By Lisa Thornton
HARRISBURG, NC — As he sits quietly in the choir room at Calvary Lutheran Church, his grass-stained jeans, gray American Eagle hoodie and grown-out mop of sandy-colored hair speak for him, describing a typical teenager.
But when his cue from the conductor arrives, in the form of a graceful and rhythmic finger-point, the few words Walker does speak march out in a low, d
eep bass that resonates through the chairs, the music stands and the rib cages of those around him.
Smith, 14, a freshman at Concord High School, is a member of The Choral Academy, a group of young singers who have found joy in singing choral music. That art is sometimes lost in schools, and now, with the increase of contemporary praise bands, in churches.
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