by Friendswood ISD Communication Department
On Saturday, October 26th forty-eight incredible singers represented Friendswood High School at the Region Choir Audition, the second competition in a series of four rounds leading to membership in the prestigious All-State Choir.
The first round narrowed each of the eight voice part sections to 48 singers, and today that group was narrowed down to the top 15 that will compete at the third round, Pre-Area, on the evening of Thursday, December 5th.
In addition, singers that ranked in the top 20 will perform with the Region Mixed Choir on Saturday, November 9th, while sopranos and altos that ranked 21st-48th will be members of the Region Treble Choir. Please congratulate the following singers (ranks listed in parenthesis):
Advancing to Pre-Area, and members of the Region Mixed Choir:
Soprano 1: Brie McDowell (7), Hannah Setoudeh (10), Ella Chandler (13)
Soprano 2: Hailey Setoudeh (2), Roxie Harris (5)
Alto 1: Avery Buras (2), Cassidy Zavala (5), Haley Smith (6), Paige McCray (10)
Alto 2: Trinity Bosley (4), Zoey Steingas (5), Gisele Kehres (10), Hannemann Te’o (12), Lexie George (13), Kyleigh Chilton-Fernandez (14)
Tenor 1: Brendon Romell (5), Paige Garcia (7)
Tenor 2: Austin Hillenburg (5), Aiden Stephenson (9), Andrew Rowe (10)
Bass 1: Jamie Lindsey (12)
Bass 2: Elijah Meaux (4), Thatcher Chase (14)
Also members of the Region Mixed Choir:
Soprano 1: Ananya Praveen (16) *
Soprano 2: Sofia Medina (19), Claire McCarty (20) *
Alto 1: Ava Hanning (17) *
Alto 2: Maggie Searfoorce (16) *
Tenor 1: Sajenesh Sudhakar (17) *
* These singers are alternates to the Pre-Area Audition and may get called up to compete if someone in their section becomes ineligible or is unable to perform.
Alternate to the Region Mixed Choir:
Bass 2: Connor O’Rear
Members of the Region Treble Choir:
Soprano 1: Daisy Harris, Annily Karg, Phoebe Lemay, Pearl Senter
Soprano 2: Savannah Lormand, Erin McKinney, Sophia Niles, Ronni Orr, Mia Standley
Alto 1: Morgan Armstrong, Ava Costales, Kate Duggleby, Colette Garcia, Averie George
Alto 2: Sophia Distefano