3 Days - 14 Choirs!
Monday, May 16, 2011 at 8:28AM This was an extraordinary week full of singing. On Tuesday I was in Tampa for the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs' Young Voices Festival. The festival, begun by Lynne Gackle and continued by Margie Smith, brought together seven choirs for a day of clinics and a massed choir experience, culminating in a grand evening concert. On Thursday the Rehoboth Road Middle School singers were in town for OrlandoFest and I had the opportunity to interact with them and their director Sue Jacob in a morning workshop setting. Saturday was the Siouxland Youth Choirs annual Kidzsing in Sioux City, Iowa, established by Shirley Leubke, the dedicated supervisor of music for the Sioux City schools, founder and director of the Siouxland Youth Choirs, and a long time friend. The day long event culminated in a grand finale concert of 150 singers. Today I'm on a plane to Orlando with a lot of Disney-bound Midwesterners and their children, listening to Bobby McFerrin through headphones...
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On May 12 I brought 75 middle school singers from Rehoboth Road Middle School in Griffin, Georgia to UCF for a 90 minute workshop with Dr. Brunner. Though my students represented all levels of ability and interset, they were all captivated by Dr. Brunner. It was a wonderful educational experience. Thank you Dr. Brunner and OrlandoFest!