The concerts will be held in 91短视频’s (91短视频) .

The (ages 8-11), (ages 10-15) and the (ages 11-18) will present a variety of music, including folks songs, world songs and sacred songs focusing on the themes of friendship, nature, love and peacemaking. Guest instrumentalists will accompany the choirs, with regular staff directing the SVCC.

The SVCC will be welcome back alumni for a rehearsal, lunch and reacquainting period before the March 17 concert. The Alumni Choir will join with the SVCC choirs for a medley of “O Freedom” and “Siyahamba,” while “Let there Be Peace on Earth” will be performed as a separate piece.

The Concert Choir will be singing much of their set from the invitational performance March 2 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Choir sang to 2,000 choral directors and were selected from a pool of 100 applicants to sing at the invitational conference.

A mid-day rehearsal and lunch will take place at 91短视频. Complimentary admission will be given to alumni to who attend either of the concerts.

More information on SVCC

The acclaimed children鈥檚 choir, under the direction of Artistic Director and Founder , has performed in venues across the world including Italy, Hawaii and New York City, and have sung for聽 numerous music conferences including American Choral Directors Association, Virginia Music Educators Conference and The American Association of Kodaly Educators.

In addition, the choirs have sung at the White House and for the National Tree Lighting with opera star Placido Domingo, with the American Boychoir and for several presidents. Most recently the SVCC performed the Christmas Tours at the White House. They have recently released their fifteenth CD entitled “Twenty Years of Song.”

The SVCC is sponsoring a first-time Boychoir six-week session in April and May, for boys ages 8-13 with unchanged voices. For more information see the .

Members of the Concert Choir will sing at Carnegie Hall May 26 at a children鈥檚 choir festival. Directed by Ruth Dwyer of the Indianapolis Children鈥檚 Choir, five choirs will participate in the invitational event.

Auditions for the 2012-13 season of the SVCC are May 17 and 18 and can be scheduled through Yvette Peake, manager, by calling 540-432-4650 or email yvette.peake@emu.edu.

For more information contact the 91短视频 box office at emu.edu/boxoffice or call 540-432-4582.

In celebration of the SVCC’s twentieth anniversary, the highly acclaimed Washington Symphonic Brass (WSB) Quintet from Washington, D.C., will again join the SVCC and John Fast, professor of music at 91短视频 and organist for the annual Christmas Concerts and sing-along.

The WSB Quintet, under the direction of Phil Snedecor, was the guest ensemble at three other SVCC Christmas concerts and was featured on two compact discs, “The Angel Choir and Trumpeter” and “Christmas Joy.”

鈥淲hen we come to Harrisonburg, we bring players that have combined experiences of over 100 years as professional musicians,” said trumpeter and WSB founder Phil Snedecor. “You would think that we would inspire them. However, it’s the SVCC who inspires us, as we experience their approach–to both their music and performance–with the wonder and excitement that drove us all into this profession many years ago. We are looking forward to this year’s 鈥榮hot in the arm’ of youthful energy that is the SVCC. Our hats are off to Julia White for building a first-rate program.”

91短视频 the concert

Children鈥檚 choir song favorites featuring the brass quintet will include 鈥淭he Angel Choir and Trumpeter,鈥� 鈥淒ing Dong, Merrily on High!鈥� and Celah Pence鈥檚 arrangement of 鈥淐hristmas Comin.'”聽 Other Christmas selections will include Vivaldi鈥檚 鈥淟audamus Te鈥� featuring Maria Lorcas on violin, the well-loved 鈥淐arol of the Bells鈥� and Carlisle Floyd鈥檚 contemporary arrangement of “Long, Long Ago.”

The Preparatory and Treble Choir will sing 鈥淒eck the Halls鈥� with the brass, as well as 鈥淭he Heavens Declare鈥� and “Winter Troika Ride.”聽 Additional performing musicians include assistant director Joy Anderson, principal accompanist Maurita Eberly, and John Fast, preparatory choir accompanist and organist.

Audience sing-alongs and hymns will be part of the annual Christmas event and young children will be invited to the front of the stage to ring bells on “Jingle Bells.”聽 Seasonal carols will be sung throughout the program.

Twentieth anniversary, Staunton concert

This concert will be one of many noted performances in the 20^th anniversary year, including performing by invitation for the American Choral Directors Southern Division conference in Winston-Salem, N.C., in March and at Carnegie Hall in New York City in May.

A Staunton Christmas concert will be given Monday, December 12, 2001, at 7 p.m. at the historic Trinity Episcopal Church.聽The Concert Choir and select small groups will be presenting holiday music and sing-along.聽Tickets will be sold at the door.聽For more information contact the SVCC office.

The SVCC, part of the music department at 91短视频, has recently released its fifteenth CD entitled 鈥淭wenty Years of Song.鈥� It is comprised of Christmas and general choral selections from the past two years and features soloists, instrumentalists, and all three performing choirs. CDs are in Harrisonburg area stores and can be ordered over the SVCC website.

More information

Tickets are now on sale for the SVCC/Washington Symphonic Brass Christmas concert. Call the university鈥檚 box office at 540-432-4582 or purchase tickets online at emu.edu/box-office. Pre-concert date tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for students (12-22) and seniors; $7 for children (12 and under). Tickets for special reserved sections are $20. At the door: $2 more per ticket. All seating is reserved.

For more information about the SVCC:聽 or 540-432-4650.

The 33-member youth symphony, part of , will perform George Frideric Handel鈥檚 “Music for the Royal Fireworks Overture” and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Dances from “The Nutcracker.” In addition, Dance & Company will perform four of the dances.

Nicholas Gardner, oboe, will perform 鈥淐oncerto for Oboe in A minor鈥� by Antonio Vivaldi and Breton Nicholas, French horn, will perform 鈥淢orceau de Concert鈥� by Camille Saint-Saens.

The Orchestra, conducted by , a violin teacher with preparatory music, consists of high school players from Page, Shenandoah, Rockingham and Augusta counties. 91短视频 and James Madison Universitystudents will also participate in addition to several community members.

, Artistic Director and Founder, will conduct the concert choir in “Viva la Musica,” by Michael Praetorius; “Laudamus Te (Duet from Gloria),” by Vivaldi, arranged by Doreen Rao; “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind,” text by William Shakespeare and music by John Rutter; and “Sesere eeye,” a traditional song and dance from the Torres Straight Island, arranged by Matthew Doyle.

The Treble Choir set will include “The Heavens Declare,” from William Selby, arranged by Barbara Owen; “I Will Bring You Brooches,” text by Robert Louis Stevenson and music by Ruth Boshkoff; and “Sourwood Mountain,” a southern folk song arranged by Shirley McRae with Lorcas on violin.

The fall concert is a precursor to the SVCC Christmas Concert with the Washington Symphonic Brass Quintet 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, and 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 4, in Lehman Auditorium.

A suggested $5 donation at the door will benefit 91短视频鈥檚 Preparatory Music scholarship program and SVCC tuition assistance fund.

91短视频 the soloists

Breton Nicholas is an active member of both the National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society and HHS Tri-M music honor society. He attended the 2011 Summer Residential Governor’s School for the Humanities at Radford University and the 2009 Valley Ridge Summer Regional

Governor’s School in Environmental Science at JMU.

Nicholas co-founded the HHS Bike Club and Rocktown Racing and earned a varsity letter in swimming. He is in his fourth year as a member of the HHS Symphonic Band, playing first chair horn the last two years. Nicholas has been first chair horn in both Harrisonburg city and Rockingham County Honors band and District band last year.

In addition, he is an active member of Boy Scout Troop 40 of Harrisonburg and will have completed all requirements for the highest award, Eagle Scout, by December of 2011. Nicholas hopes to study music and science in college. He is the son of and .

Nicholas Gardner is a senior at Spotswood High School (SHS). He has played oboe in the concert and Symphonic bands at SHS since his freshman year. He is in his seventh year of private instruction and has been a member of the 91短视频 Youth Orchestra since the spring of 2010. In the spring of 2011, he was awarded the medallion and academic awards for music at SHS.

Gardner held the position of luminary chairman for the Rockingham County Relay for Life in 2011 and is a member of the National Social Studies Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society.

Gardner is a member of Boy Scout Troop 40 where he is finishing requirements for his Eagle Scout rank. He has held the position of senior patrol leader and was on the team teaching the Boy Scout鈥檚 National Youth Leadership Training program. He plans to study music education in college. He is the son of Nichola and Richard Gardner.

History of

The orchestra began in 1990 as a strong ensemble and in part through a grant from the . The ensemble grew to a full orchestra in its next season and is the only opportunity for instrumental students to participate in such a group this side of Charlottesville and Winchester. Students become members by audition and perform three or four public concerts per year.聽 Rising seniors may audition to play a solo with the orchestra.

This semester the Orchestra has partnered with to perform four dances from “The Nutcracker.” It is a unique opportunity for dancers to perform to live music and for musicians to have their music interpreted before a live audience. On October 23, they presented a “Musical Treats” concert in costume for about 75 area children.

is the program director. Inquiries to the Shenandoah Valley Youth Orchestra should be made to 540-432-4277 or prepmusic@emu.edu.

More on the

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 鈥溾�� 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 , choir manager at 540-432-4650.

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