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RVCC Concert Choir Selected to Perform at Southern ACDA Convention in Alabama!
Congratulations to the RVCC Concert Choir who have been selected to sing for the Southern Division American Choral Directors Association Convention! Over 100 choirs auditioned, 16 were selected, and we will be showcasing our talents in Mobile, Alabama in March 2020. Our young singers are representing the best of the best from 13 southern division states and we are proud to call Roanoke home.
The Concert Choir will have a solo performance at the convention on March 12 at 9:45 AM at Saenger Theater, and will also be a performing choir in the All-Convention Worship Services on Friday, March 13 at 5:00 and 6:30. Congratulations to Ms. Davidson and the Concert Choir!
Photos courtesy of Lori Hedrick Photography
RVCC Community Sing-A-Long at the Taubman Museum!
Friday, December 13th, 7:00-7:30 pm, at the Taubman Museum in Roanoke, VA.
Come join us at the 5th Annual Community Sing-A-Long, hosted by the RVCC! With your help, we will be singing classic holiday carols to get into the holiday spirit! Song booklets will be handed out at the door.
*No ticket necessary. Come on by and sing with us, it’s free and fun!
Prepare for your audition with the free "Ready, Set, Sing!" class on December 9th
You can support the RVCC with every Amazon purchase you make!
The RVCC is part of the Amazon Smile program. It is a great program where if people shop at smile.amazon.com, 0.5% of the proceeds will automatically go to a non-profit organization of their choice.
You can now support the RVCC just by shopping with Amazon!
The C Choir performed at the Virginia Tech Moss Center!
Update: You can view the video of RVCC Concert Choir performance at the Virginia Tech Moss Center below
The video is also at this link: https://video.vt.edu/media/Virginia+Tech+launches+Boundless+Impact+campaign/1_5p376zpr#t=59:20
Update from Ms. D (October 11th): Congratulations C Choir!! Fantastic performance at VT tonight! I'm so proud of you!! ~ Ms D 🎶🎶
Original Post (October 10th):
On Friday, October 11th, the RVCC Concert Choir will sing with the Virginia Tech choirs and the Blacksburg Master Chorale in a performance at the Virginia Tech Moss Center. We are proud of our C Choir!
*Tickets are not available for this performance*
Today, they traveled to Virginia Tech to rehearse:
Tickets are Now On Sale for the 2019 RVCC Holiday Concert!
Sing-A-Long and Learn with the RVCC on Youtube!
We will be having a new series of videos coming out every Monday on Youtube, where you can “Sing-A-Long and Learn with the RVCC”. These will include warm-ups and songs where anybody can follow along and practice singing!
We are excited about it!
The first few songs are up now.
Announcing the new RVCC "Little Singers" class for ages 4 ½ - 7 🙂
Senior Night at Ms. D’s 2019!
The RVCC 2020 graduating seniors came to Ms. D’s house for a Senior Night party!
2019 Summer Newcomer Auditions Available!
Concert review: RSO's 'Angelic Voices' soars on wings of children's choir
There was a glowing review from the Roanoke Times of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra’s Destination Concert at the Taubman, highlighting our wonderful RVCC singers!
A warm thank you to David Stewart Wiley and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and to the Taubman Museum!
Roanoke Valley Children’s Choir singing at the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra’s Destination Concert at the Taubman Museum on May 6th, 2019
A & B choir singers at the Ronald McDonald House in Roanoke
We loved singing at the Ronald Mcdonald House for the 35th anniversary celebration. They do great work helping families with children in the hospital.
Ronald McDonald House Website: https://www.rmhc.org/
The A, B, and B+ choirs went to Williamsburg/Busch Gardens!
The A, B, B+ choirs performed at a festival in Williamsburg, VA. They sang great (superior ratings from the judges all around) and had a fun time visiting historic Williamsburg and Busch Gardens!
The RVCC was voted the “Favorite Music Program” in Growing Up in the Valley Magazine!!
Thanks to those who voted for us! You can check it out in the April 2019 issue of Growing up in the Valley, and you can also check it out online here!
Growing Up In the Valley April 2019 Online magazine:
Growing Up In The Valley website:
2019 Spring Concert April 7th!
The RVCC was featured on "Living Local" TV Show!
Ms. Davidson went on the local Fox morning show “Living Local”, hosted by a choir alumna, Kianna Price, to talk about the choir and the upcoming concert.
We love Kianna, and she still has an active role in helping out with the choir concerts (you’ll see her on stage before the concert starts), and we thank her for having us on her show!
Here’s the video!
The RVCC went to Washington D.C. !
Singing from our hearts and loving every minute of our time together!
It was an honor to be sing the Evensong Service at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.. We sang the Preces and Responses, a Psalm, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis and an Anthem. We had a tour, learned how to process in and out, practiced with the Cathedral Organist and learned about the majesty and traditions of the National Cathedral. The service was and the entire experience was somber and elegant, yet joyful and exciting! As always, our singers certainly did shine!
On Saturday and Sunday we participated in a Choral Festival with the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir, the Children’s Chorus of Washington, DC, and the Strathmore Children’s Choir. We had rehearsals on Saturday, followed by pizza lunch together. The concert on Sunday, at Strathmore Hall, was AMAZING! Each choir sang solo repertoire and together we performed four songs. The music and friendships will last a lifetime!
In between performances and rehearsals we had a tour of the White House, the Capitol Building, and some time at the Smithsonian and on the National Mall. Senior night was especially high-spirited and full of big laughs and funny stories.
We did have a few hiccups along the way, just to keep us sharp! Besides the usual small illnesses and/or misbehaving choristers, on our Sunday performance day, at Strathmore, the lunch orders got mixed up and I (Ms. D) had to go into full “Ms. D mode” with the manager and staff at the restaurant to get the food to our choristers. Then one of the busses broke down and all 76 choristers piled on one bus to drive to the performance site. Since we were running behind schedule we practiced on the bus! It was rushed, a little panicky, hot, close quarters, instructions being called out and then switched and called out again and again. We were a bit stressed, but nothing a good bottle of water, poking some singing fun at the restaurant, and some encouragement couldn’t fix.
No one could ever tell that our choristers had been stretched nearly to their limits when they performed with precision and heart! We have the best young people and I am grateful for them and the fun and excitement that goes along with it. Hurray for our Washington trip. Awesome trip leaders! Awesome Chaperones! Awesome Choristers! It was a 100% success!
Thank you for your support on "RV Gives - Giving Day"!
44 donors helped us raise $4,790 on “RV Gives - Giving Day”. Thank you so much for your support, and you will help make the choir grow in outreach and support for our singers and community.
Link to the RV Gives page:
rvgives.givebig.org/c/rvgives/a/childrenschoir
Help us raise $12,500 for the choir!
The RVCC is participating in “Roanoke Valley Gives”, which is a fundraising effort that culminates on 3/13/2019. We have set a goal of $12,500. We can do a lot with that money, such as supporting community outreach programs, scholarships for children, concert venue rental, hiring instrumentalists, and purchasing choral sheet music.
You can donate anytime before or on March 13th, 2019 (3/13/2019), and the donation will be processed on giving day, March 13th, 2019.
Here is the page where you can donate for this special fundraising effort:
rvgives.givebig.org/c/rvgives/a/childrenschoir
Let’s see what we can do to help our program and our singers! Thank you so much!
