Carolina Voices' FESTIVAL SINGERS

Festival Singers is the classic music choir of Carolina Voices, consisting of 26-32 auditioned singers.  The ensemble specializes in small-form compositions ranging from Renaissance motets to newly composed 20^th and 21^st century masterpieces, both accompanied and a cappella.  The ensemble’s purpose is to present/perform a high quality of diverse music selections while striving to preserve the integrity of the music, both traditional and contemporary choral music.  It is the intent to perform music that reaches a variety of communities, socially and culturally.  Small, intimate venues are selected as to create a connection between the audience and the singers and to help educate audiences about the music being performed.

Director:  Donna Hill

Recognitions and Achievements:

• Recipient of the 2005 McColl Award by the Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC
   

• 2005-06 Season — Premiered three new works of choral music including Henry Millicone’s Beatitude Mass, William Dailey’s Sing Unto the Lord and David Crowe’s Psalm 138 in celebration of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit in Charlotte.   
   
• Selected to perform at Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival as a part of  The 2008 Choral Artists Series — for the 21st consecutive year.