2006 ACDA Central Division Performing Choir

North Central High School Counterpoints

Patricia Wiehe received her BS and MM degrees from Ball State University. She began her teaching career in MSD Washington Township in 1967. With the exception of eight years at home raising her three children, she has taught continuously and has been at North Central since 1981. Pat directs five of the ten North Central choirs. Her gospel choir, the Northernaires, was the featured choir at the IMEA Conference in 2005. Her top women’s choir, the Descants, was named Indiana Women’s Show Choir Champions this past March. Accomplishments include 1999 BSU Outstanding Music Alum, a finalist for Indiana’s Teacher of the Year in 2004 – 05, past president of ICDA and member of ACDA and MENC, and current Central Division R & S Chairperson for Show Choirs.

The Counterpoints is the top concert and show choir at North Central High School in Indianapolis. They consist of fifty singers/dancers, a pianist and a percussionist. They also feature ten additional students in their band for show choir competitions. The group originated in 1958 as Indiana’s first show choir. The Counterpoints have performed at three regional ACDA conventions and a national MENC convention. They have been the Indiana State Concert Choir Champions for the last six years and for ten of the last sixteen years. This past March, they were winners of the inaugural ISSMA Show Choir Competition.