Rainier Youth Choirs presents the A World of Song, an all-day honor choir festival and concert, on Saturday, Feb. 6 at First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 19800 108th Ave. SE, Kent.
About 150 musicians in grades 4 through 8 from 17 different schools will rehearse throughout the day with RYC staff members and regional and all-state honor choir directors Karen Fulmer, Brian Hoskins and Leora Schwitters. The group – accompanied in part by the award-winning Seattle acoustic band, Erwilian – will present a free concert for the public at 4 p.m.
Festival participants were selected because of their leadership, musicianship and citizenship. Their school music teachers have been helping them prepare the music in advance.
Schools participating are from seven different school districts, including Kent, Auburn, Renton, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Sumner and Tahoma. The festival is supported in part by WA-ACDA and J.W. Pepper.
Special concert set
RYC groups consonare, volla voce and bella voce present a season concert that same evening at 7, with different selections, including a solo set by Erwilian, songs by Holst, Whitacre, Hatfield, Copland, and many other delightful songs from around the world.
Special solo performances by RYC singers who recently took first place in a NATS solo competition also will be featured. Julia Wenndt, a Kentridge High School senior, and Sophia Heinz, Tahoma Junior High freshman, both students of Maple Valley voice teacher Kerstin O’Shields, each will present her winning classical selection as part of the program.
Tickets for the concert are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students (12 and older), $5 for children younger than 12, if purchased in advance (available online at www.RainierYouthChoir.org). Tickets will also be available at the door for $15, $12 and $7, respectively, starting at 6:15 p.m. All ticket prices are listed as a suggested minimum donation amount.
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