Guelph Youth Singers (GYS) will host guest clinician, Rollo Dilworth and seven choirs in a gala choir festival on March 2.
Dilworth, is a professor at North Park University School of Music in Chicago and one of America’s most sought after composers.
The GYS 2013 Senior Treble Festival will host guest choirs from Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Georgian Bay, and British Columbia in a day of workshops, culminating in a public concert at Calvary Pentecostal Assembly Church in Cambridge.
Approximately 300 singers aged 10-17, will sing short sets each with their home choir, and join together for four songs as a massed choir. Performances will included music by Joan Szymko, Toronto composer Eleanor Daley, and spiritual songs including “Shine on Me,” for which the festival is named.
The day will conclude with a 7pm concert open to the public. Admission is $15/adult, $10/child at the door.
For more information contact GYS at 519-821-8574.
