![]() ![]() Giving them that safe place to express themselves through music is really important for them. They’re striving to find out what they want to do in life. “All of them are teens striving to find out who they are. “The program really gives them a safe haven, somewhere to belong,” Gibson said. For the students, it’s a respite from the all too harsh reality of the tough neighborhood streets surrounding the school. The ensemble practices three hours a day, five days a week. And yes, the acoustics in the stairwell are really amazing.” Then we were in a drama classroom but we were too loud because it was in an academic wing. Then we were in the piano lab, which is not a good place for a choir because there are pianos everywhere. Music teacher Michael Gibson leads Curie High School’s vocal ensemble Musicality after school on June 9, 2016. “For many years there wasn’t a place for us to practice because after school there’s so much other stuff going on in classrooms. “Yes, we really do practice in a stairwell,” Gibon said. Which brings us to that stairwell at Curie. It was a scary surprise when we found out!” And we made it long before it was announced that Simon Cowell was joining the judges’ panel. It was a song that many members from last year already knew, so we felt it was the right choice. ![]() “There was just no time to work on something new. “We didn’t have any time to pick up something new because came very fast,” Gibson said. For their first round on “AGT,” the group covered One Direction’s big hit, “Night Changes,” a choice that did not go unnoticed by the judges’ panel, especially a smiling Simon Cowell, who created that uber boy band. ![]()
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