Chamber Choir

Just Hours Left in #TogetherInSong!

There’s still time to have your gift matched dollar-for-dollar!

We’re in the final stretch of our #TogetherInSong campaign, and we could really use your support to surpass our $20,000 campaign goal.

Together, we have raised $15,000!

There’s still time to double your gift. Thanks to the generous support of Peggy & Alan Spool, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar. Individual donations, gifts of stock, and corporate matches can ALL be matched (see below for more information).

Many thanks to all our friends and families who have participated in this campaign!

And for your viewing pleasure!

Composed for Vivace’s Chamber and Concert Choirs, Brian Holmes fantastical “The Song of Mr. Toad” is based on the character, Mr. Toad, from Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. Holmes weaves together various musical and literary themes throughout the work, including musical quotations and humor. (Listen for the British National Anthem, “God Save the Queen.”)

Read more about the composer in this interview published on Chorus America’s website.

Enjoy!

Creating Connection

“Enriching lives through the power of creative expression”

A few years ago, Vivace participated in a national, multi-year social change initiative called Creating Connection. Still ongoing, CC’s mission is to make creative expression a recognized, valued, and expected part of everyday life.

As a part of our acceptance into the local cohort (sponsored by the City of San Jose), Vivace was awarded a grant to purchase GoPro recording equipment and engage singers in the creation of behind-the-scenes videos. Since then, we have filmed more hours than we want to count and created several videos. The first video here is from our 2017 Eastern Canada Tour and the second is from our 2017 Concert/Chamber Choirs Hidden Villa Retreat.

The thing that makes these videos special is that the footage was filmed by singers who were unleashing their creating expression. Enjoy!

Together In Song & Giving Tuesday Now Updates

 

Thank you for helping get our #TogetherInSong celebration off to a great start! Together, we’ve raised $2,600 on #GivingTuesdayNow! If you missed Giving Tuesday, that’s okay. You can still help us reach our $40,000 goal before May 16.

#TogetherInSong is a fundraising campaign, but more importantly it’s an engagement campaign. Shelter-in-place is challenging, and we believe that choral music can bring us together despite our social isolation.

Visit our website each day for videos from our archives and stories from our community. Follow us @vivaceyouthchorus on Facebook and Instagram for notifications every time we post a new video. We will also send a few summary emails between now and May 16.

The Vivace Youth Chorus Chamber & Concert Choirs sing "Bedu Pako Baramasa," a folk song from the Kumaon region of northern India, arranged by Meghan Quinlan. Peggy Spool, conductor; Abhishek Kulkarni, tabla; parent Cliff Winnig, sitar; Shrivalli Addepally, Margaret Gardella, and Medha Sarkar, soloists. Performed at Westminster Presbyterian Church, San José, California, on January 13, 2019.