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The Pony Express
The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express
The student news site of Stillwater Area High School

The Pony Express
Vagabonds sing outside the day before choir teacher Katelyn Larson's wedding to practice. Vagabonds will sing at Larson's wedding on Oct 6.

Vagabonds performs at choir teacher Katelyn Larson’s wedding

Amelia Strong, Social Media Editor • November 5, 2023

Choir teacher Katelyn Larson got married on Oct. 6 and Vagabonds sang at her wedding.  Vagabonds sang at Larson’s wedding because she was in Vagabonds when she was in high school and she loves the...

Maddie Motz, Elise Karlstad and the Choir board work in preparation for welcoming choir students as well as the Home Concert at Stillwater Area High School. With the crazy year that everyone has experienced, the Choir board has done what it can to transition and progress smoothly.

Concert Choir prepares to close turbulent school year with Home Concert

Jay Lohr, Food Blogger • May 30, 2021

In the midst of the craziness this past year, Concert Choir has been preparing for one last concert to lay rest to their year of hard work and preparation. The “Home Concert” will be held at Stillwater...

Then-sophomores Marena Saeger, Josie Crombie, and Carley Saeger perform at their last choir concert before COVID-19 became a global pandemic, during November of 2019.

Choir performs first concert in March

Bella Godfrey, Online Editor • April 30, 2021

The choir for grades 9-12 will be returning to the concert on March 19. Due to the COVID-19 virus, this will require singers to stand six feet apart and have masks on during the song. The pandemic...

Students of the Freshmen Men's Choir join together to rehearse their music. Although they are wearing masks and six feet apart, they still can be together and create music through this pandemic.

Choir still find ways to create music through pandemic

Ella Hamilton, Social Media Editor • November 9, 2020

Much time and energy has gone into the planning for this school year, so many aspects are different than what has ever been seen due to the Coronavirus. Choir is one class that has been affected and has...

Sophomore Katie Liss practices Max Bruch’s “Violin Concerto no. 1.” Concert Orchestra director, Zach Sawyer, due to distance learning constraints, will now have students input their goals for daily practice routine in a virtual practice journal.

The day the music died

Olivia Bystrom, Field Reporter • March 26, 2020

Amidst a worldwide health crisis and a quarantined nation, a lot is lost to self isolation. With schools closed and distance learning in place, the arts and music departments are at a standstill. At their...

Choir Director Angela Mitchell leads vocal warm ups with basses before Tuesday sectionals. Each member of the Stillwater Choir is required to attend sectionals once a week at 7 a.m. before school.

Choir keeps same music tradition after losing strong senior class

Charlie Valerius, Online Editor • September 26, 2019

One of the most highly respected mixed voice choirs in the state of Minnesota graduated 52 seniors from its 78 person ensemble this past Spring. With close to 70 percent of the choir gone, this raised...

The annual winter concerts preview a variety of musical ensembles and their work throughout the year. The Stillwater Choir performs in 3 concerts with the other Concert music ensembles towards the end of December. “It’s a really amazing thing that we do. That we start from nothing, like a piece of paper with back dots and every day discover problems, and solutions until you get the this moment where you’re in front of an audience and are sharing this emotional connection to the music and each other and all of the battle you went through to get there and it’s that moment in time where you just make music,” choir director Angela Mitchell said.

Choir shows dedication to singing

Madison Weispfenning, Editorial Cartoonist • January 2, 2018

Sopranos, altos, tenors, baritones, and bass’ are working hard to show their dedication to singing. The Stillwater Choir proves that they are more than just a choir. Not only do they have in class...

SAHS choir in front of the Ordway to record two songs for the NPR radio station on Sunday December 4th. Photos courtesy of Angela Mitchell.

NPR radio features CIS choir

Andria Barrett, Photographer • January 8, 2017

Dec. 4 the College in the Schools, (CIS) choir was chosen to have two of their songs aired on the radio. The class traveled to the Ordway in St. Paul to record Tykus Tykus, a Lithuanian folk song by Vaclovas...

The bell has rung, and Mrs. Mitchell begins taking the students through Warm-ups, to prepare everyone's voice for a rehearsals worth of singing. She has her own style of running the choir through warm-ups, usually including some variation of a scale or pattern to both prepare students' voices and their minds to learn. Her reason for warm-ups is not only to prepare, but "to make sure everyone knows what they are doing, whether it be singing in tune or following along."

New choir teacher Angela Mitchell hits high note

Jack DeGonda, Social Media Editor • November 6, 2016

Last year, after 28 years of directing the Stillwater choir, Erik Christiansen retired. His absence raised the question of who will take his place? There's no doubt that thought had been given to this...

On Nov. 12, Concert Orchestra performed in the concert organization’s fall concert. Seniors Natalie Tri, Aidan Hybertson, junior Michaela Byland, and senior Jarden Allen play the violin. Featuring pieces included “Orpheus in the Underworld” by Offenbach and the final movement of “The New World Symphony” by Dvorak.

Community building within music programs

Ellie Anderson • November 27, 2013

The music groups at Stillwater Area High School have created a close community. The different music groups are creating inseparable bonds with each other through different events that they do as an ensemble. The...

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