Wayne Community College hosts first choir festival for middle school students
Students spent the day rehearsing with WCC Music Instructors Jonathan Saeger and Randi Chalfant before they performed in a mass choir concert for parents, friends, teachers, and WCC employees.
Special guest clinicians Andy Beck and Dr. Rue Lee Holmes rehearsed with the students throughout the day as well. Beck, a nationally known composer/arranger, worked with the young singers on one of his arrangements. Holmes, former North Carolina Music Educators Association chair of general music, taught the students body percussion exercises during rehearsals that she shared with the audience during the concert.
WCC’s choir sang the opening musical selection before being joined by the middle school choir directors to perform a song under the direction of Chalfant. The middle school singers concluded the day by performing a variety of musical pieces conducted by Saeger.