Virginia Chorale

2010-2011 Season

Interim Artistic Director The Singers Board of Directors Office Staff

General Information

The Virginia Chorale offers educational programs for middle and high school students. We carefully create programs that enhance, enlighten, and excite students about music. Our professional singers present programs that allow students to excel and learn while having fun!

Young Singer's Project

In its 12th season, the Young Singer's Project is the Virginia Chorale's flagship education program. YSP is unique opportunity for select high school students from across the region to be mentored by the professional singers of the Chorale in a highly competitive and intense rehearsal and performance process. YSP alumni have gone on to study at the finest conservatories in the USA and are active music professionals across Virginia and beyond.

The Young Singer's Project showcases some of the best high school singers in southeastern Virginia. Students are selected in a competitive audition process each fall. Once selected, they work side-by-side professional Chorale singers under the direction of the Chorale's Artistic Director, Scott Williamson.

Auditions

Auditions for the Young Singer's Project take place every fall. To be eligible for consideration, students must register for an audition and are required to participate in their high school choral music program.

If you, or your students, would like more information or are interested in auditioning for the 2012 ensemble, please call the Virginia Chorale office at 757-627-8735 or email youngsingersproject@gmail.com.

High School and Middle School Masterclasses

Looking for a special spark for your chorus classroom?

Want to instruct and inspire your student singers?

Looking for ways to expose your students to professional artists?

Then schedule a Virginia Chorale Master Class for your school chorus!

Summer Choral Academy

The summer of 2007 marked the very first Summer Choral Academy, a partnership between the Virginia Chorale and the Academy of Music. Students ages 12-18 had the opportunity to work for two weeks with a classically trained singer and Broadway veteran. The Summer Choral Academy offered participation in vocal ensemble as well as workshops in audition technique, stage presence and performance technique, and musicianship. Singers also had the opportunity to work on individual solos, which were presented at a short performance at the conclusion of

If you are interested in participating in the 2011 program, please sign up to receive the Virginia Chorale newsletter by emailing info@vachorale.org.

Here's what teachers and students have said:

Real professionals were here in our class! That was exciting!

Very insightful and inspiring and even with only an hour, our class sounded SO much better!

I liked how they made us have fun sounding great

My students are still talking about it!

It was perfectly in line with my objectives

We loved every minute of it!

Booking Information

To schedule an educational program, please call our office at 757-627-8375. Program fees vary depending on the type and length of program. You may qualify for free programming depending on your local arts commission funding.