The Enloe Magnet High Chamber Choir was the one NC choir invited to perform with the world reknown King’s Singers at the NC Music Educator’s Association State Conference.
Enloe Chorus teacher Ann Huff said it went fabulously well! “The kids represented us beautifully,” said Huff. “I was so proud of them.
The King’s Singers are a celebrated, long-lived, Grammy Award-winning British a cappella vocal ensemble. Their name recalls King’s College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars in 1968. Today the ensemble remains one of the world’s most popular and sought-after vocal groups.
One of the King’s Men, Christopher Gabbitas described in the group’s blog their visit to the Carolinas, performing as guests of the NCMEA Conference in Winston-Salem.
“It’s always wonderful to teach and sing with talented children but in this instance it was a double pleasure as we were joined on-stage during our concert by the Enloe High School Choir, who did a great job of performing Eric Whitacre’s “Seal Lullabye” – a piece Eric was considering arranging for us when I last spoke to him, but one which suited the piano/voice arrangement perfectly,” wrote Gabbitas.
Another of the King’s Men, Timothy Wayne-Wright writes that they hosted a masterclass at the Benton Convention Centre and heard the Enloe High School Choir.
“Here was a group of very talented youngsters, eager to learn and under the superb direction of Ann Huff, the sound they made was simply fantastic. We gave them a couple of points each to try and fine tune their sound and ensemble singing and immediately they took them on board and improved. In the evening’s concert the same choir sang Eric Whitacre’s magical piece Seal Lullaby – a great start to the second half. After this, we had the honour to perform Bob Chilcott’s A Thanksgiving with them. It went extremely well and we were all happy to see the children having such a good time on stage,” wrote Wayne-Wright.
During the conference, Huff was voted by the NC membership to serve for the next two years as one of four executive officers on the association’s state board.