CONWAY, AR — The Conway High School West Concert Choir and Chamber Singers were formed in 1983 by current director David Langston. The groups have always displayed excellence in performance of choral literature from different periods and styles. The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers under Langston’s direction have amassed more than 100 first division ratings at region, state, and invitational festivals. The Concert Choir also has been awarded the prestigious State Sweepstakes Award four times, which is first division ratings at Region Concert, Sight Singing, plus first division ratings at the Arkansas State Choral Festival. Many of the group’s members over the years have placed in upper chairs of the All Region and Arkansas All State Choir’s. A few of Langston’s former students have gone on to successful music careers. Nisi Sturgis is an award winning Broadway actress and singer in New York City; Darryl Thomas is a singer in New York City; Shaleah Adkisson has performed at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida; and Greg Briggler toured with and performed with Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz of the group the “Monkees”.
Langston is in his thirty-second year of teaching and his twenty-ninth year as director at Conway High School West where he conducts the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers. Under Langston’s direction, the Conway High School West Concert Choir and Chamber Singers have received First Division Superior Ratings in performance and sight reading for many years. The Conway High School-West choir students are always well represented each year in the West-Central All Region Choirs and the Arkansas All State Choirs.
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