WSU Choral Festival + LIVESTREAM
About the event
The Vocal/Choral Music Faculty within the School of Music at WSU will continue its long-standing tradition of presenting the Twenty-Sixth Annual Educational Choral Festival on Saturday, October 26 in Kimbrough Concert Hall from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and in Bryan Hall Theatre from 3:45-4:15 pm and 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm for the concluding Festival Concert.
Designed by Lori Wiest to assist high school music programs in providing an early, motivational opportunity for musical growth in a non-competitive, positive learning environment, the Choral and Vocal Music Faculty at WSU work directly with the visiting high school choirs from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Each choir has individual performances in Kimbrough Concert Hall throughout the day between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm and individualized workshops in two rehearsal rooms of Kimbrough Hall. Directors of the ensembles also have the opportunity to meet with the WSU Music Faculty in a private consultation regarding goals and objectives for the year as they relate to their own choirs. WSU faculty Lori Wiest, Julie Anne Wieck, Dean Luethi, Chris Nakielski, and Aaron Agulay along with guests Sarah Graham and David Erb will serve as clinicians and workshop presenters. Throughout the day, the participants will also hear performances by the WSU Opera Workshop, directed by Julie Anne Wieck, and Treble Choir and Tenor/Bass Choir, directed by Chris Nakielski, in addition to the 5:00 pm concluding concert which will feature the WSU Madrigal/Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, conducted by Lori Wiest and attend workshops on vocal technique and styles presented by Julie Wieck and Aaron Agualy.
A record high of 720 singers from 19 high school choirs across the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho will be participating in the 2019 festival this year: Moses Lake High School Men’s Choir, Women’s Choir and Treble Choir, Hanford High School Varsity Women and Varsity Chorale (Richland), Post Falls High School Women’s Select and Troubadors, Moscow High School Choir, Medical Lake High School Windborne Choir and Symphonic Choir, Wapato High School Symphonic Choir, Quincy High School Concert Choir, Richland High School Treble Choir and Chamber Choir, Hermiston High School Chamber Choir, Eastmont High School Chamber Choir (East Wenatchee), Cedarcrest High School Concert Choir (Duvall), Logos School Chamber Choir (Moscow), and North Central High School Fast Forward (Spokane).
All of the festival performance events are open to the public free of charge. Events in Kimbrough Concert Hall will continue between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, move into Bryan Hall at 3:45-4:30pm and the concluding Festival Concert will be held at 5:00-6:30 pm in Bryan Hall Theatre.