The Grand Choeur and Symphonie de Sion performed their annual Spring Concert at the Church of the Nativity April 8. Following the concert was the first ever Senior Night for choir and symphony performers.

The theme for the night was “Coming Home,” featuring a diverse group of American musicians and composers. With the year’s cumulative theme being “Passport to the Performing Arts,” the Fall Concert focused on Italian composers, and the Christmas Concert included composers from the various countries involved with Sion’s international exchange programs.

According to Music Director Elizabeth Mulkey, the theme serves to give structure to the concerts and helps create a basis to choose pieces for the program. She aims for these pieces to capture the attention of both the audience and performers.

“I want to find a variety; I want to find challenging pieces that will make them stretch,” Mulkey said. “I want to find pieces that will that will appeal to them, that will be fun. But sometimes the fun comes from the challenge itself.”

Seniors were especially the focus of the night, as it was their last concert. Many seniors performed solos to commemorate their final performance with the symphony and choir.

Senior Annalise Acuff played the first symphony solo of the night. “It was kind of emotional because I’ve been playing the flute for seven years and it’s the last concert my parents will be able to attend,” she said.

Seniors Madison Masilionis, Mena Biraralign, Isadora Comens, Olivia Neal and Cheyanne Teasley each performed solos as well.

Following the concert was the first Senior Night for both symphony and choir, where other members of the groups briefly expressed their appreciation for the seniors and then presented them with flowers.

“I thought it was really nice that they recognized all the seniors. They do it in the musicals but for those not in musical it’s nice to get that recognition,” senior Guthrie Kimball said.