Vocals
Vocalpoint! Seattle is a distinguished group of young adults who bring together the best in ensemble vocal performance. With a unique focus on contemporary music, this group draws highly talented high-school-age youth from schools throughout the Puget Sound. Vocalpoint! Seattle is part of the Northwest Choirs, which includes the esteemed Northwest Boychoir. Aside from their own performance series, Vocalpoint collaborates with some of our region’s finest ensembles, including the Seattle Symphony and Music of Remembrance. Recently members of Vocalpoint! Seattle appeared in Seattle Symphony performances of Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton, Legend of Zelda, Music of the Mad Men Era, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and The Damnation of Faust. Additional Seattle Symphony performances include Carmina burana in 2011, Play! A Video Game Symphony in 2008, and the pop series Sci-Fi Favorites in 2007. The Choir will close the season with A Festival of Lessons & Carols at Benaroya Hall with the Northwest Boychoir, presented by the Seattle Symphony in December. Vocalpoint! Seattle members have continued their studies in the arts at the New England Conservatory of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Yale School of Music, NYU Tisch School, and the Berklee School of Music. Graduates have appeared in motion pictures and network television shows, and performed on Broadway and in national tours of The Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Footloose, Brigadoon, Hair, and Up With People. Vocalpoint! Seattle offers three weeks of rock ’n’ roll themed shows each year – in October and May – at the Broadway Performance Hall. Recent shows include The Name Game and Motor City Review. More information at vocalpointseattle.org.
