Saturday, December 20, 2008 8:00 pm
Asheville Symphony Children's Chorus
Susan Hensley, director
Asheville Symphony Chorus
Dewitt Tipton, director & conductor
E-mail: dtipton@mhc.edu
Steven Williams, assistant director & accompanist
Asheville Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Kraemer, guest conductor
The Children's Chorus was formed as a collaborative effort with Dr.
Susan Hensley, Arts Education Supervisor for Buncombe County Schools.
Dr. Hensley has had extensive voice training and works with choirs in
several local churches. We discussed the prospect of a children's
chorus in the summer of 1998 and wrote letters to school music teachers
requesting names of recommended children. We had hoped for a minimum of
35 children and ended up with 64!
The
Chorus is open to 4th through 8th grade boys (unchanged voices) and
girls. The current membership stands at 65 singers from Asheville City
and Buncombe County public schools, private and home schools in the
area.
