Community Events and Touring
Each year the Peninsula Girls Chorus presents a number of concerts in December and in June. In addition, the Chorus has performed for various civic and arts organizations, including the Community Service League of the Peninsula, the San Mateo City Arts Chamber series, Hillsborough Beatification Foundation, Stratford Retirement Center, and Child Advocates Great America fundraiser.
Favorite performance venues include Filoli, “Deck the Halls” at Davies Symphony Hall, and performing the National Anthem at Stanford University Sporting Events and AT&T Park.
Touring and festival participation offer an additional opportunity for musical enrichment and performance. The Chorus has participated in festivals hosted by the American Choral Directors Association and the Northern California Association of Kodaly Educators, and has hosted eight Bay Area Choruses in the Peninsula Children’s Choral Festival.
Past tours have included:
- 2003 – New Orleans tour for the prestigious Crescent City Children’s Choral Festival.
- 2005 – toured by invitation in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague to participate in celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII.
- 2007 - Concerta and Ensemble members participated in the Sing a Mile High Festival in Denver Colorado.
- 2008 – PGC Alumni traveled to Ceriana, Italy where they had the opportunity to sing and study with local choirs.
- 2009 - Concerta and Ensemble members toured in Italy from Milan to Venice.
- 2011 – Concerta and Ensemble members toured the East Coast, including stops in Princeton, NJ, Washington DC and New York City
It is hoped that each chorister who progresses through the program will have an opportunity to participate in at least one tour.
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