Choirs from across the country come together for this prestigious yearlong educational program. The Festival offers the unique opportunity to perform a piece of major choral repertory in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium, under the baton of a renowned choral maestro and accompanied by a professional orchestra and soloists.
In future seasons, the Carnegie Hall National High School Choral Festival will occur bi-annually. Our next National Festival will be held in the 2010-11 season.
Please check back for more information about these upcoming festivals.
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- No participation fee
- Directors participate in an all-expenses paid Professional Development weekend.
- The Festival maestro visits each high school for a full day of rehearsals.
- Combined choirs rehearse for four days in New York City prior to the final concerts, where they perform with a professional orchestra and soloists under the baton of the Festival maestro.
- Each choir also performs 10 minutes of its own repertoire under the direction of its conductor at Carnegie Hall.
- These are the only high school choirs presented at Carnegie Hall by Carnegie Hall.
October: The directors of the selected choirs come together with the Festival maestro for an all-expenses-paid Professional Development weekend of score study, workshops, and sharing best practices.
January/February: School Visit by the Festival maestro and Carnegie Hall staff.
March: The participating choirs will travel to New York for four days of rehearsals and a performance in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall conducted by the Festival maestro.
For more information or to receive a brochure in the mail, e-mail hschoralfestival@carnegiehall.org or call the Weill Music Institute at 212-903-9625.
This concert is made possible, in part, by an endowment fund for choral music established by S. Donald Sussman in memory of Judith Arron and Robert Shaw.
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