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| Performing Hope for Resolution with Paul Caldwell conducting. |
“Awesome!” “ Wonderful!” “ Fun!” “Can we come again next
year?”
These were comments from the SCC Titan Singers after the day
of rehearsals for the KIDZSING Festival in Sioux City on Saturday, May 18. The
Siouxland Children’s Choir hosted the festival at the First Presbyterian Church
in Sioux City with guest composer/conductors Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory from
southern Michigan and the Chicago area. You can find out more about them at
their website. http://www.caldwellandivory.com/music/index.php
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| Encore performance of Little David, Play on Your Harp after a standing ovation. Sean Ivory conducting and Paul Caldwell joining the trap set drummer on the djembe. The audience was standing and clapping along. |
The closing concert was fantastic, with a full house,
standing ovation and an encore performance.
Besides the Cadet Choir and the Concert Choir from the Siouxland
Children’s Choirs, two other choirs attended: the East Middle Choir from Sioux
City and a group from the Heartland Children’s Choir of Des Moines. SCC was
represented by seven singers from the Titan Singers, so we didn’t perform alone
on the program, and we were the youngest group with six third graders and one
fourth grader. One other group contained fourth grade singers, but the others
were middle school age.
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| Practicing with Sean Ivory. |
“Please tell them how proud of them I was and how hard they
worked.” That was the comment from Paul Caldwell after the concert as I left
the church. He said he enjoyed working on technique with the SCC singers during
our half hour afternoon clinic.
The children grew immensely in their performing ability and
in their knowledge of how music works. It was a long day, and a great deal of
hard work preparing them to perform music a bit beyond their capabilities, but
it was worth every moment of effort to see the joy in their faces during the
final performance! Hopefully next year we can take the whole choir!
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| Hanging out during break time at the Sioux City Public Museum. |
