PERRYVILLE – A student at St. Vincen High School in Perryville has been selected to join a choir of more than 500 high school students from around the world as part of the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Noah Hager, center, a junior at St. Vincent de Paul High School, practiced for a school musical with junior Reese Zoellner, left, and sophomore Jocelyn Weibrecht on Jan. 25. Photo Credit: Jacob Wiegand
Noah Hager, a junior at St. Vincent de Paul, will sing tenor with the High School Honors Concert Choir under the direction of conductor Jeffery L. Ames, director of choral activities and professor of music at Belmont University.
Accompanied by his family and Terry Rousseau, director of music ministry for the North Perry County Catholic parishes, Noah was scheduled to arrive in New York City today for a week of rehearsals and a tour of the city. The choir’s performance at Carnegie Hall is scheduled for Saturday.
In addition to the school choir, Noah is a cantor at weekend Masses at St. Vincent de Paul Parish and is involved in the high school theater program.
This article is condensed from a longer article by Jennifer Brinker in the St. Louis Review posted on the St. Vincent High School Facebook page: St. Vincent de Paul High School student chosen to participate in international choir to perform at Carnegie Hall | Articles | Archdiocese of St Louis (archstl.org)