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In the Menagerie

Spring Concerts

Take a lively musical journey through the animal world, as young singers in grades 1–10 weave together beloved poetry, folk traditions, and choral favorites.

Featuring music in French, Spanish, Italian, Malay, and Japanese—and animals ranging from crickets and larks to frogs, crows, and ponyfish—Sing! in the Menagerie is a joyful celebration of nature, language, and the expressive voices of children.

Sing! Miraflores & Riviera sPRING Concert

Select Sing!ers representing the Miraflores and Rivera choirs in a joyful celebration of nature and language, bringing creatures great and small to life in song.

SARAH QUARTEL Be like the bird

TRAD. FRENCH Dans La Forêt Lointaine

BENJAMIN BRITTEN Cuckoo! from Friday Afternoons

DANIELA ALMONICA ROBLES El Condor

JOSQUIN DES PREZ (arr. Russell Robinson) El Grillo (The Cricket)

SHAWN KIRCHNER I Will Arise and Go

TRAD. MALAY (arr. Tracy Wong) Ikan Kekek

AYRIAN NORMAN The Bird

GEORGE DAVID WEISS, HUGO PERETTI, LUIGI CREATORE (arr. Roger Emerson) The Lion Sleeps Tonight

ERIC WHITACRE The Seal Lullaby

FRANZ SCHUBERT (arr. Douglas E. Wagner) The Trout (Die Forelle)

ELAINE HAGENBERG Tyger

Sing! SPRING Concert

Sing! in the Menagerie invites audiences on a lively musical journey through the animal world, as young singers in grades 1–10 bring creatures great and small to life in song. 

TOM SHELDON Animal Imagination

TRAD. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (arr. Juan Tony Guzmán) ¡Ay, Mi Palomita! 

SARAH QUARTEL Be like the bird

TRAD. FRENCH Dans La Forêt Lointaine

BENJAMIN BRITTEN Cuckoo! from Friday Afternoons

DANIELA ALMONICA ROBLES El Condor

TRAD. PUERTO RICO (arr. Mark Burrows) El Coqui

JOSQUIN DES PREZ (arr. Russell Robinson) El Grillo (The Cricket)

SHAWN KIRCHNER I Will Arise and Go

TRAD. MALAY (arr. Tracy Wong) Ikan Kekek

TRAD. LIBERIAN (arr. George L.O. Strid) Kokoleoko

TRA. WELSH (arr. Ruth Elaine Schram) Rise, Rise, Thou Merry Lark

AYRIAN NORMAN The Bird

GEORGE DAVID WEISS, HUGO PERETTI, LUIGI CREATORE (arr. Roger Emerson) The Lion Sleeps Tonight

TRAD. NOVA SCOTIA (arr. Mary Goetze) The Old Carrion Crow

ERIC WHITACRE The Seal Lullaby

FRANZ SCHUBERT (arr. Douglas E. Wagner) The Trout (Die Forelle)

ELAINE HAGENBERG Tyger

Conductors & Accompanists

Lead Corporate Sponsor

Lead Foundation Sponsor

Lead Program Sponsor

Mercedes Millington and Jack Mithun

Leadership Donors

Leslie and Phil Bernstein
Sonos

In The Menagerie

Spring Concerts

Sing! Parents & Guardians: Please note that there will be two spring concerts this year, one for all Sing! members and one just for members of the Riviera & Miraflores choirs. If you plan to attend both concerts, you will need to select tickets separately for each one.

If you have any questions, contact the ticket office at TicketOffice@musicacademy.org or 805-969-8787.

In The Menagerie

Spring Concerts

Sing! Parents & Guardians: Please note that there will be two spring concerts this year, one for all Sing! members and one just for members of the Riviera & Miraflores choirs. If you plan to attend both concerts, you will need to select tickets separately for each one.

If you have any questions, contact the ticket office at TicketOffice@musicacademy.org or 805-969-8787.