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The acclaimed Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir (SVCC), now celebrating its twentieth year, has been invited to two prestigious events this year in addition to their regular choir season.<\/p>\n

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 ACDA members\u2014including teachers and professors\u2014for whom choral music performance is a primary focus. Eighteen choirs were selected from one hundred community school, college, and professional choirs that applied; all choirs submitted recordings from the previous three years for a blind audition.<\/p>\n

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Amanda Aponte, daughter of Pedro Aponte and Maria Lorcas of Harrisonburg, is one of the talented performers of the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The SVCC is privileged to be performing for the fourth time at this conference,” said Julia White, Artistic Director and Founder of SVCC. The SVCC has sung in past years\u00a0 in Orlando, Fla., Charlotte, N.C., and Charleston, WVa.<\/p>\n

In addition, the SVCC has been invited to sing at the Carnegie Hall Children\u2019s Choir Festival, to be held in New York City in May.<\/p>\n

Five to seven children\u2019s choirs will rehearse May 23-26 together under the direction of Ruth Dwyer of the Indianapolis Children\u2019s Choir with SVCC as the anchor choir.\u00a0 \u00a0The festival will conclude with a performance at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, May 26 at 8:30 pm.\u00a0 \u00a0Three days of rehearsals and a culminating performance will make the trip to New York a glorious ending to SVCC\u2019s twentieth anniversary year.<\/p>\n

This is the third time the SVCC has been invited to participate in the Carnegie Hall Children\u2019s Choir Festival.<\/p>\n

About the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir<\/h3>\n

The SVCC is part of the music department at Eastern Mennonite University.\u00a0 The SVCC includes over 150 children in three auditioned choirs and two classes for young children, a staff of five and a rigorous performing and touring schedule.<\/p>\n

The SVCC\u2019s fifteenth compact disc entitled \u201cTwenty Years of Song\u201d was released October 15, 2011, to mark the twentieth anniversary year.\u00a0 A compilation of the last two years of song repertoire, the CD includes both general music and Christmas selections.\u00a0 The Preparatory, Treble, and Concert Choirs are featured separately and guests including the Sons of the Day, Washington Symphonic Brass, and guest musicians Nick Merillat and Pedro Aponte are featured.<\/p>\n

For more information on SVCC or to order a compact disc visit\u00a0 www.emu.edu\/svcc<\/a>, email svcc@emu.edu<\/a> or call Yvette Peake, Choir Manager at 540-432-4650.<\/p>\n

Compact discs can be found at the following retail stores:<\/p>\n

Harrisonburg:\u00a0 Barnes & Noble, All Things Virginia, Williamson Hughes Pharmacy, EMU Bookstore, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Main Street Store, Park View Pharmacy, Rocktown Gift Shop<\/p>\n

Dayton:\u00a0 Silver Lake Mill, Crafty Hands<\/p>\n

Bridgewater:\u00a0 Tis the Season<\/p>\n

Staunton:\u00a0 Turtle Lane<\/p>\n

Woodstock:\u00a0 Woodstock Cafe & Shoppes<\/p>\n

Winchester: Museum of the Shenandoah Valley<\/p>\n

Waynesboro:\u00a0 Stone Soup Bookstore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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