Point Loma High School Choral Cluster Concert

What

Point Loma High School Choral Cluster Concert

When

5/14/2014, 6:30 PM

Where

Dana Middle School 1775 Chatsworth Blvd.

The Point Loma High School Cluster is well known for its award-winning instrumental music ensembles, but for the past few years, choral music lost its voice in Point Loma secondary schools. May 14 will be a celebration of singing when Dana Middle School, Correia Middle School, and Point Loma High School choirs come together for the First Annual Point Loma Cluster Choral Concert at Dana Middle School.

Kerri De Rosier, past band booster president at Point Loma High School, helped start an after school choir at PLHS last October. Last January, Ina Soliz started an after school choir at Correia Middle School, which currently has 25 students. Soliz teaches guitar at Correia, but is accredited to teach choral music, and has past choral directing experience at other San Diego Schools. Point Loma Nazarene University graduate Kirsten Shelter was recently hired to teach choir at Dana Middle School, which currently boasts 25 singers.

“All of this takes money,” said De Rosier. “Through a grant, private donations, and the help of the Correia Association, I’ve been able to provide stipends to Ina and Kirsten. We’ll need more funding to keep this going next year.”

One of De Rosier’s goals is to have choir as an elective at all three schools. “With choir as a regular class period, you can do so much more,” said De Rosier. With the support of principals Hans Becker at PLHS, Jonathan McCabe at Correia, and Scott Irwin at Dana, the goal is getting closer: for the 2014-2015 school year, choir is an elective at Correia, with funding from the school; choir is an elective at Dana, which will be funded through grants and fundraising; and choir will continue to be an after-school club at PLHS. With the middle schools feeding new choir students to PLHS, De Rosier is hopeful that choir will be an elective at PLHS in the 2015-2016 school year.

The Choral Cluster Concert begins at 6:30 at Dana Middle School. The community is invited to by raffle tickets and bake sale items and celebrate CHORAL music on the Point. To help fund choir for Point Loma’s secondary schools, go to http://www.correiamusic.com/choir.html.