Submitted By Faye Chambers
Three Calhoun County High School students were recently chosen to sing in the WV All- State Choir. Scott Morford, singing
Bass 1, Tiffani Johnson, singing Soprano 2, and Nikki Church, singing Alto 2, received this honor after auditioning before a
panel of judges at Ripley High School. After being selected the students participated in two and one-half days of rehearsals at
West Virginia University in Morgantown, along with approximately 300 other students from throughout the state.
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(L to R) Tiffani Johnson, Scott Morford and Nikki Church
The All- State Choir was conducted by Vijay Singh, a professor at Central Washington University, in Ellensburg, Washington.
Singh composes and arranges choral music for all levels in both classical and jazz idioms, and has performed as a featured
bass-baritone with many prominent groups throughout the United States. The students had intensive training under his direction
while preparing for the concert.
The selection of music included a piece by Mozart, "Dixit Dominicus;" "Dusk to Dawn," by the conductor, Mr. Singh, and four
other selections, all of which had to be memorized. The All-State Choir performed before a full house at the Creative Arts
Center.
Tiffani Johnson is a senior at CCHS and is the daughter of Dave and Sherri Johnson of Mt. Zion. Scott, a junior at CCHS, is
the son of James and Bev Morford of Grantsville. This is Scott's second year of performing in the All State Choir. Nikki, also
a junior, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Church of Arnoldsburg , was unable to attend the performance at WVU.
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