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Northwest Girlchoir is a community of young women creating beautiful music and life-long friendships. In a positive environment, choristers learn vocal technique, part-singing, music reading, and the personal and social skills needed to perform with sophistication and heart. Activities include four mainstage concerts, community collaborations, outreach performances and a week-long summer day camp. Singers in Vivace and Amore have the opportunity to take part in national and international tours and choral festivals. In the past our choristers have traveled all over the United States and to countries including Croatia, Japan, Italy, Brazil, and Australia. Rehearsals are September through early June. |
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Songbirds (Age 4 - Pre-K)
Seattle: Thursdays, 2:00 – 2:45pm
Your daughter will sing, dance, play games, play instruments, giggle, and have a lot of fun in this early childhood music exploration class. A non-auditioned class for four year olds through Pre-K, Songbirds explores music readiness concepts and skills which will lay a foundation for a lifetime of musical participation and enjoyment. Songbirds has three, 10-week sessions during our season with a classroom performance at the end of each session.
Session 1: Sept 23 – Dec 9, 2010.
Session 2: Jan 6 – Mar 17, 2011.
Session 3: Mar 24 – May 26, 2011. |
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Music Makers (Kindergarten), 4:00-4:45pm
Seattle: Tuesdays or Thursdays
Eastside: Wednesdays
Northwest Girlchoir invites girls entering kindergarten to join Music Makers, our youngest performing non-auditioned choir. Fast-paced, developmentally appropriate, fun classes introduce fundamental musical skills and healthy vocal exploration. Music Makers girls participate in three Northwest Girlchoir concerts per year, and delight audiences with their emerging musicianship and boundless enthusiasm. |
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Prep Choir (Grades 1–2) 5:00-6:00pm
Seattle: Mondays or Tuesdays or Thursdays
Eastside: Wednesdays
First and second graders are invited to join Northwest Girlchoir’s non-auditioned performing group, Prep Choir. Through active, informal games and activities, fundamentals of music and healthy vocal production are introduced and practiced, and girls participate in three Northwest Girlchoir performances per year. |
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Fresca (Grades 3-6)
Seattle, Tuesdays or Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 pm
Eastside: Wednesdays
Artistic Director Sara Boos leads the Fresca choir, which builds a foundation for enjoyment and success in Northwest Girlchoir. There is focus on developing concentration, attention span, and the skills to work together as a group. Our goals are to learn to sing with relaxed, healthy tone, follow a music score, read basic rhythms and pitch patterns, to sing unison and 2-part songs, and to have fun! |
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Amabile (Grades 4-7) 4:30-6:00 pm
Seattle: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Eastside: Mondays and Wednesdays
Led by Darcy Morrissey, this level offers choristers the opportunity to develop confidence in singing a wide variety of 2-part repertoire. Amabile singers develop more advanced skills in music reading, as well as more accurate intonation and an expanded high-voice range. With more rehearsal time, girls also start to build stronger friendships and a deeper sense of responsibility for and pride in their choir community. |
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Vivace (Grades 6-10)
Seattle: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 pm
Under the direction of Beth Ann Bonnecroy, the choristers in Vivace sing in 3 or more parts and experience more sophisticated repertoire and musical training. They have expanded performing opportunities, both during mainstage concerts and throughout the community. Vivace singers receive instruction in developing their maturing singing voices and are choral leaders-in-training. Each summer Vivace participates in regional choral festivals. Recent appearances have included festivals in Vancouver, BC, Eugene, Oregon and Denver, Colorado. |
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Amore (Grades 8-12)
Seattle, Mondays, 6:30-8:45 pm, one Sunday evening per month, 5:30-8:30 pm
Our largest choir, made up of 50 members, is directed by Sara Boos. At the Amore level, choristers participate in sophisticated music-making, through the complexity and beauty of the repertoire, the independence and skills necessary to learn the music and texts, and the increasing demands for consistent, healthy, and brilliant vocal tone. Amore choristers share their talents and love of singing in performances throughout Puget Sound and participate in regional choral festivals and national and international tours. |
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Ensemble (Grades 10-12)
Seattle, Thursdays, 6:30-8:00 pm
Ensemble is made up of 20 auditioned Amore singers who want the experience and challenge of performing in a smaller group. Their repertoire includes more a cappella music, chamber music, and pop and vocal jazz arrangements.
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Tuition
Tuition is payable in eight monthly payments from September to April. Tuition rates vary according to choir level. Current monthly payments range from $48.75-$166.25. |
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Financial Assistance
We offer financial assistance based on need, with awards granted for up to 85% of tuition costs. Currently, fifteen percent of our families receive some form of scholarship aid. |
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Auditions
For more information or to schedule an audition please contact Kristi Seifert, kristi@northwestgirlchoir.org or 206-527-0239. Northwest Girlchoir, 520 NE Ravenna Blvd; Seattle, WA 98115.
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