Lafayette Madrigal Singers
American Choral Directors NATIONAL Conference 2023
WELCOME CONCERT
YOUR Hand in Mine
Festival Choir
TUEsday, FEBRUARY 21, 2023
CINCINNATI, OHIO
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Soprano
Kharis Hanson Abigayle Stokes Sally Thalacker Kaiti Moberly Kara Peters Ashlyn Taylor Tori Williams-White Alto Vidhi Buch Kimberly Christian Hadley Collins Marianne Gebb Jocelyn Langdorf Ashley Vela Sofia Wu Grace Yi |
Bass
Zade AlQahtani Andrew Campbell Jamie Cook Will Darragh Naval Fauzi Daniel Gnau Parker Olukalns Sam Reed Sam Toney Tenor Gabe Brown Payton Chenault Colin Clevenger Sam Dailey Charlie Kennedy |
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
The welcome concert featured the CCM Chamber Choir, Cincinnati Youth Choir (CYC) and the Your Hand and Mine ACDA Festival Choir. Singers included participants from the Glen Cove High School Select Chorale (New York), Kings High School Chamber Choir (Ohio), Lafayette High School Madrigal Singers (Kentucky), Little Miami High School Select Choirs (Ohio), Milford High School Chamber Singers (Ohio), Oak Hills High School Varisty Singers (Ohio), Spencerville Adventist Academy Cantares (Maryland) and William Mason High School Bel Canto and Honors Concert Choir (Ohio). The concert culminated with the combined ACDA Festival Choir for the world premiere of Your Hand and Mine composed by Marques Garrett and commissioned by the ACDA welcome concert singers. The text was excerpted from Spencer Michael Free’s poem “The Human Touch,” and speaks of the healing power of song.
About LAFAYETTE CHOIR
Lafayette opened in 1939 and was named for the Marquis de Lafayette,the famed French general of the Revolutionary War. Lafayette is one of six public high schools in Lexington and serves over 2000 students. The school combines a comprehensive high school curriculum with the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCAPA) and pre-engineering magnet programs.
The music department at Lafayette has a long tradition of excellence in all areas. The Marching Band has been state champion nineteen times. The Orchestra has performed at the Midwest Clinic, and has been featured a number of times at the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) conference and will perform for the American String Teachers Association in 2018. Lafayette students have a wide variety of musical choices including a number of vocal ensembles; an instrumental program consisting of strings, wind band, percussion, jazz band and piano; music technology; and comprehensive visual and theatre arts programs.
As part of the (SCAPA) magnet students can choose a major in music (voice, band, orchestra, or piano), dance, art, creative writing, and theatre. SCAPA students are admitted to the program by audition. The vocal curriculum includes music theory courses, private voice study and ensemble singing. Voice students receive private instruction during their choir class once every two weeks, participate in performance/master classes, recitals, and juries.
The Madrigal Singers are state, nationally, and internationally recognized. The choir most recently performed for the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Conference in 2018 in Louisville and last performed for that organization in 2010 in Memphis. The group performed for the KMEA conference in 2009 and 2015, and 2020, and was awarded two silver medals at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati in 2012. The choir won a gold diploma and the mixed youth choir category in the Sing ‘N’ Joy International competition in Louisville in 2014. The choir competes annually in the University of Louisville Chamber Choir Competition and have won first place twelve times.
The music department at Lafayette has a long tradition of excellence in all areas. The Marching Band has been state champion nineteen times. The Orchestra has performed at the Midwest Clinic, and has been featured a number of times at the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) conference and will perform for the American String Teachers Association in 2018. Lafayette students have a wide variety of musical choices including a number of vocal ensembles; an instrumental program consisting of strings, wind band, percussion, jazz band and piano; music technology; and comprehensive visual and theatre arts programs.
As part of the (SCAPA) magnet students can choose a major in music (voice, band, orchestra, or piano), dance, art, creative writing, and theatre. SCAPA students are admitted to the program by audition. The vocal curriculum includes music theory courses, private voice study and ensemble singing. Voice students receive private instruction during their choir class once every two weeks, participate in performance/master classes, recitals, and juries.
The Madrigal Singers are state, nationally, and internationally recognized. The choir most recently performed for the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Conference in 2018 in Louisville and last performed for that organization in 2010 in Memphis. The group performed for the KMEA conference in 2009 and 2015, and 2020, and was awarded two silver medals at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati in 2012. The choir won a gold diploma and the mixed youth choir category in the Sing ‘N’ Joy International competition in Louisville in 2014. The choir competes annually in the University of Louisville Chamber Choir Competition and have won first place twelve times.
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Ryan Marsh, Director of Choirs
Ryan Marsh holds bachelors and master’s degrees from the University of Louisville. He holds National Board Certification in vocal music and has taken doctoral courses at the University of Kentucky. Mr. Marsh is in his twentieth year as director of choirs also teaching AP Music Theory and coordinating the SCAPA magnet program. He holds professional memberships in ACDA, NAfME, and Kentucky Music Educators Association. Mr. Marsh has held elected state office for KMEA coordinating all-state choirs from 2009-2010. He served on the KMEA state board, executive committee and served as the founding editor of the organization’s monthly e-newsletter for eight years. Mr. Marsh also served on the ENVOY committee for the Inaugural Music for All National Choir Festival. He is a contributing author for Teaching with Heart, and Teaching Beyond the Music, compendiums for choral directors. His choirs have appeared at KMEA and ACDA conferences and consistently receive distinguished ratings at assessment events. Ryan lives in Midway, Kentucky with daughter, Emory and wife, Tiffany, who is the choir director at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington. |
Acknowledgements
Incredibly supportive parents and care-givers of our students
Lafayette Chorus Boosters
Laura Howard, SCAPA Voice Director
Laura Nevels, choir manager
Dr. Demetrus Liggins, Superintendent
Dr. Anthony Orr, Principal
Stephanie McDermott, Associate Principal
Littleton Ward, Associate Principal
Tommy Johnson, Associate Principal
Dr. Kristy Field, Associate Principal
Dr. Caroline Morales, Associate Principal
Lafayette Performing Arts Faculty
Lafayette Chorus Boosters
Laura Howard, SCAPA Voice Director
Laura Nevels, choir manager
Dr. Demetrus Liggins, Superintendent
Dr. Anthony Orr, Principal
Stephanie McDermott, Associate Principal
Littleton Ward, Associate Principal
Tommy Johnson, Associate Principal
Dr. Kristy Field, Associate Principal
Dr. Caroline Morales, Associate Principal
Lafayette Performing Arts Faculty
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