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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
- Sun, May 17 @ 3 PM
- Hahn Hall
- Adults $10 • 0–17s FREE
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.
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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
- Tue, May 19 @ 6 PM
- Marjorie Luke Theatre
- Adults $10 • 0–17s FREE
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.Â
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TOM SHELDON Animal Imagination
TRAD. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (arr. Juan Tony Guzmán) ¡Ay, Mi Palomita!Â
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
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Erin McKibben
Sing! artistic director, flute -
Steven Thomson
senior choral director -
Crystal Hosea
choral director -
Alvise Pascucci
principal collaborative pianist
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Mercedes Millington and Jack Mithun
Leadership Donors
Leslie and Phil Bernstein
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