Guelph Youth Singers will host two local school and community choirs: Wellington Hall Academy, Westwood PS and Guelph Youth Music Centre’s Kids Chorus in, When Children Sing – a Choral Event.
The event will be held at 7pm on Nov. 14 at New Life Christian Reformed Church, 400 Victoria Road North in Guelph.
The event will comprise daytime rehearsals with the participating local choirs and an evening concert by the choirs, along with the choirs of Guelph Youth Singers.
Markus Howard, the new conductor and artistic director of GYS, will visit the schools in advance of the event for workshops to help the choirs work on massed choir pieces.
School and community choirs will perform their own solo songs, and each choir of Guelph Youth Singers will also be represented throughout the program.
All proceeds from the concert will be donated to the bursary fund of the Guelph Youth Singers. These bursaries are issued to children in Guelph and surrounding areas, who would like to join GYS, but cannot due to financial restrictions.
Tickets will be $5 per person at the door. Parents, family and friends of the choir members are welcome to attend.
Guelph Youth Singers is an award-winning organization that has been given the top awards for choral groups from the Guelph Kiwanis Association, and has won further awards at both the Provincial and National levels of the Canadian Federation of Music Festivals.
Guelph Youth Singers includes 75 choristers, aged six through 18, and is always looking for children who love to sing.
Auditions are held in December and early January for January 2014 entry and April, May and June for September 2014 entry.
Prospective choristers and their parents are welcome to contact the GYS office at 519-821-8574 for more information, to watch a rehearsal, or to register for an audition.
For more information visit www.guelphyouthsingers.com, the GYS facebook page or follow on twitter.
