Germantown Friends School Choir
Frank Van Atta, conductor
Miku Shiota, piano
Entrance is free with prior reservation at info@kuzd.hr ili 023 627 762. - The concert is sold out!
Choir is comprised of approximately fifty auditioned singers in grades ten through twelve, and the group performs frequently throughout the year including for annual Fall, Holiday, and Spring concerts. The GFS Choir has collaborated with many notable ensembles and musicians from around the world, including Singing City Philadelphia, the Yale Glee Club, and members of the Philadelphia Pops. The ensemble has also debuted several pieces, including the Philadelphia premiere of Paul Mealor’s Stabat Mater and somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon.
In addition to the ensemble’s many performances on campus and in the Philadelphia area, the GFS Choir regularly tours both nationally and internationally. In the past fifty years, Choir has sung across five continents in performance tours spanning China, England, Scotland, France, Scandinavia, Canada, Poland, Russia, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica. Choir eagerly anticipates their 2022 tour to Venice and the Dalmatian Coast.
The Choir is conducted by Frank Van Atta and accompanied by Miku Shiota.