Sunday, November 29, 2009

42.6 Million Americans Can't Be Wrong!

New Study Finds Positive Benefits of Choruses and Choral Singing for Children, Adults, and Communities

If you enjoy singing with your neighbors, congregation, or classmates, you’re taking an increasingly popular path to a successful life. According to a new study by Chorus America, an estimated 32.5 million adults regularly sing in choruses today, up from 23.5 million estimated in 2003. And when children are included, there are 42.6 million Americans singing in choruses in 2009. More than 1 in 5 households have at least one singing family member, making choral singing the most popular form of participation in the performing arts for both adults and children.

That’s good news because singing in one of the 270,000 choruses in the U.S., such as a community chorus or a school or church choir, is strongly correlated with qualities that are associated with success throughout life, the study finds. Greater civic involvement, discipline, and teamwork are just a few of the attributes fostered by singing with a choral ensemble.

from Chorus America, 2009
Read the full report, How Children, Adults, and Communities Benefit from Choruses: The 2009 Chorus Impact Study. It is available online from Chorus America at www.chorusamerica.org.
Posted by Chippewa Valley Community Chorus Board at 6:46 PM

Our 2009 Concert

Music fit for a Queen Chippewa Valley
Spring Concert
7 pm, Saturday, March 21
3 pm, Sunday, March 22
Chippewa Valley Cultural Association / Heyde Center
3 S. High Street, Chippewa Falls

The program features Mozart's Coronation Mass, a tribute to the rock band Queen, works by local composer Warren Hermodson spirituals.

Conducted by Val Knobloch
Accompanist: Elaine Mann
Soloists: Cathy Statz, Wilma Hovland, Terry Hoepner, Mike
Steinberger, Howard White & Randy Adams

Adult-$6 Students-$3 Children under 5-free
tickets available at the door

In cooperation with the Chippewa Valley Cultural Association.
For more information, please call 715-726-9000

Our 2008 Season

The 2008 concert featured Frostiana by Randall Thompson and music by Mack Wilberg, complemented by a selection of spirituals. Frostiana is a large work based on a collection of well-known poems by the American poet Robert Frost. Thompson was a prolific Twentieth Century American composer who wrote for choral groups, symphony, strings, and opera. His settings capture perfectly the mood and pace of Frost’s The Road Not Taken, Stopping By Woods, and several others. 2008 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the commissioning of Frostiana. Mack Wilberg provides settings of four American folk hymns. Wilberg is currently the Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and has had a long and distinguished career. His arrangements of these four hymns are inspirational in their energy and grandeur. The concert will also feature a piano duet. The concert once again was directed by Valerius Knobloch, and accompanied on piano by Elaine Mann and Judy Lies. Performances took place at 7:00 PM, Saturday April 26th, and at 3:00 PM on Sunday April 27th.