Maryland Community News Online
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Silver Spring middle school choir sings its way to Dallas
A. Mario Loiederman Chamber Choir to perform at national conference
by Peggy McEwan, Staff Writer
Lidia Miller Seventh and eighth-grade members of the A. Mario Loiederman Middle School, Silver Spring,
are shown in October at Strathmore Music Center, N. Bethesda. The choir has been selected to perform
in Dallas, Texas at the February 2012 American Choral Directors Association National Middle School
Choral Conference.
The Chamber Choir of A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and
Performing Arts in Silver Spring has been selected to perform at the American Choral
Directors Association National Middle School Choral Conference in Dallas from Feb. 29
through March 3, 2012.
“This is an extraordinary opportunity for our student body and Chamber Choir. To be
selected to perform at a national level only six years into a chorus program is
unprecedented. This diverse and talented group of students continues to excel and
amaze at every performance,” Christopher Guerra, choral director at Loiederman wrote
in an email.
The choir is made up of 36 seventh- and eighth-graders from all over the county, as
Loiederman is the only all-school magnet devoted to the arts. They perform 15 to 20
engagements every year including the Winter Choral Concert, which will be on at 5 p.m.
Dec. 12 at Northwood High School, and a pre-Dallas concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at
Loiederman, 12701 Goodhill Road, Silver Spring.
The group also has a commemorative CD featuring past and current choral ensembles
on sale to help send the Chamber Choir to Dallas. CDs are $12 and available through
the school. The Loiederman choral boosters’ website is www.LionsChoralBoosters.com