Golden Gate International Youth Choral Festival Opening Concert
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More than 650 young vocal artists will convene in the East Bay for the tenth triennial Golden Gate International Children's and Youth Choral Festival July 13-18 presented by Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir. The young singers--who represent 21 choirs from eight countries on four continents-will come together to perform, compete and sing during a week of public concerts and workshops throughout the Bay Area culminating in the highly anticipated presentation of the 650 voice combined mega-chorus. The Festival opens with a Parade of Flags and Concert the evening of July 13 featuring all 21 choruses performing individually giving audiences a taste of the virtuosity and versatility to come during the week. The week features daily free public concerts and competitions, a special concert featuring the world-renowned Estonian Television Girls Choir, a new work, Pandora's Gift, by American composer Mark Winges and staged by choreographer Erika Chong Shuch, and culminates in a Grand Awards Concert featuring the winners of the competitions and all 21 choruses combined to perform collaborative repertoire learned during the Festival week.
One of the world's most celebrated gatherings of young singers, the Golden Gate International Children's and Youth Choral Festival attracts choirs from all over the globe to perform, compete, and build international friendships. Founded in 1991, the Golden Gate Festival is sponsored every three years by the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir in the San Francisco Bay Area. It remains one of the only opportunities for children's and youth choirs to meet and compete on an international field in the United States. Since its founding, the event has brought nearly 5,000 young musicians in nearly 100 choirs from more than two dozen countries together performing for more than 60,000 audience members from throughout Northern California.
$18-$42.
Presented by Golden Gate Festival