WMHS Choral Department Update - November 2025

Ana Morel
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Choral Ensembles

CONCERT SEASON APPROACHES: Our Winter concert will take place at the Galvin Middle School Auditorium on Tuesday, December 9th at 7 PM. All curricular groups will perform: Chorale, Chamber Singers, Treble Choir, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, String Orchestra, and String Ensemble. The DRESS REHEARSAL for Chorale, Treble Choir, and Chamber Singers will be on Monday, December 8th, from 5:15-6:30 PM. Your singer has access to a document on Google Classroom called “Concert Information for December 2025 Winter Concert” that has all the pertinent information for the performance and dress rehearsal. A reminder that the dress rehearsal and concert are mandatory events. The Winter Concert is a free event, with donations to the Wakefield Music Boosters accepted at the door.

CONCERT ATTIRE: Please make sure students have everything they need for concert attire. Check the Handbook or Concert Information Document for details on concert attire.

A Cappella Groups

HOLIDAY GIGS: December is a busy month for the Wakefield A Cappella program! Students will be performing frequently in and around the community. Voices of Steel will be performing Friday, December 6 at the WCNA Lighting of the Lights, followed by the Pie Social at the FPCC, the Dolbeare Winter Wonderland and the St. Joe’s Christmas Tea on Saturday, December 6, and at the Lions Club Arrival of Santa on Saturday, December 13. They will be singing for special members of the community at Brightview Senior Living. You can hear VOS while you shop at The Sweetbay Shop on December 13 and 21! They are also super excited to sing for all of the PK-4 students in Wakefield during their elementary tours. And don’t miss the annual Holiday A Cappella performance at the Albion Cultural Exchange, featuring special guests Mic Drop, on Thursday, December 18. Follow them on social media to see where their next performance will be!

Exciting Notes

Voices of Steel and Mic Drop had their first performances of the year at Fall Fest, which we co-hosted with North Reading High School. Thanks to all who came out to support us that night!

Chamber Singers and Treble Choir were honored to perform as part of the WMHS Thanksgiving Pep Rally on November 27.

ICHSA: Voices of Steel was accepted into the Varsity Vocals International Championship of High School A Cappella competition. The quarterfinal round will take place at Galvin Middle School on January 31, 2026.

DISTRICT AUDITION RESULTS: WHS students had a very successful day at District Auditions this year! Out of the 44 vocal students who auditioned, twelve students were accepted into the Northeast District Chorus: Hailey Allocco, Ben Blackstone, James Brogna, Immanuel Carpenter, Naya Chankhour, Shaiel Coral, Sarah Eller, Charlie LaMonica, Patrick O’Connor, Lucy Spry, John Werth, and Jacob Williams. In addition, Hailey, James, Naya, Shaiel, Sarah, Charlie, and Lucy received a recommendation to audition for the All-State Chorus on January 24. The District Festival will be held on January 7, 8, 10 at Arlington HS.

Fundraising

Throughout the months of December and January, performing arts students will be selling calendars full of prizes to be awarded during the month of February. There is a prize for each day! Calendars are $10 and can be purchased with cash, check or venmo to the Wakefield Music Boosters (@Wakefield Music).

Student Perspective Please enjoy this note from one of our students, senior Lucy Spry!!

November always seems to fly by, but this one truly went by in a flash. This month has been full of exciting events for our choral department, as we got to audition for our regions Senior Districts. This was a super fun and exciting event as we got to travel as a department to North Andover High School where we auditioned for the festival. We got to meet people from all over our area and make some friends within our district's fantastic choral community! From these auditions so many of our talented singers were accepted, and a number of them even received All-State recommendations which is so exciting for our department. To close out the month we will be singing at our school's Pep Rally, before we send our football team, dance and cheer teams, along with our fantastic marching band to the historic Fenway Park! And as November wraps up, our Winter Concert on December 9th is quickly approaching. We cannot wait to share the repertoire we’ve been working so hard on!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Winter Concert Dress Rehearsal, December 8, 5:15-6:30 PM, at Galvin Middle School
Winter Concert, December 9, 7 PM, at Galvin Middle School
Voices of Steel & Mic Drop at the Albion Cultural Exchange, December 18, 4:30-5:30 PM (doors open at 4:15)