Impact is a 14 member show choir with a six member band in its fourth year of existence.  In its short lifetime, this group of ladies has improved immensely and is growing as musicians and performers.  In their short existence, they have received awards at the following competitions:

 

NCDA Show Choir Festival Gold Award: 2017

UNO Show Choir Festival Class B Women’s Div: 2016 (2nd), 2017 (2nd)

Wahoo’s Court of Champions Women’s Div: 2018 (2nd)

Lincoln Northeast’s “The Rock” Prep Div:  2016 (2nd) 2017 (1st)

Millard North’s “Galaxy of Stars” Women’s Div.: 2017 (3rd) 2018 (5th)

 

In 2019, Impact will be competing at NCDA in Central City, UNO’s Show Choir Festival, Wahoo’s Court of Champions, The Islander Invitational in Grand Island, and The Rock at Lincoln Northeast. They are accompanied by Raychel Brooks, Choreographed by Katie Esters and Nick Caberos, Arranged by Jacob Lee and Directed by Jason Frew.

 

Rhapsody is 39 member show choir with a 17 member band.  The group was first called Rhapsody in the 1979-80 school year as a swing choir.  Over the years, it has morphed and changed into to a show choir that has doubled in size and competes aggressively against class A and AA schools, some fives times the size of Aurora.    

 

NCDA Show Choir Festival Gold Award:  2013, 2016, 2017, 2018

UNO Show Choir Festival Class A: 2015 (3rd), 2016 (4th)

UNO Show Choir Festival Class B: 2017 (2nd)

Wahoo’s Court of Champions: 2018 (5th Overall and 1st in Class B)

Norris’ Fields of Talent Class B: 2016 (1st), 2017 (2nd)

Lincoln Northeast’s The Rock:  2014 (3rd), 2016 (Grand Champion), 2017 (2nd)

Outstanding Crew: 2015

Oustanding Costumes: 2015

Best Show Design: 2017

Outstanding Dance: 2017

Outstanding Soloist: 2014 (MJ Edelman)

         2015 (Aly Faber)

2018 (Cole Wetherington)

Millard North’s Galaxy of the Stars:

Outstanding Soloist: 2018 (Cole Wetherington)

Northeast Jazz Festival Level II:  2012 (3rd), 2014 (1st), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (2nd)

 

In 2019, Rhapsody will be competing at NCDA in Central City, UNO’s Show Choir Festival, Wahoo’s Court of Champions, The Islander Invitational in Grand Island, and The Rock at Lincoln Northeast.  They are accompanied by Raychel Brooks, arranged by Andrew Jacobson, choreographed by Matt Watson and Directed by Jason Frew.

 

The Aurora High School Choir is in its 100th year of existence and has continually been a strong program with great enrollment numbers for decades with it currently standing at 137 members in grades 9-12 (35% of the student body).  In the 2016-17 school year, due to the size of the choir, the group has started something new where there are two smaller choirs as well as the entire choir. In its current formation, there is a Men’s Choir and a Women’s Choir as well as the Combined Choirs (9th-12th grades).  The goal of the split is to give students multiple ways in which to make music through different sized ensembles.

The Aurora Middle School Choir has been an incredibly strong asset in helping the students of Aurora develop their musical skills as well as cultivate a love for singing and performing.  Even though choir is an elective, it is comprised of around 50% of the 7th-8th grade students in the school. The current enrollment in the choir is 90 and the students are making some incredible progress.  

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