Cantabile Youth Singers, the Bay Area’s preeminent
organization dedicated to choral music and music education
for young people, presents I Dream a
World, the
spring concert for its junior choir, on Saturday, May 17th
at 4:00 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado
Avenue in Palo Alto 94306. The Cantabile senior choir I
Dream a World concert follows on June 14 at Le Petit
Trianon in San Jose.
Tickets are $25, $15, and $6 for
students with ID and are available for purchase online at www.cantabile.org or
at the box office. For information, 650.424.1410.
The program, under the direction of Artistic Director Elena
Sharkova, features Purcell’s Come
Ye Sons of Art, along with traditional songs and spirituals
including the Hawaiian E Nana Kakou, the Polish Muszelka,
and the American Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My
Name.
Performing “Beyond their Years” – and Auditions
The young Cantabile singers are no strangers to challenge,
with the young performers stepping up to perform beyond their
years in many ways, both in classes and onstage. As a way
to help support the youth singers, audience members may purchase
a special class of concert tickets at $50 each, half of which
goes to the scholarship fund.
Over the past few years, Cantabile
has become the youth chorus of choice for adult performing
organizations in the Greater Bay Area. Opera San Jose,
Symphony Silicon Valley, Fremont Opera, and West Bay Opera,
to name a few, regularly request Cantabile Youth Singers
to participate in their performances.
Cantabile Youth Singers
is led by Elena Sharkova, Artistic Director and conductor
of the Ensemble and Vocalise senior choirs. Shane Troll
is the conductor for the Intermediate choir, and Darva
Campbell is the Preparatory choir conductor.
The next auditions
for Cantabile Youth Singers will be held on June 7, 2008
at Foothills Congregational
Church, 461 Orange Avenue in
Los Altos. Auditions are noncompetitive and can be arranged
by calling the CYS office at 650.424.1410, ext.71 or
emailing info@cantabile.org.
Complete audition information is available at www.cantabile.org.
The
Choir’s Name: Cantabile = Kahn / Tah / Bee / Lay
Cantabile means "in a smooth, flowing,
and melodious style," and that’s exactly how
these young singers sound as they perform exciting music
from many different cultures, time periods, and styles.
For Calendar Editors
Cantabile Youth Singers junior choir’s I Dream
a World concert. English & American folksongs,
spirituals, and music by Purcell, Stroope. Saturday May 17,
4:00 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado
Avenue in Palo Alto 94306.
The Ensemble and Vocalise concert will be held Saturday,
June 14, 7:00 at Le Petit
Trianon, San Jose.
Tickets are $25, $15, and $6 for
students with ID and available for purchase online or
at the box office. For information, 650.424.1410.
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