Members of the New Prairie Middle School Cougar Choir traveled to Valparaiso on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, to compete in the ISSMA Vocal and Piano District Solo and Ensemble Contest. The Cougar Choir returned home with 115 medals — including 28 gold, 13 silver and 2 bronze — in 43 events. NPMS’s choral director is Donna Mitchell.
Gold medal solo winners: 8th graders Emily Albano, Abigail Hooton, Annabelle Andrisko, Madison Michael, and 7th grader Alex Reynolds.
Other gold medal soloists were 8th graders Allison Pinter, Aylin Cornejo, Sonia Robinson, Jaden Vervynckt, Emily Rowe, and Emily McCoole; 7th graders Caitlyn Demlein, Kelsey Moore, Emily Glassman, Emma Hunt, and Hailey Orosz; and 6th graders Emma Goldenstern, Kelsey Burnett, Autumn Smith, Allysa DeGroote, and Destiny Schimmel.
Silver medal solo winners: 7th graders Olivia Williams, Zoe Auskalnis, Zeena Rodgers, Chelsea VanLue, and Ashley Holbrook; and 6th graders Emily Jenks and Abigail Doorn.
Bronze medal solo winners: 6th graders Clara Hooton and Shelby Garwick.
Gold medal ensemble winners: Moore ensemble (Emily Glassman, Caitlyn Demlein, Alexandria Reynolds and Kelsey Moore); Reynolds ensemble (Emma Hunt, Caitlyn Demlein, Alexandria Reynolds and Tess Trent); Chlebowski ensemble (Emily Glassman, Caitlyn Demlein, Olivia Williams, Sarah Chlebowski, Zinaida Cleveland, and Chloe Greenboam); Hunt ensemble (Tess Trent, Emma Hunt, Ashley Ward, Zinaida Cleveland, Chloe Greenboam, Emily Wieczorek, Kelsey Moore, Jaclyn Kosinski, Jade Stickler, Zoe Auskalnis, Jill Nalepinski, and Kelsey Martinez); Saylor ensemble (Madison Michael, Rachel Saylor, Abigail Hooton, Megan Flora, Mariah Fain, Jaden Vervynckt, Dalena Haddock, Emily Albano, Ashley Elm, Taylor Pritchard); Burnette ensemble (Jackie Schascheck, Abigail Doorn, Destiny Schimmel, Garrett Eggers, Jade Pollard, Kelsey Burnette, Alan Krieg, and Tyler Pritchard).
Silver medal ensemble winners: Padgett ensemble (Autumn Smith, Emily Jenks, Clara Hooton and Sadie Padgett); Gozzola ensemble (Hailey Orosz, Ashley Holbrook, Melissa Gozzola and Zeena Rodgers); Elm ensemble (Sydnee Lekarczyk, Allison Pinter, Ashley Elm and Taylor Pritchard); Greenboam ensemble (Zoe Auskalnis, Chloe Greenboam, Zinaida Cleveland, Chelsea VanLue, James Cochran, and Caleb Hutchens); Turczynski ensemble (Kayla Brown, Annabelle Andrisko, Morgan Wagner, Kodi Kelley, Mariah Fain, Danielle Turczynski, Caitlyn Witkamp, and Karina Reith; Amaya ensemble (Aylin Cornejo, Emily Rowe, Morgan Wagner, Jaden Vervynckt, Danielle Turczynski, Caitlyn Witkamp, Taylor Gumulauski, Dalena Haddock, Marlon Amaya, Benjamin Pallo, Chace Good, Desmond Sparkman, and Zach Kronewitter-Nelson.
