Recent accomplishments:
🎵 Awarded 3rd Place Overall @ NCASA Show Choir Competition - April 2024 (Shades of Blue)
🎵 Participating in the NCMEA Large Choral Festival for the FIRST TIME in March 2022!
🎵 Earning an "Excellent" in Performance - March 2022, 2023, 2024
🎵 Earning a "Superior" in Sight Reading -March 2022 & 2023 (Mixed Choir) & March 2023 (Treble Choir & Mixed Choir)
🎵 Adding TWO SHOW CHOIRS: “Shades of Blue” (Mixed Choir Division) & “Chord on Blues” (Treble Choir DIvision) & competing in the NCASA State Show choir competition in April 2023 for the first time!
🎵 Awarded “Best New Choir” @ NCASA Show Choir Competition - April 2023 (Chord on Blues)
🎵 Students participate in NC Sings High School Choir for the NC American Choral Directors Association Fall Conference - October 2022, October 2023
🎵 TWO students auditioned & selected for “All Carolina Select Choir” @ Wingate University, January 2024
🎵 Becoming a chorus family & community that extends beyond just day-to-day class
About our Director:
Jenny Hobgood began teaching music in 2000. Before joining the fantastic staff at South Granville in the Fall of 2021, she taught general music & chorus at the elementary, middle & high school levels in Durham, Granville, and Wake Counties &, most recently, at Voyager Academy. While at Voyager, her choirs traveled to various competitions both in & out of state & won numerous awards in both show choir & concert choir divisions. Mrs. Hobgood is a Tarheel born & bred, holding a Bachelor of Music Performance degree & a Master of Arts in Teaching from UNC-Chapel Hill. In her spare time, her greatest joy is spending time with her family (husband Mike & 3 kids: Drew, Ella & Jake). Author Graham Greene once said, “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets in the future.” Ms. Hobgood feels blessed to have had countless wonderful teachers who opened the door to the world of music for her & made her the music teacher she is today. She hopes to instill that same love of music for the students at South Granville.