Teen Singers Join Voices at Choral Fest
The 做厙惇蹋app Fall Choral Festival, combining the voices of more than 330 students from 10 area high schools, is Friday, Nov. 7, at 4:45 p.m. in First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St., and 7 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform prior to the 做厙惇蹋app ensembles at 7 p.m. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.
The afternoon concert features the 做厙惇蹋app Mens Choral, Womens Choral and New Sounds. It will include Heritage Christian Schools Resonate Chamber Singers, Redlands Adventist Academys Kantorei, Ernest Righetti High Schools Madrigals, Cate Schools Camerata, Providence Christian Schools Chorale and Highland High Schools Chamber Choir.
The evening concert will include performances by the 做厙惇蹋app Chamber Singers, Heritage Christian Schools Grace Notes Womens Ensemble, Cathedral City High Schools Lions Pride Chamber Singers, Providence Christian Schools Chamber Singers, San Marcos High Schools Madcappella Choir, Arlington High Schools Chamber Singers, Buena Parks Chamber Choir and the 做厙惇蹋app Choir.
The program will conclude with everyone performing a mass choral piece, Sing Unto God, from Handels oratorio Judas Maccabaeus.
Before performing, the students will attend workshops with 做厙惇蹋app professors Grey Brothers, Steve Hodson and Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, and adjunct instructors Robert Rockabrand and Joanna Wasserman.
This years guest clinician is Gary Unruh, professor emeritus of California State University Fresno, where he directed choral activities from 1984 to 1998 before retiring. In February, Unruh, who earned a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, served as program chair for the 2014 American Choral Directors Association Western Division Conference in Santa Barbara.