The SCHS Mixed

Chorus will be accompanied by a string quintet of players from the orchestra

faculty of the Fulton County Public Schools and Curt Sanders, assistant

band director at Sandy Creek, on percussion. These instrumentalists will

be featured on pieces by Aaron Copland and Leornard Bernstein.

This program

is supported in part by the Grassroots Arts Program of the Georgia Council

for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly and

in partnership with Arts Clayton. The Council is a partnering state agency

of the National Endowment for the Arts.

"We wanted

the students and the public to experience great works of music by 20th

century American composers," said Turek. "Thanks to the generous

financial grant, they will hear these pieces as the composers intended

them to be performed."

Only two high

school mixed choirs in the state of Georgia were invited to perform for

the convention of music educators this year. Selection for this honor

came to the SCHS chorus after submitting a taped audition reflecting their

past three years of outstanding choral performances and festival ratings.

"This

is as close as you get to a state championship for chorus. These students

have worked very hard for the last three years to earn this invitation

and it is an honor to perform for the state music educators," Turek

said. "Through their performance, they will have the opportunity

to inspire the teachers about what high school musicians can do."

Just two years

ago, the Select Womens' Chorus was the first choral group from Sandy Creek

to be invited to the same convention. Turek adds, "We are in very

good company in this county. Groups from Fayette County High School and

McIntosh High School have also achieved this honor in the past. We have

wonderful choral programs in the high schools in this county, truly the

best in the state!"

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