We are no longer accepting applications for the 2011 High School Choir Festival. Information about reserving public tickets to attend one of the free Festival concerts will be available in early 2011.

Founded by the Master Chorale Associates in 1989, the Festival brings together more than 25 schools and 900 students for a day of singing under the baton of Music Director Grant Gershon.

The Festival includes a yearlong mentoring process between the choir directors and the Master Chorale’s Music Director. Participating ensembles prepare the Festival selections on their own throughout the year. In the spring, students attend an area rehearsal where they rehearse the selections with fellow students as well as participate in an optional masterclass facilitated by four singers from the LAMC Chamber Singers.

On the Festival Day, all participating ensembles arrive at the Walt Disney Concert Hall where they rehearse the selections as a massed chorus of voices. In the morning, the students are also treated with a special performance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale Chamber Singers.

 

Festival Concert, April 15, 2011, 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Grant Gershon, Conductor

Greetings and Introductions
Recognition of Choir Directors

 

Festival Chorus (Combined High School Choirs)

• Chindia, Alexandra Pascanu
• Sure on this Shining Night, Samuel Barber
• Alma Llanera, Pedro Gutierrez
  Arr. Angel Sauce
• Ubi caritas, Ola Gjeilo
• Ain’ –a That Good News, William L. Dawson
• Hallelujah from Messiah, G. F. Handel

 

Festival Honor Choir

• Grant Gershon, Conductor
• Repertoire, TBA

 

Festival Chorus – Finale

• Conducted by Grant Gershon
• Good News, The Chariot’s Comin’, Moses Hogan

 

2011 High School Choir Festival Participants

• TBA, June 2010