Golden Gate International Children's and Youth Choral Festival, 7/12

Description

More than 600 young vocal artists will convene in the East Bay for the ninth triennial Golden Gate International Children and Youth Choral Festival July 8-14 presented by Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Artistic Director Robert Geary has announced. The young singers--who comprise 20 choirs from 12 countries on four continents—will come together to perform individually, compete and sing in a 640-voice combined mega-chorus in the course of a week of public concerts and workshops in venues throughout the Bay Area. The week opens July 9 with a concert featuring all 20 choruses performing individually to give audiences a taste of their virtuosity and versatility. The balance of that week features daily free public concerts and competitions culminating in a Grand Finale Concert featuring the winners of the competitions and all 20 choruses combined to perform collaborative repertoire learned during the Festival week.

July 12 concerts include:

Competition Concert - Contemporary • 2pm
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Featured Choirs:
- Bach Children’s Chorus (Ontario, Canada)
- Chamber Singers of the Fairfield County Children’s Choir (Connecticut, USA)
- Columbia Vocal Ensemble (Washington, USA)
- Kinder -&- Jugendsingakademie Graz (Austria)
- Kinderchor Cantemus - Hamburg (Germany)
- Klarup Pigekor (Denmark)
- Marin Girls Chorus (California, USA)
- Partners in Praise Girls Choir (Minnesota, USA)
- Young Adelaide Voices (Australia)
- Youth Choir “Kivi” (Lithuania)
Free admission

Competition Concert - Folk/Historical, Youth • 7pm
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
Featured Choirs:
- Budi Mulia Dua (Indonesia)
- Klarup Pigekor (Denmark)
- Partners in Praise Girls Choir (Minnesota, USA)
- Youth Choir “Kivi” (Lithuania)
Free admission

Spotlight Concert • 7pm
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette
Featured Choirs:
- Beijing Rainbow Art Performance Troupe (China)
- Young Adelaide Voices (Australia)
- PEBCC Ancora
Free admission

Spotlight Concert • 7pm
First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana Street, Berkeley
Featured Choirs:
- Columbia Children’s Choirs (Washington, USA)
- Columbia Vocal Ensemble (Washington, USA)
- Kinder -&- Jugendsingakademie Graz (Austria)
- Discovery Choir (Honduras)
Free admission

More Info

Link

http://www.goldengatefestival.org

Call

www.goldengatefestival.org (Box Office)