Choir director wants to produce more music majors

Allan Andrews has big plans for singers and an exciting concert April 24

By Stefanie Spring
Staff Writer

North Lake has a choir? This is a question that is asked a lot. And, yes, we do have one.

I am in the day choir but I had a lot of questions just like you guys do.

So I decided to talk to the choir director, Allan Andrews, after class one day to see if I could get some answers about the program.

Q: What brought you to North Lake?

A: “I was teaching in Carrollton for a long time and was about to retire. One day I got a call from someone at North Lake, asking if I knew anyone who could be interested in taking the choir director job there. I decided to take this job because it was less time and less pressure when I was teaching in high school.”

Q: How long have you been teaching?

A: “I have been teaching for 30 years and I have been directing choirs for 37 years.”

Q: Do you have any plans for our choirs?

A: “I plan to produce more successful music majors for the university during their time here at North Lake. I also plan to give students in community colleges the same musical experience they would have received at a university if they would have chosen to go there.”

Q: How do you select the songs the choir sings?

A: “The song itself has to be of a quality that is long lasting to the audience. It also has to be well composed, and the text for the song has to have a literary merit.”

Q: Any exciting events coming up?

A: “Our next big concert is on April 24th that will feature the North Lake singers and Chorale, featuring our guest choir, Grand Prairie High School.”

If anyone is interested in joining the choirs, you can contact Andrews at 972- 273-3277 or at AAndrews@dcccd.edu.

Or you can visit Andrews in his office, P-222.