Hello Lightridge Chorus Families -
Assessment Season is here! Your students have worked diligently for Loudoun County Choral Assessment. March will be the busiest month for Lightridge Chorus - and we thank you for all of your support leading up to the biggest performance of the year!
What is Choral Assessment? Assessment is an event where Lightridge Chorus will join the rest of Loudoun County Chorus Departments and perform for a panel of judges. The judges will rate our groups on our musicianship and literacy. This educational experience helps us grow as a department, and gives us feedback on how to improve. This event is comparable to SOLs. Here are the details:
Assessment Rehearsals
Tuesday, March 7th at 4:15 PM at Lightridge HS
Select Treble Chorus
Treble Chorus
Bass Chorus
Select Bass Chorus
Assessment Performances
Wednesday, March 8th at 7:00 PM at Lightridge HS
Lightridge Pre-Assessment Concert
Pre-Assessment concerts are for a final practice before Assessment. Students are to report to the Lightridge Auditorium at 6:15 PM. If they have no ride they are welcome to stay after school. IF they are staying after school they must have their uniform to change into. The concert starts at 7:00 PM and will be about an hour and a half long. We will be joined by Willard Chorus students for this event.
Friday, March 17th at Dominion HS
Loudoun County Choral Assessment
The ensembles timeframes are listed below. Ms. Karim will take the first bus with Bass Chorus and Select Bass Chorus to head to Dominion HS first. The second round of buses will have Select Treble Chorus and Treble Chorus on it. The third and final round will have Lightridge Singers on it. Ms. Karim will need at least four chaperones [parents of kids from different ensembles] to volunteer riding the bus to and from since I will be conducting the ensembles back to back and cannot be at four places at the same time. Students who can drive themselves are allowed to meet us at Dominion HS but they MUST be at the school at least thirty minutes in advance - I cannot afford to have a heart attack with students arriving late to assessment.
Treble Chorus
[8:15 PM PM Warm-Up] [8:30 PM Performance] [8:45 PM Sight-Singing]
Bass Chorus
[6:45 PM Warm-Up] [7:00 PM Performance] [7:15 PM Sight-Singing]
Select Treble Chorus
[7:30 PM Warm-Up] [7:45 PM Performance] [8:00 PM Sight-Singing]
Select Bass Chorus
[6:00 PM Warm-Up] [6:15 PM Performance] [6:30 PM Sight-Singing]
Lightridge Singers
[8:45 PM Warm-Up] [9:00 PM Performance] [9:15 PM Sight-Singing]
Assessment Parent Action Items
Field Trip Permission Slip Forms are due on Friday, March 10th.
This form is necessary for your students to have permission to ride the school bus with us to Choral Assessment and attend the event. Please have this filled out and turned in as soon as possible.
BASS CHORUS AND SELECT BASS CHORUS Concert Attire
due on Thursday, March 16th
We need these students to bring all of their items on a hanger with their name on it for us to check in advance before assessment! These two ensembles are the only two that are due early since they will be changing at the end of the school day and cannot go home first.
A separate newsletter will share information regarding the New York City Trip and our upcoming Chorus Parent Boosters Meeting on Wednesday, March 1st at 7:00 PM in the Chorus Room. Please ensure that you are reading these messages as the month of March is busy!
Best,
Helai Karim