Through an innovative partnership helmed by the Columbus Symphony’s Associate Conductor Peter Stafford Wilson and Columbus Children’s Choir’s Artistic Director Jeanne Wohlgamuth, the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO) and the New World Singers of Columbus Children’s Choir will present a concert showcase at NYC’s Carnegie Hall on Friday, June 15, at 8pm.
Just prior to leaving for NYC, Columbus Children’s Choir and CSYO will hold a free Big Apple Send-Off concert at Capital University’s Mees Hall on Tuesday, June 12, at 7:30pm. Both groups will perform their Carnegie Hall program at this concert.
Led by Wohlgamuth, the New World Singers of Columbus Children’s Choir, comprising 68 students from grades 6-12, will then conclude the program with performances of select works including Shenandoah (Jonathan Rogers), Sanctus from Requiem (Gabriel Fauré), How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (Victoria Bond), Gloria Kajoniensis (Gyöngyösi Levente), and Kyrie from Mass 6 (Orbán).
The Columbus Children’s Choir portion of these concerts is made possible through the generous support of Isaac Wiles, the Johnstone Fund for New Music, Kiwanis Club of Columbus, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Whole Foods, Puffin Foundation West, Ltd., Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio Arts Council, and The Columbus Foundation.
