Faculty and staff are invited to attend a screening of the LLCC Choir’s performance at Illinois ACDA today at 1 p.m. in MNRD 2250. The screening will be 20-25 minutes. Footage was captured by LLCC film student Madison Lewis.
Any questions can be addressed to Laurie Lewis-Fritz at laurie.lewis-fritz@llcc.edu.
The LLCC Choir performed at the Illinois ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Fall Conference on Saturday, Oct. 16 at DePaul University in Chicago. The program focused on hope, resilience, and rising to action in the face of personal and global crises.
Various members of the audience, including Illinois ACDA leadership, complimented the concert to Laurie Lewis-Fritz, assistant professor of music and choir director. Comments included praise for a balanced sound and fantastic singing; compliments on the students’ enthusiasm and level of preparedness; a wonderful, emotional and meaningful program; and moments of brilliance. Comments were also made about the emotional impact of the staging of the opening song, “How Can I Keep From Singing,” which reflected how choir has looked for many groups across the world the last 18 months. The President of Illinois ACDA also noted how genuine and flexible the students were during the conference and their obvious love of singing and spending time together.
Outside of the performance, the students had the opportunity to hear the other performing choirs, attend various sessions on choral singing and sing along at repertoire reading sessions. They also learned from various speakers, including headliner David Brunner, a well-known and award-winning choral composer, and Eric Johnson, the winner of the prestigious Decker Award.
The LLCC Choir was selected to perform via an audition process that included submitting audio recordings and programs from the past two years. LLCC was the only community college with a performing choir at the conference. LLCC was one of three colleges with performing choirs at the conference, the other two being Augustana and the University of Illinois.
Students expressed feeling inspired by the performances and that they learned a lot about choral music. Performing at the conference deepened their love and enthusiasm for choral music and singing. The students often led standing ovations for the other performing choirs. They represented LLCC and its music program with professionalism, class, respect and joy.
Registration is ongoing for the LLCC Choir! The choir (MUS 110) meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from noon-12:50 p.m. in MNRD 2250 and is open to everyone of all ages and abilities, including LLCC employees! The choir will be singing a wide variety of repertoire with a few performances near the end of the semester. HR has tuition waivers, so there is only a small fee to sign up.
The Community Education section of the LLCC Choir is also open for anyone in the community who would like to join!
For more information, please contact Laurie Lewis-Fritz at laurie.lewis-fritz@llcc.edu or 786-2562.
I hope you’ve enjoyed your summer and got a chance to rest and recharge!
As you are gearing up for the fall semester, I wanted to invite all of you to join the college choir! We meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12-12:50 p.m. in Menard 2250, and the course number is MUS 110. Everyone is welcome. We will be singing a wide variety of repertoire and have a few performances scheduled this semester. HR has tuition waiver forms, so there is only a small fee to join.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I hope to see you in rehearsal!
Laurie Lewis-Fritz, instructor of music