The Hilton Merton Williams Middle School Select Chorus, under the direction of Marcia Sheremeta and Hope Randolph, received a rating of 'Superior' recently at the Third Annual Middle School Festival held at the Hochstein School of Music.

One-hundred and twenty singers traveled to Hochstein to be adjudicated by Dr. Susan Conklin from the Eastman School of Music. The rating for the festival is based on the National Standards for the Arts as well as the N.Y.S. Learning Standards for the Arts. The chorus received a score of 23 out of a possible 24, according to Randolph.