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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a Maret alum and aunt of a current student. I saw the winter concert that was just released online and was shocked. A few of my classmates who had performed in the chorus when I was there had complained to me, but it hadn't sunk in until I saw it on video. The decline in chorus program and number of students was shocking. When I was there the risers were filled to capacity. The depth of voice was voluminous, the capacity of the program was strong. This video showed barely 15 students, only four boys in the entire upper school sing in the chorus? This is a failure. The band, with one director, consisted of what looked like 180 students. It was amazing, and she did the whole thing. The chorus had a few middle schoolers, then fewer upper schoolers. Why are middle school students not choosing chorus, and why are they not continuing in upper school? What's the deal with the chair of the department? I hear that the band director has after school clubs for band kids in middle school, and there's nothing after school for chorus, that's problem number 6. He's got two chorus teachers for about 30 kids and one band director for 150/75 students? Plus she does after school? Also, why wasn't he playing the piano when the upper school was singing. My niece said that an upper school teacher was playing the piano!?

Ultimately, the program seems worse than it was. Maret should be taking this seriously, they don't see this decline of a program. [/quote]

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