Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy’s Vocum Veritas took home a first place trophy at the World Strides Choral Festival and Competition in San Diego during the weekend of April 1. The competition featured 19 different schools and various types of groups attended – concert choirs, chamber choirs, show choirs, men’s choirs and women’s choirs. Vocum Veritas swept the women’s choir division, winning first place. The group also placed third overall and was only three points below first place.

Under the direction of Aaron Mosley, the group performed three songs, “Kaval Sviri,” a traditional Bulgarian choral piece, “Weep No More” by David N. Childs and “J’entends le moulin” (“I Hear the Windmill”), a French-Canadian work by Donald Patriquin. Judging was done by three adjudicators; each held a DMA (doctoral in musical arts) degree in music.

Due to their high score, Vocum Veritas was invited to compete in one of World Strides national competitions, called the Festival of Gold, with the option of attending the festival in Washington D.C., Chicago or Nashville.