Concert Choir and Women's Ensemble 2017-2018

  I love the idea of this blog being almost like a scrapbook - years from now, you all can look back on this and remember the "good ol' days of high school singing!"

Concert Choir

Soprano 1

Soprano 2

Tenor

Bass

Alto

Women's Ensemble

Soprano 1

Soprano 2

Alto

Dominick's Experience with District Chorus

Hi Everyone,

  I know everyone is very nervous about the upcoming district chorus auditions. So, to lighten the mood, I will tell you about my experience last year. I had just started here freshman year, so I was scared and nervous for what was ahead.  When Mrs. Rocchi told me about District Chorus, I realized that it would be a great opportunity to improve my technique. Over time, I got better with less notes from Mrs. Rocchi on each recording.  Finally, the big day came.  I got prepared, warmed up, my hands were shaking.  I walked into the sight reading room and I tried my best. I got a 5, so not bad, but not good. I saw and talked to one of my friends from over 7 years ago, Rhys from Emmaus, and he was nervous too. I then walked into the final room, and I sang it perfectly (in my mind). Everything was sharp and on point; no cutoffs, no sour notes, perfect vowels. I walked out expecting to get in. That's the key in my mind, to have faith in yourself. The next morning I walked in Mrs. Rocchi's door and she just nodded and that was enough. I gave her a hug, took my results sheet, and ran down the hallway and told everyone I knew. Two long months of hard work and dedication paid off. I was so proud. However, that was only the beginning.

  Next was preparing for the festival. It definitely had its ups and downs, from practicing in my hotel room in Florida, to not showing up to practice with the song learned, it was an emotional roller coaster.  Also, everyone was speculating about what the Regions audition song would be since it is randomly picked out of the 10 you have to learn.  I thought it was going to be this beautiful piece of music called "If Music Be the Food of Love", written in the romantic style. Then finally the time came. We all got together in the auditorium lobby 7:30 sharp, then got into people's cars and drove off to Bangor. We all got off and went right into rehearsal. These rehearsals were long, some 3-4 hours, compared to the hour long chorale rehearsal I was used to. Here is my favorite experience from Districts.

We sang one song for districts, "5 Hebrew Love Songs" by Eric Whitacre. One of the songs had a solo, so I thought that no harm could be done auditioning for a solo. Dr. Fryling, the director, who by the way, is amazing, said "Ok. Let's do roll call for the solo... Alysse Goldberg, Michael Silverstein, Josh Dreyfuss, and Dominick Philip." And during this everyone else is chatting with each other IN FLUENT HEBREW. That's right, I am auditioning for a solo with 10 other people who are actually Jewish and speak fluent Hebrew. So I just had to take it on the chin and embarrass myself. They all sang it so beautifully, with inflection and wonder. With my nose in my music, I sang it like I just learned how to read. Everyone kind of stood there and starts laughing which I could only assume was mockery. Dr. Fryling looked at me and said, "Ok Dominick, you can go to lunch now."

I realized on the second day that this is a great opportunity to get yourself out there and show yourself off.  So, Friday night, after our first concert, they had an open mic.  I went up and sang "Ain't that a Kick in the Head" but halfway through I sang "My mom's here, I have to go!" and booked it out of the school.

Overall, Districts was one of my favorite experiences from last year and I hope I will get in again so I can relive the experience.

Festival Representation 2007 - Present Day

I thought it would be neat to see all of the NAHS students who have participated in Districts, Regions and All-State since I have been the director here.  Here we go!

I know I am probably missing things and have wrong voice parts all over the place -- please send me updates!!!

2007-2008
District Chorus
Kayla Mormak - Soprano 1

Region Chorus
Kayla Mormak - Soprano 1

2008-2009
District Chorus
Cullen Delmore - Tenor 1
Jordan Smith - Bass 1
Craig Albert - Bass 2
Ian Amidon
Eric Flyte - Tenor 1
Elizabeth Earle

Region Chorus
Jordan Smith
Craig Albert

All-State Chorus
Jordan Smith

2009-2010
District Chorus

Eric Flyte - Tenor 1
Elizabeth Kerner - Alto 1
Zach Kessler
Andrew Kowalczyk
Katelyn Lauria - Soprano 1
Jessica Schantzenbach
Jordan Smith - Bass 1

Region Chorus

Eric Flyte
Elizabeth Kerner
Jordan Smith 

All-State Chorus
Elizabeth Kerner
Jordan Smith

2010-2011
District Chorus

Zach Kessler
Max Shevalier
Jordan Smith - Bass 1
Anthony Vonelli 

Region Chorus
Jordan Smith

All-State Chorus
Jordan Smith

2011-2012
District Chorus
Zhanttal Castro - Soprano 2
Emma Parrish - Alto 2

Region Chorus
Zhanttal Castro
Emma Parrish

2012-2013
District Chorus

McKenzie Doyle - Alto 2
Mikaela Esposito - Soprano 2
Clarissa Hoke - Alto 1
Emma Parrish - Alto 2
Theo Patton - Bass 2
Hannah Stevens 

Region Chorus

McKenzie Doyle
Mikaela Esposito
Emma Parrish 

All-State Chorus
Mikaela Esposito
Emma Parrish

2013-2014
District Chorus

Erica Biechy - Alto 1
Jack Doyle - Bass 2
McKenzie Doyle - Alto 2
Mikaela Esposito - Soprano 2
Julia Hawley
Alyssa Higham 

Region Chorus

Erica Biechy
McKenzie Doyle
Mikaela Esposito 

2014-2015
District Chorus

Jack Doyle - Bass 2
Mikaela Esposito - Soprano 2
Emily Szuter - Alto 1
Gabriella Tavianini - Alto 2

Region Chorus

Jack Doyle
Mikaela Esposito
Gabriella Tavianini 

All-State Chorus
Mikaela Esposito

2015-2016
District Chorus

Jack Doyle - Bass 1
Toni Facciponti - Alto 2
Madeline Myers - Alto 2
Veronica Philip  - Alto 2

Region Chorus

Jack Doyle
Toni Facciponti
Madeline Myers 



2016-2017
District Chorus

Layla Cobrinik - Soprano 2 

Hailey Durner - Soprano 2

Isabelle Dara   - Soprano 2

Toni Facciponti - Alto 2

Mallorie Deemer  - Alto 1  

Shane Hurley - Bass 1

Jack Doyle   - Bass 2

Dominick Philip - Tenor 1

Mary Doyle - Alto 1

Gwen Redman - Alto 2

Region Chorus

Isabelle Dara  
Hailey Durner

Jack Doyle  
Toni Facciponti

Mary Doyle

Region Chorus - 2017

All-State

Jack Doyle
Mary Doyle

Toni Facciponti

2017-2018
District Chorus
Mary Doyle - Alto 1
Ethan Doyle Bass 1
Brendan Alvino - Bass 1
Fran Bernsdorf - Alto 1
Steven Fuquay - Bass 2
Toni Facciponti - Alto 2
Josh Richter - Tenor 1
Dominick Philip - Bass 1
Kelly Oakley - Alto 2
Hailey Durner - Soprano 2
Jessica Powell - Alto 2

Districts 2017

Region Chorus
Fran Bernsdorf
Hailey Durner
Mary Doyle
Josh Richter
Dominick Philip
Toni Facciponti
Kelly Oakley

Regions 2018

All-State Chorus
Mary Doyle
Toni Facciponti

2018-2019
District Chorus:
Elizabeth Abramo
Sunny Arigela
Fran Bernsdorf
Billy Butler
Mary Doyle
Ethan Doyle
Rachel Flicker
Steven Fuquay
Megan Hunter
Dominick Philip

Region Chorus:
Dominick Philip
Mary Doyle
Elizabeth Abramo
Megan Hunter
Rachel Flicker
Fran Bernsdorf
Sunny Arigela

All-State Chorus:
Megan Hunter
Dominick Philip

2019-2020
District Chorus:
Sunny Arigela
Mason Hartlaub
Dominick Philip
Paige Horvath
Anna Soldano
Elizabeth Abramo

Region Chorus:
Dominick Philip
Anna Soldano
Sunny Arigela
Paige Horvath
Elizabeth Abramo

All-State Chorus:
Elizabeth Abramo
Dominick Philip

2020-2021:

District Chorus

Liam Condon

Alyson DeMarco

Henry Grimm

Connor Hageman

Paige Horvath

Caroline Hunter

Robert Olson

Eesha Patel

Anna Soldano

Region Chorus:

All-State Chorus 2021:

Henry Grimm

Paige Horvath

Caroline Hunter

2021-2022:

District Chorus

Julia Borawski

Hailey Falzone

Marina Falzone

Kailey Force

Sofia Forgione

Connor Hageman

Paige Horvath

Caroline Hunter

Jacob Kremer

Noah Lyon

Robert Olson

Eesha Patel

Lindsey Rupp

Blake Shuler
Dean Tarriff

Region Chorus

Kailey Force

Sofia Forgione

Paige Horvath

Caroline Hunter

Robert Olson

Eesha Patel

Lindsey Rupp

Dean Tarriff

All-State Chorus

Caroline Hunter

Robert Olson

Eesha Patel

Lindsey Rupp

Dean Tarriff

2022-2023:

District Chorus

Jason Cozza

Damon Dellanno

Nina Facciponti

Kailey Force

Sofia Forgione

Allison Hawley

Jacob Kremer

Aaron Louw

Jade Mills

Lindsey Rupp

Jillian Schnyderite

Dean Tarriff

Region Chorus

Jason Cozza

Damon Dellanno

Nina Facciponti

Kailey Force

Allison Hawley

Jacob Kremer

Aaron Louw

Jade Mills

Lindsey Rupp

Dean Tarriff

All-State Chorus

Damon Dellanno

Lindsey Rupp

Dean Tarriff

All-East Chorus

Lindsey Rupp

Dean Tarriff

2023-2024:

District Chorus

Julia Borawski

Jason Cozza

Ava DeFebbo

Damon Dellanno

Peyton Falzone

Corbin Foraker

Kailey Force

Allison Hawley

Abby Hellwig

Aaron Louw

Jillian Schnyderite

Ella Soldano

Gavin Smart

Dean Tarriff

Victoria Ticker

Maricel Wheatley

Region Chorus

Julia Borawski

Damon Dellanno

Kailey Force

Allison Hawley

Abby Hellwig

Aaron Louw

Jillian Schnyderite

Ella Soldano

Gavin Smart

Dean Tarriff

Victoria Ticker

Maricel Wheatley

All-State Chorus

Damon Dellanno

Kailey Force

Ella Soldano

Dean Tarriff

2024-2025:

District Chorus

Ava DeFebbo

Damon Dellanno

Chloe Fuller

Addie Giesler

Allison Hawley

Abby Hellwig

Brooke Hellwig

Hunter Hinkel

Carlo Igot

Quincy Johnson

Adam Lankay

Ava Noll

Jillian Schnyderite

Marissa Sodano

Ella Soldano

Maricel Wheatley

Region Chorus

Ava DeFebbo

Damon Dellanno

Chloe Fuller

Addie Giesler

Allison Hawley

Abby Hellwig

Brooke Hellwig

Hunter Hinkel

Carlo Igot

Quincy Johnson

Ava Noll

Jillian Schnyderite

Ella Soldano

Maricel Wheatley

State Chorus

Damon Dellanno

Chloe Fuller

Allison Hawley

Ava Noll

All-East Chorus

Damon Dellanno

Ella Soldano