The Choral Department has entered many competitions and has won the following “Heritage Festival Awards” for 2006 in New York, 2007 in Chicago, and 2008 in Boston:

• Superior/Gold Award - Classical
• Superior/Gold Award - Jazz
• Adjudicator's Award (must score 95-100) - Classical
• Best Choral Program
• Best Soloist
• Sweepstakes

In the music department, SCPA’s Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band all received:

• Gold (superior) - Rating for the last three years at the Heritage Music Festival
• Invitation to the Festival of Gold for scoring higher than a 92 out of 100
• Adjudicators Award for Excellence in Performance
• Jazz Band also received Unanimous Superior Ratings the last two years at theCMEA/Jazz 88 Adjudicated Festival in San Diego
• Instrumental Sweepstakes last year for all three groups combined.