Concert Participants

About:

Hamilton High School Concert Choir is from Sussex, Wisconsin. Under the direction of Marilyn Mascitti and Megan Menzel, the choirs have performed competitively in New York and Disney World, and this is the choir’s first trip out of the country for the performance opportunity. The group travelling to London is a sub-group of our larger choir program, which contains 3 curricular choirs and a competitive show choir, overall involving over 130 students in the school.

Fun Fact:

The choirs at Hamilton have performed with the Milwaukee Master Singers, Mark Wood’s “Electrify Your Strings” program, and as part of a professional collaboration with the “McCartney Years.” They have participated in Carthage College choir festivals for over 10 years and sang as part of an area Choral Union concert at St. John’s Cathedral in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Social Media:

Website: Hamilton High School

Facebook: @hamiltonhschoirs

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The Pinewood School Choir hail from Pinewood High School in Los Altos Hills, California. We are a small school in the heart of Silicon Valley with a huge passion for the performing arts. Our touring choir is a combination of our two concert choirs and contemporary acappella ensemble. We love singing music that crosses a variety of genres and styles, from around the World, and past and present.

Social Media: 

Website: www.pinewoodarts.com

Facebook: @PinewoodPerformingArts

Instagram: @pwperformingarts

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Under the direction of Melanie Oran, the Walker Valley Band Program consists of 175 students across several ensembles including Chamber choir , Advanced Ladies Choir, Concert Choir and 9th Grade Girls Chorus. The choirs have performed for various local concerts and competitions in southeast Tennessee.

Fun Fact:

This will be the choir’s third appearance in London’s New Year’s Day Parade!

Social Media: 

Website: www.walkervalleyband.com 

Twitter: @wvhsband

About:

The Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra was established in 1971 and presently Britain’s leading orchestra for young musicians on the threshold of their professional careers. It provides invaluable experience to those who are studying or have recently completed their training, but are not yet established in the profession. The Orchestra exists to give these talented musicians the opportunity to rehearse and perform large-scale and lesser known orchestral works in the UK’s premier venues, receiving coaching from top professionals and working with eminent conductors and soloists.

Fun Fact:

The YMSO worked alongside Julian Lloyd Webber, Lesley Garrett, Sian Edwards, Nigel Kennedy, Tasmin Little and Peter Donohoe among other household names. performances have been given to great critical acclaim in all the major UK concert venues such as the Barbican Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, the Symphony Hall Birmingham, the Philharmonic Hall Liverpool and the Bridgewater Hall,

Social Media

Website: www.ymso.org.uk

Twitter: @YMSOtweets 

Facebook: @YMSO