In July 2023, twenty-five singers from the South Bay Children’s Choir will travel to England for the fourth time to participate in the International Children’s Choir Festival in Canterbury and London. Our singers will have the opportunity to perform with other choirs from various countries in the Canterbury Cathedral and the Southwark Cathedral, both wonderful venues with incredible acoustics. All the choirs in the Festival will also sing together for an Evensong service in the Canterbury Cathedral, and our choir was invited to sing a solo concert at noon in the Cathedral as well.
SBCC will have numerous chances to work with internationally recognized choral conductors Henry Leck and Dr. David Flood, which is an incredible experience for them. Our singers put much effort into perfecting their music before going to the Festival, but their singing will be even more glorious after spending the week in England performing and learning from guest conductors as well as their peers. It is an honor for us to be invited to participate, and our members will grow musically as well as personally from the experience.
SBCC plans summer tours about every two years, sometimes international and sometimes within the United States.