Student Award
The Sheepscot Valley Chorus Music Award is a prize given annually to a student from each of our three local high schools: Boothbay Regional School, Wiscasset High School, and Lincoln Academy. Music teachers from each school are asked to identify the student who has contributed most to their school’s music program and/or excelled in their musical studies, either vocal or instrumental. Award recipients will perform (usually as soloists) with the Sheepscot Valley Chorus in our spring concerts, receiving a stipend of $250.
Sheepscot Valley Chorus student award for 2009 has been given to:
Lauren Emery, soprano, Wiscasset High School
Heather Reynolds, Boothbay Regional High School
Leslie Yates, soprano, Lincoln Academy senior
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Lesley
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Heather
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Lauren Emery is a senior at Wiscasset High School. She sings in both chorus and magdrical choir and serves as Student Council co-President. Lauren was accepted to Salem State College and plans to attend in the fall, studying journalism.
Lesley Yates, a senior at Lincoln Academy, has been involved in musical theater and choir throughout high school. She has had leading roles in Godspell, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Into The Woods, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. She has participated in the 2005-2009 the Maine District III Choirs Festivals, and she has been invited to perform in the 2008 and 2009 Maine All State Choir Festivals. Lesley enjoys opera, reading, and watching movies with friends. She lives in Nobleboro and has studied voice with Beth Preston for four years.
Heather Reynolds, a senior at Boothbay Region High School, has been singing for most of her life. She enjoys singing and acting and loves musicals. She has been a part of the Boothbay Region School Chorus and drama department all of her high school life. She enjoys bowling and shopping at thrift stores. She has 2 brothers, one 16 and one 4, and lives in Boothbay Harbor. She plans to go to college to study chemistry and become a chemistry teacher.
Our three students, in recognition of Felix Mendelssohn's 200th birthday will sing from St. Paul, Op 36: "How lovely are the messengers" and No 5: Soprano Duet & Chorus: "I waited for the Lord," from Mendelssohn's 2nd Symphony.
