Chorus - Greater Atlanta Christian School
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Chorus - Greater Atlanta Christian School
Chorus
Making waves in Norcross and around the nation.
Choral music has been the heartbeat of GAC since the early days of the school. With a tradition of outreach, the choral students not only perform on campus, but also around the country. Middle school choirs take tours around the southeast. Multiple students have been selected to national honor ensembles and Georgia All-State Chorus each year.
The Literary Team singers are consistently awarded at the Region and State levels, and the Concert Choir has been selected multiple times to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. With a newly renovated choral rehearsal space in the Sara D. Williams Fine Arts Center and Artusa Hall in the Performing Arts Center, GAC’s state of the art facilities provide incredible opportunities to grow as a musician.
Concert Choir
Select Choir
GAC’s Concert Choir is the flagship ensemble for GAC. With a history spanning the entire existence of the school (with a few name changes along the way), the Concert Choir has a legacy of top-notch choral music and outreach to the community. Students perform a variety of music each year ranging from standard choral literature, spirituals and gospel music, pop and contemporary, and much more.
Awards
2023 - Gold rating at Southern Star Music Festival
2023 - All Superior ratings at GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation
4 Students selected to National Association for Music Education All-National Chorus in 2023
Selection of one finalist and one alternate to Georgia Governor's Honors Program in 2023
4 students selected to All-State Chorus in 2023
2022 - Gold rating at Southern Star Music Festival
2022- GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation: Superior rating in sight reading, Excellent rating in prepared performance
The Select Choir is GAC’s contemporary A Cappella ensemble. As a smaller auditioned group, they perform on the main choral performances throughout the year, around the community, in chapels, and compete in the International Competition of High School A Cappella.
Treble Choir, 6th grade
Rising Voices, 7th and 8th grade
Primarily performing two-part music, the group learns to communicate the language of music and develop as an ensemble and individual vocalists. The singers have the opportunity to perform on many concerts on campus throughout the year, sing at the Sixth-Grade Statewide Honor Chorus, perform for multiple statewide adjudications and take educational field trips.
This three-part group begins to explore a wider variety of choral music and broadens their musical skill set to engage more fully in communicating through music. Singers in this ensemble have their first opportunity to audition for the Georgia All-State Chorus, perform many times on campus, perform for multiple statewide adjudications and festivals, and take educational field trips.
Awards
2 All-State Chorus members in 2023
2022 - Silver rating at the Southern Star Music Festival
2022 - Superior rating in prepared performance at GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation
Promises Elementary Chorus
Promises Elementary Chorus provides a holistic musical experience for fourth and fifth grade singers. An auditioned group of 50-70 students, Promises performs on the GAC campus, in our Atlanta community, and around the southeastern United States. In addition to healthy vocal technique, music reading, and music theory, young singers master a wide variety of vocal styles including sacred songs, spirituals, art songs, classical repertoire, Broadway tunes, new music, and world music.
Leadership, kindness, service, and responsibility are also an important part of the Promises experience as these students become ambassadors for GAC in many places.
Our annual spring trip has visited destinations such as Huntsville, AL; Charleston, SC; Orlando, FL; Nashville, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Georgia Gold Isles; and Asheville, NC. Promises Chorus serves as an important stepping stone into Middle and High School choral activities and all performing ensembles at GAC.
Awards:
During the 2023-24 school year, ten fifth graders participated in Statewide Elementary Honors Chorus. Our school was well represented by Elijah Chernikov, Skylar Duncan, Nicholas Jones, Ella Majors, Adalyn Manso, Marissa Medina, Eliana Onal, Samantha Porter, Luke Simmons, and Macey Wyatt.
October 29: Fall Concert
December 10: Lower School & Middle School Christmas Concert
December 12: High School Christmas Concert
March 21-24: Middle School Choir Tour
April 1: One Night Only
April 14: High School Performance at Lincoln Center, NYC, with Eric Whitacre
May 13: Spring Concert
Music
Concert Choir
Rising Voices
All-State Chorus
All-State Reading Chorus
Sixth Grade Statewide Honor Chorus
Georgia Governor's Honor's Program
Sydney Barbour – State Champion in Female Solo
Kevin Liu – Region Champion in Male solo and 3rd place in State
Sydney Barbour, Lorelei Osborne, Laila Washington – State Champions in Trio
Aiden Daniels, Thomas Hawkes, Mychaela James, and Kevin Liu - State Champions in Quartet
Large Group Performance Evaluation – Straight Superior Ratings (including two perfect score sheets from judges)
Southern Star Music Festival 2024 – Gold Rating
Large Group Performance Evaluation – Straight Superior Ratings
Southern Star Music Festival 2024 – Gold Rating
Sydney Barbour
Aiden Daniels
Michael Huynh
Guanhan Liu
Laila Washington
Aiden Daniels
Feben Asmelash
Micah Kim
Mercy Lowe
Katherine Stephenson
Sydney Barbour
Laila Washington
Contact
Dr. Marcus Miller
Choir Director, Middle and High School
Dr. Robin Hensley
Promises Elementary Chorus Director
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Chorus
Making waves in Norcross and around the nation.
Choral music has been the heartbeat of GAC since the early days of the school. With a tradition of outreach, the choral students not only perform on campus, but also around the country. Middle school choirs take tours around the southeast. Multiple students have been selected to national honor ensembles and Georgia All-State Chorus each year.
The Literary Team singers are consistently awarded at the Region and State levels, and the Concert Choir has been selected multiple times to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. With a newly renovated choral rehearsal space in the Sara D. Williams Fine Arts Center and Artusa Hall in the Performing Arts Center, GAC’s state of the art facilities provide incredible opportunities to grow as a musician.
Concert Choir
Select Choir
GAC’s Concert Choir is the flagship ensemble for GAC. With a history spanning the entire existence of the school (with a few name changes along the way), the Concert Choir has a legacy of top-notch choral music and outreach to the community. Students perform a variety of music each year ranging from standard choral literature, spirituals and gospel music, pop and contemporary, and much more.
Awards
2023 - Gold rating at Southern Star Music Festival
2023 - All Superior ratings at GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation
4 Students selected to National Association for Music Education All-National Chorus in 2023
Selection of one finalist and one alternate to Georgia Governor's Honors Program in 2023
4 students selected to All-State Chorus in 2023
2022 - Gold rating at Southern Star Music Festival
2022- GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation: Superior rating in sight reading, Excellent rating in prepared performance
The Select Choir is GAC’s contemporary A Cappella ensemble. As a smaller auditioned group, they perform on the main choral performances throughout the year, around the community, in chapels, and compete in the International Competition of High School A Cappella.
Treble Choir, 6th grade
Rising Voices, 7th and 8th grade
Primarily performing two-part music, the group learns to communicate the language of music and develop as an ensemble and individual vocalists. The singers have the opportunity to perform on many concerts on campus throughout the year, sing at the Sixth-Grade Statewide Honor Chorus, perform for multiple statewide adjudications and take educational field trips.
This three-part group begins to explore a wider variety of choral music and broadens their musical skill set to engage more fully in communicating through music. Singers in this ensemble have their first opportunity to audition for the Georgia All-State Chorus, perform many times on campus, perform for multiple statewide adjudications and festivals, and take educational field trips.
Awards
2 All-State Chorus members in 2023
2022 - Silver rating at the Southern Star Music Festival
2022 - Superior rating in prepared performance at GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation
Promises Elementary Chorus
Promises Elementary Chorus provides a holistic musical experience for fourth and fifth grade singers. An auditioned group of 50-70 students, Promises performs on the GAC campus, in our Atlanta community, and around the southeastern United States. In addition to healthy vocal technique, music reading, and music theory, young singers master a wide variety of vocal styles including sacred songs, spirituals, art songs, classical repertoire, Broadway tunes, new music, and world music.
Leadership, kindness, service, and responsibility are also an important part of the Promises experience as these students become ambassadors for GAC in many places.
Our annual spring trip has visited destinations such as Huntsville, AL; Charleston, SC; Orlando, FL; Nashville, TN; Chattanooga, TN; Georgia Gold Isles; and Asheville, NC. Promises Chorus serves as an important stepping stone into Middle and High School choral activities and all performing ensembles at GAC.
Awards:
During the 2023-24 school year, ten fifth graders participated in Statewide Elementary Honors Chorus. Our school was well represented by Elijah Chernikov, Skylar Duncan, Nicholas Jones, Ella Majors, Adalyn Manso, Marissa Medina, Eliana Onal, Samantha Porter, Luke Simmons, and Macey Wyatt.
October 29: Fall Concert
December 10: Lower School & Middle School Christmas Concert
December 12: High School Christmas Concert
March 21-24: Middle School Choir Tour
April 1: One Night Only
April 14: High School Performance at Lincoln Center, NYC, with Eric Whitacre
May 13: Spring Concert
Music
Concert Choir
Rising Voices
All-State Chorus
All-State Reading Chorus
Sixth Grade Statewide Honor Chorus
Georgia Governor's Honor's Program
Sydney Barbour – State Champion in Female Solo
Kevin Liu – Region Champion in Male solo and 3rd place in State
Sydney Barbour, Lorelei Osborne, Laila Washington – State Champions in Trio
Aiden Daniels, Thomas Hawkes, Mychaela James, and Kevin Liu - State Champions in Quartet
Large Group Performance Evaluation – Straight Superior Ratings (including two perfect score sheets from judges)
Southern Star Music Festival 2024 – Gold Rating
Large Group Performance Evaluation – Straight Superior Ratings
Southern Star Music Festival 2024 – Gold Rating
Sydney Barbour
Aiden Daniels
Michael Huynh
Guanhan Liu
Laila Washington
Aiden Daniels
Feben Asmelash
Micah Kim
Mercy Lowe
Katherine Stephenson
Sydney Barbour
Laila Washington
Contact
Dr. Marcus Miller
Choir Director, Middle and High School
Dr. Robin Hensley
Promises Elementary Chorus Director
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