Provided by Key Chorale
Key Chorale, Sarasota’s Symphonic Chorus, celebrates its 6th year of “Tomorrow’s Voices Today”, a music in education initiative that has given hundreds of choral students the opportunity to sing at the professional level. Students involved in the program have debuted world premiere commissions, recorded albums, and performed on the national stage at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Additionally, each spring, Key Chorale is joined by three Sarasota County high school choirs for a unique festival concert that features over 200 voices of all ages, from teenagers to octogenarians and everything in between.
This season, Key Chorale is particularly excited to admit twelve exceptional area high school students for the second year of the Key Chorale Student Scholar Program. In this program, students who intend to pursue music beyond high school are granted the opportunity to sing on scholarship with Key Chorale for their full performance season. These talented young singers study and perform with a professional conductor, accompanist, orchestra, and world-class soloists. Additionally, they receive private voice lessons, coaching on the business of music, and attend workshops on preparing for college level music success. The students have the opportunity to demonstrate their progress by performing in a recital at the end of the season.
These programs are the result of artistic director Joseph Caulkins’ passion for education and giving back to the next generation of artists. Key Chorale aims to inspire a lifelong love for and dedication to music in these young students. As Caulkins describes, “experiencing a student’s joy of self-discovery… seeing the looks on their faces when everything just clicks in a moment of transcendent beauty…these are moments where one realizes that sharing your love of music with others is the most important thing a conductor can do.”
As Key Chorale and Caulkins continue to deepen their relationships with local educators and students, they hope to create long-lasting partnerships to build not only good musicians, but good citizens, ensuring that choral music and artistry are alive and well in our community for generations to come.
For more information, visit Key Chorale’s website at: http://keychorale.org/.
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