Darrah Walker
Lantern Staff
Vocal music groups will end the school year with what each group does best, singing their hearts out with energy and fun.
The last performance is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, through Saturday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Headliners, Smorgaschords, Butler Ladies, Noteables, Chamber Singers, Concert Choir and A Cappella will perform.
Each group will perform a wide variety of songs that focus on the theme, ‘Future.’ Unlike most concerts, this final concert will alternate groups between each song. The groups will alternate in between songs, finding out who is supposed to go where and when is a “nightmare,” described by Professor in Vocal Music Matthew Udland.
“It’s a lot of fun to put together, but the technical side of it is much more complex,” Udland said.
A fun and exciting song that the Concert Choir will perform is one to laugh about. The song, “Him to the Acxiom,” is to all database marketing companies and how they are loved. Udland laughed in an interview as he finds the song perfect for what is going on in the world today.
The groups will perform songs based on the theme, looking into the future. With the theme being so broad, each group will perform songs based on what they think the future means to them.
“[Butler Ladies] will be singing ‘Dear Future Husband,’” Udland said. “A Cappella is doing the Lukas Graham song, ‘Seven Years,’ ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ and ‘Still Fighting It’.”
Chamber Singers, which is directed by Instructor of Vocal Music Chad Ingram, is planning to pull off the theme song to the popular video game, Halo. The song is challenging as they will only use their voices for the song.
“The Halo theme song will be performed a cappella (no instruments at all),” Ingram said.
There is a level of difficulty to each song, which shows maturity in the vocalists.
“[The audience] should expect more dramatic pieces that we have done in the past,” Freshman Elizabeth Groote said. “It’s more vocally challenging, and it’s supposed to create a greater impact.”
Groote said that some choreography will be added to a song, but is leaving any details a surprise. The vocalists are working hard to end the year leaving the audience at the edge of their seats wanting more.