Founded in the fall of 2020 with only 15 students; our advanced treble ensemble, Sziréndal, is now home to 50 highly-qualified singers. Our name is the Hungarian for 'siren song,' and was chosen in honor of the Hungarian Kodály philosophy. The life and works of renowned composer, educator, and musicologist Zoltán Kodály inspire Sziréndal to reach the highest levels of musicianship and performance in choral singing. Admission to Sziréndal is based on rigorous audition, and is open to student of treble voice (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto) in grades 9-12.
Sziréndal was featured as a Performing Choir at the South Carolina ACDA Conference in October 2023, and the South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference in February 2024. Since their inception in 2020, the ensemble has exclusively received superior ratings in adjudicated settings, and has never been defeated in the treble classification of adjudicated competition. In 2023, 2024, and 2025, Sziréndal was awarded the highly-coveted Superior with Distinction rating at SCMEA Choral Performance Assessment.
In October 2020, Sziréndal was selected for Grammy Music Educator Award Nominee Chris Maunu's World Premiere Consortium of his work 'Remember.' In the spring of 2021, and as a part of their first-ever adjudicated event, they received a Superior rating at SCMEA Solo & Ensemble Festival (Virtual). Members of Sziréndal are consistently accepted to South Carolina All-State Chorus and Berkeley All-County Chorus, and have previously been accepted to the honor choirs of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) at the state, regional, and national level, as well as the national choirs of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE).