DENVER — The Sound of the Rockies and The Timberline choruses will carry out a musical model of “A Christmas Carol” on Saturday, Dec. 14.
“Each vacation season, we do a present collectively on the Newman Middle for the Performing Arts down in South Denver. And this 12 months, we determined to do a rendition of “A Christmas Carol.” So we received each of our choruses collectively, and we auditioned throughout the choruses to fill all of the areas for all of the actors. So Scrooge and Tiny Tim and all these people are all from individuals who sing in our choruses,” stated Tyler Wigginton, musical director of the Sound of the Rockies.
There might be two performances on Saturday, Dec. 14 — a matinee at 2 p.m. and a night present at 7:30 p.m. You should purchase tickets by way of this hyperlink.
“”A Christmas Carol” has been accomplished as a musical in some areas… like “A Muppets Christmas Carol,” proper? We’re all accustomed to that. We’re really opening our present with the very first tune from “A Muppets Christmas Carol,” but it surely’s a barbershop rendition, a barbershop acapella rendition of “A Christmas Carol,”” Wigginton stated.
Wigginton stated the Sound of the Rockies’ group occasions are usually not restricted to the vacation season.
“We additionally have interaction in a number of youth outreach occasions. We’ve a summer time youth camp that we do with each choruses. Final 12 months, we had over 50 younger youngsters and we did a full day-long camp, and it was all free for them,” Wigginton stated. “And we additionally simply completed a program known as the Prepared Set Sing program, the place we give free voice classes to anyone within the Denver space for a month. They’ll are available in and work with world-class vocal coaches, they usually get consideration each week. After which it is a chance for them to attach with a choir that they’ve by no means been to earlier than.”
Wigginton stated the Sunday Night time Social Quartet, made up of Sound of the Rockies members, was just lately featured on Girl Gaga’s latest album.
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