Please click on the below link to register for the Choral Festival!
DATE: Friday, October 21st 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
PLACE: Smith Music Hall, Marshall University
REPERTOIRE: Chosen from the West Virginia All-State and All-State Chamber Choir lists, plus “Cum Sancto Spiritu” from Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 589, available without charge at www.cantatedomino.org. The repertoire list is posted on the website at: www.marshall.edu/music under upcoming festivals (scroll toward the bottom and you will see it on the right hand side). High schools will be responsible for providing sheet music for their students.
The selections are as follows:
Baba Yetu (SSATBB) – Christopher Tin, Hal Leonard Corporation, Publisher ID: 00293110
Let My Little Light Shine – arr. Philip Parlock, II (manuscript) distribution to be arranged
Joy – Hans Bridget Heruth Santa Barbara Music
The Pasture – Randall Stroope
Cum Sancto Spiritu-Vivaldi
CONTACT: Please include payment to Marshall University, name, voice part, and t-shirt sizes (S-M-L-XL-XXL) for each student.
PRESENTATIONS: MU Choirs and Voice/Choral faculty members
David Castleberry, Director of Choral Activities: castlebe@marshall.edu
Briana Nannen, Choral Music Education: nannen@marshall.edu
Alexander Lee, Voice: leeal@marshall.edu
Carline Waugh, Voice: waughc@marshall.edu
ATTIRE: Casual. We will wear festival t-shirts for the livestream broadcast.
FORMAT: Rehearsal of All-State music, supplemented by performances by MU Choral ensembles and presentations by members of the MU voice faculty. Students will receive a festival T-shirt and a certificate for participation. Parents may attend the final run through of music, which will begin at 5:00 pm. This will also be live-streamed and archived on our School of Music YouTube channel for family and friends or for students to review later for practice purposes.
REGISTRATION: $20/student. Checks made payable to “Marshall University.” No registration fee for directors.
Please mail checks to:
Marshall University-Smith Music Hall
c/o David Castleberry
1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
DEADLINE: Friday, September 30th (Students who register after this date, will not be guaranteed T-Shirts).
