VVHS Students named to All State Show Choir

Congratulations to the talented students who were selected for the All State Show Choir by the Arizona Choral Educators. More than 400 students from high schools around Arizona auditioned on November 5 to be a part of the All State Show Choir at Horizon High School. A total of ten Valley Vista High School students will represent the Monsoon including:

Laney Alger (4th Chair Soprano) 

Desi Jones (Second Chair Alto)

Zoie Foster (4th Chair Alto)

Samira Doxie (8th Chair Alto)

Celisa Scarbrough (12th Chair Alto)

Tristen Moran-Mills (2nd Chair Tenor)

Luke Lundberg (9th Chair Bass)

Andrew Estrella (11th Chair Bass)

And alternates:   

Levi Lundberg (1st Alternate Tenor) 

Josiah Chang (3rd Alternate Bass)

“We are extremely proud of the hard work and dedication these students have put into their craft to continue to excel at the state level,” shared Danae Marinelli, Dysart Schools Director of Arts.

The All-State Show Choir is part of the Arizona All-State Jazz/Show Choir Festival. It is a choir of approximately 60 high school students selected from the state. Selection is made through an audition process which requires a live singing and dancing audition. Selected students learn and memorize the performance songs before attending the three-day long festival where they learn the choreography and refine the music. This festival performance will be held on February 2nd at Mesa Community College Performing Arts Center with the All State Jazz Choir beginning at 6:30 pm followed by the All State Show Choir at 8:00 pm. 

The Arizona Choral Educators (ACE) is a constituent group of the Arizona Music Educators Association (AMEA) which serves the needs of elementary, junior high, high school, and collegiate directors throughout Arizona. AMEA was established in 1939 as a cooperative effort of music educators. Since that time, the association has become affiliated with The National Association for Music Education (NAfME).