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University of Maryland & CARNEGIE HALL - July 1-8, 2023!
Sixty-four members of SVCC's Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Janet M. Hostetter with assistant director Joy Anderson, traveled to the University of Maryland July 1-3 to rehearse and perform with respected children's choirs: Children's Chorus of Washington, Toronto Children's Chorus, and Young Voices of the Philippines. On July 4, SVCC choristers visited the luxurious Watergate hotel to learn some United States history and to film at Top of the Gate--the Watergate's scenic platform overlooking the Potomac River. The next day, all four choirs headed to New York where they rehearsed with the Children's Orchestra Society along with choir members from the St. Genevieve Valiant Voices and the Virginia Children's Chorus. The climax of the trip was a 2-3/4 hour performance in Carnegie Hall, July 7, where individual choirs performed 20-minute sets followed by the world premiere of Jude Roldan's Missa Virtutum (Mass of Virtues) under the direction of Hostetter with all choir and orchestra members performing.
