New Haven High School recently held an All-Conference Choir event. All-Conference Choir is an honors choir that is made up of students in the 4Rivers area. On Tuesday, February 11th, students from Owensville, Hermann, St. James, Sullivan, Pacific, Union, St. Clair and New Haven choir sang at two different schools. The All-Conference Choir students were directed by Pamela Grooms. This year only three students were chosen from New Haven High School for All-Conference Choir: senior Grace Allgaier, senior Destiny Lafferty, and sophomore Justin Schroeder.
Every year students from schools in the area audition in the fall to make the All-Conference Choir. Students who make All-Conference Choir then go to two different schools to perform the songs they learned. This year's hosts were Union High School and New Haven High School.
The students who make All-Conference Choir rehearse on their own with their choir director before meeting up a few days before their performance. The students rehearse the songs that they are to sing in front of everyone on the Saturday before the performance. That is the only time the students rehearse as a group.
New Haven opened the assembly with their entire choir class singing “Rhythm of Life” and “Peace I Leave With You” to all the students in the gym. After the New Haven choir class finished their opening song, all the All-Conference Choir students then set up to sing all their songs.
The songs they sang this year were “Circa Mea,” “Flower of Beauty,” “Ad Astra,” and “Legacy of Life.” There was one solo and a trio that sang from another school. They sang in the song “Circa Mea.”
When asked how some of the students from New Haven felt when they performed, Grace Allgaier’s response was, “It was a lot of fun. It was nerve-wracking singing in front of the school but it was okay because no one could see me.”
Justin Schroeder, sophomore, commented, “[I felt] confident and wonderful, and it was an amazing experience.”
When junior Chloe Lueckenhoff was asked how she felt about fellow students being part of All-Conference Choir, she said, “I liked it because we had a part in something bigger and better.”
This year the students participating in the All-Conference Choir did an amazing job. New Haven wishes the students best of luck next year.