Golden Gate International Children's and Youth Choral Festival, 7/9

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.

The July 9th opening concert is free to the public and features all 20 choirs:

Amoy Flower Phoenix Youth Group - China
Bach Children's Chorus - Ontario, Canada
Barrington Children's Choir - Illinois, USA
Beijing Rainbow Art Performance Troupe - China
Budi Mulia Dua Choir - Indonesia
Choir of E. Mikelladze Central Music School - Georgia
Columbia Children's Choir - Washington, USA
Columbia Vocal Ensemble - Washington, USA
Discovery Choir - Honduras
Fairfield County Children's Choir - Connecticut, USA
Hamburg Kinderchoir Cantemus - Germany
Junior Amabile Singers - Ontario, Canada
Kinder-&-Jugendsingakademie Graz - Austria
Kalrup Pigekor - Denmark
Mandaluyong Children’s Choir, Phillippes
Marin Girls Chorus - California, USA
Partners in Praise Girls Choir - Minnesota, USA
Young Adelaide Voices - Australia
Youth Choir "Kivi" - Lithuania
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

More Info

Link

http://www.goldengatefestival.org