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Salt Lake Children's Choir 30th Anniversary Gala Concert

Presented by The Salt Lake Children's Choir at Abravanel Hall

May 15, 2010

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The Salt Lake Children's Choir turned 30 this year and will present a gala 30th Anniversary Concert in Salt Lake City's Abravanel Hall. Directed by the choir's founder, Ralph B. Woodward, the concert, entitled "Another Spring," will be a true "excursion" - both into the rich classical repertoire which has characterized the choir's concerts over the years and also into the fascinating world of ethnic music, of which the choir has long been a major exponent. Among several favorite classical pieces with which the choir has been identified and which the audience will recognize will be Schubert's "To Music," and Brahms' "My Heart Is in Bloom" (added to the classical segment will also be the hauntingly beautiful but rarely heard "Nightingale" by Brahms). Areas across the globe to be surveyed in this varied program are France, Wales, Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Namibia, Venezuela, and the Andes Region. Original compositions by the director to be heard include "Laudate Dominum," "Alpine Greeting," "Blue Ridge Fancy," "Alleluia Hispana," "Canto de Zampona" and the calypso, "Down by the Seashore." Noted accordionist and jazz pianist extraordinaire Steve Keen will be featured with the choir in two international songs and also the American standard, "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and outstanding world music performer Dave Peterson will accompany the choir on both the Venezuelan "quatro" the Andean "charango." The evening will conclude with a performance of a large "alumni" choir followed by current and former choir members singing the choir's traditional "A Day in Spring."