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P e r f orming
Performing ChoirsChoirs

Mansfield High School Memorial High School

Varsity Women’s Choir Varsity Treble Choir

The Mans-

field High Varsity
Women’s Choir is
one six performing
choirs at Mansfi eld
High School. The
40-voice choir is an
auditioned group
consisting of soph-
omores, juniors,
and seniors. The The Memorial High School Varsity Treble Choir is
choir consistently a select group of 40 students chosen by audition or rec-
earns Sweepstakes ommendation from Memorial’s treble choir and varsity
ratings at UIL con- mixed choir. The ensemble rehearses outside the school
cert and sight-reading contests. The choir was an invit- day. Members of this choir consistently earn fi rst divi-
ed performer at the 2012 Southwestern ACDA Con- sion ratings at UIL Solo Contests and earn placement in
ference. All-Region and Texas All-State Choirs and ACDA Hon-
or Choirs. This group recently performed for the 2021
Reginal Wright is in his 19th year of pub- TMEA Virtual Convention.
lic school teaching. As an educator, Wright
has earned many awards including Who’s Lawrence Johnson is in his 11th year as
Who Among America’s Teachers and the the director of the Memorial High School
Secondary Educator of the Year Award. Choirs in Houston, TX, and his 25th year
He received both his BME and MME from Stephen of teaching overall. Johnson has led mid-
F. Austin State University. His choirs are consistent dle school and high school choir programs
Sweepstakes winners in both concert and sight-read- throughout Texas. A choir under his direction recently
ing contests. In 2018 the Mansfield High School Men’s performed for the 2021 TMEA Virtual Convention. His

Choir was honored as a TMEA Honor Choir. choirs have won best-in-class and best-in-festival awards
at various festivals throughout Texas. Johnson has served
as an adjudicator and clinician throughout Texas.

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