Rainier Youth Choirs to perform holiday concert

Join the Rainier Youth Choirs' for its holiday concert, "Ring Out, Wild Bells," set for 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 SE 248th St.

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  • Sunday, November 23, 2014 1:17pm
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The Rainier Youth Choirs' Bella Voce and Colla Voce groups performed during the Kentwood High School Choir Boosters Holiday Boutique on Nov. 15.

The Rainier Youth Choirs' Bella Voce and Colla Voce groups performed during the Kentwood High School Choir Boosters Holiday Boutique on Nov. 15.

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Join the Rainier Youth Choirs’ for its holiday concert, “Ring Out, Wild Bells,” set for 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Kent United Methodist Church, 11010 SE 248th St.

The concert will feature six ensembles of more than one-hundred talented local youth. A tradition, the RYC will include audience sing-a-longs of familiar carols, and RYC alumni will be invited on stage to sing some holiday favorites with current members.

The program includes traditional favorites such as: John Rutter’s “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day”; G. F. Handel’s “How Beautiful Are the Feet” from Messiah; Wilhousky’s “Carol of the Bells”; and seasonal arrangements including Marc Hafso’s “There is no Rose of Such Virtue”; Stratton’s arrangement of “Patapan”, a new composition by Stephen Main entitled “The Darkest Midnight in December” featuring Julia Swienty of Covington on celeste; and Lindbergh High School’s Sarah Harkness adds her virtuoso flute to an arrangement of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” by Timothy Bandy.

The finale, Jim Papoulis’s new “Sing for Peace,” will include all 100-plus RYC singers with handbells, djembe, flute and glockenspiel.

“And we’ve even got a bit of jazz and barbershop, too,” said Leora Schwitters, RYC’s artistic director.

A “cookie mingle” follows the concert.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors/students (12 and older), $5 for children younger than 12, if purchased in advance (available at www.RainierYouthChoirs.org). If not sold out, tickets also will be available at the door for $15/$12/$7, respectively, starting at 2:15 p.m. All ticket prices are listed as a suggested minimum donation amount.

Colla Voce also will perform on the Dec. 11 Argosy Christmas Ship, departing at 7 p.m. from Des Moines (www.argosycruises.com).

Rainier Youth Choirs is a nonprofit, community-based choral performance and music education sponsored in part by the Kent Arts Commission and 4 Culture.

Singers in grade two and up, who wish to join RYC in January, can schedule an audition through Dec. 15. Visit www.RainierYouthChoirs.org for more information.


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