The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) is selling canvas prints and note cards featuring “Chorister Frolic,” a painting done by local artist Helen Jean Smith, to raise support for the program, now in its 21st year. “Smith has painted so many of our beautiful landmarks and homes, our rural pastimes ...More
Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy, Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music Education at James Madison University, will serve as interim music director of the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) for the 2012-2013 season. “’Dr. V.’ will be directing the Treble and Concert Choirs and has been hard at work already, choo ...More
The award-winning Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) is headed to New York City Memorial Day Weekend to perform at Carnegie Hall. The SVCC, celebrating its twentieth year, will sing with guest director Ruth Dwyer of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir and perform by invitation Saturday, May 26 in the city’s famed venue with four other children’s choirs. The choir ...More
Courtesy Daily News Record, Mar. 15, 2012 Choir lovers can expect a little deja vu at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir this weekend. The group will celebrate the milestone with a performance at Eastern Mennonite University’s Lehman Auditorium. The organization’s three children’s choirs — the Preparatory, Treble an ...More
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) will celebrate 20 years of music performance and education at two spring concerts featuring alumni, March 17 at 7 p.m., and March 18 at 3 p.m. The concerts will be held in Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Lehman Auditorium. The ...More
The acclaimed Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC), celebrating its twentieth year, is offering a unique opportunity for boys ages 8-13 to share their vocal talents. Led by Julia J. White, Artistic Director and Founder of the SVCC, the Shenandoah Valley Boychoir is a six-week e ...More
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) has been invited to sing at the White House Christmas Tours on December 21, according to Yvette Peake, choir manager. The acclaimed children’s choir, now in its twentieth year, had applied for the honor in April 2011. “We were thrilled to get this invitation in mid-November and had almost given up on this working out,” said Ju ...More
The angelic sounds of 130 children’s voices, classical brass and pipe organ will herald in the holidays at the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) concerts Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 4 at 3 p.m., at Eastern Mennonite University’s Lehman Auditorium. In celebration of the SVCC’s twentieth anniversary, the highly acclaimed Washington Symphonic Brass (WSB) Quintet from Washi ...More
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) and the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra will present a joint concert 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in Lehman Auditorium on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). The 33-member youth symphony, part of EMU’s Preparatory Music pro ...More
The acclaimed Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC), now celebrating its twentieth year, has been invited to two prestigious events this year in addition to their regular choir season. SVCC was selected for the Southern Division annual conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) to be held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina February 29-March 3. Attendees will be AC ...More
