August 31, 2011 Lake Forest Middle School Choral Department __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2011 Fall Concerts October 27 Music Department Tribute to America Gym 7:00pm Advanced Band, Singers, Revolution and Rhapsody November 11-13 Fall Musical Aud 7:00pm Select students December 1 Bruins Chorale and Revolution Concert Gym 7:00pm December 5 Revolution Concert Aud 7:00pm December 6 Rhapsody Concert Aud 6:00pm December 6 Singers Concert Aud 7:30pm Click here for updated Singers Calendar     Lake Forest Singers Lake Forest Singers is a traditional advanced choir performing a wide variety of literature. Beginning with a two to three day summer camp, this ensemble prepares a concert set to perform for a fall, holiday and spring concert. During the December holiday season, Singers travel to many community venues sharing holiday joy through song. In the spring, they attend one to two choir festivals, one of which is combined with a spring trip in May. Additionally, students from Lake Forest Singers are encouraged to individually audition and participate in state wide honors choirs including the East Tennessee Middle School Honors Chorus in November and the Tennessee Treble Honor Choir in April Rhapsody Upcoming 6th graders are invited to audition for Rhapsody in May of the previous year. This auditioned group will perform traditional choir music in the fall and a show choir style in the spring. At the end of their 6th grade year, these students will be greatly encouraged to audition for Revolution or Lake Forest Singers. Revolution Revolution is a highly competitive show choir that serves as an ambassador for Lake Forest and the Cleveland community. Beginning with a week long summer camp, this ensemble prepares a 20 minute show for competition in February. During the December holiday season, Revolution prepares a holiday show and travels to many community venues to share the Christmas spirit through song and dance. After February competitions, the ensemble prepares a set of Gospel music to perform for area churches in April. They end the year with various community performances and a spring trip where they do a final performance competition. Revolution also participates in Lake Forest's fall, holiday and spring concerts. The Bruins Chorale The Bruins Chorale is a non-auditioned beginning choir. This ensemble focuses on music reading and performance techniques. They perform a variety of choral literature in two concerts each year, one in December and one in May.  Fall Musical Each spring, school wide auditions are held for any Lake Forest Middle School student wishing to be in the musical. Directed by Joshua Wenger, the students rehearse after school August through November with a performance in the middle of November. ANNOUNCEMENTS |