For the Reporter

Rainier Youth Choirs, a nonprofit, community-based program, concluded the 2014-2015 Imagine season with a concert featuring all four choirs and several small community outreach performances.

The season was sponsored in part by the Kent Arts Commission and 4 Culture.

On May 31, the RYC’s Out of the Blue concert was filled with amusing songs and entertaining choreography followed by a family picnic with great food and fun activities.

In early June, the RYC’s Vocina, Bella Voce, and Colla Voce choirs shared their talents with Arbor Village Retirement Center in Kent. The choirs sang the national anthem during a naturalization oath ceremony in Covington, and the Consonare choir performed for Chateau Retirement Center in Renton.

The RYC Jungle Cruise Summer Choir Camp is Aug. 17-20 on Kent’s East Hill. Registration is open for youth entering third-eighth grade this fall. Camp fee includes four days of educational clinics, fun activities and group rehearsals for a free evening performance Aug. 20.

Singers entering grades 2-14 can schedule an audition to join RYC for the 2015-16 season throughout June or during camp week. Rehearsals will be as follows September through June:

Vocina
Grade 2 and 3 treble boys and girls; no prior music training necessary.
Section 1: Mondays, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. Cedar Heights Middle School, 19640 SE 272nd St., Kent
Section 2: Thursdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. Kent Elementary School, 24700 64th Ave. S.
Both sections will combine to perform together at concerts

Bella Voce
Grade 4 and up treble boys and girls; no prior music training necessary.
Mondays, 5:15-6:45 p.m. Cedar Heights Middle School

Colla Voce
Grade 6 and up treble youth with more music reading and choral singing skills.
Mondays, 5:15-6:45 p.m. Cedar Heights Middle School

Consonare
High school and college age youth with strong music reading and singing skills.
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cedar Heights Middle School

Visit www.RainierYouthChoirs.org to sign up for camp or audition to join RYC.