Registration Information |
Early Bird $25 registration deadline: Friday, March 1 Regular price $30 registration deadline: Thursday, March 14 Late registrations after March 14 cannot be guaranteed a t-shirt. Choristers will spend the day singing, drumming, dancing, acting, and creating art, stories, and prayers! In addition to all this, the teens will work on vocal pedagogy specific to their needs. The day will conclude with a chorister-led worship service that is overflowing with music and the liturgical arts. Repertoire |
Selections for Children’s Choir
(NB: for small choirs, it is acceptable and encouraged to focus on melody!) Gathering Song Kye Kye Kule by Greg Gilpin Thanksgiving Theme Hine Ma Tov, arranged by Allan Naplan Christmas Theme A La Nanita Nana, arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram Pentecost Theme Wind Song (As the Wind through the Trees) by Helen Kemp General Draw the Circle Wide, set by Mark A. Miller |
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Additionally, we hope to use "Halle, Halle," from Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round during the worship service with the congregation. We'd also like the treble singers to learn "Yaa Quddsa RuuhilLah," an Arabic folk song with a beautiful text adapted by Andrew Donaldson, published in Hosanna! Ecumenical Songs for Justice and Peace, published by Oikoumene: World Council of Churches Publications. We are in the process of getting permission to make copies of these individual pieces so that you won't have to purchase the books for all of your singers, but strongly encourage you to explore these wonderful publications on your own.
Festival PreparationChildren and teens are asked to learn all music ahead of time. The repertoire corresponds to the liturgical calendar so that it can be rehearsed and used throughout the year.
Festival Teen Choir Rehearsal & Pizza
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Breakout Sessions |
Visual Art: Sarah Peattie
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Drama: Merle Perkins
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Percussion: Ed Sorentino
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Liturgy - Storytelling & Prayer Writing: TBA
The breakout leader for this new addition to the festival will be announced soon!
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