CENTERBURG – Six Centerburg High School students will be on stage Wednesday evening, Oct. 19, as part of the Otterbein University Honors Choir.
Vocal music director Stasi Culbertson said the students were selected based on an in-class audition and a brief written statement about why they wanted to participate in the honors choir.
The six are seniors Jasper Faught, Emilee Fletcher, Autumn Kennedy and Madigan Kennedy and sophomores Oakley Brooks and Chloe Evans.
The 6 p.m. Honors Choir program will be in Cowan Hall’s Fritsche Theater, 30 S. Grove St. in Westerville. It is free and open to the public. Centerburg’s choir department is off to a strong start for the 2022-2023 school year with a total of 169 students participating.
“We have 50 in the high school when we’re all together,” Culbertson said. “Some of the kids are taking classes at Mount Vernon Nazarene University most of the day, and others have varying schedules.
“In the middle school – grades six, seven and eight – we have 119 participating in choir,” she said. “That includes 49 percent of the eighth grade. It’s a great start, but we’ll have to see how many continue in high school.”
Culbertson is in her 11th year at Centerburg.
Twenty high school and middle school students have been selected to represent Centerburg at the Nov. 5 Ohio Music Educators Association District 10 Honors Choir event at Mount Vernon Nazarene University. The free public program will be at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel auditorium.
High school participants will include Oakley Brooks, Maddie Donabauer, Chloe Evans, Jasper Faught, Emilee Fletcher, Autumn Kennedy, Madigan Kennedy, Ashley Moore, Annelise Nash and Caroline Nash.
The middle school group includes Miles Bishop, Henry Carlisle, Sofia Ciraky, Kailee Foreman, Leo Hart, Carly Law, Aurora McKee, Dayna Meier, Ryleigh Stephens and Myka Wenell.
The schedule for the December concert series in the Centerburg High School auditorium has been released:
• Dec. 5, 7 p.m., seventh- and eighth-grade band and choir
• Dec. 8, 6 p.m., second-grade holiday program
• Dec. 8, 7 p.m., fifth- and sixth-grade band, choir and Orff ensemble
• Dec. 12, 7 p.m., high school band and choir
The Knox Educational Service Center develops, implements and operates cooperative, shared educational services for the Centerburg, Clear Fork Valley, Danville, East Knox, Fredericktown, and Mount Vernon City school districts, as well as the Knox County Career Center.
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Staci Culbertson, choir director at Centerburg High School and Middle School, stands with her students who will perform at Otterbein University on Wednesday. In front are Madigan Kennedy, left, and Chloe Evans. In back, from left, are Autumn Kennedy, Oakley Brooks and Emilee Fletcher. Not pictured is Jasper Faught.
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