Video: Music festival beats traditional tune
March 10, 2012
By Jack McDermott Staff Writer The best musicians from all District 214 high schools were featured this past Thursday in the Honors Music Festival. The event took place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Forest View Alternative School. The three ensembles featured were honors choir, honors orchestra, an...
Choir students work with renowned composer
March 14, 2011
By Khrystyna Halatyma Staff Writer Eric Whitacre, a famous composer, conductor and best seller of over 1 million copies of sheet music worldwide, chose 40 students from Prospect's Honors Choir to be part of the “Choir of Angels” in his musical, “Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings." After practicing for th...
Choir program hosts annual daddy-daughter fundraiser
February 15, 2010
By Maddie Conway Staff Writer For the third time, 8-year-old Sydney Callahan was excited to get dolled up in her blue dress and head to Prospect on Saturday, Feb. 6, ready to dance the night away with her father and friends at the choir department's Daddy Daughter Dance Fundraiser. For the second-grade ...
Music department to host winter concert
December 5, 2009
By Katie Ritchie Editor-in-Chief While most radio stations don't start playing Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, the choir department has been busy practicing their music for the upcoming winter concert since their fall concert in October. The winter concert, which will be held this Sunday, Dec....
