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Lebanon Valley College Longmeadow High School
Concert Choir Lyrics

The Lebanon Valley College Concert Choir main- Lyrics is the honor’s SATB choir at Longmeadow
tains a long-standing tradition of choral excellence High School in Massachusetts. Lyrics meets as a class
with forty-eight voices representing majors from across three to four hours weekly, and student leaders run
the institution. With the annual occurrences of a large- weekly sectionals outside of school. Lyrics earns gold
scale “Christmas at the Valley” production, a regional medals at state festivals and earned The American
spring tour, and singing at many campus events, the Prize for Choral Performance. Lyrics has toured re-
ensemble remains one of the most treasured ambas- gionally and internationally, including Italy, Germany,
sadors of LVC. In recent years, under the direction of Austria, England, Sweden, and Denmark. Their rep-
Kyle Zeuch, the choir has performed at Carnegie Hall, ertoire comprises everything from masterpieces of the
ACDA Pennsylvania in 2021 (virtual), and the Penn- Renaissance era to brand-new works and a cappella
sylvania MEA Annual In-Service Conference in 2022. pop arrangements. Members of Lyrics play active roles
in student government, clubs, instrumental ensembles,
Kyle Zeuch is the director of choral ac- and sports teams at Longmeadow High School.
tivities and co-chair of the music de-
partment at Lebanon Valley College. He Kayla Werlin holds degrees from the Uni-
holds a BME from Capital University, an versities of Michigan and Massachusetts.
MM in choral conducting from Michi- Although she has spent over forty years
gan State University (MSU), and a DMA in choral teaching music at every level, kindergar-
conducting degree from MSU. Zeuch’s teaching expe- ten through college, her passion lies at
rience includes director of children and youth choirs the high school level. Werlin has taught at Longmead-
at Michigan State University and the head director at ow High School since 1999. Under her direction, LHS
Rivera High School in Brownsville, Texas. He is the choirs have earned festival awards, and the American
president-elect designate and R&R chair for Commu- Prize for Choral Performance. They have received in-
nity Choirs for ACDA Pennsylvania. vitations to perform at state and regional music educa-
tion conferences, and have performed throughout the
US and Europe. In 2020, the Country Music Associa-
tion recognized Werlin as one of its Music Teachers of
Excellence.

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