LMEA 2025 DISTRICT V CHORAL LARGE ENSEMBLE ASSESSMENT

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MARCH 24-26, 2025

McNeese State University Tritico Theater

Lake Charles, Louisiana

Assessment Hosts

W. A. and Dorothy Hanna 

Department of Performing Arts

McNeese State University

Dr. Wade Rousse, President

Dr. Keagan LeJeune, Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Lonny Benoit, Department Head, W. A. and Dorothy Hannah 

Department of Performing Arts

Festival Adjudicators

Stage:

• Fran Hebert – Lafayette, LA
• Mary Luquette – Destrehan, LA
• Ginny Medina-Hamilton – Houma, LA

Sightreading:

• Michele DesLattes – Stonewall, LA

9:00 AM  Gr. 6-8 W. W. Lewis Middle School Rebel Choir    

Jordy Stanley, Director

Whitney Chaumont, MSU Resident Student Teacher

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

I never saw a moor...*- Neil Ginsberg

Canto de Pilón- Traditional from Venezuela, arr. Cristian Grases

There Has to Be a Song  - Andrea Ramsey

9:20 AM Gr. 6-8 Bell City Middle School Choir 

Rachel Carpenter, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

A Scottish Lullaby*- Greg Gilpin

Eatnemen Vuelie - Emily Crocker

I Sing Because I’m Happy - Kenneth Paden

9:40 AM Gr. 4-5 Prien Lake Elementary Chorus 

Abbey Rougeau, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

Sleep, Gently Sleep (Wiegenlied)*- Johannes Brahms

Tum Balalaika – arr. by Jay Broeker

Dream a Little Dream of Me (with Debussy's "Clair the Lune") – arr. by Andy Beck

10:00 AM Gr. 4-5 Maplewood Elementary Chorus 

Elayne Gabbert, Director

Chris Miller, Accompanist

Festival Alleluia* - Allen Pote

Kyrie Eleison- Sonja Poorman

Four-Leaf Clover- Andy Beck

10:20 AM Gr. 4-5 DeQuincy Elementary Choir 

Steve Dufrene, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

Good and Simple Gifts - Natalie Sleeth 

If You Sing an Allelu - Steve Kupferschmid

Over the Rainbow - Audrey Snyder

10:40 AM Gr. 9-12 Bell City High School Chamber Choir 

Rachel Carpenter, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel* (3-part) - Roger Emerson

SiSi Ni Moja - Jacob Narverud

Over the Rainbow - Mac Huff

11:00 AM Gr. 4-6 Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School Soaring Eagles Chorus (Elementary) 

Emily Lognion, Director

Pam LeBlanc, Accompanist

Siyahamba- Brad Nix

How Can I Keep from Singing*- Denise Bacon

Ton Thé  - Jeanne and Robert Gilmore/Susan Brumfield

11:20 AM Gr. 6-8 F. K. White Middle School Novus Choir 

Isabella Rodriguez, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

Path to the Moon*- Eric Thiman

Walk Softly- John D. Horman

Children of Light- Valerie Ann Wendell

11:40 AM Gr. 6-8 DeQuincy Middle School Treble Choir 

Carie Barnes, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

O Give Thanks - Wayland Rogers

Dodi Li*- Nira Chen, arr. Doreen Rao

Jordan's Angels- Rollo Dilworth

12:00 AM Gr. 6-8 S.J. Welsh Middle School Colt Training Choir 

Kari Proksch, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

The Drunken Sailor*- arr. Emily Crocker

She Sings*- Amy Bernon

Cantate Domino - Nancy Hill Cobb

LUNCH

1:00 PM Gr. 7-8 F. K. White Middle School Bella Voce 

Isabella Rodriguez, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

J'entend le Moulin - Ruth E. Dwyer and Martin L. Ellis

Music on the Waters* - Brad Printz

She Sings - Amy Feldman Bernon

1:20 PM Gr. 7-8 Leesville Jr. High School Choir 

Ola Demus-Jackson, Director

Cherie Turner, Accompanist

Jubilate Deo* - Cristi Cary Miller

Baraka Na Wewe - Victor C. Johnson

Lightning!- Greg Gilpin

1:40 PM Gr. 7-8 S. J. Welsh Middle School Select Choir 

Kari Proksch. Director

Hotaru Koi- arr. Ro Ogura

Non Nobis, Domine* - William Byrd (Edited by Jean Ashworth Bartle)

Hippity, hoppity  - Zoltan Kodaly

2:00 PM Gr. 9-12 LaGrange High School Treble Training Choir 

Yuavanka Brown, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

A Joyful Sanctus- Christi Cary Miller

The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky* - Mary Lynn Lightfoot

Keep Your Lamps!- Victor Johnson

9:00 AM Gr. 9-11 Sulphur High School Treble Choir 

Molly Jones, Director

Bonnie Randel, Accompanist

Forever Lift Your Voice* - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cantar - Jay Althouse

I Dream of a World- Sherry Blevins

9:20 AM Gr. 4-5 Dolby Elementary Chorus 

Wava McClain, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

The Road Not Taken- arr. by Mark A. Williams

The Tailor of Gloucester - arr. by Cyndee Giebler

You Say - Lauren Daigle

9:40 AM Gr. 1-5 T. S. Cooley Elementary 5th Grade Choir 

Annette Larsen, Director

Gwen Auld, Accompanist

Sing for Joy – G. F. Handel, arr. Linda Spevacek 

Quiet Sea – Jill Friedersdorf and Melissa Keylock

J'entend le Moulin- arr. Ruth E. Dwyer and Martin L. Ellis

10:00 AM Gr. 6-12 Starks Mixed Choir 

Robyn Hollie, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

Cantate Domino - Jay Althouse

All Through the Night* - arr. Joyce Eilers Bacak

Set Down Servant* - trad. Spiritual, arr. Roger Emerson

10:20 AM Gr. 9-12 Sulphur High School Tenor-Bass Choir 

Molly Jones, Director

Bonnie Randel, Accompanist

Cantate Domino* - Laura Farnell

Good Timber - Susan LaBarr

The Keys to Canterbury - Bryan Sharpe

10:40 AM Gr. 9-12 Barbe High School Treble Choir 

William Travis Stegall, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

In the Highlands* - Eugene Butler

Kaleidoscope Heart- Sara Bareilles/Allison Girvan

Sway (Quien Será)- Pablo Beltran Ruiz/Kirby Shaw

11:00 AM Gr. 9-12 DeQuincy High School Treble Choir 

Carie Barnes, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

In Terra Pax - Mary Lynn Lightfoot

She Sings* - Amy F. Bernon

Abendlied - Felix Mendelssohn

11:20 AM Gr. 1-7 Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School Soaring Eagles Chorus (Middle) 

Emily Lognion, Director

Pam LeBlanc, Accompanist

Confitemini Domino*- Greg Gilpin

Howdidow, deediddleumday - Vicki Tucker Courtney

Hey! Ho! Nobody Home!- Russell Robinson

11:40 AM Gr. 9-12 Sulphur High School Mixed Choir 

Molly Jones, Director

Bonnie Randel, Accompanist

Festival Sanctus* - John Leavitt

Water Fountain - arr. Kristopher Fulton

There Will Be Stars - Andy Beck

LUNCH

12:40 PM Gr. 9-12 DeQuincy High School Mixed Choir 

Carie Barnes, Director

Sharon Stephenson, Accompanist

Danny Boy - arr. Linda Steen Spevacek

Artza Alinu - arr. Earlene Rentz

Ave Verum Corpus* - W.A. Mozart

1:00 PM Gr. 10-12 Sulphur High School Advanced Treble Choir 

Molly Jones, Director

Bonnie Randel, Accompanist

The Reborn Sun - Faith Zimmer

Je le vous dirai* - Pierre Certon, arr. John Leavitt

You Are the Song - Jacob Narverud

1:20 PM Gr. 9-12 Barbe High School Mixed Choir 

William Travis Stegall, Director

Mary Etherton, Accompanist

Sicut Cervus* - Giovanni Palestrina

They Are Mother - Jennifer Lucy Cook

Let the River Run - Carly Simon/Craig Hella Johnson

1:40 PM Gr. 9-12 Leesville High School Choir 

Jared Prewitt, Director

Cherie Turner, Accompanist

Ahrirang* - Robert DeCormier

Miserere Nobis - Victor Johnson

O Magnum Mysterium- Evan Ramos

2:00 PM Gr. 10-12 Sulphur High School Select Choir 

Molly Jones, Director

Amor Vittorioso* - Giovanni Gastoldi

Time - Jennifer Lucy Cook

I've Just Come from the Fountain - Andre J. Thomas

The District V Louisiana Music Educators Association expresses sincere appreciation to the administration, faculty, and staff of McNeese State University for hosting the 2025 District V Large Ensemble Choral Assessment. Also, thank you to the Tony McCardle and the CPSB Department of 

Visual and Performing Arts for providing recording, photography, and program production services. To be so ably assisted is a privilege for all participants.