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Northwest Boychoir Tour Concerts
In Central Washington
Yakima, Ellensburg and Seattle
March 15-18, 2012
The 70-member Northwest Boychoir will perform Gabriel Fauré's magnificent Requiem. The program will also feature works by Franz Schubert, Bela Bartok, a cycle of Yiddish folk songs by Viktor Ullmann, as well as traditional American folk songs. Full Concert Schedule
The 38-year-old Northwest Boychoir makes its home in Seattle, Washington as the premier children’s and youth choir in the Pacific Northwest. Its overall membership totals more than 200 young singers, ages 6 to 18, in seven levels of graded training and performing choirs. The members of the touring Northwest Boychoir are most elite singers in the group. They range in age from 9 to 18 (SATB voices). These young singers perform regularly with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, on movie and video game sound tracks, in professional recording studios in the service of other recording artists, and as part of their own year-round schedule of concerts.
Under the direction of Joseph Crnko, the Northwest Boychoir will make performance stops in northern and southern California. This tour marks the Northwest Boychoir’s 22nd tour in 38 years. Prior tours have taken the choir to Great Britain, Eastern Europe, Washington, D.C., Australia, the West and East Coast of the United States, as well as Japan and Hawaii.
The Northwest Boychoir is an essential part of the cultural fabric of the Puget Sound community. The Seattle Symphony leads a long list of professional arts groups that rely on the talents of the Boychoir. The Choir will close its 2011 season with a performance of A Festival of Lessons & Carols at Benaroya Hall, presented by the Seattle Symphony. The Northwest Boychoir has recently been seen on stage with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in performances of Orff’s Carmina burana and Gerard Schwarz’s The Human Spirit. We were honored to perform and record the world premiere of VEDEM by American composer Lori Laitman with Music of Remembrance at Benaroya Hall. The Northwest Boychoir is also finishing a recording of Americana music to be released next year.
You can help support the 2012 Tour Financial Aid Fund and Northwest Choirs' total commitment to ensure that every eligible member of Performing Choir and Vocalpoint has the opportunity to participate in this tour by making a donation today!
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What People Say About the Northwest Boychoir
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I consider the [Northwest Boychoir] one of the most moving and glorious boychoirs I've ever heard, [with] their superb tone, expressiveness, and responsiveness to their marvelous director. The audience was tremendously enthusiastic . . . I would like nothing more than to have the choir return to St. Rose as often as possible.
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-Gene Paul Strayer, Minister of Music, St. Rose of Lima Parish |
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