New Riverdale Youth Chorus - first rehearsal Oct. 1, 4:45 pm

Riverdale Youth Chorus is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural season! RYC is a new children's chorus open to kids in 3rd through 9th grades without audition and to older kids by arrangement. (Older kids will sing while also learning about and assisting in choral conducting.). The program aims to strengthen participants’ music literacy, teach healthy vocal production, and expose kids to the joys and rewards of

choral singing and performance. Led by a Yale music graduate and professional choral instructor, RYC does not require an audition because we believe that virtually every child can sing on key, whether naturally or through proper training – and because choral singing is so much fun that all kids should have a chance to do it.

The Particulars:

* Meets weekly on Sundays from 4:45 pm to 6 pm,

starting October 1, 2017, at 3700 Henry Hudson

Parkway, Bronx (Hebrew Institute of Riverdale)

* Fall semester runs 11 weeks (no rehearsal Sunday

11/26), program resumes in January/February 2018 for

spring semester

* Rehearsal structure: 15 minutes of instruction in

aspects of voice, ear training, music theory, and sight

singing; one hour of rehearsing repertoire drawn from

variety of genres

* Choral director: Yale music major; teaching artist with

Yale-initiated children’s chorus in New Haven; student

conductor of Yale Glee Club; choir director for New

Haven Boys and Girls Clubs

* Performance of semester’s repertoire to be scheduled

for date in mid-December

* Tuition: $300 for the 11-week fall semester, $40 sibling

discount

To sign up or if you have questions email us at riverdaleyouthchorus@gmail.com. We hope to see you on October 1!