Please join us for a special concert as the IB dance seniors present their compositions, culminating a two-year journey in finding their choreographic voices. The concert is next Thursday, February 28th at 7:00 pm at the Cypress Center for the Arts.

We are proud to announce that nine of our high school vocalists will perform in tomorrow’s premiere performance of Dan Forrest’s LUX. Performers include Ms. Emily Tousek, Amanda Brice, Catherine Dozier, Courtney Eaton, Elise Eckhoff, Maria Gullesserian, Cole Jackson, Joao Magalhaes, Anna Ocasio, and Roderick Shi.

DCINY conductor James Meaders leads the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra in Dan Forrest’s LUX: The Dawn from On High. DCINY guest conductor Gary Weidenaar leads the choir and orchestra in Ola Gjeilo’s music with Gjeilo, DCINY’s composer-in-residence, on piano. Doug Martin directs the Langley High School Concert Band (VA).

Participating Ensembles:
The Festival Choir of Christ Church Sugar Land
Windermere Singers
Auckland Welsh Choir
Immaculate Conception Church Choir, Washington, PA
St. Ignatius Church Choir
Cantabile
Wytheville Community College Choir
Rushingbrook Singers
Buncombe Street United Methodist Church Chancel Choir
The Resonants
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater, Florida
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Choir and Pikes Peak Community College Choir
Central Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, Indianapolis
The Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church, Lubbock, TX
The Queensland Choir
Central Washington University Choir
Cor de Cambra Óscar Esplá (Mutxamel, Spain)
Blundell’s School Chamber Choir
Francis Howell North Knight Choir
Mt. Carmel High School’s Classical and Bel Canto Ensembles
Raincross Master Chorale
Francis Howell Central Tour Choir
Concert Choir
Langley High School Concert Band (VA)

The Festival Choir of Christ Church is a non-auditioned adult chorus that sings a wide variety of choral music, from late-Baroque and classical to contemporary gospel, as it leads in worship at the 10:55am Festival Service. The choir also performs major concerts at least twice a year and tours nationally and internationally every two years.
WINDERMERE SINGERS

Emily K. Tousek
Emily K. Tousek holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Mercer University (Macon, Ga) and a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville). For the past 12 years, she has taught piano, choral, and International Baccalaureate Music at Windermere Preparatory School. In her capacity as a conductor, she has also acted as the musical director and orchestra conductor for numerous theatrical productions, including “Annie,” “The Wizard of Oz”, and “The Sound of Music.” Ms. Tousek holds professional memberships in the American Choral Directors Association and Florida Music Educators Association.

The Windermere Singers, made up of students in grades 9-12, are the top choral ensemble at Windermere Preparatory School. They perform a wide variety of repertoire that reflects the diversity of the ensemble and school population. Recent accomplishments including receiving a superior rating and 1st place ranking at the Music U.S.A. Festival, as well as performing in the premiere of the new work “Life Has Loveliness to Sell” by composer James M. Stephenson.

Please join us for a showing of Steel Magnolias on Feb. 21, 22, or 23, 7 pm. Go to https://teachtix.com/wps/steel-magnolias to reserve your free seats. We are proud of Elise, Alex, Emma, Katie, Kimberly, and Amanda for creating a beautiful play.

Congratulations to all of our 2019 W Factor Finalists and Champions! This year, the judges choice champion was junior Alex Sheffield, while the audience choice champion went to sibling duo Laura and Gustavo Campos. Congrats to Tri-M and the Thespians on a well-planned and executed event that raised almost $800 total for their organizations and respective charities! Thank you, Carey Sheffield, for the picture!

Our music students were recently treated to a special concert performed by Stiletto Brass! Thank you, Fine Arts Boosters, for making this happen!