soul” to be combined into a Virtual Choir format.

 

District Choir Delegates 2021

 

Soprano 1 Megan Richmond Alison Brown Sarah Van Buren Rachel Shakespeare Avery Powell	Soprano 2 Hannah Ewell Elli Vlattas Vaishnavi Desabatla Kausthubha Kammaripalle Mounika Neelisetty	Alto 1 Lucy Montgomery Lara Zanotti Shinjini Bose Spoorthi Nadkarni Kyra Mendez	Alto 2 Maddie Tate
Tenor 1 Justin Pokrant	Tenor 2 Tanner Frost Lucas Mohr	Bass 1 Oscar Lazo Justin Short Alejandro Cahoon	Bass 2 Andrew Ewell Sohal Sudheer

 

Following District Choir, participating students had the opportunity to audition for All-Virginia Chorus. District-wide, only 2 students from each voice part per choir are selected. I am please to share that we have 2 All-Virginia Choir Delegates, and 5 alternates!

 

All-VA Choir Delegates and Alternates

Lucy Montgomery, Alto 1 Delegate

Vaishnavi Desabatla, Sop 2 Delegate

 

Alison Brown, Alternate Sop 1

Maddie Tate, Alternate Alto 2

Justin Pokrant, Alternate Tenor 1

Oscar Lazo, Alternate Bass 1

Sohal Sudheer, Alternate Bass 2

 

Our delegates (and hopefully some of our alternates) will participate in a weekend of workshops, clinics, and rehearsals with various composers, conductors, and music educators from around the country later in April. 

 

 

Photo credit:  @WestfieldChorus