AWAKE CHILDREN'S CHORAL FESTIVAL
February 8, 2020
AWAKE is excited to celebrate our 21st choral festival this year! Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date with the latest news regarding the children's choral festival, including guest clinician biography, information for directors, and information for family and administrators.
CLINICIAN BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Brooks has been the choir director at Germantown High School for eight years. During that time, the choir program has grown in size and scope to include three curricular choirs and two co-curricular choirs, including the school's first competitive a cappella ensemble, Sol-Town. Mr. Brooks's choirs have been featured with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in performances of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah and Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem. The choirs have also performed Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall under the direction of John Rutter with the New England Symphony Orchestra, and with the acclaimed vocal group Army Singers in Washington, D.C. The choirs are currently preparing for their European tour to Vienna and Prague in the spring of 2021. Mr. Brooks is an active participant in the semi-professional choir Chant Claire, where he serves as the group's president. He would like to thank Amie Beeman and all of the AWAKE members for the opportunity to work with your wonderfully talented students.
INFORMATION FOR DIRECTORS
Please note the change in venue this year:
Kewaskum High School
1510 Bilgo Ln
Kewaskum, WI 53040
Music has been mailed out.
Concert dress this year will be the same as the past several years. ALL black on bottom with a t-shirt on top. A t-shirt order form was sent and orders must be turned in by January 10th to guarantee the correct sizing.
Recording tracks and director notes were sent via Google doc from Corinne Galligan. If you did not receive this please contact Corinne Galligan to get this.
Some recordings were also added to the website and can be found by clicking the link below:
The concert is open to the public and tickets will be available for purchase at the door, $5 for adult tickets and $3 for children's tickets (cash or check only).
Tentative Schedule for the Day:
8:30 am -Registration
9:00 am -Rehearsal
12:00 pm -Lunch
1:00 pm -Rehearsal
2:30 pm - Doors open for the concert
3:00 pm - Concert (open to the public)