Above: artistic director Charles Woodwardwith the Young Singers Project students and mentors, along with accompanist Steve Kolb, January 2025.
2025 YOUNG SINGERS PROJECT
IN CONCERT
I Dream A World
Saturday, January 25, 2025
7:30 PM
Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center
Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach
Sunday, January 26, 2025
4:00 PM
Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Norfolk
Join us for the 25th year of the Young Singers Project, the Virginia Chorale’s flagship educational program for high school singers. Students are selected in a highly competitive audition process each fall; once selected they sing alongside and are mentored by professional singers from the Chorale. This year, the combined singers of the Virginia Chorale and our Young Singers Project celebrate Black History Month with music set to the words of Langston Hughes - legendary poet, commentator, and social activist. You’ll want to be present for I Dream a World, a stirring musical tribute to the influential American known as the “Poet Laureate of Harlem." Along with repertoire preparation, rehearsal sessions will focus on healthy vocal technique, musicianship, and choral artistry. Virginia Chorale Artistic Director Charles Woodward will conduct.
