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For Immediate Release
Contact: Keith Sterling , 480-484-6111
NEWS and INFORMATION

Music to Your Ears
Scottsdale student honor choir to perform Nov. 9th

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (November 2, 2005) – Some of the most gifted performers in the Scottsdale Unified School District will be showcasing their talents at an upcoming event.

More than 300 children from fifth through 12th grades were selected through an audition process to perform in Scottsdale Unified School District’s Honor Choir Concert at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the auditorium at Desert Mountain High School, 12575 E. Via Linda, Scottsdale.

Three separate choirs—elementary school, middle school and high school—will perform music of the highest caliber and difficulty.

For this event, guest conductors will direct each choir. The elementary school conductor is Dr. Sammy Brauer, a vocal music teacher at Tonalea Elementary School and soprano soloist. The middle school conductor is Mary Wagner, an accomplished pianist and church music director who teaches at Navajo Elementary School. The high school conductor is Kathrine Kouns of Horizon High School in the Paradise Valley School District.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Scottsdale Unified School District is Arizona’s most Excelling school district, with 21 schools earning the state’s highest rating, Excelling. All Scottsdale schools are rated as Performing, Performing Plus, Highly Performing or Excelling by the Arizona Department of Education. For more information about Scottsdale schools, please visit www.susd.org.