Vocal Chords Required (VCR)

Students have something to sing about: Vocal Chords Required, also known as VCR and Urbana High School’s a cappella group, who recently held auditions on Thursday, September 22.

Every year, following auditions, the group starts putting in great effort to prepare for the concerts. They meet for practice every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 a.m. With no accompaniment other than their voices, all members must be dedicated.

“VCR performs popular repertoire that is for their audience to get into. They debuted their repertoire on their album recorded in 2009,” says UHS choral director, Torance Douse.

Aside from performing at every choir concert the high school holds, VCR is asked to sing locally. The Christmas Season is an especially busy time for the group.

Junior Hannah Gottlieb-Graham, a VCR member, says, “Basically VCR is a club in which some of Urbana’s most talented singers can express themselves in a more open setting than a chorus class taken for credit. We spend our mornings balancing singing together and just goofing around and bonding, but we definitely get a lot of progress done even though we’re all tired. My favorite part of being in VCR is meeting all the amazing talent in our school and getting to know each person and their voice as an individual.”

The group’s hard work will be on display at the UHS Music Showcase on November 1st and 10th. The concert will be held in the Oscar Adams Gym.