KASC Junior Choral Festival

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Saturday, May 18, 2019 — Rehearsal

  • 12:45 Check-in
  • 1:00–4:30 Rehearsal
  • 4:30 Distribution of choir T-shirt and dismissal

Sunday, May 19, 2019 — Dress Rehearsal and Concert

  • 12:45 Check-in
  • 1:00—3:45 Dress Rehearsal
  • 4:00 Festival Concert

LOCATION

Glendale City Church

610 E California Ave, Glendale, CA 91206

STUDENT DRESS

Festival T-shirt and black bottoms.


CONTACT: Email kascchoralfestival@gmail.com

COST

$20 PER SINGER; $50 REGISTRATION FEE (non-refundable, but deducted from your final payment)

REPERTOIRE

  • "Dodi Li" — Israeli Song, arranged by Doreen Rao
  • "Music for Children Choral Suite I" — Carl Orff & Gunild Keetman, adapted by Susan Brumfield
    • I. "Girls and Boys Come Out to Play"
    • II. "Cradle Song"
    • III. "Dance, Lassie Do"
  • Hungarian Folk Song
  • "Shake the Papaya Down" — Calypso song, arranged by Ruth E. Dwyer & Judith M. Waller
  • "Oye" — Jim Papoulis
  • "Tum Balalaika" Russian folk song arr. by Jay Broeker


Our Guest Conductor: Lissie Quishenberry

Lissie Quishenberry is the director of the K-8 music and drama program at the Barnhart School in Arcadia. She also directs the First Experiences in Choral Singing (FECS), which she piloted in the fall of 2011, and teaches Level VII Musicianship and Conducting for Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC). Having directed at Glendale City SDA Church for 11 years, Mrs. Quishenberry now organizes an annual sacred children’s choral music festival.

Mrs. Quishenberry received her vocal training beginning her seventh grade year in the Canoga Park SDA Church under the lively baton of Dr. Albert Mayes. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from La Sierra University, where she studied Elementary Education and Music. She completed her Orff-Schulwerk certification and Secondary Music Education coursework at CSULA and her Kodály Certification at APU. She enjoys applying these diverse pedagogues in classroom, choir, and teacher training settings. She is also a member of the Mountainside Master Chorale and is working on her Masters in Choral Conducting at CSULA.