Local students sing with Lehigh County Chorus
The 2013 Lehigh County Chorus Festival was held Sept. 28 at Salisbury High School under the direction of guest conductor Dr. Paula Ring Zerkle.
The festival featured 90 students from Allentown Central Catholic High School, Catasauqua High School, Lehigh Valley Christian High School, Louis E. Dieruff High School, Northern Lehigh High School, Northwestern Lehigh High School, Salisbury High School, Whitehall High School and William Allen High School.
Two students from Lehigh Valley Christian High School and 13 from Catasauqua High School were selected to participate.
This singers were:
From Allentown Central Catholic: Iyanna Rosado.
From Catasauqua High School: Brittany Archbold, Ashlee Boyko, Samantha Diaz, Natalie Falcone, Danielle Lilly, Laura Kaeppel, Emily Naegel, Janelle Roth, Conner Green, Andrew Rice, Kanyi Creppy, Joe Harakal and Josiah Kaeppel.
From Lehigh Valley Christian High School: Hannah Wintermute and Matthew Weaver.
From Louis E. Dieruff High School: Samantha Carwell, Kaylee Glanz, Stephanie Gonzalez, Nadia Marblestone, Dianna Cortorreal, Jonathan Gonzalez, Andrew Stewart, Joel Castro, John Estrella and Kemuel Vicente.
From Northern Lehigh High School: Lydia DeLong, Kasey Wayda, Constance Hepner, Alexandra Krotzer, Alexis Middaugh, Jacob Heintzelman and Nathaniel Rex.
From Northwestern Lehigh High School: Isabelle Batres, Amy Lebrecht, Josie Rex, Jaedon Muhl, Kurtis Reif, Ben Fruchtl and Liam Miller.
From Salisbury High School: Meagan Eripret, Emily Ferrol, Kelly Garrigan, Taylor Hoffman, Lindsey Johnson, Shannon Pennella, Sydney Simitz, Danielle Bartolucci, Kaleigh Bobeck, Abigail Garrigan, Samantha Heiserman, Tara Jacoby, Lindsey Joseph, Katrina Kucsan, Asia Letlow, Caroline Long, Gabrielle Maramag, Kaitlin O'Connor, Kayla Young, John Leiderman and Colin Smith.
From Whitehall High School: Kimberly Casey, Megan Cirocco, Emily Emick, Emily McDevitt, Lauren Williams, Emily Bradley-Lathrop, Emily Falkenstein, Kiana Rivera, Leka Ward, Naakesh Gomanie, Giancarlo Levano, Trisan Morales, Tejwant Gomanie, Nick Herring and Mike Maggio.
From William Allen High School: Aisha Baez, Cassandra Rodriguez, Kayla Jimenez, Kaytalin Jimenez, Kiante Fernandez, Jacob Shellenberger, Nathaniel Stuart, Ian Tullar, Alexander Christensen, Krisha Heckman, Richard Molitorisz, Christopher Mychajluk, Landon Searfoss and Jordan Wilson.
Zerkle is an associate music professor and director of choral music at Moravian College.
The students were accompanied by Angela Mosley and performed six songs for the audience.