My
name is Keyanna.I am 13 years old and in 7th grade. I joined the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware shortly after my 11th birthday. The Choir School has presented me with many opportunities as far as learning music theory and skill, as well as performance technique and etiquette. /p>
At the Choir School, we get to put our performance skills to use by going on a lot of trips. For example, in the summer of 2003 we took a trip to England. Here we sang in some of the most beautiful and historic cathedrals and got to experience traditional as well as modern English culture.
Each year, the Choir School sponsors ten choristers to go to the Royal School of Church Music's residential summer camp at King's College in Pennsylvania. I was lucky enough to go to this camp, where I got to stay on a college campus, meet new people from around the country, and learn more about what it means to be a chorister.
The Choir School has introduced me to many talented and interesting people who mean a lot to me, like the organist Mr. Boatman, the adult singers in the Cathedral Choir, and especially Dr. Roland our Choirmaster. He has done so much for me ... whether it was choir related or otherwise, and anyone would be lucky to have someone like him in their lives. I really love to sing, dance and would like to be an actress some day. So when the Choir School was invited to be a part of Opera Delaware's Turandot I was very excited. Dr. Roland chose 15 choristers to fill the slots for the children's chorus in the opera. Along with the chorus, I got to play the part of a Ribbon Dancer. The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware has done a lot of things for me. It has influenced my life, including my plans for college, where I would like to complete a double major in Musical Theatre and Journalism.
Hello. My name is Angel I started in the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware at the age of seven years and now I am thirteen years old. So if you add up the years, it would be six years that I have been in the Choir School. The things I like best about being in Choir are going on trips to see beautiful churches and the trip to England was the best.
I started
out as a treble chorister. It was good
for the time being. Then in the 6th grade my
voice started to change and then I was
an Alto for half the year, then Dr. Roland
put me in the Tenor section which is the best
part ever! With the help of adult singers like
Jill, Wally and Dan, it was easy for me to
match the Tenor part. I am still a Tenor and
I think I have improved since last year.
Dr. Roland has influenced the whole Choir,
but he influenced me by helping me when I
needed it. Dr. Roland gives people second
chances. He will help you even when he is
in the middle of something else, so that
is very generous. Choir has helped me in
school a lot because it gives me a place
to be after school. And my grades have gone
up, because Choir really helps me focus on
my school work.
The number one thing I will remember about Choir is going on trips like to England, and to Choir Camp in Pennsylvania. My plans for my future are to get a scholarship to go to Duke University and graduate. I will remember everything about the Choir School, including my friends and my favorite songs and the conductors that I have met.
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