Education Programs

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 Singers Project

The highly acclaimed Young Singers 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 for the Virginia Chorale's 2010-2011 Young Singers Project will take place in the Fall of 2009. Please check back for dates and times!

Last year's ensemble included students from Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and Gloucester. In addition to their principal concert program, they also performed in the Virginia Symphony's Showcase on Youth at the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts and a free outreach concert in Virginia Beach. In April, the ensemble performed with the Virginia Chorale in a program celebrating American choral music.

Auditions for the 2008 Young Singers Project will take place the first week of November in both Norfolk and Newport News. Students must sign up for an audition and are required to participate in their high school choral music program to be eligible to audition. If you are interested in auditioning for next year's ensemble, please call 757-627-8375 or email info@vachorale.org to receive audition announcements.

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 2009 program, please sign up to receive the Virginia Chorale newsletter by emailing info@vachorale.org.

 

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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.

2010 YSP Roster

  • Hannah Auby
  • Rachel Bently
  • Adrienne Boals
  • Sam Brunberg
  • Daniel Chow
  • Akeylah Dacosta
  • Shaani Dent
  • Erin Dubose
  • Aaron Dudley
  • Carson Dunlap
  • Mariah Dunlap
  • Caryn Foster
  • Gabrielle Furman
  • Robert Gallant
  • Matthew Grauberger
  • Gavin Harper
  • Amanda Henderson
  • Sean Hopkins
  • Jessica Johnson
  • Shikahi Jones
  • Sarah Mann
  • Andrew Mendosa
  • Aaron Matthews
  • Emily Morris
  • Shelton Mullins
  • Stephanie Parker
  • Caleb Polston
  • Olivia Raminiyi
  • Jeffrey Richmond
  • Victoria Salmans
  • Caroline Scruggs
  • Britanny Starkey
  • Julianna Swyston
  • Domone Tucker
  • Keaton Whitehurst
  • Jimmy Whittemore
  • Larry Wiley, Jr.
  • Sabrina Wooding
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