Mrs. Karen S. Nevins, M.A.,
Retired after 18 years of service to Lincoln.

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2012-2013 Choir Award Recipients

Musical Theater - Kyleigh Robinette, Emily Bamrick, Elijah Bouldin, Walter FLoyd, Armand Garnett, Alexa Robbins, Bria Woods, Laura Wynne
Most Improved - Allison Malbeouf & Kris Lane
Leadership Award - Alexa Robbins & Zollie Cole
Women's Chorus Performance - Jasmine Cofield
Bella Voci Performance - Brianna May
Men of Lincoln Performance - Lucas Johns & Andrew Wallin & Josh Yee-Keathley
Split Dimensions Performance - Kyleigh Robinette & Bria Woods
Vocal Essence Performance - Elijah Bouldin & Camille Figarra
MYAF All-State Distinguished Scholars - Zollie Cole & Walter Floyd
Chopin Award - Aaron Ward
John McGehee Director's Choice Award - Armand Garnett & Laura Wynne
National Choral Award - Emily Bamrick & Walter Floyd

2013 All-State Honors Choir

Walter Floyd and Zollie Cole traveled to Kalamazoo in May for the The Michigan Youth Arts Festival at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo)! This event is noted as the only event of its kind in the United States. In MYAF's 51st year of existence at WMU, following a multitude of competitions, the state's top artists in the areas of fine art, vocal & instrumental music, dance, theater, film making, poetry and so forth are highlighted in one huge festival event at the end of the school year. Parents and students gather to stroll through incredible exhibits and demonstrations and listen to a multitude of fine performances.

This year two of Lincoln High School's seniors, Zollie Cole and Walter Floyd, won positions in the MSVMA All-State Honors choir. For their hard work and dedication, they enjoyed the incredible memorable experience of performing under the baton of Internationally known composer and conductor, Z. Randall Stroope in the 2013 MSVMA All-State Honors Choir. Our congratulations to these two LHS seniors! As they graduate from LHS, in the Fall Walter will be attending the University of Virginia and Zollie will be attending Eastern Michigan University.

LHS Takes Superiors at 2013 State Solo and Ensemble Festival!

This year's State Solo and Ensemble Festival produced outstanding scores for Lincoln High School's participants. Perfect performance scores (Superiors) were awarded to large ensembles, Vocal Essence, Men of Lincoln; soloist, Walter Floyd; and Trillium (Bria Woods, Laura Wynne, Walter Floyd). Split Dimensions, Emily Bamrick, and The Treble Tones (Freshmen women) Excellent ratings. As a bonus, Trillium was selected for consideration for the Michigan Youth Arts Festival! Congratulations to all for your hard work and dedication!!

2013 ACDA-MI Inter-Generational Women's Choral Festival

Split Dimensions received cheers and a standing ovation at the ACDA-MI Women's Inter-generational Choral Festival as they joined Carillon Women's Chorale at Big Rapids HS with Michigan's top High School, Community and University Women's Choirs on Saturday, March 23rd. This event was a huge success and all involved are are eagerly looking forward to another amazing event in the coming year(s)! Special thanks to Virginia Kerwin, Director of VocaLyrica, for their warm and hospitable hosting of this event!

Superior 2013 District Solo and Ensemble

Congratulations to Lincoln's four large ensembles (Vocal Essence, Split Dimensions, Men of Lincoln, Treble Tones), two soloists (Emily Bamrick and Walter Floyd) and our small ensemble (Lincoln Trillium), who performed at Chelsea High School on Saturday, February 9th. All Lincoln events were absolutely thrilled after receiving Superior ratings for their performances. Judges were full of praise for their showing of fine musicianship, outstanding diction, contrast in dynamics and close attention to detail as each event performed two contrasting pieces of literature. As a result of this District S&E success, all events will work with Mrs. Nevins to develop a plan for the State Solo and Ensemble event, which take place at Walled Lake Central High School in April. Congratulations LHS Singers!

MSVMA State Honors Choir Winners!

Bria Woods, Walter Floyd, Zollie Cole

These Lincoln HS Students were promoted to State Honors Choirs after Saturday's Region C Honors Choir Performance. All Regional Honors Choir students auditioned throughout the day in contention for positions in three state honors choirs. Bria Woods was promoted to the SSAA(Treble) Honors Choir, Walter Floyd was promoted to the SATB (Mixed) Honors Choir, and Zollie Cole was promoted to the TTBB (Male) Honors Choir! Bravo to these singers for their fine preparation and high achievement! Their performances will take place as the finale concert of the 2013 Michigan Music Conference in DeVos Hall, Grand Rapids, MI on January 19, 2013.

Regional Honors Choir Winners!

December 1 Performance at Pioneer High School

On October 13th, approximately 500 students visited Lincoln High School to perform their prepared audition for six MSVMA judges. The following Lincoln HS students auditioned and were awarded positions in the 2012 Region C Honors Choir: Emily Bamrick, Bria Woods, Laura Wynne, Walter Floyd, Armand Garnett, Josh Yee-Keathley, Zollie Cole, and Aaron Ward. They are busily preparing additional pieces for their performance at 4:00 pm on December 1st in the Pioneer HS Auditorium. On that day, each Regional singer will be required to perform excerpts from each memorized peace in hope for positions in the State and All-State Honors Choirs. Anyone winning a position in the State Honors Choir will prepare additional music for the State Honors Choir event at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, MI. All-State winner will perform a new set of repertoire for the Michigan Youth Arts Festival performance at WMU in May, 2013.

Nevins conducts 2012 University of Toledo HS Honors Choir

On November 2nd and 3rd, Mrs. Nevins and eight Lincoln High School Singers traveled to join 180 singers from NW Ohio and SE Michigan for the 2012 University of Toledo's High School Honors Choir event. Mrs. Nevins was delighted when Dr. Steve Hodge invited her to serve as this year's clinician and conductor of the event. She selected some of her favorite literature and allowed LHS Concert Choir to perform the honors choir literature at their Fall Concert. Each participating school brought one or two SATB quartets. LHS participants were: Alexis Blackburn (Fr), Kendra Glenn (Sr), Courtney Marshall (Sr), Samantha Egolf (Sr), Walter Floyd (Sr), Armand Garnett (Sr), Aaron Ward (Sr), and Josh Yee-Keathley (Sr). Singers rehearsed on Friday evening and returned to continue preparation early on Saturday morning for a 7:00 pm performance. The concert also highlighted two University of Toledo Ensembles.

LHS Alums/Carillon performed with AASO!

On September 15th, 2012, Former members of Split Dimensions, Sara Apple, Kayla Chapin, and Kerry Sanders joined with Mrs. Karen Nevins, Mrs. Julie Byrum (former LMS Accompanist), and Mrs. Mary Bowman (Brick Elem Principal Retiree), Heather Huber (LHS French Sub) and Mrs. Karen Nevins. Carillon collaborated with Measure-for-Measure (Men) and Livingston County Women's Choir (Howell area) to perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy) with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arie Lipsky in UM's Hill Auditorium! The entire concert highlighted the music of Ludvig von Beethoven with professional soloists. Tickets are available through the A2SO website for the 8:00 pm Saturday, September 15th performance in UM's Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor. Anyone wishing to audition for Carillon Women's Chorale, please refer to their website at: http://carillonchorale.com

Split Dimensions featured at 2012 ACDA-Michigan Fall Conference

Based upon audition recordings Split Dimensions was selected by a blind audition process to perform in one of two concert sessions at the Eleventh Annual Fall Conference of the American Choral Director's Association of Michigan. Singers spent their first weeks of the Fall semester preparing to perform in the Friday Evening Concert with two other choirs. Mrs. Nevins has served on the ACDA-Michigan Board since 1999 and on the Fall Conference committee since the Fall Conference was re-instated in 2001. Headliner clinicians for this conference are Dr. Sandra Snow (MSU Women's Glee Club) and V. J. Singh (Jazz Composer).

2011-2012 Honors for LHS Choirs!

AA/Y E3 Award

At the May 7th School Board meeting, the LCS School Board was notified that Lincoln High School Choirs were recognized for Extraordinary Excellence in Education. Vocal Essence attended the May 16th award breakfast to perform as Mrs. Nevins receives the award. A Power Point presentation provided an overview of the LHS choral program to highlight some of their outstanding achievements and recognition over the years was.

Vocal Essence as MYAF Distinguished Scholars

2012 Michigan Youth Arts Festival

For their fine performance at their State Solo and Ensemble Festival, Vocal Essence AND Split Dimensions were both selected for consideration to perform! Both MSVMA State Solo and Ensemble Festival performance recordings were sent on to a veteran adjudication committee for a chance to perform in the Michigan Youth Arts Festival and Vocal Essence was selected! For this honor, our 2012 Vocal Essence traveled to Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo). Celebrating its 50th Anniversary the 2012 Michigan Youth Arts Festival was an amazing experience for our students! Performances and exhibits were breathtaking and Lincoln singers were praised for their fine performance! Participants also enjoyed an array of instrumental, theatrical, vocal performances and fine art exhibits over this three-day period. The MSVMA All-State Honors Choir also perform in the finale concert of the 2012 MYAF festival. Four Lincoln singers (Emily Bamrick, Armand Garnett, Dylan Marzolino, and Walter Floyd) earned seats with the best 100 All-State Honors Choir singers from throughout Michigan! Bravo to LHS Singers!

2012 MICHIGAN MUSIC CONFERENCE

Split Dimensions provided a stellar performance at the 2012 Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, MI on January 20, 2012! Mrs. Nevins and the Split singers were inundated with positive feedback following their performance! Ellen Bonter (Superintendent), John McGehee (Human Resources), and Kimberly Samuelson (School Board President) attended the concert and told Mrs. Nevins they were very proud of Split's fine performance in representation of Lincoln schools and the Lincoln community! Thank you, 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!!

Lincoln's 2009 American Idol!

Matt Giraud Wins Position 5! Go Matt!

ATTENTION 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!