Emmaus High School Choral Singers

School: Emmaus High School

Accomplishment: Thirty-two Emmaus High School students were selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s District 10 Chorus Festival.  This year’s festival was held on Jan. 13—15 and hosted by Easton High School and included over 200 of the best high school choral singers from Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Pike, and Schuylkill Counties.

Who:

Seniors: Drew Gehman, Kayleigh Jardine, Maya Kouassi, Daniel Lomauro, Matthew  Phillipes, Jennifer Pytlewski, Taylor Ressler, Matthew Rhodes, Danielle Verghese, Julia Wagner, and Jacob Weir.

Juniors: Jordan Biery, Wesly Clerge, Amber Coe, Kathryn Domyan, Breanna Galante, Sydnie Keddington, Robert Lamb, Molly Lichtenwalner, Andrew Licini, Christina McGee, Theodor Swanson, Lauren Teague, Micah Vinovskis, and Eric Wiscount.

Sophomores: Logan Beck, Tyler Brown, Christina Cilento, Laura Erle, Jacquelyn Hamati, Gwendolyn Osterwald, and Marshall Winston.

Key to Awesomeness: For the fourth year in a row, Emmaus High School had the most students qualify out of the 65 participating high schools. Of the over 800 students who auditioned, approximately 27 students were chosen for each of the eight voice parts.  Fifteen Emmaus High School students were ranked in the top 10.

In Soprano I, Breanna Galante ranked 1st, Gwen Osterwald ranked 2nd, Katy Domyan ranked 3rd, and Taylor Ressler ranked 7th.  Julia Wagner ranked 5th in Soprano II.  Kayleigh Jardine ranked 1st, Laura Erle ranked 4th, and Molly Lichtenwalner ranked 10th in Alto I.  In Alto II, Christina Cilento was ranked 4th and Jacqui Hamati was 5th.  Matthew Rhodes ranked 4th and Andrew Licini was 8th in Tenor I.  Wes Clerge ranked 4th in Tenor II.  In Bass II, Teddy Swanson ranked 2nd and Drew Gehman ranked 10th.