Sacred Heart’s musical prowess of its choirs is legendary in the Louisville community, but this spring, SHA’s current choir showcased their talents in front of a national audience at Carnegie Hall in New York City!SHA’s nationally-recognized A Capella and Madrigal choirs, under the direction of Jill Schurman, were invited to perform at the 2025 National Honors Choral Festival in March with top high school choirs from across the country. Sacred Heart Academy was the only Kentucky school invited to perform.
While they were in New York City for this once in a lifetime opportunity, the SHA choirs were able to work with conductor Gary Sieghman from Trinity University. Our Valkyrie choirs joined 5 schools and over 165 students in the performance event. They were also able to pack in a whirlwind tour of NYC that included attending Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where they sang a postlude prayer meditation, and enjoying two Broadway shows. The Valkyrie singers also met up with #ForeverValkyrie alums Sarah Alice Shull ‘12 and Erin Reynolds ‘13, who generously shared their experience about writing and performing in NYC. Another highlight was singing the iconic and moving "Imagine" at John Lennon’s mosaic in
Strawberry Fields in Central Park. The SHA students took a big bite out of the Big Apple and
made memories to last a lifetime!
