Three students committed their time to District Chorus at Greenville High School on Jan. 21-23. Seniors Joshua Battaglia and Ashley Malinak along with Junior Lara Pavlick prepared music in order to seal a spot at District Chorus.

Just like District Band, which happened two weeks before, the students were required to stay overnight for two nights at a hotel in Grove City.

“The overnight experience was really great. We stayed at the Hampton and staying overnight made it feel a lot like a cool vacation,” Pavlick said.

The Hampton offered a continental breakfast to the students and the rest of the meals were served at the high school.

The director of District Chorus was Dr. Christopher Kiver, who conducts Concert Choir and Glee Club at Penn State.

“Kiver showed us new warmups that helped prepare our voices for singing,” Malinak said.

The students were given music to prepare for Districts after making Honors Chorus. This music was to prepare them for a spot in Regional Chorus.

Battaglia sings tenor in the choir and went to District Chorus during the 2013-2014 school year. Malinak sings Soprano along with Pavlick and this is their first time attending District Chorus.

Auditioning for District Chorus requires singing a selected piece of music, (which is chosen by the three judges), to the best of their ability. One to two pieces of music is selected by the judges for the students to perform. After all of the students have done their audition, they will all find out the seating arrangements of the choir and who has moved onto Regional Chorus.

Students practice their music day in and day out until the afternoon of the concert, which becomes very anticipated.

“It was really surprising to find out that I got eighth chair for Soprano one, which is a hard section to be in. Being eighth chair means that if someone were to drop out, I would get into Regional Chorus,” Malinak said.

Regional Chorus will be held on Feb. 25-27 at Trinity High School in Washington, Pa. Pavlick will be representing FHS at Regional Chorus.

“It feels absolutely spectacular to make Regional Chorus because I thought I would never make it this far, and I’m glad to get this opportunity to represent Freedom,” Pavlick said.

Once Regional Chorus happens, there is a chance for Pavlick to move onto All-State Chorus. All-state chorus would make her one of the top singers in Pennsylvania.