By Tyanna Xavier – Staff Reporter

A select group of Jonathan Law’s choir students auditioned to go All-State on February 8.

The All-State program gives choir students who passed Regionals the opportunity to get to the next step in their musical learning careers. 

“I’m really proud of my students and the tremendous amount of growth I have seen from each and every one of them,” choir director Ms. Jones said. “They have all shown me they are not afraid to chase after something they want and really work for it no matter the challenge.”

Jones has worked to prepare her students to the best of her ability when auditioning, so they can give their overall best performance. 

“During All-State auditions it was definitely a scary moment that I and other choir members have been waiting for,” senior Brooke Nabors said. “During the audition I sang the required song and after it was done it felt like a breath of fresh air and I felt really confident in myself.”

States are a major milestone in the choir community that takes lots of practice to just make it to the audition stage. Many of these students have been practicing their performances since December.

“This is more of a competition with yourself more than with competing with other schools because it’s a good way to see how far you can push yourself to reach the goal of making it into All-State,” senior Justin Amaro said. 

The students who tried out are all very confident and have worked hard with their vocal techniques.

“I wanted to audition because I wanted to challenge myself and knew that it was going to be very difficult,” junior Joey Soto said. “Even though I did not get in I did learn a lot from the experience and I now know not to feed on the energy of the room and be myself.”

Auditioning for Regionals and All-State might be the most nerve-wracking performances of the year for these choir members. However, these students get to learn from the judges giving them personal feedback. 

“The Jonathan Law choir has definitely done a lot of showstopper performances and we have all grown so much as a team,” junior Ashley Leparik said. “A lot of students now feel more confident when singing because of how much they have learned from being in choir.”