Choir Delivers First Virtual Performance of the Year

By Isabella Callow, Mariam Gohar, and Zoe O’Hara

As distance learning continues, so do the choir performances. Despite obvious challenges, choir students worked hard to produce their first virtual concert on October 22.

The show was pre-recorded and easily accessible for the Albany community on YouTube at Albany Vocal Music. The full livestream is still available online and the individual pieces can be found on the same YouTube channel. Since the show was virtual, it was free, but the performance also raised money through donations for the music program.

Senior Chloe Park, member of the Choir Council, reported that students participate in “both virtual rehearsals and small-group in person ones (masks on and social distance of course).”

For virtual practices, “Ms. Stocker will have us sing and record the part of a song we learned in that class,” Park said. “Then, by the next class, she compiles it altogether and plays it for us while we sing, so we have something to sing along to.”

“On my end of the call, it really does feel like a regular choir rehearsal because you can see and hear,” Park said. “It's really amazing when you think about all the work Ms. Stocker has put into making sure our experience stays consistent for us.”

Choir instructor Mary Stocker ended the night with praise for the choir members.

“It has been so amazing and fantastic to see so much spirit and energy and engagement from every single student,” she said.