Mason City Schools hosted the first annual Battle of the Bands this Saturday at Principal Pavillion. Four student bands competed in front of a panel of judges and a host of community members for the grand...
Seventy members of the MCHS Concert Choir arrived in Chicago this month, ready to compete in the WorldStrides Heritage Festival, where schools across the country come to compete in instrumental and vocal...
After earning a Division I rating last year, Mason City’s Bass Clef Choir is looking to keep that streak alive. When the members perform in Cedar Falls next month, the choir’s director says the bar...
All that the choir knew about this year's summer musical was that it was going to be big, it was going to be a show they recognized, and, to quote assistant choir director Matthew Jensen, it would be “a...
The first of three Follies performances is set to begin tonight at 7:30, followed by additional performances on Saturday and Sunday. The annual variety show is a staple of MCHS music and performing arts.
This...
Auditions for the annual Follies performance took place this Wednesday and Thursday. A variety of students auditioned skits and musical solos and ensembles for the chance to perform in the variety...
Applause still echoed through Hilton Coliseum when the 600-voice choir parted to form a narrow alley. 16 singers descend through it, making their way to a set of microphones to sing the small group part...
Audiences can expect a night of playful rhyming when Mason City High School’s Speech and Drama Club puts on its two fall plays this weekend. The actors plan to perform twists on the Shakespeare tragedies,...
The MCHS choir department hosted their final concert of the year on Tuesday this week, including performances by the treble, bass, and chamber choirs in addition to the usual groups (concert choir, varsity...
This summer's musical was announced on Tuesday last week to the MCHS choirs. Students will present the musical Pippin in late June at the NIACC auditorium.
In anticipation of the final reveal, the...
Rehearsals have started for members of the 2025 Follies cast. The shows are slated to begin Thursday, February 13th with performances on Thursday and Friday nights, and Sunday afternoon.
Follies is...
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![Bass Clef Choir members Zion Ondoma, Henry Hansen, and Zerik Nicholson harmonize vocals while singing "Prayer of the Children". “[It’s] a piece dealing with the Bosnian conflicts of the ‘90s,” said Associate Director of Choral Activities Matthew Jensen, “but is applicable to what's happening today all over the world.” The students will perform the song during Large Group Contests in Cedar Falls in May.](https://riverhawkpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260414_111618-1200x554.jpg)
