Seattle Girls Choir

The Seattle Girls Choir (SGC) was established in 1982 when Dr. Jerome L. Wright, Founder and Artistic Director, conceived the Choir School as a "junior conservatory" where talented young women from throughout the Puget Sound region could gather after school to develop their music education under the tutelage of world-class artist-teachers.

Its mission is to nurture the development of our young female artist-in body, mind and spirit. The SGC school maintains a deep commitment to musical and personal excellence, and provides musically literate and personally empowered young women to its communities. The Seattle Girls' Choir has sung across North America and tours internationally on the average of every two years.

Six levels of instruction comprise the Choir School, from youngest to oldest: Dolcinette, Dolcine, Vivissimi, Allegra, Cantamus and Prime Voci. It has students between the ages of 6 and 19.

The curriculum includes vocal technique, music theory, sight singing, solfege, musicianship, and vocal pedagogy.

Achievements

First place awards

* International Youth & Music Festival – Vienna, Austria
* Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales – First Prize, Youth Choir Division
* International Choral Kathaumixw, Canada – First Prizes in Youth Choirs & Chamber Choirs

econd place award

* International Choral Kathaumixw, Canada – Second Place in Children’s Choir Competition

pecial performances

* World Festival of Women’s Singing – Salt Lake City, Feb. 4-7, 2004
** Featured Choirs:
*** Mormon Tabernacle & Assembly Hall,
*** Seoul Ladies’ Singers
*** Viva Voce!
*** Brigham Young University Women’s Choir
* Czech Sacred Music Festival, Prague – Featured Choir, 2003
* Seattle Girls’ Choir Twentieth Anniversary Concert – Benaroya Symphony Hall, Seattle – June, 2002
* World Festival of Women’s Singing (Americafest) – Co-host Choir with Elektra – 2001 Concerts at Town Hall, St. James Cathedral and Benaroya Symphony Hall, Seattle
* ACDA National Convention, San Antonio, Texas – March 2001
* Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica & Concert at St. Ignatius, Rome – 2000
** Part of the Millennium Jubilee Cathedral Tour. Cathedrals concerts in Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Venice, Ravenna, Siena, Florence and Rome (by invitation of the Pope.)
* Portland International Children’s Choir Festival “Featured American Choir” – 1998
* ACDA National Convention, San Diego, California – March 1997
* Harvard University Festival of Women’s Choirs – 1996
* AmericaFest 1994: Concerts in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Toronto, Quebec City, the Maritimes and New England.
* One of four Founding Choirs with Tapiola Choir of Finland, Shchedryk Choir of Ukraine and Efroni Choir of Israel.
* ACDA National Convention, San Antonio, Texas – March 1993
* International Singing Week (Europa Cantat) – Veszprem, Hungary -- 1992
* International Choral Sympaatti – Helsinki & Tampere Finland – 1990
* ISME International Conference – Finlandia Hall, Helsinki – 1990
* Goodwill Games Arts Festival – Host Choir for the Soviet-American Youth Choir Festival – 1990
* Chorus America National Convention
* MENC National Convention – Anaheim, California – 1986
* East Coast US Tour – 1984 Boston, New York (UN & St. John the Divine), Philadelphia (Mayor’s Fourth of July Celebration at Independence Hall), Washington, DC, Baltimore and Orlando
* West Coast US Tour – 1982 Portland, Eugene and San Francisco (Grace Cathedral)

European concert tours

1985, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006 Countries visited: Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Wales

External links

* [http://www.seattlegirlschoir.org Seattle Girls Choir webpage]