The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) and the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra will present a joint concert 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in Lehman Auditorium on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University.
The 42-member youth symphony, part of EMU’s preparatory music program, will perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers,” Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5, 4th movement,” Lennie Niehaus’s “Americana Rhapsody,” and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien.”
Hannah Fenoff, harp, will perform “Concerto in B-flat for harp” by George Frideric Handel.
The orchestra, conducted by Maria Lorcas, a violin teacher with preparatory music, consists of high school musicians from Page, Shenandoah, Rockingham and Augusta counties, and parts of West Virginia.
The SVCC Treble Choir will perform Handel’s “Alleluia! Sing! Rejoice!” and Cynthia Gray’s “Hush My Babe.” In addition, the SVCC Concert Choir will perform Henry Purcell’s “Sound the Trumpet!,” the English traditional carol “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day,” and “Christmas is Coming,” and a Silesian folk melody, “Eatnemen Vuelie.”
The children’s choir and youth orchestra will close by joining together to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” and James Bernard’s “Winter Wonderland.”
About the soloist
Hannah Fenoff is an active member of the American Harp Society and is in her third year with the youth orchestra. She has received superior ratings from the National Federation of Music Clubs and received a scholarship to attend the Young Artists Harp Seminar.
Hannah is the daughter Daniel and Susan Fenoff of Franklin, West Virginia. She is active in the community, playing harp for a variety of events and volunteering at the Pendleton County Library. Hannah plans to attend college next fall to pursue a degree in harp performance.
A suggested $7 donation at the door will benefit EMU’s preparatory music scholarship program and SVCC tuition assistance fund.