{"id":1648,"date":"2008-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2010-11-23T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T18:58:00","slug":"childrens-choir-breaks-forth-in-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2008\/childrens-choir-breaks-forth-in-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Choir Breaks Forth in Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"photo\" style=\"width:375px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/svcc-spring08.jpg\" alt=\"SVCC at EMU\" \/><br \/>SVCC choristers (l to r):  Kendra Wright, Augusta County, Ginny Coffman, and Alexandra Sullivan, both from Harrisonburg, and (second row) Cole Boylen (Augusta County) and Madeline Hostetler, Harrisonburg.<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an invigorating breath &#8211; two, actually &#8211; of spring. <\/p>\n<p> The <a href=\"\/svcc\/\">Shenandoah Valley Children&#8217;s Choir<\/a> will present its 16th annual concerts 7 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 12 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 13, in Lehman Auditorium. <\/p>\n<p> The Preparatory Choir, with 37 children ages 8-11 directed by Joy Anderson, will present a traditional canon, &#8220;Let Us Sing Together&#8221;; &#8220;The Frog,&#8221; a children&#8217;s song; and a Russian folk song arrangement, &#8220;The Little Birch Tree,&#8221; accompanied by flute and balalaika. <\/p>\n<p> The Treble Choir, SVCC&#8217;s intermediate group of 35 children ages 10-15 directed by guest conductor Janet Hostetter, will sing the lively &#8220;Shake the Papaya Down&#8221;; &#8220;The Lonely Ash Tree,&#8221; another Russian folk song, also accompanied by balalaika; and the spiritual, &#8220;Hand me Down my Silver Trumpet.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The Preparatory and Treble Choirs will combine for Handel&#8217;s &#8220;Art Thou Troubled&#8221; and the popular Appalachian folk song, &#8220;Shady Grove.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The Concert Choir, under Mrs. Hostetter&#8217;s direction, will present Vivaldi&#8217;s &#8220;Et Exultavit and Essurientes; &#8220;Let Beauty Awake&#8221; by Ralph Vaughan Williams; &#8220;Ladybird,&#8221; a children&#8217;s folk song arrangement by Zoltan Kodaly; a haunting setting of John McCrae&#8217;s &#8220;In Flander&#8217;s Fields&#8221; by Alexander Tilley; &#8220;Come and Sing,&#8221; an arrangement of an inspiring text about peace; the gospel song, &#8220;I&#8217;m Goin&#8217; up a Yonder&#8221;; and the energetic &#8220;I Hear America Singing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> The Treble and Concert Choirs will join together to sing &#8220;Al Shlosha,&#8221; a lyrical setting of a Hebrew text. <\/p>\n<p> The three combined choirs will end the concert with Oscar Peterson&#8217;s &#8220;Hymn to Freedom&#8221; and an arrangement of the Angolan greeting song, &#8220;O Desayo.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> All seating is reserved.  For tickets, call the EMU Box Office between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at 540-432-4582. Tickets are $12 adults, $10 students &amp; seniors (65 and older), $7 children 12 and under; and special reserved section $15 each.  Tickets are $2 more at the door. <\/p>\n<p> Tickets may also be ordered online (except for the special reserved section) at <a href=\"\/boxoffice\/\">www.emu.edu\/boxoffice<\/a>. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SVCC choristers (l to r): Kendra Wright, Augusta County, Ginny Coffman, and Alexandra Sullivan, both from Harrisonburg, and (second row) Cole Boylen (Augusta County) and Madeline Hostetler, Harrisonburg. 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