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Studio A
Children's Choir
New Video: Choir 2006
Studio A Children's Choir Is an international award winning singing group which has been performing for over four years in the Utah area and abroad. Children range in age from approximately 4 to 16, both boys and girls.
Beside the fact that the children are very talented singers/ performers, they represent 14 different first and second generation nationalities, and about a dozen religious denominations. Children attending come from Bountiful down to Provo in Utah, from the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming , and from California.
Children are currently being taught in five different locations;
Heritage Music at 971 S, State, Orem Thursday 4:30-5:30
The Pointe Academy, Lindon , Monday 6:30-7:30PM and Tuesday 6:00-7:00 and 7:00-8:00PM
A private home Friday 4:00-5:00 in Salt Lake
Gael also teaches choir at Community of Grace Presbyterian Church, 2000E. Newcastle Dr. Sandy on Wednesday evenings.( The community is welcome)
Wyoming, Wind River Indian Reservation
The children represent extreme cultural diversity, (ie; color, economic, religious, nationality etc), yet have the unusual ability to work together, including parents, and sing as one!
We have recently attracted national and international attention from the folks at 19 Music, ( American Idol Co), and have had many industry professionals contribute original music for our projects. A favorite among all our young singers is Just Imagine, a song written by Kipper- Sting's producer and Mark Cawley- award winning writer from Nashville.
The choir has worked with local greats as well including performances and recording experiences with Kurt Bestor, Sam Cardon, Paul Cardall, Lex DeAzevedo, and Rachel DeAzevedo of PBS show Signing Time, Steven Kapp Perry and Jim Funk.
The Studio A Children touch and amaze every audience they reach and are known as "the choir with a heart". Their own lives are enriched also, as they develop their love of music, self esteem, and cultivate an enlightened respect for those in this world who are different than themselves.
There is something truely wonderous about teaching children from all walks, then watching them join together so powerfully through the common bond of music!
Upcoming Performances:
December 1, Saturday 7:30 PM
KUTV Channel 2 Holiday Pops Concert with Sterling Poulsen and his adult choir Choral Arts Society, and with West Valley Symphony. ( casu.org/performances.html ) Our featured soloist is Rebecca Croft, ( rebeccacroftmusic.com ), a recent Studio A Children’s Choir Alumnae, and an amazing classical soprano! She will get to sing several solos that evening, including O Holy Night with Utah Opera soloist Gregory Pearson. Gael’s brother, MCA recording artist Giles Reaves will also be performing with the symphony and Choir. Gael has put a vocal arrangement to Giles’ orchestral version of Carol Of The Bells, a variation of which is found on MCA Masterseries CD, Sounds Of The Season.The children will be singing a variety of beautiful Christmas pieces, both alone and with the adult choir.
December 16, Sunday 7:00 PM
Community concert at The Dream Center, West Valley. Christmas theme. Free and open to the public.
1624 S 1000 W 801) 886-979
December 20, 7:00 PM
Sampler performance for The Pointe Academy. Timp View High School. Tickets available at the door. Thepointeacademy.com
Some previous performances were:
November 16
We had the fantastic experience of performing with our fellow Studio A/Wind River choir members at Wyoming Indian High School for two performances. Choir members who have been involved in our after-school and High school music classes range in age from 8 through 18 and come from the Wyoming Indian Elementary, middle school and High School. Our Wind River Indian Reservation kids represent Arapaho, Shoshone, and Sioux tribes. The first performance was for al the school’s students K-12 and faculty, (about 1,000 in all), and the second was for parents and other school officials. We found out later that the evening concert was the most parent-attended concert ever!!
September 28
Performed for Globus Relief with the Osmonds Second Generation, for an audience of celebrities including the King of Portugal, Local government officials , and church leaders representing several denominations. Lead by the king, this audience gave the children a standing ovation, then he greeted them individually following the show!
September 22
4Life Foundation, Children’s charity. We sang in the Salt Palace for approx 7,000 people from around the world who joined us in singing the chorus to We Can Be A Light, (in all their foreign languages) We received a rousing standing ovation.
September 21
4Life Convention also in the Salt Palace for approx. 7,000 audience participants. We shared the stage with B Murphy’s choir, “Golden Voices” in singing the finale number.
This event was a highlight in our career!
July 4
The Provo Freedom Festival. This is the 7th time we have sung at this event over the years and it remains one of our favorites!!
May 12
The Mom amd Me fundraiser held at Hogle Zoo. Our full choir, including our participants from the Wind River Indian Reservation. This was attended by Nashville musician/writer Mark Cawley and Nashville film maker Grant Howard. They have made a short documentary film about Studio A children and their story.
July 2006
Freedom Festival main stage
December 2005
FM 100 Paul Cardall mini-concert, Invited guests of Paul Cardall with Rebecca Croft
November 2005
Light Up The Night with Kurt Bestor, Gateway Plaza featuring Piano by Jordan Wilkensen and soloist Rebecca Croft
November 2005
Salt Lake City Downtown Lights On, Meier & Frank with Senator Matheson
November 2005
Festival Of The Trees/ Lights On Kick Off
October 2005
Grand America Hotel, Charity Performance, A Force For Good/ Nu Skin Int.
July 4th 2005
Freedom Festival, Main Stage.
May 2005
Flower Festival, Hiroshima Japan - Performed for 4,000 people!
December 2004
Bonneville International Media Christmas Party @ Little America Hotel.
December 2004
FM 100 Live Concert with Dain & Jill. They were Invited two years in a row!
October 2004
Concert at Provo Tabernacle with an orchestra which included members of
Utah Symphony and Utah Valley Symphony.
February 2004
Featured on a world-wide distributed film soundtrack for A Child’s Hope Foundation
in effort to help countless orphans in Haiti, China, Mexico and many other countries.
November 2003
Salt Lake City Christmas Lights-On with Kurt Bestor at Gateway Plaza, aired live on KSL.
October 2003
Grand Prize (1st place) winners in the John Lennon “Dream Power” Music Competition,
hosted by Yoko Ono and George Martin, held in Tokyo, Japan. Additional performance in
Osaka.
August 2003
Recorded for SamCardon on the Deseret Book project, By the Hand of Mormon and for
Jim Funk, a songwriter who has a #1 Hit in the country market.
July 2003
Sang for the Convention for the “Council for the Families” U.N. Ambassadors and
Delegates from 23 different nations as part of the U.N. directed by Steve Kapp Perry.
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