The School Tour is back for the first time since 2019! (pictures)

The RVCC School Tour is back!! It’s the first School Tour since 2019! We had a great morning singing at Fairview Elementary, Virginia Heights Elementary, and Hurt Park Elementary.

We had fun singing for the school children and also singing Christmas Songs together. A beautiful morning sharing music with our community!

Congratulations to our singers for such a successful School Tour 2024!

And many thanks to choir dad, and professional photographer, David Halpin, for these lovely photos!!

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The RVCC Concert Choir performed at the 2024 Holiday Pops!

Holiday Pops were tonight! It was a beautiful night of accomplishment, music, and memories.

The RVCC sang alongside the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro David Stewart Wiley, the RSO Chorus and Guest Choruses, and special guest vocalist Michael Lynche!

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8th Annual RVCC Community Carol Sing-A-Long! Free Event on Saturday, Dec. 7th, 2024 at Taubman Museum.

Here are some pictures from the RVCC Holiday Sing-A-Long on December 7th, 2024 at the Taubman Museum! It was such a beautiful, fun event!

Thank you to the Taubmain Museum for being such gracioius hosts, thank you to the RVCC volunteers who helped with the event, thank you to the RVCC singers / joke tellers / fact tellers for being such a bright light spreading warm holiday spirit. And thank you to RVCC volunteer David Halpin for the amazing photos!

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Sing Carols with the Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir at the 8th Annual Community Carol Sing-A-Long 


This happy, fun, and free event will be held on Saturday, December 7th, 2024 at the beautiful Taubman Museum in downtown Roanoke 


Come and sing along to your favorite holiday carols! Fun and family friendly! 

No ticket required. FREE Event!

Coming up…..the 38th annual Holiday Concert with the Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir on December 21st with concerts at 1:30 PM and 4:00 PM at Cave Spring Baptist Church.  Tickets can be purchased at tickets.childrenschoir.com.


Some pictures from past RVCC Sing-A-Longs

Pictures from the 2024 RVCC Fall Retreat! Thank you to everyone involved!

The 2024 Fall Retreat was a big success! Thank you chaperones, planning committee, and choristers!! It was a beautiful weekend in every way possible!!

The Fall Retreat was held at the Smith Mountain Lake 4-H Center on October 19-20, 2024. There were lots of rehearsals, bonding, fun activities, and a dance party!

Here are pictures from the 2024 Fall Retreat!

More pictures from our amazing photography volunteer, David Halpin!




The RVCC Concert Choir sang at the 2024 Miss Virginia Pageant!

The RVCC Concert Choir had the privilege of opening the final evening of the Miss Virginia Pageant on June 29 at the Berglund Center.  The Concert Choir sang the National Anthem with Tiffany Haas who was Glinda in “Wicked” on Broadway for 11 years.  We were thrilled to sing with the beautiful and talented Ms. Haas and enjoyed the “behind the scenes” peak at the big production. 

It was an amazing experience with the RVCC Concert Choir at the "Virginia Choir Festival"!

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The Concert Choir just returned from the Virginia Choral Festival where we combined our voices with the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir and the Virginia Children’s Choir for a workshop day with Dr. John Irving, choral director at Christopher Newport University, and we also sang in the beautiful Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk for a concert to benefit the Norfolk Street Choir Project.  (A choir for homeless people and they also helps with other needs)

Our singers, chaperones, and trip leader (Michelle Sublett) were all STELLAR!!  I couldn’t be more proud! 

It’s hard to say which is more beautiful in the RVCC; the singing or the teamwork!  I guess they go hand in hand.  Everyone was so kind and helpful in all the everyday matters of traveling together for four days.  Our singers were SO attentive and smart in how they took new instruction from other directors.  The singing was so beautiful. 

And no choir trip is complete without a story to tell!  While we were all singing a beautiful concert in the Basilica, the bus had a malfunction and all of the air came out of the bus system causing the bus to go to its lowest position, which blocked the door from opening because the door was now against the curb.  Our bus driver was calling other bus companies, towing places, even the police to see if they could jack it up and nothing was working out for help.  I asked the bus driver if we could try to tip the bus up to get the door high enough to open so she could get in the bus.  There was a learning curve, and there was a lot of enthusiasm!  The RVCC couldn’t quite get it alone and called on the help of the SVCC and it worked!  We tipped a bus!!!!  It was probably one of the most exciting moments and also one of the biggest examples of team work!!  Hurray for our teamwork!! 

Pictures of the trip below!

Director, Ms. Davidson

The RVCC will have concerts in Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia in June as part of the "Virginia Choir Festival"!

Update: Click here to Read about and see pictures from the trip!

The Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir “Concert Choir” will be travelling to Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia in June 2024 as part of the “Virginia Choir Festival”! The RVCC is performing in two concerts with other participating choirs, “Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir” and “Virginia Children’s Chorus”. The concert dates and poster are below.

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024: 5:00 PM, Free Concert at Christopher Newport University, Peebles Theatre, in Newport News, Virginia (map it).

Thursday, June 27th, 2024: 7:00 PM, Concert at The Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk, Virginia (map it). Donations accepted to benefit the Norfolk Street Choir Project.

Roanoke Valley Children's Choir

Directed by Kimberly Davidson

 

Shenandoah Valley Children's Choir

Directed by Janet Hostetter

 

Virginia Children's Chorus

Directed by Corbin T. Pinto

 

Guest Conductor on Wednesday 6/26

Dr. John Irving

Director of Choral Studies, Christopher Newport University

Thank you to the volunteers & everyone who came to learn about the choir at the RVCC Newcomer Introductory Classes in May!

We had a great turnout at the first Newcomer Introductory Class on May 17th! We met lots of new fantastic singers and families! And the RVCC Newcomer Class #2 on May 20th, another great success! Young singers and their parents joined in singing, clapping, warming up, and getting to know about the RVCC program. Thank you to our volunteer helpers and everyone who came to learn about the choir!

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RVCC Director Kimberly Davidson nominated as "Hero" in education by United Way of Roanoke Valley

United Way of Roanoke Valley announced that Kim Davidson of the Roanoke Valley has been selected as a Hero as part of the 100 Heroes Project! This year marks the 100th anniversary of the United Way of Roanoke Valley, and in celebration of a century of service, they are spotlighting individuals within our community who are quietly making a significant impact.

The RVCC wants to say congratulations and thank you to Director, Kim Davidson, for her hard work building and nurturing this choir program for the past 37 years!

See all the Heroes selected in the Roanoke Valley here: uwrv.org/100-heroes

Read about our RVCC Director, Kim Davidson, on the United Way Heroes webpage here: uwrv.org/100-heroes-winners#education&KimDavidson

The A, B, B+ Choirs Sang at the "Music in the Parks" Festival in Williamsburg. They did amazing and it was a lot of fun!

The A B B+ Choirs are winners at the Music in the Parks Festival in Williamsburg on April 5-6 winning first place in their division and also winning best overall choir for Elementary Choirs and also for Middle School Choirs!  A beautiful weekend of singing, new friendships, and fun! Thank you to our stellar chaperones, respectful and hard working choristers, awesome trip leader Madeline Walk, and musical staff of Kim, Kim, and Carla!!



 
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