Karen S. Nevins, M.A.
Director of Choral Activities
\"Seeking choral excellence\"

Lincoln High School Choirs Receives Honor!>

AA/Y Chamber of Commerce E3 Award

At the May 7th School Board meeting, representatives from the AA/Y Chamber of Commerce will make a formal announcement to the LCS School Board that Lincoln High School Choirs are being recognized for excellence. Vocal Essence will be there for a brief performance and they will travel to perform in Ann Arbor on May 16th where director, Mrs. Karen Nevins, will receive the award. Mrs. Nevins will provide a Power Point presentation displaying an overview of the program and some of their achievements over the years.

Vocal Essence Performs at Michigan Youth Arts Festival>

9:00 am Concert, Friday, May 11, 2012

For their fine performance at their State Solo and Ensemble Festival, Vocal Essence AND Split Dimensions were selected as two of the top large ensembles! Their festival performance recordings were sent on to a veteran adjudication committee for consideration to perform at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival and Vocal Essence was selected! For this honor, these singers will travel to Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) on Thursday, May 10th. This festival is celebrating its 50th Anniversary of celebrating the best performing and fine artists in Michigan all forms of the performing on the same campus! Many of our choir students are also band and choir students. They will enjoy an array of instrumental, theatrical, vocal performances and fine art exhibits over this three-day period. The MSVMA All-State Honors Choir will perform in the finale concert for this MYAF festival. Four Lincoln singers (Emily Bamrick, Armand Garnett, Dylan Marzolino, and Walter Floyd) have earned seats with the best 100 All-State Honors Choir singers from throughout Michigan!

SPLIT PERFORMS

2012 MICHIGAN MUSIC CONFERENCE

Split Dimensions performed an AMAZING concert at the 2012 Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, MI on January 20, 2012! Mrs. Nevins and the Split singers were inundated with loads of positive feedback following their beautiful performance! Ellen Bonter (Superintendent), John McGehee (Human Resources), and Kimberly Samuelson (School Board President) attended the concert and told Mrs. Nevins they felt very proud of Split\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s fine performance in representation of Lincoln schools and the Lincoln community! Bravo, ladies, for a job well done! For anyone wishing to hear their performance, CD/DVD recordings will be available through the Lincoln Choral Boosters and soundwaves.com. Sound Waves will also be posting Split\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s performance on iTunes!!

Choir Alum, Matt Giraud Wins Top 5 Position on American Idol!

Mrs. Nevins Fox 2 News LHS Interview link to:

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/entertainment/american_idol/HS_Vocal_Coach_Rooting_for_Idols_Giraud

MATT GIRAUD, LINCOLN HS CHOIR ALUM progressed through to the top 5 on the 2009 American Idol!

WHAT AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR MATT!! HE\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s SURE TO GET HIS CAREER LOFTED WITH THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT! THE STUDENTS OF LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS CONGRATULATE MATT G AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT VISIT, MATT!!!!

2011-2012 LHS Choir Highlights!

Lincoln Concert Choir was invited to perform in the January 4 Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra Holiday concert. They performed separately and collaborated with the orchestra for G.F. Handel\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Hallelujah Chorus,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Mr. Hayes\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' arrangement of Handel\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Thanks Be To Thee,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Star Spangled Banner.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" In January. Split Dimensions were one of only three choir selected to perform in the Friday Choral Hour of the 2012 Michigan Music Conference! They performed wonderfully! Performances are being posted on iTunes and CD/DVD\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s are available through Sound Waves (soundwaves.com). Bria Woods, Caitlin Battle, Emily Bamrick, Dylan Marzolino, Walter Floyd, and Armand Garnett performed in the MSVMA Regional Honors Choir; E. Bamrick, W. Floyd, A. Garnett, and D. Marzolino performed in the MSVMA 2012 State Honors Choir; and all four were promoted to the 2012 MSVMA All-State Honors Choir. Bravo to all LHS Honors Choir singers!

2010-2011 LHS Choir Highlights!

Split Dimensions Invitationals

In November Split performed at the Michigan School Board Conference at the Amway Hotel in Grand Rapids. They also performed at a Kiwaniis luncheon. At MSVMA festivals: District and State Solo and Ensemble Festival - Superior Ratings! Split Dimensions were the judges\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' top selection at State Solo and Ensemble as finalists to audition for a performance spot in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival! Vocal Essence were also selected to be considered for a performance spot at the MYAF Festival. District and State Choral Festivals - all choirs received first division ratings! DaMerius Ford, Dylan Marzolino, and Cody Rhodes performed in the Regional Honors Choir; Da\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Merius Ford and Cody Rhodes performed in the MSVMA State Honors Choir, and both were promoted to the MSVMA All-State Honors Choir. LHS Choirs toured to Chicago, IL for a visit to the see the Blue Man Group, the House of Blues, Navy Pier, and more.

2009-2010 LHS Choir Highlights!

A mixed Split Dimensions performed with the Concordia College Choirs in an October Oratorio Festival at Concordia College in Ann Arbor. They also performed a December concert with the Ypsilanti Youth Orchestra, traveled to NYC to perform in \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Voices on Broadway\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" with a performance in the finale of West Side Story on Broadway and came home to perform their own dinner theater event of choreographed Broadway literature.

2008-2009 LHS Choir Highlights!

Choir Trip to Washington, D.C.

This trip celebrated Abraham Lincoln\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Bi-centennial! Lincoln Choirs represented the state of Michigan and performed with other Lincoln choirs under the direction of Mrs. Nevins on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with 8 other choirs!

Split Dimensions in EMU Concert

Lincoln\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Split Dimensions were invited to perform in concert with EMU\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s University and Chamber Choirs in December, 2008. The show featured performances by all individual choirs as well as a mass choir performance of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Joshua Fit Battle of Jericho\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" by Moses Hogan! This was certainly a memorable performance for our singers!

Split Dimensions Performed at Michigan\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s own Governor Granholm\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Residence in 2008!

Members of Split Dimensions traveled to Lansing by invitation of Governor Jennifer Granholm to perform for her Holiday Staff Gathering at her beautiful residence! The students caroled as guests arrived and were applauded after performing a festive selection for her guests! Following the performance, Governor Granholm was full of praise for their outstanding performance and a photo was taken of Split Dimensions with the Governor. Each singer will receive a letter of recognition from the Governor and a copy of their photograph at their Spring Awards Banquet.

ATTENTION TO ALL NEW SINGERS!

Parents be sure to login frequently to http://lhschoirs.com for updates and notifications. The choir calendar has been updated as of August 31 and will be continually updated as new events and changes arise! Since we have a master calendar for the first marking period, all non-MSVMA and non-MSBOA events are tentative for the remainder of the year. Once contract negotiations are settled and a master calendar is agreed upon, we will be able to confirm 2nd-4th marking period events, breaks, in-service dates, exams, etc. Students will be asked to utilize this website for 24-hour access to assignments, event notifications & instructions, calendar updates and announcements. Members of the community will find our calendar helpful in planning for their listening pleasure throughout the year! Thank you, in advance, for any and all support provided to Lincoln High School Choirs for the coming school year!