Children Lift Their Voices at Summer Retreat
Choral Arts Link will host the MET Summer Camp for rising fourth through 12th grade singers and the Mini MET Camp for rising second and third graders, July 20-24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, at the W. O. Smith Community Music School, 1125 8th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37203.
Nashville, TN, July 10, 2009 --(PR.com)-- With a few more weeks of summer left, a local organization is preparing to give children the priceless gift of music.
Choral Arts Link will host the MET Summer Camp for rising fourth through 12th grade singers and the Mini MET Camp for rising second and third graders, July 20-24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, at the W. O. Smith Community Music School, 1125 8th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37203.
Participants will learn choral expressions, sight reading, vocal mentoring, orff instrumentation and tips from special musical guests in attendance.
While most public schools systems are cutting various music and arts programs, Choral Arts Link is working year round to offer formalized choral training and performance opportunities to children. Margaret Campbelle-Holman, executive director of the Choral Arts Link and youth chorus director for the Nashville Symphony Celebration, envisions the camp as a creative opportunity for children.
“The music training at our camp bridges the gap to any divide and provides a variety of opportunities for students, teachers, parents and the greater community. The children learn scholarship, leadership and teamwork through choral performance. We are excited about this year’s camp and look forward to meeting new children and parents,” said Campbelle-Holman.
The MET Summer Camp serves as retreat for children who participate in the MET Singers Honor Choir year round and as an introductory camp for children who enter the program for the first time.
The choir is made up of 75 talented children from throughout middle Tennessee. During the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, the group participated in The Heritage Music Festival at George Mason University in Washington, D.C.
Children participating in the MET Summer Camp will have the opportunity to extend experiences into the fall and sing with the Celebration Youth Chorus for The Nashville Symphony's annual Let Freedom Sing concert held each January and record a group CD project featuring children’s lullabies at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN.
MET Summer Camp applications are now being accepted. The cost is $80 for MET Camp and $35 for MINI MET Camp. For more information, visit www.choralartslink.org or call 615. 876.9024.
About Choral Arts Link, Inc.
Choral Arts Link, Inc. is a non-profit organization that works to preserve and nurture singing and choral performance for children and youth through programs engaging music’s legacy of scholarship, leadership and teamwork. The MET Singers Honor Choir (MET) is a program of Choral Arts Link consisting of children from across the middle Tennessee area. MET is most notably known for involvement in the Celebration Youth Chorus during the Nashville Symphony’s Let Freedom Sing – Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute held every January.
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Choral Arts Link will host the MET Summer Camp for rising fourth through 12th grade singers and the Mini MET Camp for rising second and third graders, July 20-24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, at the W. O. Smith Community Music School, 1125 8th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37203.
Participants will learn choral expressions, sight reading, vocal mentoring, orff instrumentation and tips from special musical guests in attendance.
While most public schools systems are cutting various music and arts programs, Choral Arts Link is working year round to offer formalized choral training and performance opportunities to children. Margaret Campbelle-Holman, executive director of the Choral Arts Link and youth chorus director for the Nashville Symphony Celebration, envisions the camp as a creative opportunity for children.
“The music training at our camp bridges the gap to any divide and provides a variety of opportunities for students, teachers, parents and the greater community. The children learn scholarship, leadership and teamwork through choral performance. We are excited about this year’s camp and look forward to meeting new children and parents,” said Campbelle-Holman.
The MET Summer Camp serves as retreat for children who participate in the MET Singers Honor Choir year round and as an introductory camp for children who enter the program for the first time.
The choir is made up of 75 talented children from throughout middle Tennessee. During the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, the group participated in The Heritage Music Festival at George Mason University in Washington, D.C.
Children participating in the MET Summer Camp will have the opportunity to extend experiences into the fall and sing with the Celebration Youth Chorus for The Nashville Symphony's annual Let Freedom Sing concert held each January and record a group CD project featuring children’s lullabies at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN.
MET Summer Camp applications are now being accepted. The cost is $80 for MET Camp and $35 for MINI MET Camp. For more information, visit www.choralartslink.org or call 615. 876.9024.
About Choral Arts Link, Inc.
Choral Arts Link, Inc. is a non-profit organization that works to preserve and nurture singing and choral performance for children and youth through programs engaging music’s legacy of scholarship, leadership and teamwork. The MET Singers Honor Choir (MET) is a program of Choral Arts Link consisting of children from across the middle Tennessee area. MET is most notably known for involvement in the Celebration Youth Chorus during the Nashville Symphony’s Let Freedom Sing – Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute held every January.
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615 876.9024
www.choralartslink.org
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