Above: Dr. Bryson Mortensen leading the 2016 Young Singers Project in performance at Norfolk's Ohef Sholom Temple.
2023 YOUNG SINGERS PROJECT
IN CONCERT
Young Singers Project in Concert with the Virginia Chorale
Lift Every Voice: Music of Black Women Composers
Feb. 4, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Virginia Wesleyan University
Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center
Feb. 5, 2023 | 4:00 PM
Royster Memorial Presbyterian Church
6901 Newport Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23505
Join us for the 23rd year of the Young Singers Project, the Virginia Chorale’s flagship educational program for high school singers. This year, we are delighted to be able to offer our participants the opportunity to join the Virginia Chorale on their program entitled LIFT EVERY VOICE: MUSIC OF BLACK WOMEN COMPOSERS. The Chorale and the YSP participants will sing the glorious Margaret Bonds setting of W.E.B. Du Bois’ prose, Credo, side by side! The participants will also be featured singing selections for chamber choir. Along with repertoire preparation, rehearsal sessions will focus on healthy vocal technique, musicianship, and choral artistry. Virginia Chorale Artistic Director Charles Woodward will conduct.
2023 YSP ROSTER
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Sopranos
Jessica McMillan Manor High School, Portsmouth Taylor Whittacre Oscar Smith High School, Chesapeake Cadence Burrill Western Branch High School, Chesapeake Kiera Stewart Grassfield High School, Chesapeake Lilija Pflanz Grassfield High School, Chesapeake Nayala Burns Granby High School, Norfolk Christina Bartholomew- Virginia Chorale Mentor |
Tenors
Gavyn Altman Gloucester High School, Gloucester Evan Branch Churchland High School, Portsmouth James Seymour Indian River High School, Chesapeake Wesley Chauvette Tallwood High School, Virginia Beach Tracey Vinson, Jr. Western Branch High School, Chesapeake Miles Pifer Granby High School, Norfolk Ajee Church- Virginia Chorale Mentor |
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Altos
Savannah Rixon Salem High School, Virginia Beach Sequoia Swanson Western Branch High School, Chesapeake Anya Umlauf Young Musicians of Virginia, Virginia Beach Shaniya George Western Branch High School, Chesapeake Geniyah Werts Western Branch High School, Chesapeake Maya Hoffman Grassfield High School, Chesapeake Emily Russell- Virginia Chorale Mentor |
Basses
Caiman Smith Western Branch High School, Chesapeake André Bullock Western Branch High School, Chesapeake Jesus Miranda Grassfield High School, Chesapeake Joseph Wood Salem High School, Virginia Beach Drew Lusher- Virginia Chorale Mentor |
