Tenth Annual First Coast Honors Choir Festival
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - University of North Florida
Each year, The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus sponsors a daylong program to honor 125 local fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children who have been recognized by their music educators for their singing ability, musical aptitude, and strong work ethic. The children spend the day rehearsing with a nationally recognized clinician and conductor, and the event culminates in a performance of the newly-formed Honors Choir. The 2013 guest conductor will be Elizabeth Nuñez, Assistant Artistic Director of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
Young Men's Choral Festival
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - University of North Florida
The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus is proud to offer this opportunity for talented men in 6th through 12th grades with tenor, baritone, or bass voices. Singers will rehearse and perform with guest clinician and conductor Francisco Nuñez, artistic director of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City™ (YPC). In 1988 he founded YPC to provide children of all ethnic, religious, and economic backgrounds with a safe haven for personal and artistic growth and to date has changed the lives of thousands of young people. YPC is widely recognized for its exceptional caliber and has been cited as a model of artistic excellence and diversity by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities under the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations
Singers will have the opportunity to perform great music, share vocal artistry, grow as musicians, and work with an internationally-recognized choral conductor.
