The award-winning Shenandoah Valley Children鈥檚 Choir (SVCC) is headed to New York City Memorial Day Weekend to perform at Carnegie Hall.
The SVCC, celebrating its twentieth year, will sing with guest director Ruth Dwyer of the Indianapolis Children鈥檚 Choir and perform by invitation Saturday, May 26 in the city’s famed venue with four other children鈥檚 choirs.
The choir will perform nine selections on themes emphasizing the joy of singing, faith in God and delight in nature. This will include Japanese and French folk songs, a jazz number by Duke Ellington, an ancient Hebrew affirmation of faith, a new arrangement of an old spiritual, and several recent works by living composers.
The Carnegie Hall children鈥檚 choir festival is organized by MidAmerica Productions of New York, which has recently announced the participation of the Oregon Repertory Singers (Portland), Evansville Children鈥檚 Choir (IN), Dominican Academy (Manhattan, NY), and Saint Dominic鈥檚 Academy (Jersey City, NJ).
The SVCC will serve as anchor choir for the event.
The concert on Saturday evening, May 26, will also include a collegiate/high school choir festival performing Mendelssohn鈥檚 Symphony No. 2 鈥淗ymn of Praise鈥� conducted by William Wyman, and the Ensemble Spotlight Series featuring the Jackson High School Honors Wind & Percussion Ensemble from Mill Creek, Wash., under the direction of Leslie Moffat.
This is the SVCC鈥檚 third appearance at Carnegie Hall.
Under the leadership of Julia J. White, Artistic Director, The SVCC is part of the music department of 草莓社区 and includes 150 children, ages 6-17.
For more information regarding the schedule and auditions May 17 and 18, contact Yvette Peake, choir manager, at 540-432-4650 or email svcc@emu.edu. More information on the SVCC can be found at svcc.org.