Music Performance Assessment
MPA stands for Music Performance Assessment. These events are sanctioned outlets for quality feedback on a variety of musical formats. Each district of Florida Vocal Association presents two MPA events per year: Solo and Ensemble MPA and Choral MPA. At Choral MPA, all choirs perform 2–3 memorized pieces, for a panel of adjudicators. After the performance (at district MPA), the choirs will sight-read a short selection of music for another judge. Both the performance and sight-reading are rated on a rubric, with five possible ratings.
Superior (may be earned with Distinction at State)
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
The purpose of this adjudication is to assess student learning in the choral classroom. Participation in MPA is required of all WHS choral students. Western’s choruses have an outstanding record at MPAs and we hope to continue the tradition of fine choral singing and sight-reading.
Audio recordings of some past MPA performances are available on our YouTube and SoundCloud pages.
2024 District MPA Performance Information
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Dillard High School
Combined Concert Chorus
Scheduled performance timeª: 2:00pm
Repertoire: Gloria from Gloria, RV589 (Vivaldi), Nine Hundred Miles (Silvey)
Select Trebles
Scheduled performance timeª: 2:51pm
Repertoire: Silver Rain (Boykin), Song of Miriam (Hagenberg)
Combined Trebles
Scheduled performance timeª: 3:42pm
Repertoire: Music of Life (Boykin), The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Hagenberg)
ª performance times subject to change
2023 State MPA Performance Results
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, First Presbyterian Church of North Palm Beach
Combined Select Trebles
Repertoire: Where the Light Begins (LaBarr), Flight (arr. Murphy), ¡El cielo canta alegria! (Sosa arr. Bergs)
Performance time: 3:40pm
Results: E E G = Excellent
2023 District MPA Performance Results
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Monday, March 6, 2023, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale
Combined Select Trebles
Repertoire: Where the Light Begins (LaBarr), Flight (arr. Murphy)
Performance time: 2:00pm
Results: S S S (E) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Shenandoah (arr. Funk), Ad Astra (Narverud)
Performance time: 2:51pm
Results: S S S (G) = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: The Water is Wide (arr. Paulus), When the Trumpet Sounds (Thomas)
Performance time: 3:42pm
Results: E E E (S) = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2022 State MPA Performance Results
Monday, April 18, 2022, American Heritage School
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: The Lobster Quadrille from 3 Alice in Wonderland Songs (I. Fine), In time of silver rain (Quartel), Omnia Sol (Stroope)
Performance time: 9:00 am
Results: S E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Turn the World Around (arr. Farrow), Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (arr. Schram), Festival Sanctus (Leavitt)
Performance time: 10:20 am
Results: E G G = Good
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Gloria from Heiligmesse (Haydn), Sing Gently (Whitacre), Ave regina caelorum (Leonarda)
Performance time: 12:00 pm
Results: E E G = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2022 District MPA Performance Results
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Friday, March 4, 2022, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale
Treble Choir
Repertoire: The Lobster Quadrille from 3 Alice in Wonderland Songs (I. Fine), Omnia Sol (Stroope)
Performance time: 9:00am
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Gloria from Heiligmesse (Haydn), Ave regina caelorum (Leonarda)
Performance time: 9:51am
Results: S S E (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Turn the World Around (arr. Farrow), Festival Sanctus (Leavitt)
Performance time: 10:42am
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2020 District MPA Performance Results
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Saturday, March 7, 2020, Cypress Bay High School
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Father William from 3 Alice in Wonderland Songs (I. Fine), In You I Found (Farnell)
Performance time: 2:30pm
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Peze Kafé (Källman), Daemon Irrepit Callidus (Orbán)
Performance time: 3:15pm
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Lebenslust (Schubert); Erev Shel Shoshanim (arr. Klebanow)
Performance time: 4:45pm
Results: S E E (S) = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2019 State MPA Performance Results
Wedneday, April 17, 2019, American Heritage School
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Let Beauty Awake (Farnell), Johnny Said “No!” (Singh), A Girl’s Garden from Frostiana (R. Thompson)
Performance time: 8:40am
Results: S E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Il est bel et bon (Passereau), Domine fili unigenite from Gloria (RV 589) (A. Vivaldi); Signs of the Judgment (Butler)
Performance time: 9:40pm
Results: S S E = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Zion’s Walls (Copland), The Water is Wide (arr. S. Paulus); Until I Reach My Home (Boyd)
Performance time: 11:00am
Results: E E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2019 District MPA Performance Results
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Friday, March 8, 2019, Dillard High School
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Johnny Said “No!” (Singh), A Girl’s Garden from Frostiana (R. Thompson)
Performance time: 1:45pm
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Domine fili unigenite from Gloria (RV 589) (A. Vivaldi); Signs of the Judgment (Butler)
Performance time: 3:30pm
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: The Water is Wide (arr. S. Paulus); Until I Reach My Home (Boyd)
Performance time: 4:45pm
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2018 State MPA Performance Results
Thursday, April 19, 2018, American Heritage School
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Hello, Girls (Pfautsch); I Will Be Earth from “Songs for Women’s Voices” (G. Walker); Poor Man Lazrus (J. Hairston)
Results: S S E = Superior
Adjudication forms (TBA)
Clinician: Dr. Larry Wyatt, University of South Carolina
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Verleih’ uns frieden (Mendelssohn); I Dream a World (A. Thomas); John the Revelator (arr. Caldwell & Ivory)
Results: E E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (TBA)
Clinician: Dr. Amy Kotsonis, University of Northern Iowa
Western Singers
Repertoire: J’entends le Moulin (Patriquin); Lunar Lullaby (Narverud); If Music Be the Food of Love (Dickau)
Results: S E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (TBA)
Clinician: Dr. Adam Zrust, University of Central Missouri
2018 District MPA Performance Results
Friday, March 9, 2018, Dillard High School
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Hello, Girls (Pfautsch), I Will Be Earth from “Songs for Women’s Voices” (G. Walker)
Results: E S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: J’entends le Moulin (Patriquin); Lunar Lullaby (Narverud)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Verleih’ uns frieden (Mendelssohn); John the Revelator (arr. Caldwell & Ivory)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2017 State MPA Performance Results
Tuesday, April 19, 2017, American Heritage School
Western Singers
Repertoire: Cantate Domino in B-flat – Psalm 96 (Ko Matsushita); The Seal Lullaby (Whitacre); Berusa er! (S. Källman)
Results: E E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF); Clinician: Dr. Jose Rivera
Wednesday, April 20, 2017, American Heritage School
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Festival Sanctus (J. Leavitt); The Pasture from “Where the Earth Meets the Sky” (Z. R. Stroope); Dies Irae from Requiem, K. 626 (Mozart, ed. Liebergen)
Results: S E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF); Clinician: Dr. Trent Brown
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Lineage (A. Ramsey); Love is a Rain of Diamonds from “Songs for Women’s Voices” (G. Walker); Fences (A. Thomas)
Results: S E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF); Clinician: Dr. Jessica Nápoles
2017 District MPA Performance Results
Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Dillard High School
Combined Concert Chorus
Repertoire: Festival Sanctus (J. Leavitt); The Pasture from “Where the Earth Meets the Sky” (Z. R. Stroope)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Women’s & Treble Choir
Repertoire: Lineage (A. Ramsey); Love is a Rain of Diamonds from “Songs for Women’s Voices” (G. Walker)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers
Repertoire: Cantate Domino in B-flat (Ko Matsushita); Berusa er! (S. Källman)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2016 State MPA Performance Results
Thursday, April 21, 2016, American Heritage School
Combined Concert Chorus, warm up 8:40, performance 9:00, clinic 9:20
Repertoire: Homeland (Z. R. Stroope); O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose (R. Clausen); When the Trumpet Sounds (A. Thomas)
Results: S E E = Excellent
Select Women’s Chorus, warm up 9:40, performance 10:00, clinic 10:20
Repertoire: In You I Found (L. Farnell); ‘The Lobster Quadrille’ from 3 Alice in Wonderland Songs (I. Fine); I Thank You God (G. Walker)
Results: S E E = Excellent
Western Singers, warm up 11:00, performance 11:20, clinic 11:40
Repertoire: ‘Sicut Locutus Est’ from Magnificat (Bach); Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré); My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord (arr. Gibbs)
Results: S E E = Excellent
2016 District MPA Performance Results
Monday, March 14, 2016, Monarch High School
Combined Concert Chorus, warm up 8:15am, performance 8:30, sight-reading 8:45
Repertoire: Homeland (Z. R. Stroope); O My Luve’s Like a Red, Red Rose (R. Clausen)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers, warm up 9:15, performance 9:30, sight-reading 9:45
Repertoire: ‘Sicut Locutus Est’ from Magnificat (Bach); Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms
Select Women’s Chorus, warm up 10:30, performance 10:45, sight-reading 11:00
Repertoire: ‘The Lobster Quadrille’ from 3 Alice in Wonderland Songs (I. Fine); In You I Found (L. Farnell)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Adjudication forms
2015 State MPA Performance Results
Wednesday, April 22, 2015, American Heritage School
Select Women’s Chorus
Repertoire: My Very Heart (Farnell); Father William from 3 Alice in Wonderland Songs (I. Fine); No Time (Brumfield)
Results: S S E = Superior
Adjudicators’ forms (PDF)
2015 District MPA Performance Results
Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Monarch High School
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Western Singers
Repertoire: Emily’s Creed (Silvey); In paradisum (Barnum)
Results: S E E (S) = Excellent
Select Women’s Chorus
Repertoire: Agnus Dei (Antognini); My Very Heart (Farnell)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Combined Concert Choir
Repertoire: Wana Baraka (Kirchner); Come to Me O My Love (Petker)
Results: E E E (S) = Excellent
2014 District MPA Performance Results
Wednesday, March 12, 2014, Dillard High School
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Combined Concert Choir, warm up 4:15, performance 4:30, sight-reading 4:45
Repertoire: Je le vous dirai (Certon); A Red Red Rose (Mulholland)
Results: E E E (S) = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
Western Singers*, warm up 5:00, performance 5:15, sight-reading 5:30
Repertoire: O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen); Noche de Lluvia (Robinovitch)
Results: S E E (S) = Excellent
Adjudication forms (PDF)
2013 State MPA Performance Results
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, American Heritage School
Combined Concert Choir, warm up 8:20, performance 8:40, clinic 9:00
Repertoire: Erev Shel Shoshanim (arr. Klebanow); Sing Me to Heaven (Gawthrop); John the Revelator (arr. Caldwell and Ivory)
Results: E E E = Excellent
Adjudication forms
Select Women’s Ensemble, warm up 9:20, performance 9:40, clinic 10:00
Repertoire: The Seal Lullaby (Whitacre); A Girl’s Garden from Frostiana (Thompson); Tundra (Gjeilo)
Results: S E S = Superior
Adjudication forms
Western Singers, warm up 10:40, performance 11:00, clinic 11:20
Repertoire: Earth Song (Ticheli); Cloudburst (Whitacre); Signs of the Judgment (Butler)
Results: S E SD = Superior
Adjudication forms
2013 District MPA Performance Results
Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Sight-reading ratings in parentheses ()
Select Women’s Ensemble, warm up 12:50, performance 1:05, sight-reading 1:20
Repertoire: The Seal Lullaby (Whitacre); Tundra (Gjeilo)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Western Singers, warm up 2:20, performance 2:45, sight-reading & student conducting 3:00
Repertoire: Earth Song (Ticheli); Signs of the Judgment (Butler)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior; Student conductors (2): Superior, Superior
Combined Choruses, warm up 4:00, performance 4:15, sight-reading 4:30
Repertoire: Erev Shel Shoshanim (arr. Klebanow); John the Revelator (arr. Caldwell and Ivory)
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
2012 State MPA Performance Results
Monday, April 30 – May 2, 2012, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Combined Choruses
Repertoire: Muie Rendera (Fonseca); Ahirang (arr. DeCormier); Sanctus No. III (attr. Bach)
Results: E E E = Excellent
Select Women’s Ensemble
Repertoire: This Little Babe from A Ceremony of Carols (Britten); Omnia Sol (Stroope); The Lake Isle of Innisfree (Daley)
Results: S S S = Superior
Western Singers
Repertoire: Vox Populi (Svilainis); The Bens of Jura from Two Hebridean Songs (Kingsbury); Ave Regina Caelorum (Leonarda)
Results: E E E = Excellent
2012 District MPA Performance Schedule & Results
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Combined Choruses, warm up 12:15, performance 12:30, sight-reading 12:45
Results: S E S (E) = Superior
Select Women’s Ensemble, warm up 1:15, performance 1:30, sight-reading 1:45
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
Western Singers, warm up 2:00, performance 2:15, sight-reading & student conducting 2:30
Results: S S S (S) = Superior
2011 State MPA Performance Results
Thursday, April 28, 2011, Florida International University
Western Singers, warm up 10:45, performance 11:00
Repertoire: Il est bel et bon (Passereau); A Gaelic Blessing (Rutter); Come to Me, My Love (Dello Joio)
Results: E S S = Superior
2011 District MPA Performance Results
Friday, March 4, 2011
Western Singers, warm up 1:15, performance 1:30, sight-reading 1:45
Results: S S S (E) = Superior
Combined Choruses, warm up 2:00, performance 2:15, sight-reading 2:30
Results: S E E (S) = Excellent
Select Women, warm up 2:45, performance 3:00, sight-reading 3:15
Results: E E E (E) = Excellent