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SHS chamber choir returns to state competition
On Friday, May 8, the
Siuslaw High School Chamber
Choir, under the direction of
Jacob Steinberger, will be
returning to the the OSAA
State Choir Championships at
George Fox University in
Newberg, Ore for the third year
in a row.
There, the choir will be com-
peting against 11 other 4A
schools from all over the state
in hopes of being named cham-
pion.
Siuslaw’s last appearance at
the championships in 2014
included a fifth-place finish.
This year, students will attempt
to better that mark with a dif-
ferent group of singers.
When asked about this
year’s choir, Steinberger said,
“We have a great group of
upperclassmen that have really
set the bar high from their work
over the past couple of years.”
However, a unique charac-
teristic of this year’s group that
is different than past groups is
that more than a third of the
singers are freshmen in a varsi-
ty choir.
“I think it really speaks to
the level of maturity and com-
mitment that these freshmen, as
well as the upperclassmen,
have put forth toward making
this a top notch group,” said
Steinberger.
In order to get to the champi-
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Siuslaw High School Chamber Choir
onship, choirs from all over the
state participate in a league or
other qualifying choir festival.
Each festival is adjudicated by
three ACDA (American Choral
Directors Association) certified
judges that grade each choir in
four categories: Quality of
Sound, Technique, Musicality,
and Other Factors (choice of
music and appearance).
After being scored, the
judges then work with each
choir and provide expert feed-
back to help improve their per-
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Florence Regional Arts
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from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday, May 17, from 10 a.m.
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formance.
“I thought we did really well
considering the nerves and the
different sounding performance
space,” said senior chamber
choir
president
David
Johnston. “However, I think we
will do even better at state con-
sidering the feedback we took
from the judges at districts.
“It’s really nice to see how
far we've come as a group from
the beginning of the year, both
in our musicality and cama-
raderie.”
Of all the leagues in the
state, the Far West League
appears to be the strongest for
state-qualifying choirs.
Far West League choirs join-
ing Siuslaw at the state compe-
tition will be Douglas,
Marshfield and league champi-
on North Bend, making up one
third of the state competition.
The Siuslaw Chamber Choir
will perform at 9 a.m. in the
Bauman Auditorium on the
campus of George Fox
University.
Tickets are $5 for students
and $8 dollars for adults.
For a link to the chamber
choir’s district qualifying per-
formance, visit www.youtube.
com/watch?v=nbrFQ9xn6bs
For more information about
the championships and how to
purchase tickets, visit www.
osaa.org/activities/cho.
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