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player ready...Maeve Anger, a sophomore at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, sang in a choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Feb. 5 as part of a group of students chosen to the 2017 High School Honors performance series.
Q. How old were you when you started singing?
A. The first I can remember was second grade. I sang in the choir at my middle school, St. Mary’s.
Q. How did you end up singing at Carnegie Hall?
A. The school choir I’m in, Kaleidoscope, went to a competition last year in Washington, D.C. Since we placed for gold overall, individual members of the choir were eligible to apply for the Carnegie Hall choir.
Q. What is the application process?
A. The audition was online. They had us learn one Italian aria and one song of your choosing.
Q. What was your second song?
A. “Little Lion Man” by Mumford & Sons.
Q. How much practice did you have with the choir?
A. Three days. Most of the practicing was expected to be on your own, at home.
Q. What was your first impression of Carnegie Hall?
A. Breathtaking, huge. It has fantastic acoustics. It’s just immense.
Q. How did the performance go?
A. It’s said about Carnegie Hall that when you finish singing a note, its echoes back to you. It’s like hearing yourself sing from somewhere else in the room. It’s surreal.
Q. Did you ever hear the joke, how do you get to Carnegie Hall?
A. Practice, practice, practice.
Q. Do you also write your own music?
A. I do. I started doing that a couple years ago, about the same time I picked up ukulele. Alternative mostly, an acoustic sound using only one instrument and your voice.
Q. Do you play any other instruments?
A. I’ve played piano for seven to eight years. My dad signed me up for lessons – against my will at the time, I might add. I actually like it now.
Q. I’m told your grandfather wanted to sing at Carnegie Hall?
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A. I never actually met him. He died before I was born. From what my family has told me, he always dreamed of singing at Carnegie Hall.
Q. Was he a singer?
A. He owned a bar in Erie, Pa., called Sullivan’s. My parents say he had a lovely tenor voice.
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