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The acclaimed Shenandoah Valley Children鈥檚 Choir (SVCC), now celebrating its twentieth year, has been invited to two prestigious events this year in addition to their regular choir season.

SVCC was selected for the Southern Division annual conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) to be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina February 29-March 3. Attendees will be ACDA members鈥攊ncluding teachers and professors鈥攆or whom choral music performance is a primary focus. Eighteen choirs were selected from one hundred community school, college, and professional choirs that applied; all choirs submitted recordings from the previous three years for a blind audition.

“The SVCC is privileged to be performing for the fourth time at this conference,” said Julia White, Artistic Director and Founder of SVCC. The SVCC has sung in past years聽 in Orlando, Fla., Charlotte, N.C., and Charleston, WVa.

In addition, the SVCC has been invited to sing at the Carnegie Hall Children鈥檚 Choir Festival, to be held in New York City in May.

Five to seven children鈥檚 choirs will rehearse May 23-26 together under the direction of Ruth Dwyer of the Indianapolis Children鈥檚 Choir with SVCC as the anchor choir.聽 聽The festival will conclude with a performance at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, May 26 at 8:30 pm.聽 聽Three days of rehearsals and a culminating performance will make the trip to New York a glorious ending to SVCC鈥檚 twentieth anniversary year.

This is the third time the SVCC has been invited to participate in the Carnegie Hall Children鈥檚 Choir Festival.

91短视频 the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir

The SVCC is part of the music department at 91短视频.聽 The SVCC includes over 150 children in three auditioned choirs and two classes for young children, a staff of five and a rigorous performing and touring schedule.

The SVCC鈥檚 fifteenth compact disc entitled 鈥淭wenty Years of Song鈥� was released October 15, 2011, to mark the twentieth anniversary year.聽 A compilation of the last two years of song repertoire, the CD includes both general music and Christmas selections.聽 The Preparatory, Treble, and Concert Choirs are featured separately and guests including the Sons of the Day, Washington Symphonic Brass, and guest musicians Nick Merillat and Pedro Aponte are featured.

For more information on SVCC or to order a compact disc visit聽 , email svcc@emu.edu or call Yvette Peake, Choir Manager at 540-432-4650.

Compact discs can be found at the following retail stores:

Harrisonburg:聽 Barnes & Noble, All Things Virginia, Williamson Hughes Pharmacy, 91短视频 Bookstore, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Main Street Store, Park View Pharmacy, Rocktown Gift Shop

Dayton:聽 Silver Lake Mill, Crafty Hands

Bridgewater:聽 Tis the Season

Staunton:聽 Turtle Lane

Woodstock:聽 Woodstock Cafe & Shoppes

Winchester: Museum of the Shenandoah Valley

Waynesboro:聽 Stone Soup Bookstore