About this Event
The local choir Sibelius High School Girls Choir, directed by Reijo Aittakumpu, will open the concert and the two choirs will also offer a collaborative performance at the end of the concert.
Founded in 2001 as a sibling organization to the Grammy award-winning Texas Boys Choir, Singing Girls of Texas (SGT) is a premier treble choral program and the young singers are part of Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA).
SGT and respective members have received superior accolades from University Interscholastic League (UIL) Concert and Sight-Reading Contest and District and State Solo and Ensemble Contest, have performed at National and Regional American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conferences, have received superior ratings at National Associate for Teachers of Singing (NATS) contests, have toured to New York, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah, and Minnesota, were selected to present a student-led presentation at New Mexico Music Educators Association in January 2023 on “Connection”, and travelled to participate in the Winter Park Ski Music Festival in Colorado in March 2023.
Their 2024 programming includes the World Premiere of composer-in-residence Sarah Quartel’s “She Sang the Stars: Tales of the Kalevala”.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Temppeliaukion Church, 3 Lutherinkatu, Helsinki, Finland
GBP 0.00