March 26, 2019 -- The 67-member Heights High A Cappella Choir received the highest possible rating of Superior at the Ohio Music Educators Association District (OMEA) Large Group Adjudicated Event on March 8 at Mentor High School. 

 

The group performed three pieces in the most demanding category, Class AA, and received a score of ‘1’ from all the judges for performance and sight reading.

The song selections performed by the group were: Abendlied, by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, With a Lily in Your Hand, by Eric Whitacre and Unclouded Day, arranged by Shawn Kirchner.  

Because of their Superior performance, the A Cappella Choir is invited to perform at the OMEA State Competition on May 4 in Medina. 

Jesse Lange is the Vocal Music Director and Kim Sudduth is the assistant.

The A Cappella Choir members are:

Marin Alcorn, Katerina Alden, La'Shea Baker, Sydney Ball, Anastasia Biesecker, Derek Black, Xavier Blockson, Isabella Bradley, Imani Bruce, Rohan Bruce,  Zachery Brust, Travis Bush, Myles Byrd, Brooklyne Chaney, Stanton Clark,  Alexis Dixon,  Adele Dooner, Baileigh Edelman, Ashton Everette, Sophia Forniti, Arianna Gonzales-Lowe, Laynie Gosselin, Jessica Gross, Claire Hall, Nareus Hardin, Erica Harrison, Erykah Hawkins, Emma Henninge, Nathan Henninge, Caroline Imka, Isabella Johnson,  Leo Kenealy, Jonah Kerr-Jung, Charlie King, Nathan Lang, Michael Lee, Kaila Ann Lester, Aliyah Lett, Judea Lowe, Kristen Lyons, Jackson Marshall, Chantee McMillan, Carolyn Meyer, Samuel Mitchell,  Serenity Parker, Wolfe Pehowic, Xavier Phillips, Charlotte Piszel, Emma Quill, Jenna Rickard, Gevena Rose, Jamel Salters, Lila Schubert, Alyssa Smith, Olivia Sormaz, Pannathorn ‘Best’ Tanboonyuen, Rowan Trammell, Sukito Truitt, Anna Turner, Brajawn Upshaw, Javier Vallejo, Meridith Vandall, Emmanuel Vaughn, Ciera-Yvonne Wesley, Richard White, and Thomas Wurth Mac Leay.