Encore Creativity for Older Adults is pleased to return to the beautiful campus of St. Mary’s College of Maryland in Historic St. Mary’s City to present the 6th Annual Summer Choral Institute from June 18-22, 2013.  Registration is now open - please join us!

 

Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation’s largest and fastest growing choral program for older adults, offers the only summer “arts sleep away camp” for older adults, 55+ who want to learn, sing and perform.  Last year’s Encore Chorale Institute attracted more than 75 participants from around the country. Encore Chorale Institute at St. Mary’s College of Maryland is a premiere location where older adults can learn to sing or continue to perfect lifelong skills.

 

The Encore Choral Institute at St. Mary’s College of Maryland will bring back Encore founder and conductor Jeanne Kelly, and Krystal Rickard McCoy, music director of St. Maries Musica and the Southern Maryland Encore Chorale, to lead the program. Singers will begin their day with a stretch/Yoga class followed by a full choral rehearsal.   After lunch singers will choose from a vocal technique class, a choral sectional, or free time.  An afternoon choral rehearsal will follow.   Repertoire will include spirituals, oratorio selections, Great American Song Book and Broadway.  All levels of vocal experience are welcomed and singers may sit for rehearsals and performance.

 

The program will culminate in a grand finale performance on Saturday, June 22 at 1:30pm for friends, family and the public at the Historic St. Mary’s Hall.

 

Students will stay in dorm suites and dine in the college dining hall.   Evening entertainment will include recitals and an outdoor concert by the Chesapeake Orchestra on the banks of the beautiful St. Mary’s river on Friday night.

 

For more information or to register, visit www.encorecreativity.org or call 301-261-5747.