Fifteen Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School vocal students were named to the 2013 PMEA District 5 High School Chorus Festival. Pictured are: (front, from left) Madison Owings, Kiersten Kelly, Lily Cogley, Amber Liggett, Olivia Barnes and Myahnna Lester, (back) Chase Zelechowski, Chelsea Miller, Lindsy Thomas, Mariah Keefer, Dominique McKoy, Jared Griffin and Joey Babcanec. Not pictured are Marlaina Dessler and Jacob Hopkins.
Lincoln Park hosts PMEA District 5 High School Chorus Festival
Western Pennsylvania’s top student vocalists will converge on Midland Feb. 6-8 as Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School hosts the PMEA District 5 High School Chorus Festival for the first time.
Fifteen students from the host school will be among 187 singers representing 41 school districts throughout Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties.
Three days of practice and instruction will culminate in a public concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in Lincoln Park’s mainstage theater under the baton of guest conductor Dr. Susan Medley of Washington and Jefferson College. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Dr. Marissa Ulmer said Lincoln Park is honored to be hosting the event.
“We appreciate the chance to show colleagues and students our school’s beautiful campus, especially the music education facility in newly constructed Alumni Hall,” said Dr. Ulmer. She is Lincoln Park director of choirs and host director of the festival.
Lincoln Park students named to the 2013 PMEA District 5 Chorus are: Joseph Babcanec, a junior and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Babcanec of Sharon; Olivia Barnes, a senior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Barnes of Cranberry; Lily Cogley, a junior and a daughter of Shannon Falling of Pittsburgh; Marlaina Dessler, a senior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Dessler of Monaca;
Jared Griffin, a sophomore and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Griffin of Wexford; Jacob Hopkins, a senior and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hopkins of Pittsburgh; Mariah Keefer, a senior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Keefer of Monaca;
Kiersten Kelly of Imperial, a junior and a daughter of Adam Kelly and Myria Mehalich; Myahnna Lester of Beaver Falls, a senior and a daughter of Lamar Lester and Candice Johnson; Amber Liggett, a junior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Liggett of Beaver; Dominique McKoy, a junior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darryl McKoy of Hermitage;
Chelsea Miller, a senior and a daughter of Brenda Miller of Georgetown; Madison Owings, a junior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Owings of Cranberry; Lindsy Thomas, a senior and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Thomas of Georgetown; and Chase Zelechowski, a junior and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Phillips of Ambridge.
(Lincoln Park release Jan. 31, 2013)
