Rachel Carson students sang at Washington Liberty High School from Feb. 11-12 for District Chorus for the first time in two years.

Twenty seven students from Carson were selected for two choirs. The two choirs were SSA (soprano, soprano, alto) and mixed chorus (bass, tenor, alto, soprano). The directors were Jessica Irish and Amy Moir. There were two soloists from RCMS, seventh-grader Bethany Lindorf and eighth grader-Anya Vargheese. 

The SSA sang five songs:

• “One Voice” by the Wailin’ Jennys
• “Cantate Domino” by Paul John Rudoi
• “Tres Cantos Nativos dos Indios Kraó” by Marcos Leite
• “No One is Alone” by Stephen Sondheim
• “I Sing Because I’m Happy” by Georgia Mass Choir

The Mixed Choir also sang five songs:

• “Tue Tue,” which is a Folk Songs from Ghana
• “Dona Nobis Pacem” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” by Rollo Dilworth
• “Winds of Winter Blow” by Steve Kupferschmid
• “Shine Like Stars” by Pinkzebra

The singers rehearsed for seven hours on Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and five hours on Saturday from 8 a.m-1 p.m., for a total of 12 hours in two days. Their final performance was from 1-3 p.m. on Feb. 12.

In 2021, the singers recorded themselves at home, and all the videos were combined to give a chorus effect, so this was the first time in two years that these students could sing together in person. 

Here are the students who made the cut:

SSA choir

Hia Banerjee, SSA Choir-Soprano 1

Eshika Gavini, SSA Choir-Alto

Grace Gibbens, SSA Choir-Soprano 1

Ria Kumar, SSA Choir-Alto

Bethany Lindorf, SSA Choir-Alto

Laksha Muruganandam, SSA Choir-Soprano 1

Taryn Parcell, SSA Choir-Soprano 1

Christine Qiao, SSA Choir-Soprano 1

Keya Shah, SSA Choir-Alto

Anya Varghese, SSA Choir-Alto

Mixed Choir

Jaden Boissy, Mixed Choir-Tenor

Haasini Govindu, Mixed Choir-Soprano

Sambhav Jain, Mixed Choir-Bass

Anthara Kollipara, Mixed Choir-Soprano

Shirom Kumar , Mixed Choir-Tenor

Vineela Mandavilla, Mixed Choir-Alto

Saisha Pal, Mixed Choir-Soprano

Ananya Patel, Mixed Choir-Soprano

Shreya Rao, Mixed Choir-Alto

Aditi Saravanan, Mixed Choir-Soprano

Nicole Shipp, Mixed Choir-Alto

Ritwik Sinha, Mixed Choir-Tenor

Rounawk Sinha, Mixed Choir-Tenor

Joshua Sisung, Mixed Choir-Bass

Vrishank Surakanti , Mixed Choir-Bass

First alternate: Shalom Abebe, Middle School Choir-Alto