Milwaukee Children's Choir Hosts A Celebration of Autumn Beauty 11/14

Milwaukee Children's Choir begins its 17th performance season Sunday, November 14, when its choristers gather to joyfully celebrate the beauty of nature and give thanks for the bounty of fall. "Come all you village people, join the harvest fun!" With these lyrics, the young singers of Milwaukee Children's Choir will open "A Celebration of Autumn Beauty." The public is invited to hear the delightful sound of MCC's young choristers singing in celebration and thanks.

Included in program repertoire are Grayston Ives' Village Festival (quoted above), a Cherokee Lullaby (arranged by Browsey and Lantz), Srul Irving Glick's Psalm Trilogy (performed in Hebrew), and Earlene Rentz' energetic setting of "Over the River and Through the Woods." John Rutter's choral masterworks All Things Bright and Beautiful and For the Beauty of the Earth are on the program, as is The Road Not Taken from Randall Thompson's stunning Frostiana choral suite, and Greg Jasperse's jazzy arrangement of Fields of Gold by Sting.

The Milwaukee community is blessed with hundreds of MCC choristers who come together from all corners of the seven-county area to raise their voices in song. We encourage the public to see this local treasure November 14, and share the heartfelt sentiment that will permeate the concert: "Thank you for giving my heart a voice." (From Thank You for the Music by Keith McClellan.)

Photo opportunities are available to the press in advance or at the concert.

About Milwaukee Children's Choir, Inc. Now in its 17th season, Milwaukee Children's Choir (MCC) is Southeastern Wisconsin's premiere professional children's choir. Under the leadership of artistic director Carol Storck, MCC has programs for children ages 4-18. Rehearsals are educational, child centered, age appropriate, and fun, and integrate several educational concepts: singing as the basis for music education, folk music for beginning singers, use of solfege, performing highest quality music, developing the complete musician, and using sequenced curriculum. MCC teaches not only music but also important life skills such as poise, self-confidence, self-discipline, focus, memory, problem solving, and teamwork. MCC's commitment to artistic excellence makes it the "go to" choir for performing arts groups, including Present Music, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Ballet, and Festival City Symphony. Learn more at www.milwaukeechildrenschoir.org.

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