Chamber Singers--here she comes!

Chamber Singers is the elite singing group at our high school.  It rehearses before school, twice a week, and the music is difficult (to say the least).  Only a select number of kids every get in, and almost without exception, they are juniors and seniors.  The number of sophomores who have been accepted in the last ten years can be counted on one hand.  Seriously.

Mark was one of them.

This year, Johannah decided to try out.  We started practicing two weeks in advance.  The music had to be plowed through, note by note.  There were all kinds of tricky rhythms, and strange entrances and Johannah knew that she would need to be able to sing independently as the tryouts are with only four people, SATB.  Only two sophomores had even made the callbacks, and Johannah was thrilled to be one of them.

Mark in his junior year in CS

Mark was rooting for her.  He believes that Johannah will continue the Kennedy dynasty, one note and one musical organization at a time.  Unfortunately, he forgot to tell her what else is involved in the audition!

Besides being able to sing the audition song, she was given a new song to sightread.  After hearing the parts from the piano, and humming through them, she was expected to stand with three other kids, on different parts, and sing her part.

And this is one moment where I am so thankful for the Suzuki Method.

At the State Capitol

Johannah is a Suzuki baby.  While her sight-reading skills are steadily improving, and she's becoming an adept sight-reader, she learns music best by listening to it.  When the conductor played those parts, it was like cake for her to listen, remember and sing it back.  While hearing everyone else sing their parts.

 Obviously, she made it in!  The conductor even emailed me to tell me what a successful audition she had had (before the results were even posted).

Oh, and in case anyone forgot, Hannie is a sophomore.  Go Johannah!  Go Kennedys!