News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 10/21/03   SOUTHEASTERN HOSTS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR INVITATIONAL         HAMMOND -- Approximately 200 young singers from six area high schools will participate Friday, October 24 in the Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Music and Dramatic Arts' first "Choir Invitational." The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium.          Alissa Rowe, Southeastern’s director of choral activities, said the schools will each receive 20-minute sessions with the event's guest artist, David Fryling, head of the choral department at Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y. Some students also will be invited to participate in  masterclasses with Southeastern voice professors Scharmal Schrock and Joy Ratliff.          Participating choirs are the Ponchatoula High School Chamber Singers, Northshore High School A cappella choir, Fontainebleau High School Mixed Vocal Ensemble, Slidell High School Advanced Women's Choir, Walker High School Concert Choir, and the St. Scholastica Academy Women's Choir.           The day of singing and instruction will conclude with a 3:45 p.m. concert by Southeastern's Concert Choir and Women's Chorale. Rowe said the choirs will perform selections from their upcoming fall concert. The participants will also be invited to attend the Wind Symphony's 7:30 p.m. concert, "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas," at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.          Rowe said the public is invited to listen to the choirs perform throughout the day and to the Southeastern choirs’ concluding performance. For additional information, contact her at 985-549-2334.   Return to News Releases