Trinity Choir Camp Open For Registration
Trinity Choir Camp Open For Registration
Trinity Episcopal Church will host Choir Camp â open to the public, not just members of Trinity â at the church, 36 Main Street in Newtown, during the week of July 19-23.
Choir Camp presents treble singers from grades 2-8 with an opportunity to musically travel in time in a single week. Campers learn about and sing music from across the centuries from the 1300s through today. Campers will have the chance to learn exciting choral music, while developing individual and group vocal skills. The week concludes with a Concert and Skit Night at 7 pm on Friday, July 23.
The only prerequisite is a love of music and singing. No audition is required, and no previous choral experience is necessary.
Campers will meet each day at 9 am to work on choir chimes and group vocal technique. The morning continues with choral singing in brief, energetic rehearsals, music theory classes in small groups, snack, outside time, arts & crafts, and skit preparation. Camp will end each afternoon at 12:30 m following the final joint choral rehearsal.
Cost for 2010 is $95 â the price has not changed from last year, and there are scholarships available. The fee is due before the beginning of Choir Camp, but enrollment is limited so registration should be done as soon as possible.
The act of singing in a choir gives each child the opportunity to be part of an activity that involves them as an artist, as a member of a larger community, helps them develop their own musical skills and knowledge, and, in the end, brings forth tremendous beauty. In addition, through singing and performing at Choir Camp, the young people will develop self-esteem which will carry through to all aspects of their lives.
The Choir Camp is once again under the direction of conductor Fiona Smith Sutherland. Having coached hundreds of boys and girls in choral singing in her twenty plus year career as an organist and choirmaster, Ms Smith Sutherland is experienced in bringing strong, pure and healthy sounds out of the voices of young people. Under her direction, her choirs have toured Canada and England, participated in yearly choir festivals both local and international, have sung in concert for the Yale Alley Cats, performed with Vermontâs premiere choral ensemble Counterpoint, have sung for conductor Kurt Masur, and had a work composed specifically for her choirs by award-winning Broadway arranger Bill Brohn called Under The Christmas Tree.
For more information or to sign up, contact Ms Smith Sutherland at 203-426-9070 extension 11 or 203-273-5715 or MusicMinister@TrinityNewtownCT.org.